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Biaxially oriented polyester film

Assignee: Toray Industries Inc
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Filing: 1987-01-14
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Granted: 1988-02-16
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Expires: 2007-01-14
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Abstract

Abstract A biaxially oriented polyester film is provided, which has a plurality of depressions and a plurality of protrusions on at least one surface thereof, in a configuration such that at least one protrusion exists within each depression or at least protrusion exists in the area where two or more depressions are contiguous to each other depressions having an area fraction of from 1×10 -3 to 6×10 -1 . The polyester film is useful as a substrate for magnetic recording tapes such as audio and video tapes, and the resultant magnetic recording tapes are excellent in both electromagnetic transducing characteristics and runnability.

Inventors

  • 👤 Kazuo Okabe
  • 👤 Masahiko Motegi
  • 👤 Yasuki Miura

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 16:20
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08J; C08J5/00; C08J5/18; G; G11; G11B; G11B5/00; G11B5/62; G11B5/73; G11B5/739; G11B5/73923; G11B5/73927; G11B5/73935; C08J2367/00; C08J2367/02; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/90; Y10S428/91; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24355; Y10T428/24372; Y10T428/24405; Y10T428/24479; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31786

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim 89 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film which has a plurality of depressions and a plurality of protrusions on at least one surface thereof, in a configuration such that at least one protrusion exists within each depression or at least one protrusion exists in the area where two or more depressions are contiguous to each other, said depressions having an area fraction of from 1×10 -3 to 6×10 -1 and said film containing at least one type of particles selected from the group consisting of inert inorganic particles and internal particles.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 89 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film which has a plurality of depressions and a plurality of protrusions on at least one surface thereof, in a configuration such that at least one protrusion exists within each depression or at least one protrusion exists in the area where two or more depressions are contiguous to each other, said depressions having an area fraction of from 1×10 -3 to 6×10 -1 and said film containing at least one type of particles selected from the group consisting of inert inorganic particles and internal particles.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 24 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film according to claim 1, wherein said depressions have an area fraction of from 3×10 -3 to 4×10 -1 .
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 23 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film according to claim 1, wherein said depressions have an area average diameter of from 0.5 to 5 microns.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 23 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film according to claim 1, wherein said depressions have an area average diameter of from 1 to 3 microns.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 37 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film according to claim 1, wherein the center line average roughness of the surface, on which the depressions and the protrusions have been formed, is in the range of from 0.07 to 0.003μ.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 37 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film according to claim 1, wherein the center line average roughness of the surface, on which the depressions and the protrusions have been formed, is in the range of from 0.04 to 0.006μ.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 16 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film according to claim 1, wherein said film is a semi-tensilized film.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 16 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film according to claim 1, wherein said film is a tensilized film.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 37 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film according to claim 1, wherein the amount of said particles contained in the film is in the range of from 0.01 to 1.0% by weight based on the weight of the film.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 37 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film according to claim 1, wherein the amount of said particles contained in the film is in the range of from 0.02 to 0.5% by weight based on the weight of the film.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 25 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film according to claim 1, wherein said inert inorganic particles have a volume average particle diameter of from 5 to 0.01μ.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 25 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film according to claim 1, wherein said inert inorganic particles have a volume average particle diameter of from 2 to 0.03μ.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 24 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film according to claim 1, wherein said internal particles have a volume average particle diameter of 5 to 0.1 micron.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 23 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film according to claim 1, wherein said internal particles have a volume average particle diameter of 3 to 0.5μ.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 34 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film according to claim 1, wherein said inert inorganic particles are at least one type of particles selected from the group consisting of SiO 2 , CaCO 3 and kaolinite.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 18 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film according to claim 1, wherein said inert inorganic particles are SiO 2 particles.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 54 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film according to claim 1, wherein said polyester is a homopolymer obtained by the polycondensation of terephthalic acid or naphthalenedicarboxylic acid with ethylene glycol, or a copolymer containing at least 70% by weight of the recurring units derived by the polycondensation of terephthalic acid or naphthalene-dicarboxylic acid with ethylene glycol.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 15 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film according to claim 1, wherein said polyester is polyethylene terephthalate.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 25 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film according to claim 1, wherein said depressions and said protrusions are formed on both the surfaces of the polyester film.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 55 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film according to claim 1, wherein said internal particles are insoluble particles precipitated during the polycondensation stage of polymerization by the reaction of monomer or oligomer with catalyst residue or anti-coloring agent containing a member of the group consisting of Ca, Si, Mn, Mg, Sb, Ge, P, Li, K and Na.

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