Patent ID: 9196285
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium by sequentially forming a magnetic recording layer, a protection layer, and a lubricant layer on a stacked body, comprising: enclosing the stacked body in a transfer container unit without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere after forming the protection layer on the stacked body by a deposition apparatus; transporting the transfer container unit that is detachably connected to the deposition apparatus by removing the stacked body enclosed within the transfer container unit from the transfer container unit without exposing the stacked body to the atmosphere, and forming the lubricant layer on the stacked body within the vapor-phase lubrication deposition apparatus by vapor-phase lubrication, wherein the transfer container unit includes a transfer container configured to enclose the stacked body, an auxiliary chamber configured to detachably connect to the deposition apparatus and the vapor-phase lubrication deposition apparatus, and a gate valve configured to connect the transfer container and the auxiliary chamber.