Light valve suspension containing fluorocarbon liquid
US4407565A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 16, 1981 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/172
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
In a light valve, comprising a cell containing a suspension of particles in a liquid suspending medium, the improvement wherein said light valve suspension comprises particles of a perhalide of an alkaloid acid salt or a light-polarizing metal halide or perhalide suspended in said liquid suspending medium and a protective polymer effective to inhibit agglomeration of said particles dissolved in said liquid suspending medium, said liquid suspending medium comprising an electrically resistive, inert, low molecular weight, liquid fluorocarbon polymer having a specific gravity at room temperature of at least about 1.5 and having at least about 50% of its atoms constituted by halogen atoms, at least 60% of said halogen atoms being fluorine and the balance chlorine and/or bromine, and an electrically resistive organic liquid miscible with the fluorocarbon liquid, said fluid suspending medium being operable to suspend said particles in substantial gravitational equilibrium.
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