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Dual surface optical memory disc
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1987-06-12
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Granted: 1988-04-26
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Expires: 2007-06-12
Abstract
Abstract A first optical memory disc and a second optical memory disc are fixed to each other by an adhesive layer so as to form a dual-surface optical memory disc. In a manufacturing step, an adhesive, preferably pre-cured photo-polymer mixed with spherical spacer elements, is painted on either one of or both of the first and second optical memory discs. When a predetermined pressure is applied between the two optical memory discs, the thickness of the adhesive layer is fixed by the diameter of the spherical spacer elements. While the pressure is applied between the two optical memory discs, ultraviolet rays are applied to the adhesive layer through one of the first or second optical memory discs so as to cure the photo-polymer, thereby tightly joining the first and second optical memory discs to each other.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenji Ohta
- 👤 Akira Takahashi
- 👤 Hiroyuki Katayama
- 👤 Junji Hirogane
- 👤 Yoshiteru Murakami
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US
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2026-11-03 22:30
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B11/00; G11B11/10; G11B11/105; G11B11/10582; G11B11/10586; B; B29; B29C; B29C65/00; B29C65/02; B29C65/14; B29C65/1403; B29C65/1406; B29C65/1429; B29C65/1435; B29C65/1448; B29C65/48; B29C65/4805; B29C65/483; B29C65/4845; B29C65/4865; B29C65/487; B29C65/4875; B29C65/78; B29C65/7802; B29C65/782; B29C65/7823; B29C65/7826; B29C66/00; B29C66/01; B29C66/05; B29C66/10; B29C66/11; B29C66/112; B29C66/1122; B29C66/40; B29C66/41; B29C66/45; B29C66/452; B29C66/70; B29C66/72; B29C66/723; B29C66/73; B29C66/733; B29C66/7336; B29C66/73365; B29C66/73366; G11B7/00; G11B7/24; G11B7/24015; G11B7/24018; G11B7/24024; B29C65/4885; B29C66/71; B29C66/80; B29C66/83; B29C66/832; B29C66/8322; B29L; B29L2017/00; B29L2017/001; B29L2017/003; B29L2017/005
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
A double-sided optical memory device comprising: a first optical memory element including a first transparent substrate, and a first recording layer formed on said first transparent substrate; a second optical memory element including a second transparent substrate, and a second recording layer formed on said second transparent substrate; and an adhesive layer consisting essentially of a photopolymer disposed between said respective recording layers of each of said first optical memory element and said second optical memory element, said adhesive layer including spacer elements of equal diameter distributed therein so as to produce a memory device of uniform thickness, thereby stabilizing rotation of said optical memory device, said adhesive layer and spacer elements being made of transparent material having similar refractive indices.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
121 words
A double-sided optical memory device comprising: a first optical memory element including a first transparent substrate, and a first recording layer formed on said first transparent substrate; a second optical memory element including a second transparent substrate, and a second recording layer formed on said second transparent substrate; and an adhesive layer consisting essentially of a photopolymer disposed between said respective recording layers of each of said first optical memory element and said second optical memory element, said adhesive layer including spacer elements of equal diameter distributed therein so as to produce a memory device of uniform thickness, thereby stabilizing rotation of said optical memory device, said adhesive layer and spacer elements being made of transparent material having similar refractive indices.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The optical memory device of claim 1, wherein said adhesive layer is an anaerobic photopolymer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The optical memory device of claim 1, wherein said spacer elements are spherical glass spacers having a refractive index of from 1.4 to 1.6 mixed in said photopolymer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The optical memory device of claim 1, wherein said first and second transparent substrates are transparent disc substrates, and said first and second recording layers are each shaped so as to have a diameter less than that of said transparent disc substrates.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The optical memory device of claim 1, wherein said spacer elements glass cylindrical elements having a refractive index of from about 1.4 to 1.6 distributed in said photopolymer.
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