Patents Assigned to Agfa
  • Patent number: 12291050
    Abstract: Method of decorating natural leather with an inkjet printer which comprises: —a first vacuum belt (150) for conveying an unwoven fabric (200) which is configured as a second vacuum belt, for conveying under an inkjet print head (505) a natural leather (300); and wherein the method comprises: —applying from an adhesive tape-roll an adhesive tape (1300) as a continuous sheet against the unwoven fabric wherein said adhesive tape (1300) has an adhesive side and opposite side and the opposite side is in contact with the unwoven fabric; —applying a natural leather (300) on the adhesive side of the adhesive tape (1300); —conveying the applied natural leather by moving the first vacuum belt (150) whereby the unwoven fabric (200) is moving by suction power through the first vacuum belt (150) and the applied adhesive tape (1300) is moving by said suction power through said unwoven fabric (200) under an inkjet print head (505); —marking the applied natural leather with jetted droplets of the inkjet print head (505) for
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventor: Luc De Roeck
  • Publication number: 20250136833
    Abstract: A free radical curable inkjet ink containing a colour pigment and a polymerizable composition, wherein the colour pigment is a mixture of colour pigments including at least one colour pigment selected from a quinacridone pigment, a diketopyrrolo pyrrole pigment, and a mixed crystal thereof; wherein the average particle diameter of the colour pigment is between 80 nm and 240 nm as determined by a dynamic light scattering technique using a laser diode having an emission wavelength of 635 nm; wherein the polymerizable composition contains 95.0 to 99.5 wt % of monofunctional polymerizable compounds; wherein the polymerizable composition has a double bond density DBD of at least 5.40. An inkjet printing method with the free radical curable inkjet ink is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Bart Waumans, Els Lievens
  • Patent number: 12252622
    Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of resin particles comprising a dispersing group covalently bonded to the resin and at least one repeating unit of formula I, II and/or III and which is obtainable by contacting a compound A comprising at least 2 functional groups selected from the group of functional groups —X—C(?O)—CHR1-C(?O)—R2, —X—C(?O)—C?C—R2; or —X—C(?O)—CR1?CR2-NR11R12, with a compound B comprising at least two —NH2, —NH3+ or —N?C?O, wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R11 and R12 have the same meaning as that defined in the claims and wherein compound A and/or B comprise a dispersing group. The invention also includes a method of producing the aqueous dispersion and further relates to an aqueous inkjet ink comprising the resin particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert NV
    Inventors: Tim Desmet, Johan Loccufier, Hubertus Van Aert, Ellen Bertels
  • Patent number: 12251918
    Abstract: Manufacturing decorative panels by using a web-fed inkjet printer. During the feeding of the to-be-printed substrate, the tension of the substrate is controlled by a dancer unit (720) which includes a dancer roll (200), having a connector (120) on both side ends of said roll, and wherein both connectors (120) are connected to a pair of parallel guiders (110) for floating said roll along a floating path (210); and wherein the step of controlling comprises the step of moving one guider (110) of said pair of guiders (110) parallel to said floating path (210) whereby the dancer roll (200) is tilted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Jurgen Van Dorpe, Patrick Van Mooter, Paul Wouters, Christof Baks
  • Patent number: 12246532
    Abstract: A sheet 200 for an array of vacuum apertures 152 in a substrate support unit 150 of a printer is provided. The sheet 200 comprises a plurality of valves 202 formed into the sheet 200. The sheet 200 is made from a resilient material. Each valve 202 comprises a valve head 204 for sealing a vacuum aperture 152 in the substrate support unit 150, and a valve lever arm 206 for permitting movement of the valve head 204 towards and away from the vacuum aperture 152 in order to open and close the valve 202.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventors: Andrew James Brown, Anderson McKeague
  • Publication number: 20250073176
    Abstract: A capsule consisting of a polymeric shell surrounding a core, the core comprises an organic compound, the polymeric shell comprises a poly(amino acid) and is obtainable by interfacial polymerization of a N-carboxy-anhydride monomer according to general structure (I). The organic compound is a marine oil, a vegetable oil, an essential oil, a fragrance, a flavour, an insect repellent, a flame retardant, an active pharmaceutical ingredient or an agrochemical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: AGFA-GEVAERT NV
