A carrier device (10) is for handling a lens (12) which is received therein and which has a lateral edge (21), in particular for handling an eyeglass lens (12) in a machining or finishing process. The carrier device (10) comprises a main body (14) and has a connecting member (24) for releasably connecting the main body (14) to the received lens (12). The connecting member (24) forms, with the main body (14), a protective cover (15) surrounding the lateral edge (21) of the received lens (12) and a surface (30) of the received lens (12) directed toward the main body (14). The connecting member (24) is releasably connected to the main body (14).

One embodiment of a contact lens includes a lens body configured to fit directly on the surface of the eye and legible characters positioned on the lens body. Another embodiment of a contact lens comprises a lens body including polymeric material and a lens enhancing material (e.g., ink, silicone material, medicament material, and the like) encapsulated in the polymeric material. The lens enhancing material can be in the form of isolated sections distributed in the surrounding polymeric material. Methods of making contact lenses include forming a first lens layer including a first surface, forming a pattern on the first surface, and forming a second lens layer over the pattern.

The present disclosure relates to a preparation method for a photochromic lens with a bifocal film layer. A photochromic lens with a bifocal film layer includes a substrate, a treatment layer, and a photochromic layer from inside to outside, where the photochromic layer is cured on a surface of the treatment layer by means of ultraviolet irradiation. According to the preparation method for a photochromic lens having a bifocal film layer provided in the present disclosure, a bifocal lens is used as a lens substrate, and photochromic and bifocal technologies are combined to overcome the defect of non-uniformity of a bifocal film layer caused by a spin-coating method, such that a photochromic layer can be uniformly attached to a surface of the lens substrate. Thus, uniform photochromism and excellent performance are achieved, and it can be ensured that the surface shape luminosity of the bifocal lens substrate is not affected.

The present invention relates to an optical element including a base material, a light-shielding film, and a cured film in which an alkyd resin and a melamine resin having two or more iminomethylol groups in a molecule are condensed or in which an alkyd resin and a benzoguanamine resin having two or more iminomethylol groups in a molecule are condensed. The light-shielding film is disposed in at least a part of the periphery of the base material. The cured film is disposed on the surface of the light-shielding film.

A method of preparing a photochromic optical article is provided, which includes: (i) applying a first organic solvent to a surface of an optical substrate, thereby forming an organic solvent wetted surface on the optical substrate; and (ii) applying a curable photochromic coating composition over the organic solvent wetted surface of said optical substrate, thereby forming a curable photochromic coating layer over the surface of the optical substrate. The curable photochromic coating composition includes a second organic solvent, and the first and second organic solvents are miscible with each other. With some embodiments, the first and second organic solvents are the same.

A method for performing multiple operations on a lens includes performing a first operation on the lens with the lens secured to a suction device at a first pressure value within the suction device. The method further includes changing pressure within the suction device to a second pressure value different from the first pressure value using a controller and performing a second operation on the lens with the lens secured to the suction device at the second pressure value.

An optical article that includes an optical element and an anisotropic coating layer formed over at least a portion of the optical element. The anisotropic coating layer can include a first light-influencing zone comprising at least one first anisotropic material and a second light-influencing zone comprising at least one second anisotropic material. The at least one of the first light-influencing zone and the second light-influencing zone further include at least one dichroic material and/or at least one photochromic-dichroic material such that the first light-influencing zone and the second light-influencing zone exhibit a different color property, a different photochromic-dichroic reversible change, a different amount of polarization, or a combination thereof.

Provided is a spectacle lens endowed with high luminous transmittance as well as adequate polarizing function. A method for manufacturing a spectacle lens, comprising forming a polarizing layer by applying a coating liquid containing 0.04% by mass to 1.5% by mass of a dichroic pigment by a spin coating method at a speed of 200 rpm to 600 rpm on a rubbing-treated surface.

Indoor/outdoor sunglasses include a lens having gradient tinted portions that partially conceal a wearer's eye, with an untinted or minimally tinted central region that provides a relatively wide, unrestricted field of lateral vision at far and middle distances, allowing the wearer to see clearly both indoors and outdoors.

A fabrication process includes: 1) forming an object by 3D printing; 2) smoothing the object by applying a gel to the object to coat at least a portion of the object with a film of the gel; 3) subjecting the object coated with the film to vacuum; and 4) curing the film to yield the object coated with the cured film.