US20060096045A1 - Method for dyeing polarizers - Google Patents

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US20060096045A1
US20060096045A1 US11/006,597 US659704A US2006096045A1 US 20060096045 A1 US20060096045 A1 US 20060096045A1 US 659704 A US659704 A US 659704A US 2006096045 A1 US2006096045 A1 US 2006096045A1
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Jui-Chi Wu
Shih-Ming Chen
Yao-Chung Cheng
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06P—DYEING OR PRINTING TEXTILES; DYEING LEATHER, FURS OR SOLID MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES IN ANY FORM
    • D06P1/00—General processes of dyeing or printing textiles, or general processes of dyeing leather, furs, or solid macromolecular substances in any form, classified according to the dyes, pigments, or auxiliary substances employed
    • D06P1/0004—General aspects of dyeing
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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    • A47G27/02—Carpets; Stair runners; Bedside rugs; Foot mats
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
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    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06P—DYEING OR PRINTING TEXTILES; DYEING LEATHER, FURS OR SOLID MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES IN ANY FORM
    • D06P1/00—General processes of dyeing or printing textiles, or general processes of dyeing leather, furs, or solid macromolecular substances in any form, classified according to the dyes, pigments, or auxiliary substances employed
    • D06P1/34—General processes of dyeing or printing textiles, or general processes of dyeing leather, furs, or solid macromolecular substances in any form, classified according to the dyes, pigments, or auxiliary substances employed using natural dyestuffs
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06P—DYEING OR PRINTING TEXTILES; DYEING LEATHER, FURS OR SOLID MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES IN ANY FORM
    • D06P1/00—General processes of dyeing or printing textiles, or general processes of dyeing leather, furs, or solid macromolecular substances in any form, classified according to the dyes, pigments, or auxiliary substances employed
    • D06P1/44—General processes of dyeing or printing textiles, or general processes of dyeing leather, furs, or solid macromolecular substances in any form, classified according to the dyes, pigments, or auxiliary substances employed using insoluble pigments or auxiliary substances, e.g. binders
    • D06P1/673—Inorganic compounds
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    • G02—OPTICS
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    • G02B5/00—Optical elements other than lenses
    • G02B5/30—Polarising elements
    • G02B5/3025—Polarisers, i.e. arrangements capable of producing a definite output polarisation state from an unpolarised input state
    • G02B5/3033—Polarisers, i.e. arrangements capable of producing a definite output polarisation state from an unpolarised input state in the form of a thin sheet or foil, e.g. Polaroid

