JPS6313788A - Optical recording medium - Google Patents
Optical recording mediumInfo
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- JPS6313788A JPS6313788A JP61157305A JP15730586A JPS6313788A JP S6313788 A JPS6313788 A JP S6313788A JP 61157305 A JP61157305 A JP 61157305A JP 15730586 A JP15730586 A JP 15730586A JP S6313788 A JPS6313788 A JP S6313788A
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- Prior art keywords
- cyanine dye
- optical recording
- recording medium
- recording layer
- polyvinyl toluene
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Classifications
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- G—PHYSICS
- G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
- G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
- G11B7/00—Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation by modifying optical properties or the physical structure, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power by sensing optical properties; Record carriers therefor
- G11B7/24—Record carriers characterised by shape, structure or physical properties, or by the selection of the material
- G11B7/241—Record carriers characterised by shape, structure or physical properties, or by the selection of the material characterised by the selection of the material
- G11B7/242—Record carriers characterised by shape, structure or physical properties, or by the selection of the material characterised by the selection of the material of recording layers
- G11B7/244—Record carriers characterised by shape, structure or physical properties, or by the selection of the material characterised by the selection of the material of recording layers comprising organic materials only
- G11B7/246—Record carriers characterised by shape, structure or physical properties, or by the selection of the material characterised by the selection of the material of recording layers comprising organic materials only containing dyes
- G11B7/247—Record carriers characterised by shape, structure or physical properties, or by the selection of the material characterised by the selection of the material of recording layers comprising organic materials only containing dyes methine or polymethine dyes
- G11B7/2472—Record carriers characterised by shape, structure or physical properties, or by the selection of the material characterised by the selection of the material of recording layers comprising organic materials only containing dyes methine or polymethine dyes cyanine
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- G—PHYSICS
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- G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
- G11B7/00—Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation by modifying optical properties or the physical structure, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power by sensing optical properties; Record carriers therefor
- G11B7/24—Record carriers characterised by shape, structure or physical properties, or by the selection of the material
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- G11B7/244—Record carriers characterised by shape, structure or physical properties, or by the selection of the material characterised by the selection of the material of recording layers comprising organic materials only
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Abstract
Description
【発明の詳細な説明】
〔産業上の利用分野〕
本発明は、光ディスクに代表される光記録媒体に関する
ものであり、特にいわゆる有機色素系追記型光記録媒体
の改良に関する。DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an optical recording medium typified by an optical disk, and particularly to improvements in so-called organic dye-based write-once optical recording media.
〔発明の概要〕 。[Summary of the invention].
本発明は、基板上に記録層を形成してなる光記録媒体に
おいて、
上記記録層をシアニン系色素とポリビニルトルエンとで
構成することにより、
光記録媒体の耐光性の向上を図ろうとするものである。The present invention aims to improve the light resistance of an optical recording medium in which a recording layer is formed on a substrate by composing the recording layer with a cyanine dye and polyvinyltoluene. be.
光記録ブノ式は、非接触で記録・再生ができ取扱いが容
易であること、傷や塵埃等に強いこと、等の特徴を有し
、特に磁気記録方式に比べて記憶容量が数十倍から数百
倍大きいという利点を有することから、コード情報やイ
メージ情報等の大容量ファイルへの活用が期待されてい
る。The optical recording type has features such as non-contact recording and playback, easy handling, and resistance to scratches and dust.In particular, compared to the magnetic recording type, the storage capacity is several tens of times higher. Since it has the advantage of being several hundred times larger, it is expected to be used for large-capacity files such as code information and image information.
なかでも、ユーザが書込み後直接読取りできる、いわゆ
る追記型光記録媒体に対する関心は高く、高感度、高安
定性（化学的・機械的）、高品質等の要望に答えるため
、特に記録材料に関する研究が盛んに行われている。Among these, there is a high level of interest in so-called write-once optical recording media that users can directly read after writing, and in order to meet the demands for high sensitivity, high stability (chemical and mechanical), and high quality, research on recording materials is particularly important. is being actively carried out.
