GB1568510A - Information-storage media - Google Patents

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GB1568510A
GB1568510A GB10598/76A GB1059876A GB1568510A GB 1568510 A GB1568510 A GB 1568510A GB 10598/76 A GB10598/76 A GB 10598/76A GB 1059876 A GB1059876 A GB 1059876A GB 1568510 A GB1568510 A GB 1568510A
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Priority to FR7707865A priority patent/FR2344919A1/en
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11BINFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B23/00Record carriers not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Accessories, e.g. containers, specially adapted for co-operation with the recording or reproducing apparatus ; Intermediate mediums; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for their manufacture
    • G11B23/38Visual features other than those contained in record tracks or represented by sprocket holes the visual signals being auxiliary signals
    • G11B23/40Identifying or analogous means applied to or incorporated in the record carrier and not intended for visual display simultaneously with the playing-back of the record carrier, e.g. label, leader, photograph
    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11BINFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/62Record carriers characterised by the selection of the material
    • G11B5/72Protective coatings, e.g. anti-static or antifriction
    • GPHYSICS
    • G06COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06KGRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K19/00Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
    • G06K19/06Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
    • G06K19/06187Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code with magnetically detectable marking
    • G06K19/06196Constructional details
    • GPHYSICS
    • G09EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09FDISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F3/00Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11BINFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/62Record carriers characterised by the selection of the material
    • G11B5/68Record carriers characterised by the selection of the material comprising one or more layers of magnetisable material homogeneously mixed with a bonding agent
    • G11B5/70Record carriers characterised by the selection of the material comprising one or more layers of magnetisable material homogeneously mixed with a bonding agent on a base layer
    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11BINFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/74Record carriers characterised by the form, e.g. sheet shaped to wrap around a drum
    • G11B5/80Card carriers

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(54) IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO INFORMATION-STORAGE MEDIA (71) We, RACAL-ZONAL LIMITED, a British Company, of Western Road, Bracknell, Berkshire, England, do hereby declare the invention, for which we pray that a patent may be granted to us, and the method by which is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the follow mg statement: This invention relates to information storage media.
According to the invention, there is provided an information storage medium, comprising a sheet of paper, a magnetic coating formed over the whole of one surface of the paper sheet, and a masking coating formed over the magnetic coating, the magnetic coating and masking coating respectively serving to store information in a magnetically readable and an optically readable manner.
According to the invention, there is also provided an information-storage medium, comprising a sheet of paper, a magnetic coating formed over the whole of surface of the paper sheet for magnetically storing information, and an opaque masking coating formed over the whole of one surface of the magnetic coating, the magnetic coating and the masking coating being formed by layers which have been successively applied to the paper sheet.
According to the invention, there is further provided a method of producing an information-storage medium, comprising the steps of coating magnetic particles in a settable liquid binder onto a sheet of paper, setting the binder to form a solid, flexible, magnetic coating over the whole of one surface of the paper sheet, and applying a flexible, opaque, masking coating over the whole of one surface of the magnetic coating.
An information storage medium embodying the invention, and a method employing the invention of producing an information storage medium, will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawing, the sole Figure of which is a cross-section of part of the storage medium.
As shown in the Figure, the storage medium comprises a substrate 1 carrying a magnetic coating 2. A masking coating 3 is applied over the coating 2 and comprises an opaque layer 4 and a clear protective layer 5. The relative thicknesses of the substrate 1 and coatings 2 and 3 are not shown to scale.
The substrate 1 is a thin flexibe paper sheet.
The magnetic coating 2 is formed by a uniform layer of magnetic oxide particles in a polymeric binder. The coating 2 may have a thickness of between 300 and 1000 microinches but is preferably 400 to 700 microinches thick. Any suitable method can be used to form the magnetic coating 2 on the substrate 1; for example, the magnetic oxide particles may be contained in a settable liquid binder (for example, a polyurethane binder) which includes a volatile solvent (for example, tetrahydrofuran or cyclohex anone), the liquid binder being first applied to the substrate and subsequently set by heating or by air-flow drying to drive off the volatile solvent. The liquid binder may contain small amounts of diluents such as, for example, ketones, esters and aromatic hydrocarbons. Before setting of the binder the magnetic oxide particles will, in general, by aligned in a common direction using an external magnetic field. The formed magnetic coating 2 is flexible. Although the substrate 1 is illustrated as only coated on one side with the coating 2. both sides of the substrate 2 can be so coated if desired.
The masking coating 3 is applied on top of the magnetic coating 2 subsequent to the formation of the coating 2 on the substrate 1. The layer 4 of the masking coating 3 is sufficiently thick to mask the magnetic coating 2 which is generally brown in colour.
