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US 8,984,672 B2Granted
Visor provided with a UV-sensitive material
AssigneePinlock Patent B.V.
InventorDerek Leslie Arnold
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Abstract
There is disclosed a visor comprising at least one transparent plate, in which or on which a light-sensitive material is provided, which material has the property of transmitting less light as more light is incident thereon. In particular UV light-intensity-activated, UV light-blocking pigments, photochromatic pigments are used in the light-sensitive material. The light-sensitive material, which may be fixedly or detachably provided on the transparent plate, is transparent in the deactivated condition thereof.
Claims7
A visor comprising:
- at least one curved transparent plate having a convex outer side and a concave inner side;
- a photochromic material layer, the photochromic material layer being detachably mounted on the transparent plate, wherein the photochromic material layer is provided at the convex outer side of the transparent plate;
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- a seal element which seal element is provided at a location to maintain a certain spacing between the transparent plate and the photochromic material layer and to prevent water ingress between the two surfaces,
- wherein the photochromic material layer comprises a photochromic pigment provided between two layers of plastic and further comprising an anti-scratch coating applied at an outer side of the photochromic material layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.