Reflection mirror and rear projection type image display apparatus

• US 20050018330A1
• Filed: 06/02/2004
• Published: 01/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Hirata, Koji, Nishimura, Sadayuki, Adachi, Kei, Sakoo, Megumi
• Application Number:
  US10/859,858
• Publication Number:
  US 20050018330A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/884
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/0808 having a single reflecting layer G02B5/0883, G02B5/0891 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3141 Constructional details thereof details not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/14

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to obtain corrosion resistance performance which is more excellent than that of a conventional reflection mirror. To achieve the object, according to the invention, in a reflection mirror 30 having a metal plating film 2 and a top-coat layer 3 on a flat surface of a base plate 1, a silver reflection film 2 is formed by metal plating on the flat surface of the base plate 1. After that, by removing the reflective film on the side face of the base plate 1 or preventing the reflective film from being formed on the side face of the base plate 1 from the beginning, the side portion of the junction face between the base plate 1 and the reflective film 2 is completely covered with the top-coat film 3.

Claims

1. A reflection mirror used for a rear projection type image display apparatus for projecting a video image beam from an image projector by reflecting the video image beam toward a screen, comprising:

a base plate having a flat surface;

a reflective film of silver serving as a reflective surface formed on the flat surface of the base plate; and

a top-coat made of a transparent resin formed on the reflective film,

wherein a side portion of a junction face between said base plate and said reflective film is covered with said top-coat.

2. The reflection mirror according to claim 1, wherein said reflective film is a silver reflective film formed by a silver mirror reaction on the flat surface of the base plate.

3. The reflection mirror according to claim 1, wherein said reflective film is formed only on the flat surface of said base plate on the side said image beam is incident, and said top-coat is formed at least in a predetermined range in the side face of said base plate so as to cover the side portion of the junction face between said base plate and said reflective film.

4. The reflection mirror according to claim 1, wherein said reflective film is formed only on the flat surface of said base plate on the side said image beam is incident and in a region out of a predetermined distance range from an end face of the base plate.

5. The reflection mirror according to claim 1, wherein said reflective film is formed only on the flat surface of said base plate on the side said image beam is incident and in a region out of a distance range of 30 mm or less from the end surface of said base plate.

6. The reflection mirror according to claim 1, wherein the material of said top-coat is an acrylic resin.

7. A rear projection type image display apparatus for projecting a video image beam from an image projector by reflecting the video image beam toward a screen by a reflection mirror, and having a holding part for holding said reflection mirror, said reflection mirror comprising:

a base plate having a flat surface;

a reflective film of silver serving as a reflective surface formed on the flat surface of the base plate; and

a top-coat made of a transparent resin formed on the reflective film,

wherein said silver reflective film is formed only on the flat surface of said base plate on the side said image beam is incident and in a region out of a predetermined distance range from an end face of the base plate, and

the predetermined distance range from the end face of the base plate is almost the same as a holding range of said holding part or includes the holding part.

8. A method of manufacturing a reflection mirror used for a rear projection type image display apparatus, comprising:

a reflective film forming step of forming a reflective film of silver on a flat surface of a base plate;

a top-coat forming step of forming a top-coat as a protective film by a transparent resin on said reflective film;

a step of removing said reflective film formed incidentally in the reflective film forming step on the side face of said glass base plate; and

a forming step of forming said reflective film.

10. The method of manufacturing a reflection mirror according to claim 8 or 9, wherein said reflective film forming step is a step of forming said reflective film of silver by a silver mirror reaction using a spray method.

12. A rear projection type image display apparatus using a reflection mirror manufactured by the method of manufacturing a reflection mirror according to claim 8 or 9.

9. A method of manufacturing a reflection mirror used for a rear projection type image display apparatus for projecting an image beam from an image projector by reflecting the image beam toward a screen, comprising:

a masking step of masking at least a predetermined range on the side face of the glass base plate so that a reflective film is formed only on the top face of said glass base plate on the side said image beam is incident;

a reflective film forming step of forming a reflective film of silver on the glass base plate; and

a top-coat forming step of forming a top-coat as a protective film by a transparent resin on the reflective film.

11. A rear projection type image display apparatus for projecting an image beam from an image projector by reflecting the image beam by a reflection mirror toward a screen, said reflection mirror including:

a base plate having a flat surface;

a reflective film of silver serving as a reflective surface formed on the flat surface of the base plate; and

a top-coat made of a transparent resin formed on the reflective film,

wherein a side portion of a junction face between said base plate and said reflective film is covered with said top-coat.