ところで、この種の光記録媒体に用いられる記録材料に
は適度な光吸収係数と反射率が要求され、従来、Ｔｅや
Ｔｉ等の金属または金属合金薄膜、Ｔｅ０Ｘ薄膜等の金
属化合物７Ａ膜、銀鉛薄膜、等が採用されていた。しか
しながら、これら金屈薄膜はスパッタリング法や真空茂
着法等の真空薄膜形成技術で形成されるため、量産性等
の点で問題があり、ｉ）られる光記録媒体が高価なもの
となってしまうという欠点があった。By the way, the recording material used in this type of optical recording medium is required to have appropriate light absorption coefficient and reflectance, and conventionally, metal or metal alloy thin films such as Te and Ti, metal compound 7A films such as Te0X thin film, silver Lead thin film, etc. were used. However, since these thin films are formed using vacuum thin film forming techniques such as sputtering and vacuum deposition, there are problems in terms of mass production, and (i) the resulting optical recording medium becomes expensive. There was a drawback.
かかる状況より、記録材料として有機色素材料を用い、
塗布手段にて記録層を形成した光記録媒体が提案されて
いる。このように有段色素材料を記録材１４とした光記
録媒体は、記録層をスピンコード等の手段で塗布できる
ので、量産性や製品価格の点で実用性が高いといえる。Under these circumstances, organic dye materials are used as recording materials,
Optical recording media have been proposed in which a recording layer is formed by coating means. In this way, the optical recording medium using the stepped dye material as the recording material 14 can be said to have high practicality in terms of mass production and product cost, since the recording layer can be coated by means such as a spin code.
この有機色素系の光記録媒体には、基板と記録層の間に
反射膜を設は当該反射膜での反射率の差を信号として読
み取るタイプのものと、有機色素を含む記録層の反射率
を透明基板を介して直接読み取るタイプのものとがある
が、前者は反射膜を茎着等の手法で形成する必要があり
プロセス的メリ、トが薄れること、下地の反射膜の熱伝
導率が高いためエネルギーロスが大きく照射するレーザ
の出力を必要以上に大きくする必要があること等の欠点
を有している。These organic dye-based optical recording media include two types: one in which a reflective film is provided between the substrate and the recording layer and the difference in reflectance on the reflective film is read as a signal, and the other type in which the difference in reflectance on the reflective film is read as a signal. There is a type that reads directly through a transparent substrate, but in the former, the reflective film needs to be formed by a method such as bonding. Since it is expensive, it has drawbacks such as a large energy loss and the need to increase the output of the laser for irradiation more than necessary.
そこで、色素合成技術の進歩により反射率の高い色素が
出現してからは、上記有機色素を含む記録層の反射率を
透明基板を介して直接読み取る光記録媒体が積極的に採
用されている。Therefore, since dyes with high reflectance have appeared due to advances in dye synthesis technology, optical recording media in which the reflectance of a recording layer containing the organic dye can be directly read through a transparent substrate have been actively employed.
ところで、前記光記録媒体は、有機色素がレーザ光を吸
収することにより照射部の記１！ Ｊｉの温度が急激に
上昇することを利用したもので、ポリマーを溶融すると
ともに色素を溶融・昇華・分解し記１３ピットを形成す
るものである。したがって、使用する有機色素材料には
、レーザ光の波長領域で当該レーザ光を効果的に吸収す
ること、同時にこの波長領域でレーザ光を良く反射する
こと、適当な溶媒に可溶であること、等の特性が要求さ
れる。By the way, in the optical recording medium, the organic dye absorbs the laser light, so that the irradiated portion is heated. This method takes advantage of the rapid rise in temperature of Ji, and forms pits by melting the polymer and melting, sublimating, and decomposing the dye. Therefore, the organic dye material used must be able to effectively absorb the laser light in the wavelength range of the laser light, reflect the laser light well in this wavelength range, and be soluble in an appropriate solvent. The following characteristics are required.
