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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1992
Toyokazu Okada, Suita, JP;
Koji Higashi, Takatsuki, JP;
Shinjiro Kawasaki, Nishinomiya, JP;
Yutaka Nishii, Moriguchi, JP;
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a dye-containing light-polarizing film wherein a disazo dye represented by the formula (I) is used: ##STR1## wherein Me represents a transition metal, being copper, nickel, zinc or iron, R represents a 1-naphthol or 2-naphthol residue which is bonded to azo group at the position adjacent to its hydroxyl group forming a complex bond together with the transition metal and which may have a substituent such as a sulfonic acid, sulfonamide, amino, acylamino or arylamino group or a hydroxyl group not adjacent to the azo group, X and Y represent a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, lower alkoxy, carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid, sulfonamide, sulfonalkylamide, amino, acrylamino or nitro group or a halogen atom, and Z represents a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or lower alkoxy group, said formula (I) having from 1 to 3 sulfonic acid groups. Said dye-containing light-polarizing film, as compared with the conventional ones, not only exhibits a high durability, but also has excellent polarization performance enough to be comparable to the light-polarizing films in which iodine is used. Consequently, said dye-containing light-polarizing film is effectively used for use in displays in which liquid crystals are used and optical instruments including CRT filters.