Magnetic display system

Abstract

A magnetic display system uses a display wherein a non-magnetic substrate has applied thereon a microcapsule coating layer having sealed light-absorptive magnetic particles and light-reflective non-magnetic particles which are dispersed in an oily liquid. A permanent magnet causes a shift of the light-absorptive magnetic particles in one direction and, as a result, causing a shift of the light-reflective non-magnetic particles in the other direction. In the microcapsule coating layer, microcapsules having a plurality of diameters within a range from 100 microns to 1,000 microns are combined together. Furthermore, the light-absorptive magnetic particles sealed in the microcapsules have a plurality of particle diameters ranging from 0.2 microns to several icons. A suitable amount of magnetic particles capable of becoming a permanent magnet when magnetized after the microcapsule coating layer is coated is added. The mean particle diameter of the light-reflective non-magnetic particles sealed in the microcapsules ranges from 0.01 microns to several microns. A suitable amount of the microcapsules having a particle diameter far more minute than the mean particle diameter of the microcapsules and having sealed therein only the transparent oily liquid is added to the microcapsule coating layer.

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