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Jos Louwet
  • Publication number: 20250051942
    Abstract: A separator for an electrolytic cell alkaline electrolysis (1) characterized in that the separator has a residual non-aqueous solvent amount of less than 5 wt %, relative to the total dry weight of the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Agfa-Gevaert NV
    Inventors: Hanne Verwaest, Willem Mues
  • Publication number: 20250033374
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of printed corrugated cardboard comprising the steps of: a) providing a paper liner board (23) with an ink receiving layer; and b) inkjet printing an image with one or more pigmented aqueous inkjet inks on the ink receiving layer using piezoelectric through-flow print heads (25) having nozzles with an outer nozzle surface NS smaller than 500 ?m2; wherein the one or more pigmented aqueous inkjet inks contain water in an amount of A wt % defined by: 100 ? wt ? % - sqrt ? ( NS ) × 3.8 wt ? % / µm ? A ? wt ? % ? 100 ? wt ? % - sqrt ? ( NS ) × 2.2 wt ? % / µm wherein the wt % is based on the total weight of the aqueous inkjet ink; wherein sqrt(NS) represents the square root of the outer nozzle surface area NS; and wherein A wt %?40 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Stefaan De Meutter, Jens Lenaerts
  • Publication number: 20250035600
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of preparing a Time Temperature Indicator using inkjet printing. The aqueous inkjet printing liquid includes encapsulated diacetylene compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Agfa-Gevaert NV
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Wim Van Dingenen
  • Patent number: 12211190
    Abstract: A multi-scale image processing algorithm for enhancing contrast in an electronic representation of an image represented by a) decomposing said digital image into a set of detail images at multiple resolution levels and a residual image at a resolution level lower than said multiple resolution levels, b) processing at least one pixel of said detail images, c) computing a processed image by applying a reconstruction algorithm to the residual image and the processed detail images, said reconstruction algorithm being such that if it were applied to the residual image and the detail images without processing, then said digital image or a close approximation thereof would be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Joris Soons, Pieter Vuylsteke
  • Patent number: 12209182
    Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of a capsule composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core, the shell comprising a silanol containing compound or condensation product thereof covalently bonded to the polymer of the shell. The aqueous dispersion can be used in an aqueous inkjet ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Luc Decoster
  • Patent number: 12209195
    Abstract: A combination of: a) piezoelectric through-flow print heads having nozzles with an outer nozzle surface area NS smaller than 500 pm2; and b) aqueous inkjet inks from an aqueous inkjet ink set for manufacturing decorative panels, wherein the aqueous inkjet ink set comprises specific cyan, red, yellow and black aqueous inkjet inks containing water in an amount of A wt % defined by Formula (I): 100 wt %?sqrt(NS)×3.8 wt %/?m?A wt %?100 wt %?sqrt(NS)×2.2 wt %/?m wherein the wt % is based on the total weight of the aqueous inkjet ink; wherein sqrt(NS) represents the square root of the outer nozzle surface area NS; and wherein A wt %?40 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Jens Lenaerts, Stefaan De Meutter
  • Publication number: 20250026135
    Abstract: An inkjet printing method on a rectangular cardboard having a width between a first side and a second side, parallel to each other, comprising: —applying a first strap (400) and a second strap (400), parallel to each other and with a space between each other, on a vacuum belt (500) which has a rough support area having a surface roughness (Ra) from 8.0 ?m to 3500.0 ?m—applying the cardboard (300) on the vacuum belt (500) wherein said cardboard (300) overlaps partially the applied first strap (400) at the first side of said cardboard (300)and overlaps partially the applied second strap (400) at the second side of said cardboard (300) and wherein between said first side and second side the cardboard is in contact with the vacuum belt (500); —applying vacuum power at said rough support area for attaching said strap (400) and said cardboard (300); —transporting said attached straps (400) and attached cardboard (300) during inkjet printing an image on said attached cardboard (300).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: Agfa NV
    Inventor: Luc De Roeck
