Abstract:
A liquid ejection apparatus comprises a liquid bag for containing liquid to be supplied to a liquid ejection head and is adapted to generate negative pressure in the liquid ejection head by a water head difference between the liquid ejection head and the liquid bag. The liquid bag is arranged so that, of two sides of the liquid bag having the largest areas, the side facing in a direction opposite to the direction of gravity is rigidly held at least partly and the other side is freely movable. The liquid bag is provided with a means for detecting an amount of liquid remaining in the liquid bag by reference to a position of the side facing in the direction of gravity, and the detecting means is adapted to move according to the amount of liquid contained in the liquid bag.
Abstract:
A roller-shaped stamper has a scale portion with a light transmitting forming portion for forming the light transmitting portion on the resin, and a light shield forming portion for forming the light shielding portion of the resin, wherein the forming portions are alternately arranged with a constant pitch in a direction of rotation of said roller-shaped stamper; a plurality of scale portions are arranged in a direction normal to the direction of rotation of the roller-shaped stamper; and a groove disposed between the plural scale portions and extending in the direction of rotation of the roller-shaped stamper for exhausting air otherwise trapped between the resin and the roller-shaped stamper.
Abstract:
A method for preparing a substrate sheet for an optical recording medium has the steps of controlling a roll stamper having a preformat pattern on the peripheral surface thereof and a molding roll disposed with a predetermined gap between the same and the roll stamper so that they have a predetermined temperature, feeding a thermoplastic resin heated to a predetermined temperature to the gap from a means for extruding the thermoplastic resin disposed on the upstream side of the gap, while the roll stamper and the molding roll are rotated at a predetermined rotational frequency, and then molding the thermoplastic resin into a sheet by pressing the resin between the roll stamper and the molding roll to transfer the preformat pattern to the resin. The method is characterized in that the molding is carried out under molding conditions regulated so that continuously measured gap temperatures of the substrate sheet may periodically fluctuate in a predetermined amplitude and so that the amplitude may accord with a previously set value of an amplitude corresponding to a desired transfer precision and birefringence value of the substrate sheet for the optical recording medium.
Abstract:
A roll stamper used in a process of continuously forming a uniform sheet of a resin from which information recording medium bases are obtained. This roll stamper has a stamper member having in its surface a pattern corresponding to a pre-format pattern of an information recording medium, fixing members fixed on opposite end portions of a reverse surface of the stamper member so as to be integral with the stamper member, and a specular roll base having an engagement groove formed in its circumferential surface parallel to its axis. The stamper member is fixed on the specular roll base by fitting the fixing members in the engagement groove. A recess formed in a circumferential surface of the roll stamper as a gap between the fixing members is filled with a filler so that the roll stamper circumferential surface is substantially smooth. Side surfaces of the fixing members and/or the engagement groove are shaped as to suitably retain the filler.
Abstract:
A roll stamper for forming a substrate sheet for information recording mediums has a flexible stamper member having a pattern corresponding to a preformat for an information recording medium; a first fixing member and a second fixing member respectively joined to both ends of the stamper member in an integral form; and a pair of fit grooves capable of fittingly receiving the fixing members, formed in the periphery of a specular roll substrate in parallel to the axial direction of the specular roll substrate. The fixing members are so fitted to the fit grooves that the stamper member is fixed along the periphery of the specular roll substrate between the fit grooves.The first fixing member has a first member showing a coefficient of linear expansion substantially equal to the coefficient of linear expansion of the stamper member and a second member having a larger coefficient of linear expansion than the coefficient of linear expansion of the first member. The first member is joined to the stamper member and the second member is positioned inside the first member with respect to the second fixing member. The roll stamper is so set up as to satisfy the relationship of expression (1):.DELTA.L.sub.1 -.DELTA.L.sub.2
Abstract:
A roll stamper for forming an information recording medium substrate has a stamper member having a pattern corresponding to a pre-format for an information recording medium formed in its obverse surface, fixation members fixed to both end portions of a reverse surface of the stamper so as to be integral with the stamper member, and fit grooves formed in a circumferential surface of a specular roll base parallel to the axis of the specular roll base. The fixation members are fitted in the fit grooves, and the stamper member is fixed on the circumferential surface of the specular roll base. The roll stamper also includes a mechanism for applying a tensile force to the stamper member. This roll stamper is used in an apparatus having an extruder for melting and extruding a resin to form a resin sheet and a specular roll facing the roll stamper to continuously form the information recording medium substrate.
Abstract:
A process for producing a resin molding having a concave-convex pattern on the surface includes the steps of providing an original die having a concave-convex pattern on the surface and a substrate having a flat surface, thereby counterposing the concave-convex pattern surface and the flat surface to each other through a spacer and forming a cell with a cavity formed by the original die, the substrate and the spacer; making an internal pressure of the cell cavity lower than an external pressure thereof, thereby filling at least one of a liquid polymerizable component and a liquid resin into the cavity due to a pressure difference between the external pressure and the internal pressure; curing at least one of the polymerizable component and the liquid resin in the cavity, thereby making a replica; and peeling the original die from the replica, thereby obtaining a resin molding.
Abstract:
A roll-stamper for forming substrates of an information-recording medium includes at least one stamper being fastened along a peripheral face of a mirror roller, carrying on a surface thereof patterns each corresponding to a preformat for an information recording medium, also having stoppers fixed along both edges on the reverse side thereof, and being fastened to the mirror roller by inserting the stoppers respectively into negative stopping-grooves cut into the mirror roller in parallel with the axis of the mirror roller.
Abstract:
A forming roll for a substrate used for an optical recording medium comprises a roll for continuously forming substrates used for optical recording mediums having preformatting information. Said roll comprises a roll substrate having on its surface a stamper on which a pattern corresponding with the preformatting information has been formed, and, assuming the radius of said roll substrate as "r" mm, the length of said pattern in the peripheral direction of said roll substrate as "t" mm, they satisfy the relationship of:l.times.t.ltoreq.0.1.times.r(provided that r.gtoreq.l/2.pi.).
Abstract:
An optical recording medium comprises an optical recording layer on a transparent substrate. The optical recording layer is then selectively irradiated with an energy beam to form therein a tracking region for guiding a laser beam for recording and reproduction. The tracking region is free of unevenness and has an optical characteristic different from that of the portion of the optical recording constituting a data recording region which has not been irradiated with the laser beam.