The layer 4 is preferably a white (or other suitable colour) opaque layer and, for example, is formed by applying a settable liquid binder comprising a volatile solvent, a binder and a white pigment (such as, for example, titanium dioxide) on top of the magnetic coating and then driving off the solvent to leave the white layer 4. The liquid binder used for the layer 4 should be selected to give good adhesion to the magnetic coating 2 while not affecting the uniformity of the magnetic coating. The liquid binder may, for example, contain a binder which is soluble in esters and ketones such as ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, methyl ethyl ketone and methyl isobutyl ketone; these solvents do not dissolve the magnetic coating 2. In general, the layer 4 may be arranged so as not to attack the magnetic coating 2 by providing that (a) the binder systems of the coating 2 and the layer 4 are the same or similar and have similar solubilities except that the coating 2 has been insolubilised by the addition of a crosslinking agent, or (b) the coating 2 contains a binder system which is not affected by the solvents of the layer 4. In either case the layer 4 may or may not also be crosslinked.
The layer 4 is flexible and can be written or printed upon in an optically readable manner.
Both the magnetic coating 2 and the masking coating 3 can be applied by precision coating techniques such as, for example, extrusion, gravure, reverse roll, meyer bar or doctor blade.
The protective layer 5, the presence of which is optional, is applied on top of the masking coating and is preferably a flexible, clear, protective coating.
The total thickness of the masking coating 3 should be such as to avoid difficulty in detecting information magnetically stored in the coating 2 as a result of the coating 2 being spaced from a magnetic pick-up head by the thickness of the coating 3. Thus. the total thickness of the masking coating should not (a) be so thick as to prevent the effective recording and replaying of magnetic information becuase of a too large separation between the magnetic recording head and the magnetic coating 2 nor (b) so thin that the magnetic coating 2 clearly shows through the masking coating 3. The coating 3 may have a thickness of between 300 and 1,500 microinches but is preferably 400 to 700 microinches thick.
Information can be stored on the storage medium in two forms, firstly in an opticallyreadable form by writing or printing either directly on the masking layer 4. or (as in the illustrated storage medium) on the protective layer 5, and secondly in a magneticallyreadable form on magnetic coating 2. The surface texture of the masking coating 3 may, for example, be arranged to be suit able for printing upon and/or to be written on without difficulty by ball-point pen, ink or graphite. Information can be stored in the coating 2 by any suitable magnetic recording method and can be replayed, erased and updated a number of times.
The information-storage medium de scribed can be handled as an ordinary paper sheet and can thus be advantageously used in security printing to facilitate automatic accounting and security checking.
WHAT WE CLAIM IS: 1. An information-storage medium, comprising a sheet of paper, a magnetic coating formed over the whole of one surface of the paper sheet, and a masking coating formed over the whole of one surface of the magnetic coating, the magne tic coating and masking coating respectively serving to store information in a magnetical ly readable and an optically readable manner.
2. A medium according to claim 1, in which the masking coating comprises an opaque layer.
3. An information-storage medium, comprising a sheet of paper, a magnetic coating formed over the whole of one surface of the paper sheet for magnetically storing information, and an opaque masking coating formed over the whole of one surface of the magnetic coating, the magne tic coating and the masking coating being formed by layers which have been succes sively applied to the paper sheet.
4. A medium according to claim 3, in which the opaque masking coating is adapted to receive and display optically readable printing thereupon.
5. A medium according to any preceding claim, in which the masking coating has a protective covering material.
6. A method of producing an information-storage medium, comprising the steps of coating magnetic particles in a settable liquid binder onto a sheet of paper, setting the binder to form a solid, flexible, magnetic coating over the whole of one surface of the paper sheet, and applying a flexible, opaque, masking coating over the whole of one surface of the magnetic coating.