  • Publication number: 20250026142
    Abstract: A set of decorative laminate panels having a personalized image covering the surface of multiple decorative laminate panels, wherein the decorative laminate panels are assembled in a staggered arrangement with a staggering distance having a value between L/2 and L/10 with L representing the length of a decorative laminate panel, wherein the decorative laminate panels have a tongue and groove connection including an alignment aid for achieving the staggering distance between two decorative laminate panels, and wherein the personalized image is inkjet printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Rudi Lamproye, Peter Frings
  • Publication number: 20250018729
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of printed corrugated cardboard comprising the steps of: a) providing a paper liner board (23) with an ink receiving layer; and b) inkjet printing an image with one or more pigmented aqueous inkjet inks on the ink receiving layer using piezoelectric through-flow print heads (25) having nozzles with an outer nozzle surface NS smaller than 500 ?m2; wherein the one or more pigmented aqueous inkjet inks contain water in an amount of A wt % defined by: 100 wt %?sqrt(NS)×3.8 wt %/?m?A wt %?100 wt %?sqrt(NS)×2.2 wt %/?m wherein the wt % is based on the total weight of the aqueous inkjet ink; wherein sqrt(NS) represents the square root of the outer nozzle surface area NS; and wherein A wt %?40 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Stefaan De Meutter, Jens Lenaerts
  • Patent number: 12195631
    Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of resin particles comprising a dispersing group covalently bonded to the resin and at least one repeating unit of formula I, II and/or III and which is obtainable by contacting a compound A comprising 2 functional groups selected from the group of functional groups —X—C(?O)—CHR1-C(?O)—R2, —X—C(?O)—C?C—R2; or —X—C(?O)—CR1?CR2-NR11 R12, wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R11 and R12 have the same meaning as that defined in the claims, with a compound B comprising at least two —NH2, —NH3+ or —N?C?O, with a crosslinking agent C. The invention also includes a method of producing the aqueous dispersion and further relates to an aqueous ink jet ink comprising the resin particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert NV
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Ellen Bertels, Jos Louwet
  • Patent number: 12187837
    Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of a capsule composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core, the core containing an amine blocked isocyanate, the amine blocked isocyanate comprises at least two isocyanate groups blocked by a blocking group, the blocking groups are independently from each other represented by a secondary amine. The aqueous dispersion is suitable as reactive binder chemistry in coatings and inks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Luc Decoster, Ellen Bertels
  • Publication number: 20250003081
    Abstract: A separator for alkaline electrolysis (1) comprising a porous support (100) and a porous layer (200) provided on the porous support, characterized in that a lateral Bubble Point of the separator, measured according to the method described in the description, is at least 0.2 bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Agfa-Gevaert NV
    Inventors: Willem Mues, Cristina Tudisco, Hanne Verwaest
  • Publication number: 20250003091
    Abstract: A separator for alkaline electrolysis (1) comprising a porous support (100) and a porous layer (200) provided the porous support, characterized in that at least (25) volume percent of the pores of the separator are filled with water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Agfa-Gevaert NV
    Inventors: Hanne Verwaest, Willem Mues, Cristina Tudisco
  • Patent number: 12180375
    Abstract: An aqueous polyurethane resin dispersion, the polyurethane resin having a cationic group and a polyalkylene oxide in a side chain thereof and is obtainable by reacting a polyisocyanate with a polyether diol and with a polymeric diol such as a polyester diol, polyether diol, polycarbonate diol, polyacrylate diol or polyolefin diol and with a cationic polyol selected from the group consisting of an quaternary ammonium, a quaternary phosphonium, a tertiary sulfonium and a iodonium wherein the cationic polyol comprises at least two hydroxyl groups and has a total number of carbon atoms making up the carbon chains between the cationic charged atom and a hetero atom or end of the carbon chain of the cation over charge ratio of at least 12. The aqueous dispersion can be used in treatment liquids for inkjet printing and in inkjet inks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Hubertus Van Aert, Johan Loccufier, Marie Lehericey, Mei-Yuan Hsu