Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a glass blank in which, even when a thick portion is provided at a center, a portion other than the thick portion is thinned, and a crack is prevented from occurring after press. SOLUTION: The glass blank 1 includes the disk-shaped thick portion 10, and the ring-shaped thin portion 20 which is provided, surrounding a periphery of the thick portion 10 and includes a smaller thickness than that of the thick portion 10. The thick portion 10 is convex with respect to at least one surface of the thin portion 20. On a surface on which the thin portion 20 and the thick portion 10 are formed so that a step is formed, a sloped surface extended from a flat surface portion 22 of the thin portion 20 to a topmost portion 12 of the thick portion 10 includes a curved surface 14. The curved surface and the flat surface portion 22 form a continuous surface. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a glass blank having higher flatness even when the thinner glass blank is produced. SOLUTION: There are provided a method for producing the glass blank where the glass blank for an information recording medium is produced at least via a pressing step to press-mold softened glass between an upper die and a lower die after supplying the softened glass on the center of the pressing surface of the lower die and where the temperature in the vicinity of the center of the pressing surface of the upper die just before performing the pressing step is lower than that in another area on the pressing surface of the upper die, the upper die and a press-molding apparatus used in the method, a method for producing a substrate for the information recording medium using the apparatus and a method for producing the information recording medium. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a process for the production of a round glass rod, etc., enabling sure and stable introduction of a glass raw material to a roller and stable production of a round glass rod having a cross-section having high roundness in high yield. SOLUTION: A glass raw material 1 heated to attain a viscosity of