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Method of manufacturing an optical recording medium
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corp
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Filing: 1990-01-16
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Granted: 1991-02-05
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Expires: 2010-01-16
Abstract
Abstract An optical recording medium and a method for manufacturing an optical recording medium from a first substrate having a first surface and a second substrate having a second surface facing the first surface of the first substrate. At least one of the first and second substrates includes an information recording layer. An adhesive material is selectively applied to one of the first and second surfaces. The first surface of the first substrate is then positioned in close facing engagement with the second surface of the second substrate, and the first and second substrates are adhered under predetermined partial vacuum conditions. Preferred materials, adhesives, viscosity of the adhesives, pressures for adhering the substrates, and degree of vacuum are disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuhiko Kano
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 09:04
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C65/00; B29C65/02; B29C65/14; B29C65/1429; B29C65/1435; B29C65/1403; B29C65/1406; B29C65/1477; B29C65/1483; B29C65/48; B29C65/4805; B29C65/483; B29C65/4845; B29C65/52; B29C65/521; B29C65/526; B29C65/527; B29C66/00; B29C66/001; 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; B29C66/7232; B29C66/72324; B29C66/72325; B29C66/80; B29C66/82; B29C66/824; B29C66/8242; B29C66/826; B29C66/8266; B29C66/82661; B29C66/83; B29C66/832; B29C66/8322; B29C66/8324; B29C66/834; B29C66/8341; B29C66/83431; B29D; B29D17/00; B29D17/005; G; G02; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/24; G02B6/42; G02B6/4201; G02B6/4204; G02B6/4212; G11; G11B; G11B11/00; G11B11/10; G11B11/105; G11B11/10582; G11B7/00; G11B7/24; G11B7/26; G11B7/266; B29C35/00; B29C35/02; B29C35/08; B29C35/0805; B29C2035/0827; B29C65/524; B29C66/71; B29C66/73; B29C66/731; B29C66/7314; B29C66/73143; B29C66/90; B29C66/92; B29C66/929; B29K; B29K2995/00; B29K2995/0018; B29K2995/0031; B29K2995/0032; B29L; B29L2017/00; B29L2017/001; B29L2017/003; B29L2017/005; G11B7/24018; G11B7/24024
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 34
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
A method of manufacturing an optical recording medium using a first substrate having a first surface formed as the surface of a layer of dielectric material and a second substrate having a second surface facing said first surface of said first substrate, at least one of said first and second substrates including an information recording layer proximate the respective first and second surfaces thereof, comprising the steps of selectively applying an adhesive material to said first surface of said first substrate in a ring shaped pattern so that adhesive will properly wet the surface of the substrates, creating a partial vacuum of between about 30 torr and 5×10 -3 torr around said first and second substrates, and positioning said second surface of said second substrate adjacent said first surface of said first substrate with said adhesive material therebetween and pressing the substrates together with a force no greater than about the weight of one of the first and second substrates to adhere said first and second substrates together to form said optical recording medium.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
174 words
A method of manufacturing an optical recording medium using a first substrate having a first surface formed as the surface of a layer of dielectric material and a second substrate having a second surface facing said first surface of said first substrate, at least one of said first and second substrates including an information recording layer proximate the respective first and second surfaces thereof, comprising the steps of selectively applying an adhesive material to said first surface of said first substrate in a ring shaped pattern so that adhesive will properly wet the surface of the substrates, creating a partial vacuum of between about 30 torr and 5×10 -3 torr around said first and second substrates, and positioning said second surface of said second substrate adjacent said first surface of said first substrate with said adhesive material therebetween and pressing the substrates together with a force no greater than about the weight of one of the first and second substrates to adhere said first and second substrates together to form said optical recording medium.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein the viscosity of said adhesive material is between about 4 and 1,000 cps.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dielectric material is selected from the group consisting of aluminum nitride, silicon nitride and combinations thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said ring shaped pattern is formed of dots of adhesive.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 2, wherein said ring shaped pattern is formed of dots of adhesive.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first substrate is rotated while said adhesive material is applied to the first surface thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said adhesive material is applied to said first surface under partial vacuum conditions.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 2, wherein said adhesive material is applied to said first surface under partial vacuum conditions.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 5 wherein said adhesive material is applied to said first surface under partial vacuum conditions.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 4, wherein said adhesive material is applied to said first surface under partial vacuum conditions.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said adhesive material is applied to the one of the first and second substrates which includes said information recording layer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 2, wherein said adhesive material is applied to the one of the first and second substrates which includes said information recording layer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first substrate includes said information recording layer and the dielectric material is selected from the group consisting of aluminum nitride, silicon nitride and combinations thereof.