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Magnetic recording medium
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1980-08-04
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Granted: 1983-01-11
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Expires: 2000-08-04
Abstract
Abstract A magnetic recording medium having low friction coefficient and superior in aging characteristics is disclosed. The magnetic recording medium is provided with a lubricant which is strongly bonded to the magnetic recording medium by a bombardment of an electron beam. In one embodiment, the lubricant containing a molecular chain having a lubricating property, and a double bond sensitive to dissociation products such as free radicals are coated on a magnetic layer and then electron beam irradiates the magnetic layer. A radical reaction then occurs causing a covalent bond of the lubricant to the magnetic recording layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Kaoru Nakajima
- 👤 Kunio Kobayashi
- 👤 Yoshiaki Hisagen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 13:18
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B5/00; G11B5/62; G11B5/68; G11B5/70; G11B5/71; G11B5/702; G11B5/7026; G11B5/72; G11B5/725; G11B5/73; G11B5/735; G11B5/7356; G11B5/7358; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/90; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/3154; Y10T428/31652; Y10T428/31663; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/31909; Y10T428/31928; Y10T428/31935; Y10T428/31938
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
In a magnetic recording medium of the type in which a magnetic recording layer composed of finely divided magnetizable pigment dispersed in a binder is formed on a major surface of a flexible, non-magnetic substrate, wherein the improvement comprises: a plurality of molecular chains selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing 7 to 21 carbon atoms and an aliphatic fluorocarbon containing 3 to 15 carbon atoms having a lubricating property are strongly bonded to a surface of the magnetic recording medium by irradiation of the molecular chains and the magnetic recording medium, whereby free radical reactions strongly bond the lubricating molecular chains to said surface of the magnetic recording medium.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
114 words
In a magnetic recording medium of the type in which a magnetic recording layer composed of finely divided magnetizable pigment dispersed in a binder is formed on a major surface of a flexible, non-magnetic substrate, wherein the improvement comprises: a plurality of molecular chains selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing 7 to 21 carbon atoms and an aliphatic fluorocarbon containing 3 to 15 carbon atoms having a lubricating property are strongly bonded to a surface of the magnetic recording medium by irradiation of the molecular chains and the magnetic recording medium, whereby free radical reactions strongly bond the lubricating molecular chains to said surface of the magnetic recording medium.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
An improved magnetic recording medium according to claim 1, wherein said molecular chains are bonded to said magnetic recording layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
An improved magnetic recording medium according to claim 1, wherein said molecular chains are bonded to a surface of said substrate opposite to said major surface.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
An improved magnetic recording medium as described in claim 1 and further comprising: a back coating layer formed on a surface of the non-magnetic substrate opposite to the major surface, the back coating layer comprising a non-magnetizable pigment and a binder.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
An improved magnetic recording medium according to claim 4, wherein said molecular chains are bonded to said back coating layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
71 words
An improved magnetic recording medium as described in claim 4 and further comprising: a compound containing a double bond sensitive to dissociation products formed by irradiation admixed with the plurality of molecular chains, wherein the plurality of molecular chains are strongly bonded to the magnetic recording medium by coating the magnetic recording medium with the admixture of the molecular chains and the double bond compound and irradiating the structure resulting therefrom.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
An improved magnetic recording medium as described in claim 6 wherein the molecular chains and compound admixture is bonded to said back coating layer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
An improved magnetic recording medium as described in claim 4, wherein each molecular chain is provided with a double bond which is reactive with the dissociation products formed by the irradiation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
71 words
An improved magnetic recording medium as described in claim 1 and further comprising: a compound containing a double bond sensitive to dissociation products formed by irradiation admixed with the plurality of molecular chains, wherein the plurality of molecular chains are strongly bonded to the magnetic recording medium by coating the magnetic recording medium with the admixture of the molecular chains and the double bond compound and irradiating the structure resulting therefrom.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
An improved magnetic recording medium as described in claim 9 or 6 wherein the molecular chains and compound admixture is bonded to said magnetic layer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
An improved magnetic recording medium as described in claim 9 wherein the molecular chains and compound admixture is bonded to a surface of said substrate opposite to said major surface.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
An improved magnetic recording medium as described in claim 1, wherein each molecular chain is provided with a double bond which is reactive with the dissociation products formed by the irradiation.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
An improved magnetic recording medium as described in claim 12 or 8, wherein said double bond is provided by an acrylic group.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
29 words
An improved magnetic recording medium as described in claim 1, wherein the molecular chain having a lubricating property is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing 7 to 12 carbon atoms.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
28 words
An improved magnetic recording medium as described in claim 1, wherein the molecular chain having a lubricating property is an aliphatic fluorocarbon containing 3 to 15 carbon atoms.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
19 words
An improved magnetic recording medium as described in claim 1, wherein the irradiation is provided by an electron beam.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
32 words
An improved magnetic recording medium as described in claim 1, wherein the radiation has an energy of not less than 100 KeV and at an amount of between 1 and 10 Mrad.
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