Optical filter and filter for touch panel type display

• US 20040130788A1
• Filed: 11/10/2003
• Published: 07/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Original Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Inventors: Minami, Kazuhiko
• Application Number:
  US10/450,575
• Publication Number:
  US 20040130788A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/601
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/00 Optical elements other than lenses light guides G02B6/00; optical logic elements G02F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1609 to support filters or lenses

Abstract

An optical filter includes a louver film and an adhesive layer that is fixedly provided on the back surface of the louver film and used to adhere the louver film to a surface, which optical filter can be adhered to the surface of a touch panel without leaving any gap between the touch panel surface and the optical filter and thus causes no malfunction of the touch panel, even when the louver film is warped or curled, and which can be easily removed from the touch panel at any desired time and refixed. The adhesive layer of the optical filter has a peel strength of 0.1 to 3 N/25 mm which is measured against a surface of a polyethylene terephthalate film at a peeling rate of 90 inch (about 229 cm)/min. at a peeling angle of 90 degrees.

Claims

1. An optical filter comprising a louver film and an adhesive layer which is fixedly provided on the back surface of said louver film and used to adhere said louver film to an adherent surface,

characterized in that said adhesive layer has a peel strength of 0.1 to 4.5 N/25 mm which is measured against a surface of a polyethylene terephthalate film at a peeling rate of 90 inch (about 229 cm)/min. at a peeling angle of 90 degrees, and repeeling properties from said adherent surface.

2. The optical filter according to claim 1, wherein said adhesive layer comprises a crosslinked self-adherent polymer.

3. The optical filter according to claim 2, wherein said self-adherent polymer is crosslinked with a crosslinking agent, and an amount of said crosslinking agent is from 1 to 5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of said self-adherent polymer.

4. A filter for a touch panel type display comprising an optical filter according to claim 1, wherein said adherent surface is a display screen of the touch panel type display, said optical filter can be adhered to said display screen so that no malfunction is caused, and it can be repeeled from said display screen without damaging said display screen.