IP Library Granted Patent US 10,843,497
Granted Patent B2
US 10,843,497 · App. 15/608,388 · Granted Nov 24, 2020

Plate with printed layer, manufacturing method thereof, and display device

Inventors: Jun Minamidate (Tokyo, JP); Toru Ikeda (Tokyo, JP); Yosuke Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Azusa Takai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: AGC Inc.
B41N1/22B32B5/142B32B7/02B32B17/10458B32B2457/202B32B2457/208
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Patent No.
US 10,843,497
App. No.
15/608,388
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a plate with a printed layer containing: a bent plate with a bent portion, including a first main surface, a second main surface and an end surface, and a printed layer formed on the first main surface, in which the printed layer has an average value (average OD value) of optical density (OD values) in visible light in a plane being 4 or more.

Claims (48)

1. A plate with a printed layer comprising:

a bent plate with a bent portion, including a first main surface, a second main surface and an end surface, and

a printed layer formed on the first main surface,

wherein the printed layer has an undulation in its surface, and

the undulation has a diameter (true-circle equivalent) of a cross section at a height of a bearing height+0.05 μm being larger than 10 μm and 185 μm or smaller, and has a maximum height being from 0.2 μm to 10 μm when the height at a portion having the lowest height in an observation region is taken as a basis.

2. The plate with a printed layer according to claim 1 ,

wherein the printed layer has an average value (average OD value) of optical density (OD values) in visible light in a plane being 4 or more.

3. The plate with a printed layer according to claim 2 , wherein the printed layer has an in-plane distribution of the OD value being within a range of the average OD value ±30%.

4. The plate with a printed layer according to claim 1 , wherein the bent plate has a relative permittivity of 10 or lower.

5. The plate with a printed layer according to claim 1 , wherein the bent plate has a volume resistivity value of 2×10 5 Ωm or larger at 20° C.

6. The plate with a printed layer according to claim 1 , wherein the bent portion has a curvature radius of 1,000 mm or smaller.

7. The plate with a printed layer according to claim 1 , wherein the printed layer is also formed on the end surface.

8. The plate with a printed layer according to claim 1 , wherein the second main surface is subjected to a surface treatment.

9. The plate with a printed layer according to claim 8 , wherein the surface treatment is at least one treatment selected from the group consisting of antiglare treatment, antireflection treatment, antifouling treatment, and antifogging treatment.

10. The plate with a printed layer according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the bent plate is glass.

11. The plate with a printed layer according to claim 10 , wherein the glass has a compression stress layer on any one of main surfaces thereof.

12. The plate with a printed layer according to claim 11 , wherein the compression stress layer has a depth (DOL) of 10 μm or larger.

13. The plate with a printed layer according to claim 10 , wherein the glass has a composition comprising, represented by mol % on the basis of oxides:

50 to 80% of SiO 2 ,

0.1 to 25% of Al 2 O 3 ,

3 to 30% of Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O,

0 to 25% of MgO,

0 to 25% of CaO, and

0 to 5% of ZrO 2 .

14. The plate with a printed layer according to claim 1 , wherein the bent plate further includes a flat portion.

15. The plate with a printed layer according to claim 1 , wherein in a cross-sectional view in a thickness direction of the bent plate, when a distance between a line segment connecting two end portions and a tangential line that is in contact with the bent portion and in parallel with the line segment is defined as a bending depth h, the bending depth is 1,000 mm or smaller.

16. The plate with a printed layer according to claim 1 , wherein the bent plate has a twisted structure with different curvature radii in a single bent portion.

17. The plate with a printed layer according to claim 1 , wherein the printed layer has a thickness of 3 μm or larger.

18. The plate with a printed layer according to claim 1 , wherein the printed layer has a thickness of 10 μm or smaller.

19. The plate with a printed layer according to claim 1 , wherein the printed layer has a thickness being within a range of an average thickness ±30%.

20. The plate with a printed layer according to claim 14 ,

wherein the first main surface further includes a non-printed portion with no printed layer formed thereon, and the non-printed portion has a ratio of a reflected image diffusion index value Rr obtained by Equation (1) being from 0.3 to 0.8:

Ratio of reflected image diffusion index value Rr =(reflected image diffusion index value Rr in non-printed layer portion of bent portion)/(sum of reflected image diffusion index values Rr in respective non-printed layer portions in flat portion and bent portion  (1).

21. A display device comprising the plate with a printed layer according to claim 1 .

22. A method for manufacturing a plate with a printed layer according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

a coating film formation step of forming a coating film on a non-conductive plate including a first main surface, a second main surface and an end surface, by applying a coating solution comprising a printing material to the first main surface by using electrostatic power,

wherein in the coating film formation step, the non-conductive plate is in contact with a conductive base material and the coating solution has a viscosity of 0.1 Pa·s or less.

23. The method for manufacturing a plate with a printed layer according to claim 22 , wherein the coating solution has a surface tension of from 0.01 N/m to 0.1 N/m.

24. The method for manufacturing a plate with a printed layer according to claim 22 , wherein an electrostatic coating apparatus is used in the coating film formation step.

25. The method for manufacturing a plate with a printed layer according to claim 22 , further comprising:

a coating film stabilization step of stabilizing the coating film.

26. The method for manufacturing a plate with a printed layer according to claim 22 , further comprising:

a masking formation step of forming masking on the non-conductive plate.

27. The method for manufacturing a plate with a printed layer according claim 24 , wherein the electrostatic coating apparatus has an electrostatic coating gun.

28. The method for manufacturing a plate with a printed layer according to claim 22 , wherein the non-conductive plate is glass.

29. The method for manufacturing a plate with a printed layer according to claim 22 , wherein the non-conductive plate includes a bent portion.

30. The method for manufacturing a plate with a printed layer according to claim 22 , wherein the conductive base material has a conductivity imparted at least to a surface thereof, and the surface is in contact with the second main surface of the non-conductive plate.

31. A display device comprising a plate with a printed layer obtained by the method for manufacturing a plate with a printed layer according to claim 22 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: AGC INC.
Reel/Frame 046730/0786 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2017
From: MINAMIDATE, JUN; IKEDA, TORU; TAKEDA, YOSUKE; TAKAI, AZUSA
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 042531/0659 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-107709 · May 30, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170341451A1 · Nov 30, 2017
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