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US4652498A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Environmentally protected optical recording media

Assignee: 3M Co
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Filing: 1985-10-22
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Granted: 1987-03-24
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Expires: 2005-10-22
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Abstract

Abstract An optical recording medium comprising a transparent substrate having an information-bearing surface, a specularly reflective layer on the information-bearing surface, and a protective layer covering the other side of the reflective layer has been improved by using a new type of protective layer which comprises a polymeric network containing phosphoric acid moieties. Examples of the compounds which are cured into the protective layer in order to obtain better adhesion to aluminum protective layers are: 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphate, and the phosphonate ester triacrylate having the formula ##STR1## wherein m may be 1-5. These phosphorous-containing organic compounds are radiation curable, and they are mixed with other radiation curable polymers to form the protective layer which is preferably radiation cured. Phosphorous atoms account for between about 0.05 and 0.5 weight-percent of the polymeric network within the protective layer. The improved protective layer has been found to avoid corrosion and provide better adhesion than previously known protective layers for optical recording disks such as compact audio disks and video disks.

Inventors

  • 👤 Stephen F. Wolf
  • 👤 Ramon F. Hegel

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 06:49
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B7/00; G11B7/24; G11B7/241; G11B7/252; G11B7/254; G11B7/2542; G11B7/258; G11B7/2585; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31678; Y10T428/31692

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 216 words
An optical recording medium comprising a transparent substrate having a patterned information-bearing surface, a specularly reflective aluminum-based layer coated onto the patterned surface such that a sensing beam may be directed through the transparent substrate and be reflected by the specularly reflective layer to a sensing device, and a protective layer disposed over and adhered to the specularly reflective layer, the protective layer comprising a polymer formed from ethylenically unsaturated constituents and from a phosphorate compound having the formula ##STR9## n is 1-3, and those bond sites on Y not occupied by Rd are occupied by --H or --ReOH wherein Re is a straight chain or branched alkyl having 1-30 carbon atoms; Ra is selected from --H and --CH 3 ; --Y-- is a hydrocarbon moiety having four bond sites selected from straight chain, cyclic and branched aliphatic, aromatic and alicyclic moieties of 1-30 carbon atoms; R is an alkylene moiety haing 2 to 5 carbon atoms; R f is selected from hydrogen and methyl; A is selected from ##STR10## in which n1 is from 1 to 6 and R g is a divalent radical selected from alkylene groups (2-10 carbon atoms), 5 or 6 membered carbocyclic aliphatic radicals having 5 to 10 carbon atoms and arylene radicals having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; and m=1-10.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 216 words
An optical recording medium comprising a transparent substrate having a patterned information-bearing surface, a specularly reflective aluminum-based layer coated onto the patterned surface such that a sensing beam may be directed through the transparent substrate and be reflected by the specularly reflective layer to a sensing device, and a protective layer disposed over and adhered to the specularly reflective layer, the protective layer comprising a polymer formed from ethylenically unsaturated constituents and from a phosphorate compound having the formula ##STR9## n is 1-3, and those bond sites on Y not occupied by Rd are occupied by --H or --ReOH wherein Re is a straight chain or branched alkyl having 1-30 carbon atoms; Ra is selected from --H and --CH 3 ; --Y-- is a hydrocarbon moiety having four bond sites selected from straight chain, cyclic and branched aliphatic, aromatic and alicyclic moieties of 1-30 carbon atoms; R is an alkylene moiety haing 2 to 5 carbon atoms; R f is selected from hydrogen and methyl; A is selected from ##STR10## in which n1 is from 1 to 6 and R g is a divalent radical selected from alkylene groups (2-10 carbon atoms), 5 or 6 membered carbocyclic aliphatic radicals having 5 to 10 carbon atoms and arylene radicals having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; and m=1-10.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 13 words
A recording medium of claim 1 in which the protective layer is transparent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 14 words
A recording medium of claim 1 in which the polymer is cured by radiation.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 17 words
A recording medium of claim 3 in which the ethylenically unsaturated constituents comprise acrylic or methacrylic constituents.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 31 words
A recording medium of claim 1 in which the phosphorate compound is included in an amount sufficient that phosphorous atoms account for between about 0.05 to 0.5 weight-percent of the polymer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 13 words
A recording medium of claim 1 in which the phosphorate compound comprises ##STR11##

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