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 4, wherein said adhesive material is applied to the one of the first and second substrates which includes said information recording layer.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said adhesive material is a type which is cured by exposure to ultraviolet rays and further comprising the step of exposing said adhesive material to ultraviolet rays to cure said adhesive material.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 4, wherein said adhesive material is a type which is cured by exposure to ultraviolet rays and further comprising the step of exposing said adhesive material to ultraviolet rays to cure said adhesive material.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 2, wherein said adhesive material is a type which is cured by exposure to ultraviolet rays and further comprising the step of exposing said adhesive material to ultraviolet rays to cure said adhesive material.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 5, wherein said adhesive material is a type which is cured by exposure to ultraviolet rays and further comprising the step of exposing said adhesive material to ultraviolet rays to cure said adhesive material.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 7, wherein said adhesive material is a type which is cured by exposure to ultraviolet rays and further comprising the step of exposing said adhesive material to ultraviolet rays to cure said adhesive material.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 9, wherein said adhesive material is a type which is cured by exposure to ultraviolet rays and further comprising the step of exposing said adhesive material to ultraviolet rays to cure said adhesive material.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said adhesive material is selected from the group consisting of cyanoacrylate series adhesive, two-pack type epoxy adhesive, two-pack type urethane adhesive, anaerobic curing type adhesive and radical polymerization type adhesive.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 21, wherein said adhesive material is applied to said first surface under partial vacuum conditions.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 2, wherein said adhesive material is an ultraviolet curing type adhesive, said adhesive material being applied to said first surface while ultraviolet rays are directed thereto.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
116 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fluctuation of the width of the ring of adhesive material is 25% or less along the length of the ring and the ratio of the diameter of the ring of adhesive material to the diameter of said first substrate is greater than or equal to 0.6, said ring being discontinuous, and the angle formed by the point at the beginning of the discontinuity of the ring of adhesive material, the point at the center of the first substrate as a vertex and the point at the end of the discontinuity of the ring of adhesive material is about 25° or less.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
116 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 2, wherein the fluctuation of the width of the ring of adhesive material is 25% or less along the length of the ring and the ratio of the diameter of the ring of adhesive material to the diameter of said first substrate is greater than or equal to 0.6, said ring being discontinuous, and the angle formed by the point at the beginning of the discontinuity of the ring of adhesive material, the point at the center of the first substrate as a vertex and the point at the end of the discontinuity of the ring of adhesive material is about 25° or less.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
116 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 7, wherein the fluctuation of the width of the ring of adhesive material is 25% or less along the length of the ring and the ratio of the diameter of the ring of adhesive material to the diameter of said first substrate is greater than or equal to 0.6, said ring being discontinuous, and the angle formed by the point at the beginning of the discontinuity of the ring of adhesive material, the point at the center of the first substrate as a vertex and the point at the end of the discontinuity of the ring of adhesive material is about 25° or less.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
92 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said adhesive material is applied by a dispenser nozzle having a tip, the distance between the tip of said dispenser nozzle and said first surface of said first substrate being between about 0.02 and 5 mm while said adhesive material is applied thereto, said tip of said dispenser nozzle contacting said adhesive material while said adhesive material is applied to said first substrate, said dispenser nozzle and said first substrate being separated after application of said adhesive material.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
92 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 2, wherein said adhesive material is applied by a dispenser nozzle having a tip, the distance between the tip of said dispenser nozzle and said first surface of said first substrate being between about 0.02 and 5 mm while said adhesive material is applied thereto, said tip of said dispenser nozzle contacting said adhesive material while said adhesive material is applied to said first substrate, said dispenser nozzle and said first substrate being separated after application of said adhesive material.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first substrate is supported by a turntable which is rotated while said adhesive material is applied, said turntable being moved in a vertical direction after application of said adhesive material.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 13, wherein said first substrate is supported by a turntable which is rotated while said adhesive material is applied, said turntable being moved in a vertical direction after application of said adhesive material.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein concentric rings of adhesive material are applied to said first substrate.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said adhesive material is applied by plurality of dispenser nozzles.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of manufacturing an optical recording medium as claimed in claim 15, wherein the energy of irradiation is about 100 mj/cm 2 or more.
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