Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Tetsu Yamamuro

Yutaka Ueda

Tsutomu Sato

Michiharu Abe

Kyuhachiro Iwasaki

Masaakira Umehara

Hideaki Oba

Eiji Noda

An organosilicon compound having general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents fluorine; l is an integer of 1 to 5; R.sup.2 represents a lower alkyl group, a lower unsaturated alkyl group or an aromatic group, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 each represent hydrogen, halogen, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a nitro group, a cyano group, and an alkoxyl group, which may be the same or different; m is an integer of 0 to 2, when m is 2, each R.sup.2 may be the same or different; and n is an integer of 1 to 3, provided that m+n is not more than 3 (m+n.ltoreq.3), and a photopolymerizable epoxy resin composition prepared by mixing an epoxy resin component, the above photodecomposing organosilicon compound, and an aluminum compound are disclosed.

Photodecomposing organosilicon compounds and photopolymerizable epoxy

An optical information recording medium is disclosed which comprises a pair of substrates at least one of which has a recording layer on one side thereof and which are placed opposingly to each other so that said recording layer is positioned on the inside and are bonded to each other by adhesive layer(s) with or without spacer(s) therebetween to form a sealed structure, wherein said adhesive layer is composed of a cured adhesive material formed from (a) an epoxy resin, (b) a photolyzable organosilicon compound and (c) an aluminum complex compound, said photolyzable organosilicon compound being a silicon compound having at least one phenyl group which has at least one fluorine atom and at least one o-nitrobenzyloxy group which may have a substituent. The said photolyzable oganosilicon compound may be replaced by a mixture of (b-1) a silicon compound having at least one phenyl group having at least one fluorine atom and at least one o-nitrobenzyloxy group which may have a substituent, and (b-2) a silicon compound having at least one phenyl group having no substituents and at least one o-nitrobenzyloxy group which may have a substituent.

Optical information recording medium

This invention relate to an optical information recording medium, characterized by having an organic thin film recording layer containing at least one of compounds expressed by the general formula (I), (II), (III) and (IV): ##STR1## (wherein in the above formulas, A, B, D and E represent a substituted or non-substituted aryl group; R.sub.1 to R.sub.8 may be the same or different and represent hydrogen atom, halogen atom or alkyl group; Y represents a divalent residue having atomic groups necessary for forming a five-membered ring or six-membered ring; m, n and l represents 0, 1 or 2; ans X.sup.- represents an acid anion); ##STR2## (wherein in the above formulas, A' represents a heterocyclic ring selected from the group of thiazole, oxazole, pyrrole, 3,3-dialkyl indolenine, imidazole, pyridine and quinoline and said heterocyclic ring may be condensed with a benzen ring or naphthalene ring, the aromatic ring of which may have a substituent; D' and E' may be the same or different and represent a substituted or non-substituted aromatic ring or D' and E' may get together to form an aromatic ring or heterocyclic ring; X represents an anion; l represents 0, 1 or 2 and m and n represnt 0, 1, 2 or 3; R.sub.9 represents hydrogen, alkyl group, amino group or halogen atom; and Y represents atomic groups necessary for forming a substituted or non-substituted five-membered ring or six-membered ring).

Optical information recording element

An optical information recording medium is disclosed, which comprises a pair of disc-shaped substrates, at least one of the substrates having a recording layer comprising an organic dye compound on one side thereof, which are disposed so as to face each other, with the recording layer positioned therebetween, with or without a space between the two substrates, by sealing with an adhesive agent comprising an alicyclic epoxy resin component having general formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 .about.R.sup.9 each represent hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or halogen; and R represents (CH.sub.2).sub.n, where n is an integer of 1 to 4, ##STR2## and a composite catalyst comprising a photo-decomposition organic silicon compound and a metal complex.