シアニン系色素は、例えば半導体レーザの波長領域であ
る近赤外域に大きな吸収を持ち、また同時に近赤外域で
の反射率も大きいことから、追記型光記録媒体の記録材
料として有望視されている。Cyanine dyes have large absorption in the near-infrared region, which is the wavelength range of semiconductor lasers, for example, and also have high reflectance in the near-infrared region, so they are considered promising as recording materials for write-once optical recording media. .
しかしながら、−１Ｇにシアニン系色素は耐光性に乏し
く、情報の長期保存を前提とした場合、光記録媒体とし
ての信頼性に不安が残る。However, -1G cyanine dyes have poor light resistance, and there remains concern about their reliability as optical recording media when long-term storage of information is assumed.
そこで、本発明は上記問題点を解決するために提案され
たものであり、長期間保存しても耐光性の劣化がなく信
頬性に優れ、かつ量産性に優れた光記録媒体を提供する
ことを目的とする。Therefore, the present invention was proposed to solve the above problems, and provides an optical recording medium that does not deteriorate in light resistance even when stored for a long period of time, has excellent reliability, and is excellent in mass production. The purpose is to
本発明者等は、上述の目的を達成するために、鋭意研究
を重ねた結果、シアニン系色素とポリビニルトルエンと
を組合わせた記録層は、所定のレーザ光の波長領域での
反射率及び光吸収係数が大きいことはもとより、長期に
亘り耐光性が劣化することがなくかつ機械的強度も大き
いとの知見を得るに至った。In order to achieve the above object, the present inventors have conducted intensive research and found that a recording layer that combines cyanine dye and polyvinyltoluene has a certain reflectance and light intensity in a predetermined wavelength range of laser light. We have found that not only does it have a large absorption coefficient, but its light resistance does not deteriorate over a long period of time and its mechanical strength is also high.
本発明の光記録媒体は、上述の知見に基づいて完成され
ものであり、基板上にシアニン系色素及びポリビニルト
ルエンを含有する記録層を形成したことを特徴とするも
のである。The optical recording medium of the present invention was completed based on the above findings, and is characterized by forming a recording layer containing a cyanine dye and polyvinyltoluene on a substrate.
本発明において記録層に使用されるシアニン系色素は、
一般式（１）
％式％（）
（但し、式中ｎはメチン鎖の数を表すもので自然数を、
Ｒはアルキル基を、Ｘ−はＣｅ −、Ｂｒ−、ｌ−。The cyanine dye used in the recording layer in the present invention is
General formula (1) % formula % () (However, in the formula, n represents the number of methine chains and is a natural number.
R is an alkyl group, and X- is Ce-, Br-, l-.
ＣｌＯ４−等の陰イオンを、それぞれ表す。）で表され
、メチン鎖の両端に含窒素複素環が結合された構造を有
するものである。ずなわら、−Ｆ記窒素複素環を表し、
かかる含窒素複素環としては、例えば、
ｉ ） ｉｉ ）
等が挙げられる。なお、これら含窒素複素環はその水素
原子の一部をアルキル基等で置換したものであっても良
い。Each represents an anion such as ClO4-. ), and has a structure in which nitrogen-containing heterocycles are bonded to both ends of a methine chain. Zunawara, -F represents a nitrogen heterocycle,
Examples of such nitrogen-containing heterocycles include i)) ii) and the like. Note that these nitrogen-containing heterocycles may have some of their hydrogen atoms substituted with an alkyl group or the like.
かかるシアニン系色素の具体例としては、例えば、 等が挙げられる。Specific examples of such cyanine dyes include, for example: etc.
一方、本発明において記録ｉｂご用いられるポリビニル
トルエンは、上記シアニン系色素のＦ４光性を向上させ
る作用を有し、次の一般式（■）にて表される。On the other hand, polyvinyltoluene used for recording in the present invention has the effect of improving the F4 optical property of the cyanine dye, and is represented by the following general formula (■).
