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US4603073A
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Opaque polyester film containing fine carbon black particles
Assignee: 3M Co
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Filing: 1985-06-24
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Granted: 1986-07-29
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Expires: 2005-06-24
Abstract
Abstract A magnetic recording medium has a biaxially-oriented polyester film base which includes carbon black beads having a median diameter from 50 to 500 nm and is substantially free from beads or agglomerates more than 5 micrometers in diameter. The beads provide opacity such as is often required of the flexible recording disk of a diskette. The film base may be either a single layer, throughout which the beads are uniformly dispersed, or it may be multi-layer, e.g., a central layer containing the carbon black beads and two surface layers which are free from the beads.
Inventors
- 👤 Brenda L. Renalls
- 👤 Douglas G. Pedrotty
- 👤 John F. Donlon
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-30 02:39
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B5/00; G11B5/62; G11B5/73; G11B5/739; G11B5/73923; G11B5/73927; G11B5/73935; G11B5/73931; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/91; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24355; Y10T428/24372; Y10T428/24405; Y10T428/24942; Y10T428/25; Y10T428/30; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31786
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
82 words
Biaxially-oriented polyester film useful as the film base of a magnetic recording medium, there being finely divided carbon black uniformly dispersed through at least one layer of the film to provide opacity, wherein the improvement comprises: the carbon black comprises from 0.1 to 3% by weight of the film and is in the form of beads having a median diameter from 50 to 500 nm as measured in the film; and the peak-to-valley roughness of the film is less than 200 nanometers.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
82 words
Biaxially-oriented polyester film useful as the film base of a magnetic recording medium, there being finely divided carbon black uniformly dispersed through at least one layer of the film to provide opacity, wherein the improvement comprises: the carbon black comprises from 0.1 to 3% by weight of the film and is in the form of beads having a median diameter from 50 to 500 nm as measured in the film; and the peak-to-valley roughness of the film is less than 200 nanometers.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
Single-layer polyester film as defined in claim 1 wherein the carbon black beads are uniformly distributed throughout the layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
Multi-layer polyester film as defined in claim 1, only one layer of which contains said carbon black beads.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
Multi-layer polyester film as defined in claim 3 wherein the exposed face of one of said layers which is free from carbon black has a peak-to-valley surface roughness of less than 100 nm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
76 words
Biaxially oriented polyester film having carbon black incorporated within the film wherein A. the carbon black (i) is in sufficient concentration to make the transmissivity of the film no more than 0.5 percent for light of a 940 nanometer wavelength; and (ii) is in the form of beads having a median diameter of from 50 to 500 nanometers as measured in the film; and B. The peak-to-valley roughness of the film is less than 200 nanometers.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
76 words
Biaxially oriented polyester film having carbon black incorporated within the film wherein A. the carbon black (i) is in sufficient concentration to make the transmissivity of the film no more than 0.5 percent for light of a 940 nanometer wavelength; and (ii) is in the form of beads having a median diameter of from 50 to 500 nanometers as measured in the film; and B. The peak-to-valley roughness of the film is less than 200 nanometers.
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