Abstract:
An information medium substrate is formed as a flat plate and includes a first convex part formed on one surface of the information medium substrate in a region between a rim part of a center hole and an inner circumferential edge of an information region and a second convex part formed on another surface of the information medium substrate at a position that overlaps a protruding end part of the first convex part in a thickness direction of the information medium substrate.
Abstract:
Disclosed are an electron beam irradiation apparatus and an electron beam irradiation method that are capable of easily curing a material that is hard to be cured by irradiation of ultraviolet rays and of reducing the number of electron beam irradiation tubes. The electron beam irradiation apparatus has a motor for rotationally driving an irradiation target object, a shield container for rotatably accommodating the irradiation target object, and an electron beam irradiation unit provided in the shield container so that the surface of the irradiation target object is irradiated with electron beams, wherein the electron beam irradiation unit and the irradiation target object are relatively moved when the electron beam irradiation unit irradiates the surface of the irradiation target object with the electron beams during a rotation of the irradiation target object.
Abstract:
An optical recording medium of the present invention includes a disk body and an ink-receiving layer disposed on a label surface of the disk body, wherein the ink-receiving layer has a brightness of 8 or more, a chroma of 4 or less, and an average surface roughness (Ra) of 0.1 μm or less. Therefore, a colored layer of white ink need not be provided below the ink-receiving layer to simplify the manufacturing process. Furthermore, even when the ink-receiving layer is formed by a spin coating or slit coating process in which the surface quality of an underlying layer is greatly reflected, therefore, the average surface roughness (Ra) of the ink-receiving layer can be significantly decreased. Thus, printing by an ink jet printer can produce a color and brilliance close to those of a silver salt photograph.
Abstract:
An electron beam irradiation apparatus and method capable of easily curing at least part of a surface layer and/or a resin layer composed of materials that are hard to be cured by irradiation of ultraviolet rays. A disc-shaped object manufacturing apparatus and method capable of efficiently forming, on the disc-shaped object, at least part of a surface layer and/or a resin layer such as light transmitting layer, etc, thereunder. An electron beam irradiation apparatus comprises a rotary driving unit for rotationally driving an object, a shield container rotatably accommodating the object, and an electron beam irradiation unit provided in the shield container so that the surface of the object is irradiated with electron beams from an irradiation window thereof, wherein the surface of the object is irritated with the electron beams during its rotation from the irradiation window of the election beam irradiation unit. The surface of the on-rotating object can be thereby irradiated with the electron beams having larger energy than the ultraviolet rays have.
Abstract:
An intermediate for an optical recording medium, according to the present invention, is an intermediate produced beforehand for manufacturing an optical recording medium that has a central mounting hole formed in a central portion thereof and one or more kinds of functional layers formed on a surface thereof, for enabling at least one of information recording and information reproduction. The intermediate has a provisional central hole, which is smaller in diameter than the central mounting hole, formed in a central portion thereof. This makes it possible to drop resin in the vicinity of the center of the intermediate without using a disk-shaped member, in performing spin coating on the intermediate, whereby it is possible to make the layer of applied resin substantially uniform in thickness.
Abstract:
An optical recording medium of the present invention includes a support substrate, a functional layer for storing data, and a transparent ink-receiving layer provided opposite to the functional layer with respect to the support substrate, wherein the support substrate has a brightness of 8 or more, and a chroma of 4 or less. Therefore, a colored layer of white ink need not be provided between the ink-receiving layer and the support substrate, thereby simplifying the manufacturing process. Also, the surface quality of the support substrate is reflected in the ink-receiving layer. For example, when the support substrate is formed by injection, therefore, the average surface roughness (Ra) of the ink-receiving layer is significantly decreased. Thus, printing by an ink jet printer can achieve a color and brilliance close to those of a silver salt photograph.
Abstract:
An optical recording medium including a light transmitting layer having a uniform thickness formed on a substrate, in which a burr or stripping hardly occurs at the inner periphery of the light transmitting layer, and a manufacturing method and a manufacturing device of the optical recording medium are provided. An optical recording medium 10 is manufactured by a manufacturing method including: molding a disc-like shaped substrate 12 including an information recording face 12A on one side; forming a light transmitting layer 14 thinner than the substrate 12 on the information recording face 12A; forming a circular cut 16 in the light transmitting layer 14; and punching out an area inside the cut 16 by a punching tool 18 to form a center hole 14A in the light transmitting layer 14 and a center hole 20 in the substrate 12.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing and a manufacturing apparatus manufacture an information recording medium constructed so that a resin layer is formed so as to cover an information layer formed on one surface of an information recording medium substrate and recording data recorded on at least the information layer can be reproduced. The resin layer is formed, while a resin layer forming sheet that has an adhesive layer formed on one surface thereof is heated, by moving at least one out of the resin layer forming sheet and the information recording medium substrate toward another out of the resin layer forming sheet and the information recording medium substrate so that the information layer-side surface of the information recording medium substrate is pressed onto the adhesive layer to stick the information recording medium substrate and the resin layer forming sheet together.
Abstract:
An optical recording medium 10 comprises a disc body 11, a white ink layer 12 provided on the label side 11b of the disc body 11, and an ink receiving layer 13 provided on the surface 12a of the white ink layer 12. The mean roughness (Ra) of the surface 12a of the white ink layer 12 is set not greater than 0.2 μm. A step radially extended is left on the surface 13a of the ink receiving layer 13 and set not greater than 1.0 μm. As the mean roughness (Ra) of the surface 12a of the white ink layer 12 is not greater than 0.2 μm or as the step on the ink receiving layer 13 is not greater than 1.0 μm, high printing quality can be secured when printing is done with an ink-jet printer.
Abstract:
An optical recording disk includes on a substrate 2, a dye recording layer 3, a lower reflective lamina 4, an upper reflective lamina 5, and a protective coat 6. The lower reflective lamina 4 is formed of Au, Pt, Ag, Al or an alloy thereof and the upper reflective lamina 5 is of a stainless steel composition or an alloy containing 30 wt % or more of Cu and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zn, Ti, V, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Fe, Co, Rh, Ni, Pd, Pt, Ag, Au, Al, Sn, Si, Pb, Cd, Hg, Ca, In, As, Sb, Bi, Se, Te, Ge, N and O. The disk is well reliable and less costly.