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Magnetic record member and process for manufacturing the same
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1979-12-12
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Granted: 1982-04-20
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Expires: 1999-12-12
Abstract
Abstract An improved magnetic disk recording device having a smooth recording medium layer covered with a protective film layer whose surface is formed with radially extending sinusoidal jogs or undulations defining a surface roughness greater than that of the underlying recording medium. These jogs act to avoid wear due to the adhesiveness between the device and a recording or reproducing head. The jogged protective film layer is formed by using a solvent of specified boiling point in a spin-coating process.
Inventors
- 👤 Masahiro Yanagisawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 20:01
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B5/00; G11B5/62; G11B5/72; G11B5/74; G11B5/82; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/90; Y10S428/922; Y10S428/9265; Y10S428/928; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/12382; Y10T428/12493; Y10T428/12535; Y10T428/12597; Y10T428/12604; Y10T428/12736; Y10T428/1275; Y10T428/12771; Y10T428/12861; Y10T428/12944; Y10T428/26; Y10T428/269
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
61 words
A magnetic record member comprising: a disk-shaped recording medium base having a specular magnetic recording medium surface; and a protective film formed on said base and having a surface roughness of 0.02 to 0.05 microns with sinusoidal jogs which are distributed at a pitch of 10 to 200 microns and extend radially between the inner and outer circumferences of said base.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
61 words
A magnetic record member comprising: a disk-shaped recording medium base having a specular magnetic recording medium surface; and a protective film formed on said base and having a surface roughness of 0.02 to 0.05 microns with sinusoidal jogs which are distributed at a pitch of 10 to 200 microns and extend radially between the inner and outer circumferences of said base.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
A magnetic record member as defined in claim 1, wherein said base comprises an aluminum alloy disk, a nickel-phosphorous alloy layer formed thereon, and a cobalt-nickel-phosphorous alloy layer formed on said nickel-phosphorous alloy layer and serving as a recording medium.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
106 words
A process for manufacturing a magnetic record member comprising the steps of: covering a recording medium base having a specular magnetic recording medium surface with a solution of coating material composition including a solvent of a boiling point of 70° C. to 100° C. by a spin-coating process, thereby to form a protective film on said base; and controlling the spin rate of the recording medium base to a rate at which radially extending jogs are produced on the surface of said protective film which are distributed at a pitch of 10 to 200 microns and which form a surface roughness of 0.02 to 0.05 microns.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
106 words
A process for manufacturing a magnetic record member comprising the steps of: covering a recording medium base having a specular magnetic recording medium surface with a solution of coating material composition including a solvent of a boiling point of 70° C. to 100° C. by a spin-coating process, thereby to form a protective film on said base; and controlling the spin rate of the recording medium base to a rate at which radially extending jogs are produced on the surface of said protective film which are distributed at a pitch of 10 to 200 microns and which form a surface roughness of 0.02 to 0.05 microns.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
64 words
A process for manufacturing a magnetic record member as defined in claim 3, wherein said solvent of a boiling point of 70° C. to 100° C., is selected from the group consisting of methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol isopropyl alcohol, normal propyl alcohol, tertiary butyl alcohol, secondary butyl alcohol, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, isopropyl acetate, methyl propionate, acetone, ethyl methyl ketone, and isopropyl methyl ketone.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process for manufacturing a magnetic record member as defined in claim 3, wherein said solution of coating material composition comprises a tetrahydroxysilane solution.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
84 words
A magnetic record member comprising a recording medium base having a smooth magnetic recording medium surface suitable for high density recording, and a protective film covering said smooth surface, said protective film itself having a surface with a roughness greater than the surface roughness of said recording medium surface the surface roughness of said protective film being characterized by sinusoidal jogs, said base being disk-shaped and said jogs extending radially between the inner circumference of the base and the outer circumference of the base.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
84 words
A magnetic record member comprising a recording medium base having a smooth magnetic recording medium surface suitable for high density recording, and a protective film covering said smooth surface, said protective film itself having a surface with a roughness greater than the surface roughness of said recording medium surface the surface roughness of said protective film being characterized by sinusoidal jogs, said base being disk-shaped and said jogs extending radially between the inner circumference of the base and the outer circumference of the base.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
A magnetic record member as defined in claim 6, wherein the surface roughness of said protective film has a directivity extending transversely of the recording path.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
A magnetic record member as defined in claim 6, wherein said radially extending jogs have a pitch of from about 10 to about 200 microns at the inner circumference of the disk-shaped base.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
A magnetic record member as defined in claim 6, wherein the surface roughness of said protective film surface is from about 0.02 to about 0.05 microns.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
113 words
In a spin-coating process for forming a protective coating on a disk-shaped magnetic recording medium base having a recording medium surface roughness of a thickness less than 0.02 microns, an improvement comprising the steps of depositing onto said base a solution of coating material comprising a solvent having a boiling point of about 70° C. to about 100° C.; and controlling the spin rate of the recording medium base to a rate at which a protective film is formed whose surface is characterized by radially extending jogs defining a protective film surface roughness which is greater than the surface roughness of the underlying recording medium and equal to or less than 0.05 microns.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
113 words
In a spin-coating process for forming a protective coating on a disk-shaped magnetic recording medium base having a recording medium surface roughness of a thickness less than 0.02 microns, an improvement comprising the steps of depositing onto said base a solution of coating material comprising a solvent having a boiling point of about 70° C. to about 100° C.; and controlling the spin rate of the recording medium base to a rate at which a protective film is formed whose surface is characterized by radially extending jogs defining a protective film surface roughness which is greater than the surface roughness of the underlying recording medium and equal to or less than 0.05 microns.
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