Abstract: A magnetic disc has a data area including a magnetic data zone and nonmagnetic portions for physically separating the magnetic data zone, and also has a servo area provided with a magnetic pattern made up of magnetic portions and nonmagnetic portions. The servo area includes a belt-like area elongated in a radial direction of the magnetic disc and having a circumferential length at least twice as long as a unit length readable by a magnetic head in a circumferential direction of the magnetic disc. The belt-like area is provided with magnetic regions and nonmagnetic regions alternating with each other in the radial direction of the disc, where each of the magnetic and nonmagnetic regions extends from the first end to the second end of the belt-like area that are spaced from each other in the circumferential direction of the disc.

Abstract: This invention generally provides a resist material that has high sensitivity to light and electron beams and can form a clear and fine pattern at a smaller exposure. The resist material comprises a metal compound and is characterized in that a metal element constituting the metal compound is a group 14 or 15 metal element and the metal compound is a stoichiometrically incomplete compound.

Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide: an environmentally friendly substrate for recording medium which has good adhesion to a resin layer, and a manufacturing method thereof. To attain the object, the present invention provides a substrate for recording medium comprising: a resin substrate containing a separating material which blooms or bleeds toward its surface, a barrier layer which is formed on the resin substrate and made of a metal compound used to block the separating material, and a resin layer formed on the barrier layer.

Abstract: The device includes a substrate holding portion for holding a substrate having resist formed thereon, a driving portion for varying the irradiation position of an exposure beam relatively to the substrate, and a cooling portion for cooling the substrate during irradiation of the exposure beam.

Abstract: An optical recording medium includes a recording layer containing an alloy represented by a general formula: (TixM1x)yM2y, where element M1 is Si or Al, element M2 is an element selected from the group consisting of Si, Al and Fe and different from the element M1, x is equal to or larger than 0.3 and equal to or smaller than 0.8, and y is equal to or larger than 0.75 and equal to or smaller than 1. The thus constituted optical recording medium only places minimal load on the global environment.

Abstract: An information recording medium has an excellent jitter characteristic with a considerable difference in reflectance between prior to and subsequent to recording. The information recording medium includes a recording layer which contains a material having a reflectance which varies by irradiation of a light beam, on which information is recorded as reflectance variations, and a substrate for supporting the recording layer, the recording layer including a metal nitride as a major component.

Abstract: An optical recording medium includes a recording layer containing as a primary component an alloy containing at least two elements selected from the group consisting of Fe, Al and Si and the alloy contained in the recording layer as a primary component has a composition [x1, y1, z1] in terms of the ternary composition diagram that falls within a region of a pentagon defined by straight lines connecting points [57, 43, 0], [0, 55, 45], [15, 0, 85], [89, 11, 0] and [0, 16, 84] in the ternary composition diagram. According to the thus configured optical recording medium, only minimal load is placed on the global environment.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a phase-change optical recording medium of an amorphous recording mark type. The optical recording medium is a write once type medium capable of decreasing the degradation of an information signal which has been already recorded. The recording layer of the optical recording medium according to the present invention includes a first recording layer and a second recording layer. The first recording layer comprises a first composition which can be changed into another composition more stable in an amorphous state by combining with a component included in the second recording layer.

Abstract: A film constitution in an optical recording medium including a light incident side substrate and a light reflecting side substrate cooperatively acting as a base of the medium, and includes, between these substrates, those layers formed by sputtering so as to constitute a laminated structure, which layers include: a phase-change recording layer to be phase-changed between an amorphous phase and a crystal phase by laser light irradiation; a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer, each having a protective function and an optical adjusting function for the phase-change recording layer; a reflecting film layer for reflecting the laser light transmitted through the phase-change recording layer; a hardness enhancing layer for enhancing the mechanical strength of the medium; and a protecting layer having a function for reducing thermal damages to the light incident side substrate and an optical adjusting function.

Abstract: An optical recording medium includes a recording layer containing an alloy represented by a general formula: (TixM11-x)yM21-y, where element M1 is Si or Al, element M2 is an element selected from the group consisting of Si, Al and Fe and different from the element M1, x is equal to or larger than 0.3 and equal to or smaller than 0.8, and y is equal to or larger than 0.75 and equal to or smaller than 1.