This invention relates to an optical information recording medium, characterized by having an organic thin film recording layer containing at least one of triaryl methane type coloring matters expressed by the general formula (1), (2) or (3): ##STR1## (wherein, in the above formulas (1) and (2), Ar.sub.1, Ar.sub.2 and Ar.sub.3 may be the same or different and represent a substituted or non-substituted arylene group, at least one pair of optical two nitrogen atoms bonded with said arylene groups being connected by an atomic chain having at least ten carbon atoms in total number in the shortest way; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 may be the same or different and represent hydrogen atom, aliphatic hydrocarbon group, cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon group, aromatic hydrocarbon group, halogen group, oxygen-containing characteristic group, ether group, carboxylic acid group, carboxylic acid ester group, acyl group, oxygen-containing complex group, sulfur-containing characteristic group, one nitrogen atom-containing characteristic group, two nitrogen atom-containing characteristic group or heterocyclic group; and X.sup.- represents and acid anion); or ##STR2## (wherein in the above general formula (3), Ar.sub.4, Ar.sub.5 and Ar.sub.6 may be the same or different and represent a substituted or non-substituted aryl group; and X.sup.- represents an acid anion; provided that at least one of said three aryl groups is a group expressed by the general formula, ##STR3## wherein Z represents ##STR4## R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.10 and R.sub.11 may be the same or different and represent hydrogen atom, aliphatic hydrocarbon group, cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon group, aromatic hydrocarbon group, halogen group, oxygen-containing characteristic group, ether group, carboxylic acid group, carboxylic acid ester group, acyl group, oxygen-containing complex group, sulfur-containing characteristic group, one nitrogen atom-containing characteristic group, two nitrogen atom-containing characteristic group or heterocyclic group; 1 represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 3; and m represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 4).

An optical information recording medium comprising a pair of substrates, with a recording layer comprising an organic dye being formed on one side of at least one substrate, fixed to each other through or without through a spacer and by an adhesive agent, in such a manner that the recording layer comes between the substrates, the adhesive agent comprising a compound of formula (I), ##STR1## wherein .phi. represents ##STR2## (l=0 or 1) or ##STR3## in which R represents a methyl group or an ethyl group, m is an integer of 1 to 4, and n is an integer of 2 to 4; and a compound of formula (II), ##STR4## wherein n is an integer of 4 to 8, to which a compound of formula (III) may be added, ##STR5## wherein L represents --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O.sub.m (m=1 to 4) or --CH.sub.2 C(OH)HCH.sub.2 O--, R.sup.1 represents --C.sub.n H.sub.2n+1 (n=4 to 12), R.sup.2 represents Cl or Br (n=0, 1 or 2).

An ink jet head for compressing ink in an ink chamber to eject a drop of the ink from a nozzle. Ink compressing means for compressing the ink in the ink chamber by expanding and contracting in response to a voltage applied thereto is made of a piezoelectric high molecular substance. The ink compressing means comprises a single thin film of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) or two PVDF films bonded together in a bimorph structure. The thin film is curved inwardly toward the ink chamber. Multiple nozzles are arranged in a predetermined direction. The PVDF film expands and contracts in a direction parallel to the direction of arrangement of the multiple nozzles.

Ink jet head for compressing ink to eject drops of ink

An optical ink jet head for an ink jet printer irradiates a photochemically reactive substance by an active electromagnetic wave to generate gas so that ink is ejected by the pressure of the gas. In optical communications, optical signals transmitted by optical fibers are directly used to drive an ink jet head to eject ink drops complementary to the optical signals from ink ejection nozzles of the head.

Optical ink jet head for ink jet printer

An ink jet head for compressing ink in an ink chamber to eject a drop of the ink from a nozzle. Ink compressing means for compressing the ink in the ink chamber by expanding and contracting in response to a voltage applied thereto is made of a piezoelectric high molecular substance. The ink compressing means comprises a single thin film of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) or two PVDF films bonded together in a bimorph structure. Multiple nozzles are arranged in a predetermined direction. The PVDF film expands and contracts in a direction parallel to the direction of arrangement of the multiple nozzles.

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Tetsu Yamamuro