US4135031A
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Magnetic recording substance
Assignee: Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1977-02-24
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Granted: 1979-01-16
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Expires: 1997-02-24
Abstract
Abstract In a magnetic recording substance comprising a magnetic recording layer on one side of a non-magnetic support and a back layer on the other side thereof, the back layer is provided by coating a powdered solid with a binder and coating solvent and having spike grains with a height of 0.8 to 5 microns and an interval or pitch of at least 200 microns on the surface thereof and a friction coefficient of at least 0.25.
Inventors
- 👤 Goro Akashi
- 👤 Masaaki Fujiyama
- 👤 Masahiro Utumi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 18:10
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B5/00; G11B5/62; G11B5/68; G11B5/70; G11B5/708; G11B5/73; G11B5/735; G11B5/7356; G11B5/7358; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/90; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24479; Y10T428/24612; Y10T428/2462; Y10T428/25; Y10T428/259; Y10T428/31
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
A magnetic recording substance comprising a non-magnetic support film having a magnetic recording layer on one side and a back coating comprising a thin layer of a resinous binder having dispersed therein a mixture of inorganic powders comprising as a major component an inorganic powder having grain size of 0.02-5 microns and as a minor component an inorganic powder having a grain size of 2-40 microns, said minor component forming with said major component and binder on said film a coating having spike grains extending outwardly from the non-magnetic surface to a height of 0.8-5 microns at a pitch of at least 200 microns to yield a tape having a coefficient of friction of at least 0 on 25.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
119 words
A magnetic recording substance comprising a non-magnetic support film having a magnetic recording layer on one side and a back coating comprising a thin layer of a resinous binder having dispersed therein a mixture of inorganic powders comprising as a major component an inorganic powder having grain size of 0.02-5 microns and as a minor component an inorganic powder having a grain size of 2-40 microns, said minor component forming with said major component and binder on said film a coating having spike grains extending outwardly from the non-magnetic surface to a height of 0.8-5 microns at a pitch of at least 200 microns to yield a tape having a coefficient of friction of at least 0 on 25.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
53 words
The magnetic recording substance as claimed in claim 1, wherein the powdered solid is of at least one material selected from the group consisting of talc, titanium oxide, zinc oxide, lithophone, complex of zinc sulfide and zinc sulfate, aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, kaolin, carbon, barium sulfate, silicon dioxide, barium carbonate and mixtures thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The magnetic recording substance as claimed in claim 1, wherein the non-magnetic support has a thickness of 3 to 100 microns.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The magnetic recording substance as claimed in claim 1, wherein the powdered solid is a mixture of powders differing in grain size.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The magnetic recording substance as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pitch of the spike grains is from 200 to 10000 microns.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The magnetic recording substance as claimed in claim 1, wherein the height of the spike grains is from 0.8 to 3 microns.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The magnetic recording substance as claimed in claim 1, wherein the spike grains have a diameter of at least 8 microns.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The magnetic recording substance as claimed in claim 7, wherein the diameter of the spike grains is from 8 to 20 microns.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
The magnetic recording substance as claimed in claim 1, wherein the back layer has a surface electric resistance of at most 10 10 Ω.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
The magnetic recording substance as claimed in claim 9, wherein the surface electric resistance of the back layer is at most 10 8 Ω.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
The magnetic recording substance as claimed in claim 1, wherein the back layer has a thickness on dry base of 0.5 to 10 microns.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
The magnetic recording substance as claimed in claim 1, wherein the proportion by weight of the spike grains to the back layer ranges from 1/1000 to 30/1000.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1982-01-15 | 1982-07-17 | 1983-01-16 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1986-01-15 | 1986-07-17 | 1987-01-16 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1990-01-15 | 1990-07-17 | 1991-01-16 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |