Ultrathin optical recording medium with moisture barrier
US4692402A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 2, 1986 |
| Grant date | Sep 8, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/24917
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An optical data storage medium, such as a data card with a strip of optical data storage material, having a thickness approximately that of a credit card and one or more moisture barrier layers. One of the moisture barrier layers is an underlayer between substrate or card base and the storage material, while a second moisture barrier layer is one or more of the transparent laminating sheet and protective layers adhered above the storage material. The barrier layers may be any of the transparent materials, having a maximum moisture vapor transmission rate of 0.1 grams water vapor/100 inch square/mil/24 hours at 38 C and 90% relative humidity, such as polytrichlorofluoroethylene and polyvinylidene chloride. The underlayer may also be a nontransparent aluminum layer.
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