IP Library Granted Patent US 8,980,400
Granted Patent B2
US 8,980,400 · App. 13/090,423 · Granted Mar 17, 2015

Light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications, and method for producing same

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Patent No.
US 8,980,400
App. No.
13/090,423
Granted
Mar 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provide a light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications which can be used as a covering material for an agricultural house or the like, is excellent in uniformity of color or the like of crops cultivated, can reduce the occurrence of leaf scorch, seedling blight or the like, and can cultivate the crops at high productivity. Specifically, the invention provides a light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications that gives a ratio of scattered light with a scattering angle of 5.5 to 10° being 5% or higher relative to the total transmitted light.

Claims (19)

1. A light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications that gives a ratio of scattered light with a scattering angle of 5.5 to 10° being 5% or higher relative to the total transmitted light.

2. The light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications according to claim 1 that gives a ratio of scattered light with a scattering angle of 1 to 10° being 50% or higher relative to the total transmitted light.

3. The light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications according to claim 1 that gives a ratio of scattered light with a scattering angle of 30° or larger being 1% or lower relative to the total transmitted light.

4. The light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications according to claim 1 , wherein the fluororesin film has concaves and convexes on a surface thereof, and has a surface roughness thereof represented by the arithmetic average roughness Ra of from 1.6 μm to 3 μm, in both the TD direction (width direction) and the MD direction (flow direction).

5. The light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications according to claim 1 , wherein the fluororesin film has concaves and convexes on a surface thereof, and has a surface roughness thereof represented by the 10-point average roughness Rz of from 13 to 25 μm, in both the TD direction and the MD direction.

6. The light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications according to claim 1 , wherein the fluororesin film has concaves and convexes on a surface thereof, and has an average distance Sm among the concaves and the convexes of from 40 to 100 μm, in both the MD direction and the TD direction.

7. The light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications according to claim 1 , wherein the fluororesin film contains synthetic mica particles having an average particle size of 3 to 15 μm, and the content thereof is from 3 to 5 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the fluororesin.

8. The light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio of scattered light with a scattering angle of 5.5 to 10° is 10% to 40% relative to the total transmitted light.

9. The light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio of scattered light with a scattering angle of 5.5 to 10° is 20% to 40% relative to the total transmitted light.

10. The light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications according to claim 2 , wherein the ratio of scattered light with a scattering angle of 1 to 10° is 60% to 90% relative to the total transmitted light.

11. The light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications according to claim 2 , wherein the ratio of scattered light with a scattering angle of 1 to 10° is 70% to 90% relative to the total transmitted light.

12. The light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications according to claim 1 , that gives a ratio of scattered light with a scattering angle of 0 to 0. 5° of 40% or lower relative to the total transmitted light.

13. The light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications according to claim 12 , that gives a ratio of scattered light with a scattering angle of 0 to 0.5° of 30% or lower relative to the total transmitted light.

14. The light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications according to claim 4 , wherein the surface roughness Ra is from 1.7 μm to 3 μm.

15. The light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications according to claim 4 , wherein the surface roughness Ra is from 1.8μm to 2.5 μm.

16. The light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications according to claim 5 , wherein Rz is from 15 to 25μm.

17. The light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications according to claim 5 , wherein Rz is from 18 to 22μm.

18. The light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications according to claim 6 , wherein Sm is from 50 to 95 μm.

19. The light-scattering fluororesin film for agricultural applications according to claim 6 , wherein Sm is from 60 to 90 μm.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: AGC INC.
Reel/Frame 046730/0786 →
CORPORATE ADDRESS CHANGE Recorded Nov 9, 2011
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 027197/0541 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2011
From: SHIMOI, YASUKO; ARUGA, HIROSHI
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 026156/0813 →