Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a polarizing plastic lens, which comprises a reversing step of reversing a convex surface shape into a concave surface shape by pressing a polarizing film that has been curved surface processed, a casting mold assembling step of assembling a casting mold having a cavity within which the reversed polarizing film is positioned with the reversed polarizing film, an upper mold, a lower mold, and a sealing member that maintains a spacing between the upper mold and the lower mold, and a polymerizing and curing step of casting a curable composition into the cavity, and polymerizing and curing the curable composition that has been cast to provide a polarizing plastic lens within which a polarizing film is positioned.

Abstract: Method of manufacturing polarizing plastic lens, including an upper mold positioning step of positioning an upper mold so that a nonmolding surface faces up and a molding surface faces down, an adhesive column forming step of discharging a thixotropic curable adhesive from a nozzle beneath the upper mold to form adhesive columns on the molding surface of the upper mold, a step of bonding the upper mold and a polarizing film, an adhesive column curing step of subjecting the adhesive columns to a curing treatment, a casting mold assembling step of assembling a casting mold having a cavity within which the polarizing film has been positioned with the upper mold to which the polarizing film has been bonded, a lower mold positioned opposite the upper mold so as to sandwich the polarizing film, and a sealing member maintaining a spacing between the upper mold and lower mold, and a polymerizing and curing step of casting a curable composition into the cavity, and polymerizing and curing the curable composition that

Abstract: There is provided a polarized plastic lens for spectacles configured to be thin having almost the same thickness as the thickness of a normal plastic lens for spectacles, and a method for manufacturing the polarized plastic lens for spectacles, the plastic lens including a first lens base material having an object-side surface; a second lens base material having an eyeball-side surface; and a polarized film provided between the first lens base material and the second lens base material so that a minimum value of a distance between the polarized film and the object-side surface is 0.3 mm or more and 0.7 mm or less.

Abstract: There is provided a progressive addition lens for spectacles including a distance portion and a near portion having different powers, wherein an equivalent spherical power of the distance portion is plus; and a first lens and a second lens having different addition powers from each other, and a difference between vertical surface power in the distance portion and vertical surface power in the near portion on an object-side surface of the first lens, and a difference between vertical surface power in the distance portion and vertical surface power in the near portion on an object-side surface of the second lens are the same.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a polarizing lens, including conducting curved surface processing to change a shape of a polarizing film into a shape of a curved surface, conducting heat treatment by heating polarizing film that has been processed into a curved surface to a heating temperature of equal to or higher than 105° C. but less than 150° C., assembling an upper mold, a lower mold, and a seal member to provide a casting mold having a cavity within which the polarizing film following heating treatment is positioned, upper and lower molds being positioned opposite each other to sandwich the polarizing film at a space therebetween, and seal member sealing space between the upper and lower molds, casting a curable composition into the cavity, curing curable composition to provide a polarizing lens within which a polarizing film is positioned, and separating polarizing lens thus provided from casting mold.

Abstract: An optical lens including, an object-side surface including an atoric surface element and an eyeball-side surface including an element that cancels a surface power shift produced by the atoric surface element, wherein the atoric surface element causes horizontal surface power at a fitting point to be greater than vertical surface power at the fitting point and causes a difference between the horizontal surface power and the vertical surface power to decrease along a horizontal reference line passing through the fitting point in a direction from the fitting point toward a periphery of the optical lens or causes a sign of the difference between the horizontal surface power and the vertical surface power to change along the horizontal reference line.

Abstract: To provide an optical member, formed without generating cracks in a hard coat layer of desired film thickness, and a method of manufacturing an optical member that permits the manufacturing of the above optical member.

Abstract: There is provided a progressive addition lens capable of improving both of astigmatism and power error on a peripheral part of a distance area, including a distance area used for a distance vision, and other area different from the distance area, wherein at least one of an eyeball side surface of a wearer and an object side surface in the progressive addition lens is formed into an aspheric form, and when a prescription value T to be obtained from formula “S+C/2” expressed by a prescribed spherical power S and a cylindrical power C, is minus, the area where a power deviation ?D of a spherical equivalent power D from the prescription value T goes negative, exists on principal sight line in the distance area.

Abstract: A method of designing a progressive power lens with less image sway includes preferentially selecting a spectacle specification including a first condition if an average prescription power of a distance portion is equal to or greater than +3.0 D, and preferentially selecting a spectacle specification including a second condition if the average prescription power is equal to or smaller than ?3.0 D. At least a surface power OHPf in a horizontal direction of a distance portion on an object-side surface is greater than a surface power OVPf in a vertical direction, or a surface power OHPn in a horizontal direction of a near portion is greater than a surface power OVPn in a vertical direction. The first condition includes a condition that the OVPf is greater than the OVPn, and the second condition includes a condition that the OVPf is smaller than the OVPn.

Abstract: The optical article includes an optical substrate comprising a concave surface with a radius of curvature of equal to or greater than 350 mm on one side and a convex surface with a radius of curvature of equal to or greater than 120 mm on the other side, a first antifouling layer directly or through at least one additional layer on the concave surface, and a second antifouling layer directly or through at least one additional layer on the convex surface, and satisfies the conditions below: 0.01??L1?0.12 0.1??L2 ?L1<?L2 wherein ?L1 denotes a coefficient of static friction of a surface of the first antifouling layer, and ?L2 denotes a coefficient of static friction of a surface of the second antifouling layer.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a coating composition, which comprises an epoxy group-containing compound, acetylacetonate with iron as a central metal, and acetylacetonate with aluminum as a central metal, wherein the ratio mF of the number of moles of the acetylacetonate with iron as a central metal to the number of moles of epoxy group contained in the epoxy group-containing compound, and the ratio mA of the number of moles of the acetylacetonate with aluminum as a central metal to the number of moles of epoxy group contained in the epoxy group-containing compound satisfy the following conditions: 0.000<mF/mA?1.000 0.0064?(mF+mA)?0.0253.