Patent ID: 8182258

Claim:
An imprinting device comprising: a pair of upper and lower pressing structures that sandwiches a substrate comprising a magnetic disk and having resist layers preliminarily applied on transfer target surfaces of the substrate, and exerts transfer pressure towards the transfer target surfaces to form a predetermined pattern of recesses and protrusions on the transfer target surfaces of the substrate, the upper and lower pressing structures comprising: a fixed side pressing structure comprising: a fixed base plate; a first stamper having a pattern of recesses and protrusions, the pattern being configured to be transferred onto a first recording surface of the magnetic disk, the first stamper having a diameter larger than that of the magnetic disk; a fixed stamper support having a stamper-holding part that detachably holds an outer circumferential part of the first stamper thereagainst; a first buffer sheet disposed with the first stamper so that the first stamper is sandwiched between the substrate and the first buffer sheet, and the first buffer sheet is disposed inside the stamper-holding part and opposite the first recording surface of the magnetic disk; and a first positioning member that is inserted through center holes of the magnetic disk, the first stamper and the first buffer sheet, for positioning the magnetic disk, the first stamper and the first buffer sheet with respect to the fixed stamper support; and a movable side pressing structure disposed so as to be movable toward and away from the fixed side pressing structure, and comprising: a movable base plate; a second stamper having a pattern of recesses and protrusions, the pattern being transferred onto a second recording surface of the magnetic disk, and having a diameter larger than that of the magnetic disk; a movable stamper support having a stamper-holding part that detachably holds an outer circumferential part of the second stamper thereagainst; a second buffer sheet disposed with the second stamper so that the second stamper is sandwiched between the substrate and the second buffer sheet, and the second buffer sheet is disposed inside the stamper-holding part of the movable stamper support, and opposite the second recording surface of the magnetic disk; and a second positioning member that is inserted through center holes of the second stamper and the second buffer sheet, for positioning the second stamper and the second buffer sheet with respect to the movable stamper support, wherein the fixed stamper support has a first recess between a periphery of the first buffer sheet and the stamper-holding part of the fixed stamper support, the first recess facing the first stamper; and wherein the movable stamper support has a second recess between a periphery of the second buffer sheet and the stamper-holding part of the movable stamper support, the second recess facing the second stamper.