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(11) EP 0 147 642 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
25.02.1987 Bulletin 1987/09

(43) Date of publication A2:
10.07.1985 Bulletin 1985/28

(21) Application number: 84114277

(22) Date of filing: 27.11.1984
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 30.12.1983 US 567299

(71) Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
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(72) Inventors:
  • Sachdev, Krishna Gandhi
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  • Pennington, Keith Samuel
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  • Cohen, Mitchell Simmons
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(54) Electroerosion print media having a protective coating


(57) The present invention provides an improved electroerosion recording medium which comprises, in a preferred embodiment, a non-conductive support 1, a hard, abrasion resistant layer 2, preferably comprising an organic polymeri matrix containing an inorganic particulate material, a thin conductive film 3, typically of a metal such as aluminium, and an abrasion resistant overlayer 4 that comprises a solid conductive lubricant dispersed in an organotitanium reagent modified polymer system. The described polymer system comprises a crosslinked polymer formed by interaction of a hydroxyl group-containing polymer with one or more organo-titanium reagents. The overlayer is highly adherent to the conductive surface, has a low organic binder content and provides effective protection against abrasion of the conductive layer and fouling of a print head during electroerosion printing.







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