上記ポリビニルトルエンは、シアニン系色素との相溶性
が良くしかもフィルム形成能に優れているので、シアニ
ン系色素中に均一に分散される。The polyvinyltoluene has good compatibility with cyanine dyes and excellent film-forming ability, so it is uniformly dispersed in the cyanine dyes.
ここで、上記シアニン系色素とポリビニルトルエンとの
組成比（シアニン系色素／ポリビニルトルエン＝Ａ）は
、２５／７５＜ Ａ ＜７５／２５の範囲が好適である
。すなわち、Ａ≦２５／７５では記録層の耐光性の劣化
が顕著となり、逆にＡ≧７５／２５では記録層の反射率
が低下しＣ／ Ｎ特性が劣化するので好ましくない。Here, the composition ratio of the cyanine dye and polyvinyltoluene (cyanine dye/polyvinyltoluene=A) is preferably in the range of 25/75<A<75/25. That is, when A≦25/75, the light resistance of the recording layer deteriorates significantly, and conversely, when A≧75/25, the reflectance of the recording layer decreases and the C/N characteristics deteriorate, which is not preferable.
本発明の光記録媒体においては、第１図に示すように、
上記シアニン系色素とポリビニルトルエンとが上記組成
となるように溶媒に溶解した後、透明基板（２）に塗布
することにより記！３１！（１）を形成する。得られた
光記録媒体に情報信号を記録するには、透明基板（２）
側より直径数７１ ｍ程度に絞ったレーザ光りを記録層
（１）に照射し、この照射部のポリビニルトルエンを溶
融するとともに、シアニン系色素を溶融・分解・昇華し
記録ビットを形成する。また、再生する際にも同様に基
板（２）側より所定波長のレーザ光りを照射し、上記ビ
ット部とスペース部（ビットの形成されてない部分）の
反射率の差をもって情報信号を読み取る構成となってい
る。In the optical recording medium of the present invention, as shown in FIG.
The above cyanine dye and polyvinyltoluene are dissolved in a solvent so as to have the above composition, and then coated on a transparent substrate (2). 31! (1) is formed. In order to record information signals on the obtained optical recording medium, a transparent substrate (2) is used.
The recording layer (1) is irradiated with laser light focused to a diameter of about 71 m from the side, melting the polyvinyltoluene in the irradiated area and melting, decomposing, and sublimating the cyanine dye to form recording bits. Also, during reproduction, laser light of a predetermined wavelength is irradiated from the substrate (2) side in the same way, and the information signal is read based on the difference in reflectance between the bit part and the space part (part where no bit is formed). It becomes.
照射するレーザ光りは、記録材料（すなわちシアニン系
色素）の吸収波長に応して適宜選択すれば良く、具体的
には、１′−導体レーザ、ＣＯ□ガスレーザ、 Ａｒガ
スレーザ、 １ｌｅ−Ｎｅガスレーザ、ルビーレーザ３
色素レーザ等が挙げられる。The laser beam to be irradiated may be appropriately selected depending on the absorption wavelength of the recording material (i.e. cyanine dye), and specifically, 1'-conductor laser, CO□ gas laser, Ar gas laser, 1le-Ne gas laser, ruby laser 3
Examples include dye lasers.
上記基板（２）としては、通常の光ディスクに用いられ
るものであれば如何なるものであっても良く、例えばガ
ラス基板、ポリカーボネート樹脂等のプラスチック基板
等の剛性を有する透明基板が好適である。The substrate (2) may be any substrate as long as it is used for ordinary optical discs, and preferably is a transparent substrate having rigidity such as a glass substrate or a plastic substrate such as polycarbonate resin.
また、シアニン系色素とポリビニルトルエンとを塗布し
記録層を形成するに際して使用される溶媒としては、メ
タノール、エタノール、イソプロピルアルコール等のア
ルコール類や、アセトン。In addition, alcohols such as methanol, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, and acetone are used as solvents when coating cyanine dye and polyvinyltoluene to form a recording layer.
