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Anti-static jacket for floppy disk

Assignee: Denka Co Ltd
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Filing: 1985-05-10
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Granted: 1987-01-20
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Expires: 2005-05-10
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Abstract

Abstract According to the invention a jacket for floppy disk is provided. The jacket comprises an exterior layer and an interior layer. The exterior layer is made of an antistatic styrene base resin composition. The interior layer is a non-woven cloth layer.

Inventors

  • 👤 Takeshi Masui
  • 👤 Morio Sano

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 12:20
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B27/00; B32B27/12; B32B27/18; B32B27/30; B32B27/302; B32B7/00; B32B7/04; B32B7/12; G; G11; G11B; G11B23/00; G11B23/02; G11B23/03; G11B23/033; G11B23/113; B32B2307/00; B32B2307/20; B32B2307/21; B32B2307/30; B32B2307/306; B32B2429/00; B32B2429/02; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/1334; Y10T428/1352; Y10T428/1355; Y10T428/1359; Y10T428/1362; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/20; Y10T442/2418; Y10T442/60; Y10T442/674; Y10T442/678

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 28
Claim 1
Independent Claim 123 words
A jacket for floppy disk comprising an exterior layer of a material which is antistatic and is selected from the group consisting of a styrene base resin layer externally coated with an antistatic agent and a styrene base resin in admixture with at least one of antistatic agents, conductive carbons and conductive metals, and an interior non-woven cloth layer laminated internally of said exterior layer, said styrene base resin being selected from the group consisting of high impact strength styrene resins, mixtures of a styrene resin for general uses mixed with at least 20 wt% of a high impact strength styrene resin, acrylonitrile/styrene/butadiene copolymers, methacrylonitrile/styrene/butadiene copolymers, styrene/butadiene block copolymers, acrylonitrile/acrylic rubber/styrene copolymers, acrylonitrile/ethylenepropylene rubber/styrene copolymers; acrylonitrile/chlorosulfonated ethylene/styrene copolymers, acrylonitrile/α-methyl-styrene/butadiene copolymers, nd blends thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 123 words
A jacket for floppy disk comprising an exterior layer of a material which is antistatic and is selected from the group consisting of a styrene base resin layer externally coated with an antistatic agent and a styrene base resin in admixture with at least one of antistatic agents, conductive carbons and conductive metals, and an interior non-woven cloth layer laminated internally of said exterior layer, said styrene base resin being selected from the group consisting of high impact strength styrene resins, mixtures of a styrene resin for general uses mixed with at least 20 wt% of a high impact strength styrene resin, acrylonitrile/styrene/butadiene copolymers, methacrylonitrile/styrene/butadiene copolymers, styrene/butadiene block copolymers, acrylonitrile/acrylic rubber/styrene copolymers, acrylonitrile/ethylenepropylene rubber/styrene copolymers; acrylonitrile/chlorosulfonated ethylene/styrene copolymers, acrylonitrile/α-methyl-styrene/butadiene copolymers, nd blends thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 18 words
The jacket according to claim 1, wherein said exterior layer is a single-ply layer of said antistatic material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 41 words
The jacket according to claim 1, wherein said exterior layer is double-ply, the first ply being a layer of said antistatic material, the second ply being disposed internally of said first ply and being made of a nonconductive styrene base resin.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 81 words
The jacket according to claim 1, wherein said exterior layer is triple-ply, the second ply being disposed internally of said first ply and made of a non-conductive styrene base resin, the third ply being antistatic and being disposed internally of said second ply and being selected from the group consisting of a styrene base resin ply externally coated with an antistatic agent, and a styrene base resin in admixture with at least one of antistatic agents, conductive carbons and conductive metals.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 38 words
The jacket according to claim 1, wherein said layer comprises a styrene base resin in admixture with 0.1 to 7 parts by weight of an antistatic agent, based on 100 parts by weight of the styrene base resin.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 21 words
The jacket according to claim 5, wherein said antistatic agent is selected from the group consisting of nonionic and anionic surfactants.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 15 words
The jacket according to claim 6, wherein said nonionic surfactants are alkylamine base antistatic agents.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 33 words
The jacket according to claim 7, wherein said alkylamine base antistatic agent is selected from the group consisting of N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl) tallow amine, polyoxyethylene lauryl amine and fatty acid esters of polyoxyethylene lauryl amine.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 35 words