Abstract: An optical recording medium includes a recording layer containing as a primary component an alloy containing at least two elements selected from the group consisting of Fe, Al and Si and the alloy contained in the recording layer as a primary component has a composition [x1, y1, z1] in terms of the ternary composition diagram that falls within a region of a pentagon defined by straight lines connecting points [57, 43, 0], [0, 55, 45], [15, 0, 85], [89, 11, 0] and [0, 16, 84] in the ternary composition diagram.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a phase-change optical recording medium of an amorphous recording mark type. The optical recording medium is a write once type medium capable of decreasing the degradation of an information signal which has been already recorded. The recording layer of the optical recording medium according to the present invention includes a first recording layer and a second recording layer. The first recording layer comprises a first composition which can be changed into another composition more stable in an amorphous state by combining with a component included in the second recording layer.

Abstract: A film constitution in an optical recording medium includes a light incident side substrate 6 and a light reflecting side substrate 1 cooperatively acting as a base of the medium, and includes, between these substrates, those layers formed by sputtering so as to constitute a laminated structure, which layers include: a phase-change recording layer 4 to be phase-changed between an amorphous phase and a crystal phase by laser light irradiation; a first dielectric layer 5 and a second dielectric layer 3, each having a protective function and an optical adjusting function for the phase-change recording layer 4; a reflecting film layer 2 for reflecting the laser light transmitted through the phase-change recording layer 4; a hardness enhancing layer 7 for enhancing the mechanical strength of the medium; and a protecting layer 8 having a function for reducing thermal damages to the light incident side substrate and an optical adjusting function.

Abstract: A coating device is provided for coating particles of a particulate coating composite consisting of particles of resin and particles of an offset preventing agent having a higher melting point than that of the resin on a paper substrate. A pair of rollers are provided to be contacted with each other for fixing the particulate coating composite on one of surfaces of the paper substrate. The particulate coating composite and the paper substrate are heated from one of the rollers, The heating temperature is set to a value which is higher than a melting point of said resin and lower than a melting point of said offset preventing agent.

Abstract: An apparatus for coating fine particles to produce a thermal transfer image receiving sheet having: a base material supply section 1 for supplying a paper base material; a coating storage section 21 for storing a coating including white fine particles; a development section 2 having a sleeve 22 for holding the coating supplied from the coating storage section 21, a blade 23 for controlling a thickness of the coating held by the sleeve 22, a charge drum 24 having a photosensitive material for absorbing the coating in a dispersed manner from the sleeve 22, and a dot latent image forming device 25 for forming a dispersed dot latent image on the charge drum 24 by irradiating a laser beam to the charge drum 24 to absorb the coating on the charge drum 24 in said dispersed manner on the basis of the dispersed dot latent image; a transfer section 3 for electrostatically transferring the coating absorbed by the charge drum 24 onto the paper base material in the dispersed manner; a fixing section 4 having a heat roller

Abstract: An apparatus 100 is provided with: a supply section 1 for supplying a paper base material P; a storage section 21 for storing a white fine particles coating; a development section 2 having a sleeve 22 for holding the white fine particles coating from the storage section 21, a blade 23 for controlling a thickness of the white fine particles coating held by the sleeve 22, and a charge drum 24 for absorbing the white fine particles coating from the sleeve 22; a transfer section 3 for electrostatically transferring the white fine particles coating absorbed by the charge drum 24 onto the paper base material P; a fixing section 4 having a heat roller 41 and a press roller 42, and for fixing the white fine particles coating on the paper base material P; and a ejection section 5 for ejecting the paper base material P fixed the white fine particles coating by the fixing section 4. By using the apparatus 100, the thermal transfer image receiving sheet S on which a high quality image can be formed, is produced easily.

Abstract: An instrument panel with meters/indicating lamps and their drive circuits implemented therein, a centralized control circuit board provided with control circuits for vehicle-mounted electric equipment including the meters/indicating lamps, and an electric junction box for distributing power sources and input/output signals for the vehicle-mounted electric equipment and for integrating ground wires, are gathered and integrally united. Electric wiring and installation of electric instruments such as an instrument panel in the dashboard portion of an automobile are facilitated.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical switch of the rotary-type in which a pair of opposing optical transmission path mounting members are disposed on the same axis.A plurality of junction faces of optical transmission paths disposed on the respective opposing plane portions of the mounting members along phantom circles which are opposite to each other and concentric with the pair of mounting members respectively with respect to the axis so that the junction faces on the respective plane portions are capable of being correspondingly opposite to each other.When the pair of the mounting members are relatively rotated about the axis, the facing mates of the opposing junction faces of the optical transmission paths are changed over to switch the optical transmission paths.In the case where an optical path relay member is interposed between the pair of the optical transmission path mounting members, the optical transmission paths can be switched by only the rotation of the optical path relay member.