メチルエチルケトン、シクロヘキサノン等のケトン類、
エチルエーテル、ジオキサン、テトラヒドロフラン等の
エーテル類、酢酸エチル＋ ＭＵＭ ｎ−ブチル等のエ
ステル類、さらにはヘンゼン、トルエン、キシレン、ｎ
−へキサン、シクロヘキサン、アセトニトリル、ジメチ
ルホルムアミド、ジメチルスルホキシド、クロロホルム
等の各種汎用溶媒及びこれらの混合溶媒が挙げられる。Ketones such as methyl ethyl ketone and cyclohexanone,
Ethers such as ethyl ether, dioxane, and tetrahydrofuran, esters such as ethyl acetate + MUM n-butyl, and even Hensen, toluene, xylene, n-
- Various general-purpose solvents such as hexane, cyclohexane, acetonitrile, dimethylformamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, chloroform, and mixed solvents thereof can be mentioned.
さらに、塗布方法としては、通常の手法が用いられ、例
えばスピンコード法、スプレーコート法、コールコート
法、ディノピイング法等が挙げられるが、中でも得られ
る塗膜の均一性に優れること等からスピンコード法が好
適である。Furthermore, as a coating method, usual methods are used, such as spin code method, spray coating method, coal coat method, dino piing method, etc. Among them, spin coating method is used because of its excellent uniformity of the coating film obtained. The law is preferred.
本発明の光記録媒体の記録材料として用いられるシアニ
ン系色素は、レーザ光の波長領域での光吸収係数及び反
射率が高く、良好な光記録再生特性を得ることができる
。The cyanine dye used as the recording material of the optical recording medium of the present invention has a high optical absorption coefficient and reflectance in the wavelength region of laser light, and can obtain good optical recording and reproducing characteristics.
また、上記シアニン系色素にポリビニルトルエンを所定
量添加することにより、上記シアニン系色素の耐光性が
大幅に向上する。Further, by adding a predetermined amount of polyvinyltoluene to the cyanine dye, the light resistance of the cyanine dye can be significantly improved.
以下、本発明を具体的な実施例に基づいて説明する。 The present invention will be described below based on specific examples.
ス」目
先ず、シアニン系色素（日本感光色素株式会社製、商品
名ＮＫ−１２５）とポリビニルトルエンとがそれぞれ１
重層９石なるようにメチルエチルケトンに７８解した後
、このノ容ン夜をガラス基↓反上にスピンコーティング
法にて塗布・乾燥し、記録層の膜厚が１０００人の光記
録媒体を作製した。First of all, 1 cyanine dye (manufactured by Nippon Kanko Shiki Co., Ltd., trade name NK-125) and polyvinyltoluene were added.
After dissolving 78 layers of methyl ethyl ketone so as to form a 9-layer layer, this coating was applied onto a glass substrate using a spin coating method and dried to produce an optical recording medium with a recording layer thickness of 1,000 layers. .
この実施例で使用したシアニン系色素の構造は下式（Ｉ
ＩＩ）で示される。The structure of the cyanine dye used in this example is the following formula (I
II).
比較のために、先の実施例において、ポリビニルトルエ
ンの代わりにニトロセルロースヲ用い、他は先の実施例
と同様にして光記録媒体を作製した。For comparison, an optical recording medium was prepared in the same manner as in the previous example except that nitrocellulose was used instead of polyvinyltoluene.
次に、上記実施例及び比較例で得られた光記録媒体に対
して、タングステンランプを用いて１００００ルクスの
光を照射し、この時の記録層の吸光度の劣化状態を調べ
た。結果を第２図に示す。Next, the optical recording media obtained in the above examples and comparative examples were irradiated with light of 10,000 lux using a tungsten lamp, and the state of deterioration of the absorbance of the recording layer at this time was examined. The results are shown in Figure 2.
