Anti-reflection spectacle lens and its production method

• US 20040142185A1
• Filed: 11/05/2003
• Published: 07/22/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pentax Corporation (Hoya Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Pentax Corporation (Hoya Corporation)
• Inventors: Takushima, Hidenori
• Application Number:
  US10/700,560
• Publication Number:
  US 20040142185A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 428/447
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/30 with silicon-containing compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/42 at least one coating of an organic material and at least one non-metal coating
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 2217/76 Hydrophobic and oleophobic coatings
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 14/12 Organic material
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 14/24 Vacuum evaporation
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 14/243 Crucibles for source material C23C14/28, C23C14/30 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 28/00 Coating for obtaining at least two superposed coatings either by methods not provided for in a single one of groups C23C2/00 - C23C26/00 or by combinations of methods provided for in subclasses C23C and C25C or C25D
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 1/111 using layers comprising organic materials
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 1/18 Coatings for keeping optical surfaces clean, e.g. hydrophobic or photo-catalytic films G02B1/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0006 with means to keep optical surfaces clean, e.g. by preventing or removing dirt, stains, contamination, condensation G02B1/18 takes precedence; cleaning in general B08B
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/3154 Of fluorinated addition polymer from unsaturated monomers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31663 As siloxane, silicone or silane

Abstract

An anti-reflection spectacle lens has an anti-reflection film composed of a plurality of layers formed on at least one surface of a lens substrate or other one or more layers formed on said lens substrate, the anti-reflection film comprising an outermost layer made of silicon oxide, on which a water- and oil-repellent layer is formed by vacuum deposition. The spectacle lens is excellent in water and oil repellency, and aqueous stains and oily stains attached to the spectacle lens can easily be wiped off. The use of a pellet impregnated with a hydrophobic, reactive organic compound in a vacuum deposition chamber contributes to the reduction of a production cost.

Claims

1. An anti-reflection spectacle lens comprising an anti-reflection film composed of a plurality of layers formed on at least one surface of a lens substrate or other one or more layers formed on said lens substrate, wherein said anti-reflection film comprises an outermost layer made of silicon oxide, and a water- and oil-repellent layer is formed on said silicon oxide layer by vacuum deposition.

2. The anti-reflection spectacle lens according to claim 1, wherein said water- and oil-repellent layer has an optical thickness of 10 to 100 nm.

3. The anti-reflection spectacle lens according to claim 1, wherein said water- and oil-repellent layer is made of an organic compound having in a molecule at least one hydrophobic group and at least one reactive group that can be bonded to a hydroxyl group.

4. The anti-reflection spectacle lens according to claim 3, wherein said organic compound is a fluorine-containing organic compound.

5. The anti-reflection spectacle lens according to claim 4, wherein said fluorine-containing organic compound is a perfluoropolyether-modified aminosilane represented by the following general formula (1):

6. The anti-reflection spectacle lens according to claim 1, wherein said anti-reflection film comprises at least one low-refractive index layer having a refractive index of 1.5 or less and at least one high-refractive index layer having a refractive index of 2.0 or more.

7. The anti-reflection spectacle lens according to claim 1, wherein said anti-reflection film comprises 3 to 7 layers.

8. The anti-reflection spectacle lens according to claim 1, wherein said other layer is a hard coat layer, and wherein said anti-reflection film is formed on said hard coat layer.

9. The anti-reflection spectacle lens according to claim 6, wherein said anti-reflection film is constituted by said at least one low-refractive index layer and said at least one high-refractive index layer alternately.

10. The anti-reflection spectacle lens according to claim 1, wherein said outermost layer is a low-refractive index layer.

11. A method for producing an anti-reflection spectacle lens comprising forming an anti-reflection film composed of a plurality of layers on at least one surface of a lens substrate or other one or more layers formed on said lens substrate by vacuum deposition, said anti-reflection film comprising an outermost layer made of silicon oxide, and then vacuum-depositing an organic compound having in a molecule at least one hydrophobic group and at least one reactive group that can be bonded to a hydroxyl group on said silicon oxide layer continuously in the same vacuum deposition chamber as for said anti-reflection film to form a water- and oil-repellent layer.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein said water- and oil-repellent layer has an optical thickness of 10 to 100 nm.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein said organic compound is a fluorine-containing organic compound.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein said fluorine-containing organic compound is a perfluoropolyether-modified aminosilane represented by the following general formula (1):

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein a porous ceramic pellet or a pellet constituted by a block of metal fibers or thin metal wires, which is impregnated with said organic compound, is placed as an evaporation source in said vacuum deposition chamber.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein a porous ceramic pellet impregnated with said organic compound is placed as an evaporation source in said vacuum deposition chamber, and wherein said pellet is irradiated with electron beams to evaporate said organic compound.