Nitrogen Or Oxygen Bonded Directly To The Carbon Of The -c(=o)o- Group (e.g., Diethyl Carbonate, Dodecyl Phenylcarbamate, Octyl Carbanilate, Urethane, Etc.) Patents (Class 106/169.4)
Abstract: A method of fast curing polythiourethane transparent casted substrate, usable for making optical articles such as ophthalmic lenses, which comprises the steps of: 1) Providing a first component A comprising a polythiourethane prepolymer having isocyanate or isothiocyanate end groups and a viscosity at 25° C. ranging from 0.02 to 0.4 Pa.s; 2) Providing a second component B comprising a polythiourethane prepolymer having thiol (SH) end groups and a viscosity at 25° C. ranging from 0.2 to 2.0 Pa.s; 3) Mixing together first and second components A and B and filling a moulding cavity of a casting mould assembly with the resulting mixture; 4) Curing said mixture to obtain a transparent solid substrate, said curing step comprising: a) a first step for polymerizing said mixture to obtain a gel within 1 to 10 minutes; and b) a second step of post-curing the gel to obtain the transparent solid substrate; and 5) Recovering the transparent solid substrate from the mould.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 5, 2001
Date of Patent:
May 3, 2005
Assignee:
Essilor International Compagnie General d'Optique
Inventors:
Gabriel Keita, Joey O. Obordo, Pamela Anne McClimans, Yassin Yusef Turshani