この第２図より明らかなように、比較例の劣化速度を１
としたときに、実施例の劣化速度は０．１３〜０．１４
となることがわかった。すなわち、記ｔｊＦＪとしてシ
アニン系色素にポリビニルトルエンを添加した光記録媒
体は、ニトロセルロースを添加したものに比べて、光記
録媒体の寿命を１０倍以上に伸ばすことができる。As is clear from this figure 2, the deterioration rate of the comparative example was reduced to 1
When, the deterioration rate of the example is 0.13 to 0.14
It was found that That is, an optical recording medium in which polyvinyltoluene is added to a cyanine dye as described in tjFJ can extend the life of the optical recording medium by more than 10 times as compared to one in which nitrocellulose is added.
したがって、シアニン系色素とポリビニルトルエンによ
り記録層を構成してなる光記録媒体は、情報（３号の信
頼性を長期間維持できると言える。Therefore, it can be said that an optical recording medium whose recording layer is composed of a cyanine dye and polyvinyltoluene can maintain the reliability of information (No. 3) for a long period of time.
さらに、上記実施例で得られた光記録媒体に対して、書
込みレーザ光出力８１．線速度２ ｍ／ｓｅｅ、変調周
波数Ｉ Ｍ／Ｈｚで所定の４３号を書き込み、読出しレ
ーザ先出力０．２１で再生し、再生信号のＣ／Ｎを調べ
たところ、５０ｄＢ以上（最大で５５ｄＢ）であった、
この結果、本発明の光記録媒体においては、ノイズが少
なく実用性の高い記録再生特性を示ことがわかった。Furthermore, for the optical recording medium obtained in the above example, the writing laser light output was 81. When we wrote the specified number 43 at a linear velocity of 2 m/see and a modulation frequency of IM/Hz, and reproduced it with a read laser output of 0.21, we checked the C/N of the reproduced signal and found that it was 50 dB or more (maximum 55 dB). Met,
As a result, it was found that the optical recording medium of the present invention exhibited recording and reproducing characteristics with little noise and high practicality.
以上の説明からも明らかなように、本発明の光記録媒体
においては、記録層にシアニン系色素とポリビニルトル
エンとの分散系を用いているので、耐光性が格段に向上
すると同時に、Ｃ／Ｎも大幅に向上する。As is clear from the above description, in the optical recording medium of the present invention, since a dispersion system of cyanine dye and polyvinyltoluene is used in the recording layer, the light resistance is significantly improved, and at the same time, the C/N will also be significantly improved.
したがって、情報信号の信頼性が長期に亘って保持でき
るので、極めて実用性の高い光記録媒体が提供できる。Therefore, since the reliability of the information signal can be maintained for a long period of time, an extremely practical optical recording medium can be provided.
また、本発明の光記録媒体は、従来広（用いられている
塗布技術により記録層を形成しているので、■産性や生
産性の点で有利であり、しかも製造コストの軽減が図れ
るという利点も有している。In addition, since the optical recording medium of the present invention forms the recording layer using a coating technique that is widely used in the past, it is advantageous in terms of production efficiency and productivity, and can also reduce manufacturing costs. It also has advantages.
第１図は光記録媒体の構成を示す要部断面図である。
第２図は記録層の劣化速度を吸光度の経時変化として示
す特性図である。
１・・・・記録層
２・・・・基板FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a main part showing the structure of an optical recording medium. FIG. 2 is a characteristic diagram showing the deterioration rate of the recording layer as a change in absorbance over time. 1...Recording layer 2...Substrate
Claims (1)
する記録層を形成したことを特徴とする光記録媒体。An optical recording medium comprising a recording layer containing a cyanine dye and polyvinyltoluene formed on a substrate.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| JP61157305A JPS6313788A (en) | 1986-07-04 | 1986-07-04 | Optical recording medium |
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| JP61157305A JPS6313788A (en) | 1986-07-04 | 1986-07-04 | Optical recording medium |
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| JP61157305A Pending JPS6313788A (en) | 1986-07-04 | 1986-07-04 | Optical recording medium |
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| Country | Link |
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1986
- 1986-07-04 JP JP61157305A patent/JPS6313788A/en active Pending
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