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Light transmitting fiber
Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corp
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Filing: 1986-04-22
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Granted: 1989-02-14
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Expires: 2006-04-22
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is an improved light transmitting fiber comprising a transparent inorganic substance or organic polymeric material as a core component and a methacrylate polymer as a cladding component. The methacrylate polymer is a methacrylimide-containing fluoroalkyl methacrylate polymer comprising (A) 2 to 98 weight % of methacrylimide units of formula (I): <IMAGE> (I) wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, (B) 98 to 2 weight % of structural units derived from a fluoroalkyl methacrylate monomer, and (C) 0 to 50 weight % of structural units derived from a monomer copolymerizable with the monomer (B).
Inventors
- 👤 Isao Sasaki
- 👤 Kozi Nishida
- 👤 Masaru Morimoto
- 👤 Hisao Anzai
- 👤 Hideaki Makino
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/10; G02B1/00; G02B1/04; G02B1/045; G02B1/046; G02B6/02; G02B6/02033; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2929; Y10T428/2933; Y10T428/2964; Y10T428/2967; Y10T428/2969
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
124 words
A light transmitting fiber comprising a transparent inorganic substance selected from the group consisting of quartz and multi-component optical glass or a transparent organic polymeric material as a core component and a methacrylate polymer as a cladding component, said methacrylate polymer being a methacrylimide-containing fluoroalkylmethacrylate polymer comprising: (A) 2-98% by weight of methacrylimide units having the following formula (I): ##STR5## wherein r represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic, aromatic or alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 1-20 carbon atoms; (B) 98-2% by weight of structural units derived from a fluoroalkylmethacrylate monomer; and (C) 0-50% by weight of structural units derived from at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, an acrylic acid ester, a methacrylic acid ester, and styrene.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
124 words
A light transmitting fiber comprising a transparent inorganic substance selected from the group consisting of quartz and multi-component optical glass or a transparent organic polymeric material as a core component and a methacrylate polymer as a cladding component, said methacrylate polymer being a methacrylimide-containing fluoroalkylmethacrylate polymer comprising: (A) 2-98% by weight of methacrylimide units having the following formula (I): ##STR5## wherein r represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic, aromatic or alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 1-20 carbon atoms; (B) 98-2% by weight of structural units derived from a fluoroalkylmethacrylate monomer; and (C) 0-50% by weight of structural units derived from at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, an acrylic acid ester, a methacrylic acid ester, and styrene.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
59 words
The light transmitting fiber as set forth in claim 1, wherein R in the general formula (I) is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, an n-butyl group, an isobutyl group, a tert-butyl group, a phenyl group, a substituted phenyl group, a cyclohexyl group or a bornyl group.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
The light transmitting fiber as set forth in claim 1, wherein R in the general formula (I) is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a methyl group and a cyclohexyl group.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
128 words
The light transmitting fiber as set forth in claim 1, wherein the structural units derived from the fluoroalkyl methacrylate (B) are represented by the following general formula monomer (II) or (III): ##STR6## wherein x is 1 or 2, y is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 10, and Z 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, or ##STR7## wherein l, m and n are 0 or integers of from 1 to 10, and Z 2 , Z 3 and Z 4 represent a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, with the proviso that the case where all of l, m and n are 0 and the case where all of Z 2 , Z 3 and Z 4 represent a hydrogen atom are excluded.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
The light transmitting fiber as set forth in claim 1, wherein the fluoroalkyl methacrylate monomer is at least one member selected from the group consisting of 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate, 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropyl methacrylate, 2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropyl methacrylate, 2,2,3,3,4,4-hexafluorobutyl methacrylate, 2,2,3,3,4,4,4-heptafluorobutyl methacrylate, 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,9,9,9-heptadecafluorononane methacrylate, 2,2,2,2',2',2'-hexafluoroiosopropyl methacrylate and 2,2,2,2',2'-pentafluoroisopropyl methacrylate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The light transmitting fiber as set forth in claim 1, wherein the monomer (C) is at least one member selected from the group consisting of methacrylic acid, methyl methacrylate and styrene.
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