7. A method according to claim 6, in which the masking coating is applied in a settable liquid binder, the two sald binders being substantially similar exept that the
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**WARNING** start of CLMS field may overlap end of DESC **. coating 2 which is generally brown in colour. The layer 4 is preferably a white (or other suitable colour) opaque layer and, for example, is formed by applying a settable liquid binder comprising a volatile solvent, a binder and a white pigment (such as, for example, titanium dioxide) on top of the magnetic coating and then driving off the solvent to leave the white layer 4. The liquid binder used for the layer 4 should be selected to give good adhesion to the magnetic coating 2 while not affecting the uniformity of the magnetic coating. The liquid binder may, for example, contain a binder which is soluble in esters and ketones such as ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, methyl ethyl ketone and methyl isobutyl ketone; these solvents do not dissolve the magnetic coating 2. In general, the layer 4 may be arranged so as not to attack the magnetic coating 2 by providing that (a) the binder systems of the coating 2 and the layer 4 are the same or similar and have similar solubilities except that the coating 2 has been insolubilised by the addition of a crosslinking agent, or (b) the coating 2 contains a binder system which is not affected by the solvents of the layer 4. In either case the layer 4 may or may not also be crosslinked. The layer 4 is flexible and can be written or printed upon in an optically readable manner. Both the magnetic coating 2 and the masking coating 3 can be applied by precision coating techniques such as, for example, extrusion, gravure, reverse roll, meyer bar or doctor blade. The protective layer 5, the presence of which is optional, is applied on top of the masking coating and is preferably a flexible, clear, protective coating. The total thickness of the masking coating 3 should be such as to avoid difficulty in detecting information magnetically stored in the coating 2 as a result of the coating 2 being spaced from a magnetic pick-up head by the thickness of the coating 3. Thus. the total thickness of the masking coating should not (a) be so thick as to prevent the effective recording and replaying of magnetic information becuase of a too large separation between the magnetic recording head and the magnetic coating 2 nor (b) so thin that the magnetic coating 2 clearly shows through the masking coating 3. The coating 3 may have a thickness of between 300 and 1,500 microinches but is preferably 400 to 700 microinches thick. Information can be stored on the storage medium in two forms, firstly in an opticallyreadable form by writing or printing either directly on the masking layer 4. or (as in the illustrated storage medium) on the protective layer 5, and secondly in a magneticallyreadable form on magnetic coating 2. The surface texture of the masking coating 3 may, for example, be arranged to be suit able for printing upon and/or to be written on without difficulty by ball-point pen, ink or graphite. Information can be stored in the coating 2 by any suitable magnetic recording method and can be replayed, erased and updated a number of times. The information-storage medium de scribed can be handled as an ordinary paper sheet and can thus be advantageously used in security printing to facilitate automatic accounting and security checking. WHAT WE CLAIM IS:
1. An information-storage medium, comprising a sheet of paper, a magnetic coating formed over the whole of one surface of the paper sheet, and a masking coating formed over the whole of one surface of the magnetic coating, the magne tic coating and masking coating respectively serving to store information in a magnetical ly readable and an optically readable manner.
2. A medium according to claim 1, in which the masking coating comprises an opaque layer.
3. An information-storage medium, comprising a sheet of paper, a magnetic coating formed over the whole of one surface of the paper sheet for magnetically storing information, and an opaque masking coating formed over the whole of one surface of the magnetic coating, the magne tic coating and the masking coating being formed by layers which have been succes sively applied to the paper sheet.
4. A medium according to claim 3, in which the opaque masking coating is adapted to receive and display optically readable printing thereupon.
5. A medium according to any preceding claim, in which the masking coating has a protective covering material.
6. A method of producing an information-storage medium, comprising the steps of coating magnetic particles in a settable liquid binder onto a sheet of paper, setting the binder to form a solid, flexible, magnetic coating over the whole of one surface of the paper sheet, and applying a flexible, opaque, masking coating over the whole of one surface of the magnetic coating.
7. A method according to claim 6, in which the masking coating is applied in a settable liquid binder, the two sald binders being substantially similar exept that the
binder of the magnetic particles has been insolubilised.
8. An information-storage medium sub stantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
9. A method according to claim 6 and substantially as descibed with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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BE175840A BE852532A (en) 1977-03-04 1977-03-16 IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO INFORMATION STORAGE VEHICLES
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GB2195270B (en) * 1986-08-22 1990-05-23 Plessey Co Plc Marking of articles with photochromic compounds
GB2243139A (en) * 1990-03-21 1991-10-23 Adhesive Materials Ltd Tamper-proof labels
US7056861B2 (en) 2000-06-02 2006-06-06 Wolfgang Bossert Flat material especially in the form of a sheet or a strip and device for writing on said material
DE10027574B4 (en) * 2000-06-02 2012-11-22 Wolfgang Bossert Flat material, in particular as a sheet-shaped sheet or web
EP1239307A1 (en) * 2001-03-09 2002-09-11 Sicpa Holding S.A. Magnetic thin film interference device
WO2002073250A2 (en) * 2001-03-09 2002-09-19 Sicpa Holding S.A. Magnetic thin film interference device or pigment and method of making it, printing ink or coating composition, security document and use of such a magnetic thin film interference device
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