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Ultraviolet-hardenable adhesive

US5145884A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 16, 1990
Grant dateSep 8, 1992
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Expiry dateAug 16, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09J4/00
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An ultraviolet-hardenable adhesive for bonding a non-water swellable, ophthalmic-lens to a support member, in producing a non-water swellable ophthalmic lens, the adhesive containing at least one photopolymerizing monomer, and at least one photoinitiator, the at least one photopolymerizing monomer being selected from the group consisting of acrylates or methacrylates represented by following general formulas (I) and (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or methyl, PA0 R.sub.2 is hydrogen or methyl, PA0 R.sub.3 is hydrogen or methyl, PA0 m is a positive integer from 2 to 20, and PA0 n is a positive integer from 1 to 5. A method of bonding a lens blank to a support member with an adhesive, and a processing of manufacturing a lens using an adhesive, are also disclosed.

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