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  • Taiwan Application Serial Number 93134019 filed on Nov. 8, 2004, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
  • the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing polarizers. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for dyeing polarizers.
  • LCD liquid crystal displays
  • CTR cathode ray tube
  • Polarizers are main components of a liquid crystal display. Traditionally, a polarizing substrate is dyed, extended and corrected first, and then is adhered onto a protection film to form a polarizer.
  • the polarizing substrate is made of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) molecules, which are distributed irregularly at any angle in the beginning. After extending, PVA molecules are gradually turned toward the extending direction, and iodine ions adhered on the PAV molecules are also arranged in the extending direction.
  • PVA polyvinyl alcohol
  • the polarizer can absorb an amount of light parallel to the extending direction and only allow an amount of light perpendicular to the extending direction to pass through.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a conventional dyeing apparatus for polarizers.
  • a polarizing substrate 110 is dyed as mentioned above in a dyeing tank 102 .
  • a common dyeing agent is an iodine solution 112 , and the iodine ions thereof are diffused into the polarizing substrate 110 by soaking the polarizing substrate 110 in the iodine solution 112 .
  • the rolling speed of polarizers while manufacturing i.e. the machine speed
  • the period of the polarizing substrate 110 soaking in the iodine solution 112 is short, thus causing insufficient dyeing.
  • the prior art generally enlarges the size of the dyeing tank 102 or increases the concentration of the iodine solution 112 to obtain better dyeing results.
  • a larger dyeing tank or a higher concentrated dyeing agent requires a greater amount of chemicals and increases manufacturing cost.
  • the dyeing result of a higher concentrated dyeing agent is hard to control, easily causing uneven dyeing, which decreases the quality and affects the optical performance of polarizers.
  • a method for dyeing polarizers is provided.
  • a polarizing substrate is placed into a dyeing tank for dyeing.
  • a concentration of a dyeing agent in the dyeing tank is less than 800 ppm, and a dyeing period is greater than 200 seconds, so as to improve the dyeing of the polarizing substrate by lengthening the dyeing period and lowering the dyeing agent concentration.
  • a dyeing path of the polarizing substrate is extended to increase the dyeing period by use of a plurality of rollers configured in the dyeing tank or by increasing a size of the dyeing tank.
  • the dyeing agent comprises iodine
  • a material of the polarizing substrate is polyvinyl alcohol.
  • the present invention increases the dyeing period and decreases the concentration of the dyeing agent of the dyeing process and thus prevents uneven dyeing and improves the dyeing quality. Moreover, decreasing the dyeing agent concentration also reduces the amount of chemicals used and thus decreases manufacturing cost.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a conventional dyeing apparatus for polarizers
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic view of one preferred embodiment of the present invention
  • the present invention provides a method for dyeing polarizers, which improves the dyeing by using a long dyeing period and a dyeing agent with low concentration.
  • the features of the present invention comprise controlling the dyeing period and the concentration of the dyeing agent using specific values. More particularly, the dyeing period is greater than 200 seconds and the concentration of the dyeing agent is less than 800 ppm, so as to obtain polarizers with good optical quality.
  • a dyeing path in the dyeing tank can be extended to increase the dyeing period.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic view of one preferred embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 2 , the preferred embodiment adds rollers 202 in the dyeing tank 102 .
  • the dyeing path in the dyeing tank 102 is extended to increase the dyeing period of the polarizing substrate 110 , such as a PVA substrate, soaked in the iodine solution 112 . Because the dyeing period is increased to be greater than 200 seconds, the concentration of the dyeing agent can be decreased to be lower than 800 ppm.
  • the monomer transmittance of the polarizers can be over 43%; and the degree of polarization of polarizers can be greater than 99.90% when the dyeing temperature is between about 30° C. and 50° C., the dyeing time is greater than 200 seconds, and the concentration of the iodine solution is less than 800 ppm.
  • the dyeing uniformity of the polarizer of the preferred embodiment is superior to the polarizer manufactured at the same dyeing temperature with a dyeing period of 80 seconds and the concentration of the iodine solution greater than 1200 ppm. Therefore, the preferred embodiment reduces the amount of chemicals, decreases the manufacturing cost and prevents uneven dyeing.
  • the dyeing agent used here is an iodine solution diluted with other solvents and additives.
  • the iodine stock solutions which are not diluted with other solvents and additives, for different dyeing paths are listed in Table 1 for easy and clear comparison. Because the size of the dyeing tank 202 and the volume of the iodine solution 112 therein are both fixed, the changes of the iodine stock solutions can be regarded as the changes of the concentrations of the iodine solutions. As indicated in Table 1, the preferred embodiment can certainly reduce the amount of dyeing agent used for dyeing by increasing the dyeing period, without affecting the desired polarizer hue.
  • the dyeing period can also be increased by changing the size and configuration of the rollers, increasing the size of the dyeing tank, and applying dyeing delay agents or other dyeing period extending methods known in prior art, according to other preferred embodiments.
  • the present invention increases the dyeing period and decreases the concentration of the dyeing agent of the dyeing process, and thus prevents uneven dyeing and improves the dyeing quality. Moreover, decreasing the dyeing agent concentration also reduces the amount of chemicals used and thus decreases manufacturing cost.

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