The jacket according to claim 1, wherein said exterior layer having antistatic characteristics has a coating of an antistatic agent of a thickness, based on solids content, ranging from 0.001 to 0.1 g/m 2 .
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 21 words
The jacket according to claim 9, wherein said antistatic agent is selected from the group consisting of nonionic and anionic surfactants.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 38 words
The jacket according to claim 1, wherein said layer comprises a styrene base resin in admixture with 3 to 35 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the styrene base resin, of conductive carbon black.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 30 words
The jacket according to claim 11, wherein said conductive carbon black is selected from the group consisting of Super Conductive Furnace, Electric Conductive Furnace, Ketjen Black EC and acetylene black.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 38 words
The jacket according to claim 1, wherein said layer comprises a styrene base resin in admixture with 2 to 25 parts by weight of a conductive metal, based on 100 parts by weight of the styrene base resin.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 24 words
The jacket according to claim 13, wherein said conductive metal is selected from the group consisting of copper, aluminum, iron, nickel and stainless steel.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 27 words
The jacket according to claim 1, wherein said non-woven cloth is selected from the group consisting of polyester, rayon, aromatic polyamide fiber and rock wool non-woven cloths.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 50 words
The jacket according to claim 1, further comprising an intermediate layer of a nonconductive styrene base resin interposed between said exterior layer and said interior layer, said exterior layer and said intermediate layer containing coloring agents so that the total light transmittance therethrough is lowered to not more than 1%.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 33 words
The jacket according to claim 16, wherein the coloring agent contained in said exterior layer and the coloring agent contained in said intermediate layer have the same color but have different color densities.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 27 words
The jacket according to claim 16, wherein the content of the coloring agent contained in said exterior layer is larger than that contained in said intermediate layer.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 27 words
The jacket according to claim 16, wherein the coloring agent contained in said exterior layer and the coloring agent contained in said intermediate layer have different colors.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 17 words
The jacket according to claim 16, wherein said exterior layer is single-ply and contains said coloring agent.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 32 words
The jacket according to claim 16, wherein said exterior layer is double-ply, the second ply being of nonconductive styrene base resin containing a coloring agent and disposed internally of said first ply.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 54 words
The jacket according to claim 16, wherein said intermediate layer is a double-ply layer including a first ply of a nonconductive styrene base resin containing a white coloring agent and a second nonconductive styrene base resin ply disposed internally of said first ply and containing a coloring agent having a color other than white.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim 70 words
The jacket according to claim 16, wherein said intermediate layer is a double-ply layer including a first ply of a nonconductive styrene base resin containing a coloring agent having the same color as that contained in said exterior layer and having a different color density, and a second ply disposed internally of said first ply and composed of a nonconductive styrene base resin containing a coloring agent of different color.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim 39 words
The jacket according to claim 1, further comprising an adhesive layer disposed intermediately between said exterior layer and said interior layer and composed of an olefinic copolymer or a mixture of said olefinic copolymer and a styrene base resin.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim 27 words
The jacket according to claim 24, wherein said styrene base resin in said adhesive layer is the same as the styrene base resin in said exterior layer.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim 23 words
The jacket according to claim 24, wherein said mixture contains said styrene base resin in an amount of not more than 90 wt%.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim 38 words
The jacket according to claim 24, wherein said olefinic copolymer is selected from the group consisting of ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers, ethylene/butene-1 copolymers, copolymers of olefin-2 modified with unsaturated carboxylic acids or anhydrides thereof, and modified ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers.

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