IP Library Granted Patent US 7,381,485
Granted Patent B2
US 7,381,485 · App. 11/049,891 · Granted Jun 3, 2008

Magnetic recording tape

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Patent No.
US 7,381,485
App. No.
11/049,891
Granted
Jun 3, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A magnetic recording tape comprising a nonmagnetic support and a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic powder and a binder, wherein the nonmagnetic support has an intrinsic viscosity of from 0.40 to 0.60 dl/g and a number average molecular weight of from 12,000 to 24,000, and a distance between an apex of a maximum convexity and a valley of a maximum concavity of the nonmagnetic support on a cross section of an edge of the tape made by cutting the tape in a transverse direction is 2 μm or less in the transverse direction.

Claims (15)

1. A magnetic recording tape comprising a nonmagnetic support and a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic powder and a binder, wherein the nonmagnetic support has an intrinsic viscosity of from 0.40 to 0.60 dl/g and a number average molecular weight of from 12,000 to 24,000, and a distance between an apex of a maximum convexity and a valley of a maximum concavity of the nonmagnetic support on a cross section of an edge of the tape made by cutting the tape in a transverse direction is 2 μm or less in the transverse direction.

2. The magnetic recording tape according to claim 1 , wherein: the nonmagnetic support is a polyester film comprising at least two layers; and a stylus type, three-dimensional mean surface roughness of a surface of the nonmagnetic support on a side having the magnetic layer, SRa (A) is from 1 to 6 nm, a stylus type, three-dimensional mean surface roughness of a surface of the nonmagnetic support on a side opposite to the side having the magnetic layer, SRa (B) is from 6 to 10 nm, and the SRa (A) is smaller than the SRa (B).

3. The magnetic recording tape according to claim 1 , further comprising a nonmagnetic layer containing nonmagnetic powder and a binder, between the nonmagnetic support and the magnetic layer.

4. The magnetic recording tape according to claim 1 , further comprising a back coat layer containing a carbon black and inorganic powder, so that the back coat layer, the nonmagnetic support and the magnetic layer are in this order.

5. The magnetic recording tape according to claim 4 , wherein the back coat layer contains a carbon black having an average particle size of from 10 to 60 nm and a carbon black having an average particle size of from 100 to 270 nm.

6. The magnetic recording tape according to claim 1 , wherein the nonmagnetic support has an intrinsic viscosity of from 0.45 to 0.55 dl/g.

7. The magnetic recording tape according to claim 1 , wherein the nonmagnetic support has a number average molecular weight of from 14,000 to 20,000.

8. The magnetic recording tape according to claim 1 , wherein the nonmagnetic support has a number average molecular weight of from 14,000 to 16,000.

9. The magnetic recording tape according to claim 1 , wherein the distance is 1.5 μm or less.

10. The magnetic recording tape according to claim 1 , wherein the distance is 1.0 μm or less.

11. The magnetic recording tape according to claim 1 , wherein the nonmagnetic support has a thickness of from 2 to 80 μm.

12. The magnetic recording tape according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic layer has a thickness of 0.2 μm or less.

13. The magnetic recording tape according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic layer has a thickness of from 0.02 to 0.15 μm.

14. The magnetic recording tape according to claim 3 , wherein the nonmagnetic layer has a thickness of from 0.2 to 5.0 μm.

15. The magnetic recording tape according to claim 4 , wherein the back coat layer has a thickness of from 0.1 to 4 μm.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2007
From: FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.)
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018904/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2005
From: ISHIKAWA, TATSUO; OHNO, MIKIO; ICHIKAWA, TOMOHIRO
To: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016251/0116 →