Foil video discs
AssigneeEMI Limited
InventorsDavid E. Birt, Peter J. Clarke
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Abstract
A two stage moulding procedure for the production of foil video discs. In a first pressing operation a satin finish consisting of a surface irregularity is applied to a surface of the foil, and then, in a second pressing operation, the foil is pressed between stamper plates to impart thereto, at one or both surfaces an impression of the information or data to be recorded. The satin finish may be formed by pressing the foil between stamper plates bearing the satin finish at their inwardly facing surfaces or alternatively between a pair of rollers bearing the satin finish at their surfaces.
Claims11
A method of moulding a thermoplastics foil to form a video disc comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing means for impressing a thermoplastics foil with a satin finish consisting of a surface irregularity of C.L.A. depth between 250 nm and 1000 nm and in a first pressing operation impressing a surface of the foil with the satin finish,
- (b) providing a pressing arrangement for use in a second pressing operation, the arrangement comprising a pair of substantially parallel mould blocks, means for applying pressure to the mould blocks, a pair of substantially parallel stamper plates mounted between the mould blocks, at least one of the stamper plates bearing at its surface a relief structure indicative of information or data to be impressed and between an adjacent mould block and stamper plate a resilient material compensator comprising a body of a resilient material having a convex surface and in said second pressing operation pressing the foil between the opposed stamper plates to impart to said surface thereof having the satin finish an impression of the micro relief structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.