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Title:
RETROREFLECTING SHEET WHICH EMITS LIGHT WHEN IRRADIATED WITH ULTRAVIOLET RAY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/1996/018920
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A retroreflecting sheet which emits light when irradiated with ultraviolet rays and is composed of a retroreflecting area where retroreflecting elements are arranged and a light-emitting area which emits light when the area is irradiated with ultraviolet rays. The light-emitting area containing a fluorescent substance which emits light when irradiated with ultraviolet rays at a specific luminance brightness and a resin component. A display device constituted by combining such a retroreflecting sheet with an ultraviolet-ray irradiating means for irradiating the sheet with ultraviolet rays. When illuminated by a light source, the retroreflecting sheet can be clearly recognized not only by a viewer in a position on the line connecting the light source and the sheet, but also another viewer in another position off the line.

Inventors:
TANAKA OSAMU (JP)
HIROMITSU KIYOHITO (JP)
FUSHIMI HIDENORI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP1995/002572
Publication Date:
June 20, 1996
Filing Date:
December 15, 1995
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Assignee:
NIPPON CARBIDE KOGYO KK (JP)
TANAKA OSAMU (JP)
HIROMITSU KIYOHITO (JP)
FUSHIMI HIDENORI (JP)
International Classes:
G02B5/124; G02B5/128; G09F13/16; G09F13/04; (IPC1-7): G02B5/12; G02B5/128
Foreign References:
JPS5047591A1975-04-28
JPS57133004U1982-08-19
JPH06250006A1994-09-09
JPH0643819A1994-02-18
JPS60194405A1985-10-02
JPS51144198A1976-12-10
Other References:
See also references of EP 0747736A4
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