An optical lens composition and a manufacturing method of an optical lens are provided. The manufacturing method of the optical lens includes molding an optical lens composition by injection molding, and the optical lens composition including a polymer mixture and a functional material; wherein the polymer mixture includes a styrene-butadiene copolymer.

A colored glass lens for eyeglasses and a method for making such lens, where the lens includes a front glass wafer and a rear glass wafer having a convex surface connected to a concave surface of the front wafer, at least one of either the convex surface of the rear wafer or the concave surface of the front wafer being colored, and a layer of glue interposed between the surfaces for bonding the front and rear wafers to each other.

An optical lens contains a laminated film, which includes a first adhesive layer, a first barrier layer, a photochromic layer, a second barrier layer, and a second adhesive layer. The layers are arranged in succession and the laminated film is substantially incorporated into the optical lens body. A method for producing this optical lens as well as a pair of spectacles containing this optical lens are also disclosed.

The present invention relates to a method of coating a lens, such as a segmented multifocal lens. The method includes, providing a lens support (1), which is in the form of a ring, that includes a central axis (11), an outer wall (14), an inner wall (17) that is positioned between the central axis and the outer wall, an upper beveled surface (20) that converges downward toward the central axis, and a lower surface (29). The method further includes positioning a lens (3) such that an outer edge (74) of a forward surface (65) thereof abuts a portion of the upper beveled surface of the lens support. At least one coating composition is applied over the rear surface (68) of the lens, so as to form a coated lens (3) having at least one coating layer (89) over the rear surface thereof.

Provided is a functional polyamide sheet in which air bubbles are not generated or are reduced in a polarizing and/or photochromic functional sheet when the polarizing and/or photochromic functional sheet are/is manufactured using a sheet or film formed by a polyamide resin as a protective layer, and a functional polyamide lens using the functional polyamide sheet.

Provided are a polyamide functional sheet obtained by disposing a protective layer formed by a transparent plastic sheet or film on at least one surface of a functional layer, which is a polyvinyl alcohol-based polarizing film layer, a photochromic layer, or a combination of these layers, with an adhesive layer being interposed therebetween, in which the protective layer is a sheet or film formed by a polyamide resin, and an oxygen transmission rate at 23 C. and 85% RH is 50 cm.sup.3/m.sup.2.Math.24 hr.Math.bar or more, and a functional polyamide lens using the polyamide functional sheet.

A method to make dyed functional film comprising the steps of providing a soluble polymer material; adding an appropriate solvent to the polymer material to make a soluble polymer solution; providing a soluble dye; adding an appropriate solvent to the dye to make a soluble dye solution; adding the dye solution to the polymer or PVA solution, and introducing the dyed polymer or PVA solution to a solution casting device; removing a thin dyed functional film from the casting device; and letting the dyed functional film dry and solidified.

The invention relates to an ophthalmic article (1) in particular for sunglasses, comprising: a first layer (9) made of photochromic cellulose triacetate having a rear face (9.sub.R) to be oriented toward an eye (7) of a user and a front face (9.sub.F) to be oriented toward the field of vision (13) of the user, anda second layer (10) made of polyamide having a rear face (10.sub.R) to be oriented toward an eye (7) of a user and a front face (10.sub.F) to be oriented toward the field of vision (13) of the user, the first layer (9) being disposed proximate to the field of vision (13) of the user with regard to the second layer (10) being disposed proximate to the eye (7) of the user.

Optical articles and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed herein. In one aspect, the methods and optical articles formed include light-blocking compositions applied to optical substrates in accordance with the optical properties of the optical substrate. In another aspect, a method is disclosed in which the light-absorbing compositions are printed onto the optical substrate in the shape and size of the final lens that is to be formed from the optical substrate. In another aspect, the methods and optical articles utilize at least two different light-blocking compositions to achieve desired functionality of the optical article.

A photochromic anti-fog lens and a method for making a photochromic anti-fog lens includes a step of mixing photochromic material in glue which is used to glue the second transparent plastic plate to the inner side of the first transparent plastic plate to get a photochromic material layer between the first and second transparent plastic plates. A step of attaching an anti-fog film to the inner side of the second transparent plastic plate to form a photochromic anti-fog composite lens. A step of putting the photochromic anti-fog composite lens in the cavity of a molding set. A step of injecting melted lens-forming material into the cavity of the molding set, the melted lens-forming material connected with the first transparent plastic plate to form the photochromic anti-fog lens that includes multiple layers with high structural strength.

A method for manufacturing a photochromic lens includes: a step of injecting a polymerizable composition through an injection part in an injection molding apparatus and filling a gap with the polymerizable composition through a space; a step of heating the filled polymerizable composition to be polymerized and cured and forming a photochromic layer on a resin substrate; and a step of taking out a resulting laminate composed of the resin substrate and the photochromic layer, in which the polymerizable composition includes an isocyanate compound, a thiol compound, a polyol compound, and a photochromic compound.