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Magnetic recording medium
Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc
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Filing: 1984-06-25
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Granted: 1985-11-26
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Expires: 2004-06-25
Abstract
Abstract A magnetic recording medium comprising a support having a magnetic layer on a first side of said support and a back coat layer on a second side of said support, which second side is opposite said first side, said back coat layer containing at least a silicon-modified polyurethane and a carbon black having a BET value of from 200 to 500 m 2 /g, said silicon-modified polyurethane being obtained by the reaction of an isocyanate and an active hydrogen compound having a siloxane linkage.
Inventors
- 👤 Shozo Kikugawa
- 👤 Yoshitaka Yasufuku
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 22:11
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B5/00; G11B5/62; G11B5/73; G11B5/735; G11B5/7356; G11B5/7358; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/90; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/25; Y10T428/26; Y10T428/263; Y10T428/264; Y10T428/265; Y10T428/266; Y10T428/30; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31551; Y10T428/31565; Y10T428/31609; Y10T428/31652; Y10T428/31663
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 28
Claim 1
Independent Claim
84 words
A magnetic recording medium comprising a support having a magnetic layer on a first side of said support and a back coat layer on a second side of said support which second side is opposite said first side, said back coat layer containing at least a silicon-modified polyurethane and a carbon black having a BET value of from 200 to 500 m 2 /g, said silicon-modified polyurethane being obtained by the reaction of an isocyanate and an active hydrogen compound having a siloxane linkage.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
84 words
A magnetic recording medium comprising a support having a magnetic layer on a first side of said support and a back coat layer on a second side of said support which second side is opposite said first side, said back coat layer containing at least a silicon-modified polyurethane and a carbon black having a BET value of from 200 to 500 m 2 /g, said silicon-modified polyurethane being obtained by the reaction of an isocyanate and an active hydrogen compound having a siloxane linkage.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
102 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 1, wherein said silicon-modified polyurethane is a polymer obtained by the reaction of an isocyanate with a polysiloxane diol having the following Formula [I]: ##STR20## wherein R is an alkylene radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; Y 1 and Y 2 each is an alkyl radical or an aryl radical, said Y 1 and Y 2 being allowed to be the same as or different from each other; and n is such a real number as to cause the average molecular weight of said compound having Formula [I] to be from 150 to 10,000.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 2, wherein, in said Formula [I], said alkyl radical represented by each of said Y 1 and Y 2 is methyl radical, and said aryl radical represented by each of said Y 1 and Y 2 is phenyl radical.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 2, wherein said alkyl radical represented by each of said Y 1 and Y 2 in said Formula [I] is methyl radical.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 2, wherein said polysiloxane diol has a molecular weight of from 1,000 to 6,000.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
56 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 1, wherein said silicon-modified polyurethane is one that is produced from said polysiloxane diol and said isocyanate in such proportional quantities that the total number of the active hydrogen radicals of the former and the number of the radicals of the latter are in a proportion of 1 to 0.85-1.1.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
69 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 1, wherein said silicon-modified polyurethane is one that is produced from said polysiloxane diol and said isocyanate in such a proportional relation that the total number of active hydrogen radicals of said polysiloxane diol and a chain elongating agent or of said polysiloxane diol and a cross-linking agent and the number of said isocyanate radicals are in a proportion of 1 to 0.85-1.1.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 1, wherein said silicon-modified polyurethane has an average molecular weight of from 5,000 to 200,000.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
38 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 1, wherein said silicon-modified polyurethane contains from 5 to 25% by weight of a siloxane linkage-having active hydrogen compound in the part formed by active hydrogen compounds that react with said isocyanate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 1, wherein said backcoat layer-provided side has a coefficient of friction of from 0.19 to 0.30.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 1, wherein said backcoat layer uses said silicon-modified polyurethane and a different binder in a proportion of from 25:75 to 75:25.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
33 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 1, wherein said backcoat layer contains as the binder thereof a cellulose-type resin and/or a vinyl chloride-type copolymer or a polyester resin, aside from said silicon-modified polyurethane.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 12, wherein said cellulose-type resin contained as the binder of said backcoat layer is nitrocellulose.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 13, wherein said nitrocellulose contained as the binder of said backcoat layer has a viscosity of from 1 to 1/2 second.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
29 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 12, wherein said vinyl chloride-type copolymer contained as the binder of said backcoat layer has a polymerization degree of from 100 to 600.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
31 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 12, wherein said vinyl chloride-type copolymer contained as the binder of said backcoat layer is a copolymer containing a partially hydrolyzed vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate component.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
33 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 12, wherein said vinyl chloride-type copolymer and said cellulose-type resin contained as the binder of said backcoat layer are in a proportion of from 80:20 to 10:90.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
38 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 12, wherein said silicon-modified polyurethane and said different resins to be contained as the binder materials of said backcoat layer are used in a proportion by weight of from 60:40 to 40:60.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
32 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 12, wherein said silicon-modified polyurethane is contained in combination with said cellulose-type resin and said vinyl chloride-type copolymer as the binder materials of said backcoat layer.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
23 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 1, wherein said backcoat layer has a surface electric resistance of not more than 10 8 Ω.cm.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
19 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 1, wherein said backcoat layer has a thickness of from 0.5μ to 2.0μ.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
34 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 21, wherein said carbon black to be incorporated in said backcoat layer is added in the quantity range of from 10 to 25% by weight to said binder.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
35 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 1, wherein said magnetic layer contains as the binder thereof a thermosetting resin or a reactive-type resin which will not be softened nor fused until it is thermally decomposed.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
45 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 1, wherein said magnetic layer comprises a magnetic powdery material and a binder, the mixing proportion of which is from 10 to 50 parts by weight of said binder to 100 parts by weight of said magnetic powdery material.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
45 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 1, wherein said magnetic layer contains an aromatic isocyanate or an addition product of said aromatic isocyanate with an active hydrogen compound which is an isocyanate whose average molecular weight is in the range of from 100 to 3,000.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
45 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 1, wherein said magnetic layer contains an aliphatic isocyanate or an addition product of said aliphatic isocyanate with an active hydrogen compound which is an isocyanate whose average molecular weight is in the range of from 100 to 3,000.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
24 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 1, wherein said support has a thickness of from 5 to 50μ in the tape or sheet form.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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