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Information recording medium

US4956213A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Filing dateFeb 15, 1989
Grant dateSep 11, 1990
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Expiry dateFeb 15, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S428/913
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improvement of an information recording medium comprising a disc-shaped resin substrate having an inner-side non-recording zone and an outer-side non-recording zone, a laser-sensitive recording layer, and a flexible resin film (for protection of the recording layer, having protruded and depressed portions on at least the surface facing the recording layer is disclosed. The improvement comprises joining the substrate and the flexible resin to each other on the inner-side and outer-side non-recording zones through fusion by ultrasonic welding or thermal welding in such manner that at least one joining of the flexible resin film to the substrate on the outer-side non-recording zone and the inner-side non-recording zone is effected through a fused portion in the form of a discontinuous ring.

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