Polarizer plate with anti-stain layer

• US 5,783,299 A
• Filed: 10/14/1994
• Issued: 07/21/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Kubota, Satoshi, Miyashita, Satoru, Nakajima, Mikito, Okaue, Etsuo, Endo, Kogo, Mogami, Takao
• Primary Examiner(s): NAKARANI, DHIRAJLAL S
• Application Number:
  US08/324,066
• Time in Patent Office: 1,376 Days
• Field of Search: 359/24, 359/63, 359/64, 359/74, 359/490, 359/491, 359/492, 359/580, 428/1, 428/333, 428/428, 428/429, 428/446, 428/447, 428/451, 428/141, 428/328, 428/329, 428/331
• US Class Current: 428/329
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/30 with silicon-containing compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/42 at least one coating of an organic material and at least one non-metal coating
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 2217/76 Hydrophobic and oleophobic coatings
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 1/10 Optical coatings produced by application to, or surface treatment of, optical elements G02B1/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 1/116 including electrically conducting layers
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 1/18 Coatings for keeping optical surfaces clean, e.g. hydrophobic or photo-catalytic films G02B1/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/3033 in the form of a thin sheet or foil, e.g. Polaroid
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133528 Polarisers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/256 Heavy metal or aluminum or compound thereof
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/257 Iron oxide or aluminum oxide
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/259 Silicic material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31663 As siloxane, silicone or silane
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31667 Next to addition polymer from unsaturated monomers, or aldehyde or ketone condensation product

Abstract

A polarizer plate including a polarizer substrate formed of a polarizer layer and supporting layers disposed on opposite surfaces of the polarizer layer; an undercoat layer disposed on one surface of the polarizer substrate; an anti-reflection layer disposed on the undercoat layer; and an anti-staining layer including a fluorine-containing silane compound disposed on said anti-reflection layer. The undercoat layer preferably has a specular glossiness according to JIS Z 8741 of from 10 to 40 and a haze according to JIS K 6900 of from 5 to 30%.

Claims

1. A polarizer plate comprising:

a polarizer substrate including

a polarizer layer of polarizing material having two surfaces, the polarizer layer having supporting layers disposed on both surfaces of said polarizer layer;

an organic resin undercoat layer having a haze as is set forth in Japan Industrial Standard K 6900 from 5% to 30% disposed on one of the supporting layers;

an anti-reflection layer disposed on said undercoat layer; and

an outermost anti-staining layer disposed on said anti-reflection layer, said anti-staining layer including a fluorine-containing silane compound represented by the following formula (1);

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">(R.sup.1).sub.a (R.sup.2).sub.b --Si--X.sub.c (

     1)

in which;

R¹ is a fluorine-containing organic group;

R² is hydrogen or an organic group;

X is an amino group;

a is 1, 2, or 3;

b is 0, 1 or 2; and

c is 1, 2, or 3;

or an oligomer or a polymer containing the unit represented by formula (1).

2. The polarizer plate of claim 1, including a resin film laminate adhered to the supporting layer of the polarizer substrate, between the supporting layer and the undercoat layer.

3. The polarizer plate of claim 1, wherein said undercoat layer includes particles selected from the group consisting of silica, titania, alumina and zirconia, having an average particle size of from about 0.1 to 5 μ

m dispersed therein.

4. The polarizer plate of claim 1, wherein said undercoat layer includes at least one of acrylic resins or siloxane resins.

5. The polarizer plate of claim 1, wherein said flourine-containing silane compound is at least one member selected from the group consisting of:

1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyltriaminosilane,

1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyldimethylaminosilane,

bis(1H,1H-perfluorobutyl)diaminosilane,

bis(perfluorononyl)diaminosilane,

perfluorohexadecyltriaminosilane,

perfluoroheptadecyltriaminosilane,

perfluorooctadecyltriaminosilane, and

bis(perfluorononyl)butylaminosilane.

6. The polarizer plate according to claim 1 wherein, in said formula (1):

R¹ is at least one member selected from the group consisting of fluorine-containing alkyl and alkoxy groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and

R² is at least one member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl and alkoxy groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

7. The polarizer plate of claim 1, wherein said anti-staining layer has a refractive index, n and a thickness d, which satisfy the following relations:

nd<

0.1 μ

m, and 1.25<

n<

1.45.

8. A polarizer plate comprising:

a polarizer substrate including a polarizer layer of polarizing material having two surfaces and supporting layers disposed on both surfaces of said polarizer layer;

an organic resin undercoat layer having a center line average coarseness according to JIS B 0601 of from about 100 to 500 nm disposed on one of the supporting layers;

an anti-reflection layer disposed on said undercoat layer;

an outermost anti-staining layer disposed on said anti-reflection layer, said anti-staining layer including a fluorine-containing silane compound represented by the following formula (1);

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">(R.sup.1).sub.a (R.sup.2).sub.b --Si--X.sub.c (

     1)

wherein;

R¹ is a fluorine-containing organic group;

R² is hydrogen or an organic group;

X is at least one hydrolyzable reactive amino group;

a is 1, 2, or 3;

b is 0, 1, or 2; and

c is 1, 2, or 3;

or an oligomer or a polymer containing the unit represented by formula (1).

9. The polarizer plate of claim 8, including a resin film laminate adhered to the supporting layer of the polarizer substrate, between the supporting layer and the undercoat layer.

10. The polarizer plate of claim 8, wherein the undercoat layer includes particles selected from the group consisting of silica, titania, alumina and zirconia particles, having an average particle size of from about 0.1 to 5 μ

m, dispersed therein.

11. The polarizer plate of claim 8, wherein the undercoat layer includes at least one of acrylic resins or siloxane resins.

12. The polarizer plate of claim 8, wherein the fluorine-containing silane compound is at least one member selected from the group consisting of:

1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyltriaminosilane,

1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyldimethylaminosilane,

bis(1H,1H-perfluorobutyl)diaminosilane,

bis(perfluorononyl)diaminosilane,

perfluorohexadecyltriaminosilane,

perfluoroheptadecyltriaminosilane,

perfluorooctadecyltriaminosilane, and

bis(perfluorononyl)butylaminosilane.

13. The polarizer plate according to claim 8 wherein, in formula (1):

R¹ is at least one member selected from the group consisting of flourine-containing alkyl and alkoxy groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and

R² is at least one member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and alkoxy groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

14. The polarizer plate of claim 8, wherein said anti-staining layer has a refractive index, n and a thickness, which satisfy the following relations:

nd<

0.1 μ

m, and 1.25 <

n<

1.45.