Magnetic display

• US 20020196217A1
• Filed: 06/11/2002
• Published: 12/26/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Japan Capsular Products, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Japan Capsular Products, Inc.
• Inventors: Kanno, Yasuyuki
• Application Number:
  US10/166,092
• Publication Number:
  US 20020196217A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/86
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/09 based on magneto-optical elements, e.g. exhibiting Faraday effect
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/094 based on magnetophoretic effect
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/375 the position of the elements being controlled by the application of a magnetic field
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/34 by control of light from an independent source

Abstract

To provide a magnetic display in which a character or image of a black color formed of magnetic fine particles such as black iron oxide fine particles may readily be changed into a variety of interference colors with a simple structure without deteriorating a function of a conventional magnetic display. A microcapsule layer containing and sealing light-reflective non-magnetic fine particles and black magnetic fine particles dispersed in an oily liquid is coated in a space between two non-magnetic substrates at least one of which is transparent to form a display sheet, a magnetic field for forming a character or image is applied from a surface of the display with a transparent substrate side being a front surface side thereof and a magnetic field for erasing the character or image is applied from a back surface thereof so that positions of the black magnetic fine particles and the light-reflective non-magnetic fine particles within the microcapsules are inverted to thereby form the character or image. A pearl pigment layer exhibiting a variety of interference colors is applied onto the front surface or the back surface of the transparent substrate.

Claims

1. A magnetic display in which a microcapsule layer containing and sealing light-reflective non-magnetic fine particles and black magnetic fine particles dispersed in an oily liquid is applied in a space between two non-magnetic substrates at least one of which is transparent to form a display sheet, a magnetic field for forming a character or image is applied from a surface of the display with a transparent substrate side being a front surface thereof and a magnetic field for erasing the character or image is applied from a back surface thereof so that positions of the black magnetic fine particles and the light-reflective non-magnetic fine particles within the microcapsules are inverted to thereby form the character or image, wherein a pearl pigment layer exhibiting a variety of interference colors is applied onto the front surface or the back surface of the transparent substrate used as the front surface side of the display out of the two non-magnetic substrates so that the display structure takes one of a) a laminate layer composed of the pearl pigment layer, the surface side transparent substrate, the microcapsule layer and the back surface side substrate in the stated order and b) a laminate layer composed of the front surface side transparent substrate, the pearl pigment layer, the microcapsule layer and the back surface side substrate in the stated order, whereby the character or image of the black color that is the color inherent in the black magnetic fine particles formed on the surface of the display is changed into the interference color such as yellow, red, blue, or green of each pearl pigment.

2. A magnetic display according to claim 1, wherein the microcapsule layer is colored with dye or pigment to give an effect of the interference color also to the background of the character or image forming portion to thereby obtain a color contrast of the mutual interference colors generated in both the character or image forming portion and the background.

3. A magnetic display in which a space between two non-magnetic substrates at least one of which is transparent, is partitioned into small cavities by a honeycomb partitioning wall or any other cell partitioning wall and a dispersion liquid in which light-reflective non-magnetic fine particles and black magnetic fine particles and/or granular fine particles thereof are dispersed is filled in the small cavities, wherein a pearl pigment layer exhibiting a variety of interference colors is applied onto a front surface or a back surface of the surface side substrate of the display, whereby the character or image of the black color that is the color inherent in the black magnetic fine particles formed on the surface of the display is changed into the interference color such as yellow, red, blue, or green of each pearl pigment.

4. A magnetic display according to claim 3, wherein the dispersion liquid filled in the above-mentioned small cavities is colored by adding the dye or pigment thereto, to thereby give an effect of the interference colors not only on the character or image forming portion but on the background portion thereof to obtain the mutual contrast of the interference colors generated in both the character or image and the background portion thereof.

5. A magnetic display in which a microcapsule layer containing and sealing fine magnetic flakes having a shape anisotropy and dispersed in an oily liquid and a protective film for the microcapsules are applied in the stated order on a transparent non-magnetic sheet, a horizontal magnetic field is applied to the surface of the display so that the magnetic flakes within the microcapsules are oriented in the horizontal direction to bring about the condition in which an incident light is reflected, and subsequently, a vertical magnetic field is partially applied to the surface of the display to bring about the condition in which the incident light passes through, to thereby form an image utilizing a generated color contrast of the reflection and the transmission of the incident light, wherein a pearl pigment layer exhibiting a variety of interference colors is applied onto a front surface or a back surface of the transparent non-magnetic sheet so that the display structure takes either a) a laminate layer composed of the pearl pigment layer, the transparent non-magnetic sheet, the microcapsule layer and the black microcapsule protective film in the stated order or b) a laminate layer composed of the transparent non-magnetic sheet, the pearl pigment layer, the microcapsule layer and the black microcapsule protective film in the stated order, whereby the incident light passes through and the visible light is absorbed in the full wavelength range by the black protective film on the bottom portion so that the black color is changed into the interference color inherent in each pearl pigment.