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Process for transferring coatings onto a surface of a lens substrate with most precise optical quality

Title: Process for transferring coatings onto a surface of a lens substrate with most precise optical quality

Related Patent Categories: Adhesive Bonding And Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture, Methods, Surface Bonding And/or Assembly Therefor, Optically Transparent Glass Sandwich Making (e.g., Window Or Filter)

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The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060219347, Process for transferring coatings onto a surface of a lens substrate with most precise optical quality.

1. A process for transferring at least one coating onto at least one geometrically defined surface of a lens substrate, which comprises the steps of: (a) obtaining a carrier having a main surface bearing at least one functional coating; (b) obtaining a lens substrate having at least one geometrically defined surface; (c) depositing, either on said at least one functional coating or said at least one geometrically defined surface of the lens substrate, a layer of a transparent adhesive composition; (d) bringing said layer of transparent adhesive composition to a state at which the layer becomes unflowable under the process conditions if said layer is not already in such a state at the end of step (c); (e) moving the carrier and the lens substrate relatively to each other to bring the layer of transparent adhesive composition into direct contact with either said at least one geometrically defined surface of the lens substrate or said at least one functional coating; (f) pressing together the layer of transparent adhesive composition and either said at least one functional coating or said at least one geometrically defined surface of the lens substrate; (g) optionally, applying heat during pressing step (f); (h) stopping pressing step (f); and (i) withdrawing the carrier to recover the lens substrate coated with said at least one functional coating adhering to said at least one geometrically defined surface through the layer of transparent adhesive composition.

2. The process of claim 1, wherein in the recovered coated lens substrate, the layer of transparent adhesive composition is of uniform thickness.

3. The process of claim 2, wherein the thickness of the layer of the transparent adhesive composition ranges from 0.5 to 20 .mu.m.

4. The process of claim 1, wherein the transparent adhesive composition is selected from the group consisting of pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSA) and hot-melt adhesives (HMA).

5. The process of claim 4, wherein the PSAs are selected from polyacrylate based PSAs and styrenic block copolymers based PSAs.

6. The process of claim 4, wherein the hot-melt adhesives are selected from dry poly(meth)acrylic latexes, polyurethane latexes, polyester latex and mixtures thereof.

7. The process of claim 1, wherein the layer of transparent adhesive composition is deposited by spin coating.

8. The process of claim 1, wherein said at least one functional coating is selected from the group consisting of an anti-fouling top coat, an anti-reflection coating, an abrasion- and/or scratch-resistant coating and an impact-resistant coating.

9. The process of claim 1, wherein the main surface of the carrier bears a stack of several functional coatings.

10. The process of claim 9, wherein the stack of several functional coatings comprises, starting from the carrier main surface an anti-fouling top coat layer, an anti-reflection coating layer, an abrasion- and/or scratch-resistant coating layer and optionally an impact-resistant primer coating layer.

11. The process of claim 10, wherein the impact resistant primer coating layer is the transparent adhesive composition layer.

12. The process of claim 1, wherein the transparent adhesive composition layer acts as an impact-resistant coating.

13. The process of claim 1, wherein the carrier is a flexible carrier.

14. The process of claim 13, wherein the flexible carrier is made of a thermoplastic material.

15. The process of claim 14, wherein the thermoplastic material is polycarbonate.

16. The process of claim 13, wherein the flexible carrier has a thickness of 0.2 to 5 mm.

17. The process of claim 1, wherein pressing step (f) is performed by applying an air pressure to the carrier.

18. The process of claim 1, wherein pressing step (f) is performed by application of vacuum.

19. The process of claim 1, wherein the transparent adhesive composition is a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition and no heat is applied during pressing step (f).

20. The process of claim 1, wherein the transparent adhesive composition is a hot-melt adhesive composition and heat is applied during pressing step (f).

21. The process of claim 20, wherein applied heat ranges from 50 to 120.degree. C.

22. The process of claim 20, wherein heat is applied for 3 to 30 minutes.

23. The process of claim 13, wherein the carrier has a spherical shape and the lens substrate geometrically defined surface is a spherical, toric or progressive surface.

24. The process of claim 1, wherein the lens substrate is made of polycarbonate, thermoplastic or thermosetting polyurethanes, polythiourethanes, polyepoxides, polyepisulfides, poly(meh)acrylates, diethylene glycol bis(allylcarbonate)copolymers, copolymers thereof and blends thereof.

25. The process of claim 24, wherein the geometrically defined surface is pre-treated by a corona discharge treatment.

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