Near infrared absorbing film, and multi-layered panel comprising the film

• US 6,255,031 B1
• Filed: 03/10/1999
• Issued: 07/03/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Osaka Gas Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Kanebo, Ltd. (HOYU Company Limited)
• Inventors: Yao, Kenji, Suzuki, Yasuko, Koike, Masahiro, Igarashi, Kouei, Indo, Takashi, Sakurai, Kazuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Hoa Van
• Assistant Examiner(s): GILLIAM, BARBARA LEE
• Application Number:
  US09/171,392
• Time in Patent Office: 846 Days
• Field of Search: 430/271.1, 430/273.1, 430/281.1, 430/270.1
• US Class Current: 430/270.1
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10018 comprising only one glass sheet
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/24 characterised by the material
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/28 characterised by coatings
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 9/04 for filtering out infrared radiation dichroic reflectors F21V7/22; using liquid-filled chambers F21V9/12
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/208 for use with infrared or ultraviolet radiation, e.g. for separating visible light from infrared and/or ultraviolet radiation

Abstract

In a film or panel having excellent near-infrared absorbability and excellent near-infrared shieldability, and having a high degree of visible ray transmittance and good color tone, in order to produce the near-infrared-absorbing film or panel having good color tone while the near-infrared-absorbing dye disposed therein is kept stable, the dye and the binder resin for the dye are specifically selected, and the production method is also specifically selected. In addition, for the purpose of producing the film or panel while the dye disposed therein is kept stable and for the purpose of making the film or panel have additional functions such as electromagnetic radiation absorbability, the film or panel is made to have a multi-layered structure.

Claims

1. A multi-layered, near-infrared-absorbing panel comprising an absorbing layer of a near-infrared-absorbing dye dispersed in a transparent polymer resin further comprising at least one of an electromagnetic radiation-absorbing layer, an antireflection layer, a shape-retaining layer and an ultraviolet-absorbing layer.

2. The multi-layered, near-infrared-absorbing panel according to claim 1, wherein the absorbing layer is a transparent plastic film formed via vapor deposition of the near-infrared-absorbing dye along with a metal, a metal oxide or a metal salt.

3. The multi-layered, near-infrared-absorbing panel according to claim 1, wherein the absorbing layer is a laminate including a plurality of transparent plastic films.

4. The multi-layered, near-infrared-absorbing panel according to claim 1, further comprising a radiation-resistant glass sheet capable of reflecting heat radiations and which is laminated with the near-infrared-absorbing layer wherein a light transmittance profile is such that a visible ray transmittance is equal to or greater than 55% and a near-infrared ray transmittance is equal to or smaller than 5%.

5. The near-infrared-absorbing panel according to claim 1, wherein the near-infrared-absorbing dye and the transparent polymer resin are uniformly mixed via a casting method or a coating method.

6. The multilayered, near-infrared-absorbing film according to claim 1, wherein the dye is a mixture of at least one or more selected from the group consisting of phthalocyanine-metal complexes, aromatic dithiol-metal complexes of the following general formula (1), and aromatic di-immonium compounds of the following general formulae (2) and (3):

wherein RD₁ to RD₄ each represents an alkylene group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, a fluorine atom or a hydrogen atom and M represents a transition metal having a coordination number of four;

wherein RD₅ to RD₁₂ each represent an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms and X represents a monovalent or divalent anion, which is a counter-ion for neutralizing the ionized compound and

wherein RD₁₃ to RD₁₈ each represent an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms and X represents a monovalent or divalent anion, which is a counter-ion for neutralizing the ionized compound.

7. The near-infrared-absorbing panel according to claim 1, wherein the near-infrared-absorbing dye and the transparent resin are combined in a melt mixture formed via melt extrusion.

8. A multilayered, near-infrared-absorbing film comprising an absorbing layer of a near-infrared-absorbing dye dispersed in a transparent polymer resin further comprising at least one of an electromagnetic radiation-absorbing layer, an antireflection layer, a shape-retaining layer and an ultraviolet-absorbing layer.

9. The multilayered, near infrared-absorbing film according to claim 8, wherein the absorbing layer is a transparent plastic layer formed via vapor deposition of the near-infrared-absorbing dye along with a metal, a metal oxide or a metal salt.

10. The multilayered, near-infrared-absorbing film according to claim 8, wherein the absorbing layer is a laminate including a plurality of transparent plastic films.

11. The multilayered, near-infrared-absorbing film according to claim 8, further comprising a radiation-resistant glass sheet capable of reflecting heat radiation which is laminated with the near-infrared-absorbing film, wherein a light transmittance profile is such that a visible ray transmittance is equal to or greater than 55% and a near-infrared ray transmittance is equal to or smaller than 5%.

12. The multilayered, near infrared-absorbing film according to claim 8, wherein the near-infrared-absorbing dye and the transparent polymer resin are uniformly mixed via a casting method or a coating method.

13. The multilayered, near-infrared-absorbing film according to claim 8, wherein the dye is a mixture of at least one or more selected from the group consisting of phthalocyanine-metal complexes, aromatic dithiol-metal complexes of the following general formula (1), and aromatic di-immonium compounds of the following general formulae (2) and (3):

wherein RD₁ to RD₄ each represents an alkylene group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, a fluorine atom or a hydrogen atom and M represents a transition metal having a coordination number of four;

wherein RD₅ to RD₁₂ each represent an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms and X represents a monovalent or divalent anion, which is a counter-ion for neutralizing the ionized compound; and

wherein RD₁₃ to RD₁₈ each represent an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms and X represents a monovalent or divalent anion, which is a counter-ion for neutralizing the ionized compound.

14. The multilayered, near infrared-absorbing film according to claim 8, wherein the near-infrared-absorbing dye and the transparent resin are combined in a melt mixture formed via melt extrusion.