Abstract:
A magnetic recording medium and a method for magnetic signal writing on the recording material. The method comprises the first step of forming a magnetic recording layer by applying magnetic paint to the surface of a substrate, the second step of writing signals onto the magnetic recording layer while the magnetic recording layer is wet, and the third step of fixing the written signals by drying the magnetic recording layer immediately after the write operation. In this method, unlike the conventional method, the magnetic recording layer is dried after the write operation onto the wet recording layer. As a result, magnetic particles in the recording layer form density patterns and information is magnetically recorded in the patterns. Therefore, this magnetic recording medium can fix the magnetically recorded signals. When the signals are written by using this method, unauthorized use of magnetic card can be prevented, because the recorded signals are neither erasable nor rewritten.
Abstract:
A magnetic card on which a visible pattern can be written according to the present invention is characterized in that an underlying layer (6) is formed on a magnetic recording layer (4), that a metallic thin layer (8) is formed on said underlying layer (6), and that a magnetic bar code (12) is formed between the magnetic recording layer (4) and the underlying layer (6), between the underlying layer (6) and the metallic thin layer (8), and/or above the metallic thin layer (8).
Abstract:
A magnetic recording medium provided with a destructible layer (2) between a substrate (1) and a magnetic recording layer (3). The destructible layer (2) is formed of a low-melting metal, such as tin, lead, or zinc, or its alloy, whose melting point is equal to or lower than that of the substrate (1). Alternatively, the destructible layer (2) can be made of a resin. The destructible layer (2) of the magnetic recording medium is destroyed by some means, including a thermal head, laser, polishing, etc. When the destructible layer (2) is destroyed, the magnetic recording layer (3) is also destroyed simultaneously. When the layer (3) is destroyed, recorded magnetic signals are not able to be rewritten and, therefore, unauthorized use of the magnetic recording medium can be prevented. Instead of the destructible layer (2), a fusing agent (5) may be mixed in the magnetic recording layer (3) to obtain the same effect.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a high density high energy magnetic memory card. The card is provided throughout or part of at least one of its surfaces with a recording medium which contains magnetic particles having a coercitive field higher than 4000 Oe (320 kA/m), which has no overlying layer and which has a density of information higher than 5 kbits/cm , an electric wear corresponding to an electric signal loss equal to or lower than 5 % for 2000 passages, a mean arithmetic rugosity lower than 10 nm, an abrasivity lower than 600 mu m, and a streak resistance lower than 1.5 mu m. Application to portable files and access controls.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording medium wherein erasing and rewriting of magnetic recording signals are impossible. Magnetic recording signals are written by preparing a magnetic recording layer on a substrate by coating the same with magnetic coating material, writing magnetic signals on the recording layer while it is still in an undried state, and immediately drying the recording layer to thereby fix the magnetic signals. According to the above procedures, the magnetic particles form a pattern composed of coarse and fine particles in the magnetic records and the magnetic recording signals are fixed. In this magnetic recording medium, incorporation of resins such as polyethylene or polypropylene in the magnetic recording layer or provision of a readily melting metal layer between the substrate and the magnetic recording layer enables the breakage of the magnetic recording layer. In this magnetic recording layer, therefore, the magnetic recording layer can be broken and the magnetic recording signals recorded on the magnetic recording layer are fixed, which prevents rewriting of magnetic recording signals irrespectively of whether the magnetic recording layer has been broken or not, thus enabling the prevention of illegal use of magnetic cards.
Abstract:
A magnetic card (1) formed of a card-like substrate (2) whose surface is provided with a data track (3) on which magnetic data are written and a clock track (4) on which clock signals are written for maintaining synchronization in writting and reading magnetic data on and from said data track (3), in which said clock track (4) is composed of a magnetic material of low residual magnetic flux density and, thus, different magnetization methods are used for the data track (3) and clock track (4), whereby easy readout of data is impossible and a great deal of improvement in security function is ensured.