IP Library Granted Patent US 7,368,186
Granted Patent B2
US 7,368,186 · App. 10/897,162 · Granted May 6, 2008

Master carrier for magnetic transfer

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Patent No.
US 7,368,186
App. No.
10/897,162
Granted
May 6, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

The master carrier for magnetic transfer of the invention comprises a support and a magnetic layer formed on the surface of the support, wherein an uneven transfer pattern that corresponds to the information to be transferred to a magnetic recording medium is formed in the surface of the magnetic layer, and a relief is formed in the site where the transfer pattern is not formed.

Claims (10)

1. A master carrier for magnetic transfer, comprising: a support having an uneven transfer pattern on a surface of said support, said uneven transfer pattern corresponding to information to be transferred to a magnetic recording medium; and a magnetic layer on said surface of said support,

wherein said master carrier has a relief in a site where said uneven transfer pattern is not provided in a perpendicular direction of said master carrier at opposite sides of said surface having said uneven transfer pattern, said relief having a thickness less than said master carrier; and

a thickness of said master carrier in said relief gradually decreases with extending to outside in a radial direction.

2. The master carrier for magnetic transfer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said relief extends from inside to outside in a radial direction of said master carrier.

3. The master carrier for magnetic transfer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said relief spreads with extending to outside in a radial direction.

4. A master carrier for magnetic transfer, comprising: a support having an uneven transfer pattern on a surface of said support, said uneven transfer pattern corresponding to information to be transferred to a magnetic recording medium; and a magnetic layer on said surface of said support,

wherein said master carrier has a relief in a site where said uneven transfer pattern is not provided in a perpendicular direction of said master carrier at opposite sides of said surface having said uneven transfer pattern, said relief having a thickness less than said master carrier; and

a thickness of said master carrier in said relief gradually increases with extending to outside in a radial direction.

5. The master carrier for magnetic transfer as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said relief extends from inside to outside in a radial direction of said master carrier.

6. The master carrier for magnetic transfer as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said relief spreads with extending to outside in a radial direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2007
From: FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.)
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
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