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Multiple-layer backcoating for magnetic tape

US6558774B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 17, 1999
Grant dateMay 6, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 17, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/25
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic tape comprises a substrate having on one side thereof a magnetic layer serving as a recording surface, and on the other side thereof at least two layers containing inorganic particles which serve as a non-recording surface, wherein said magnetic tape has a region on the side of the non-recording surface along the longitudinal direction of the tape in which a regular pattern for servo tracking having different optical properties from the other major region of the side of the non-recording surface is or can be formed. The layers on the non-recording surface are characterized in that the inorganic particles in the outermost layer are larger than the inorganic particles in the underlying layer(s).

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