Patents Assigned to Agfa
  • Publication number: 20240424805
    Abstract: An inkjet printing device comprising a combination for manufacturing printed corrugated cardboard including: a) piezoelectric through-flow print heads having nozzles with an outer nozzle surface area NS smaller than 500 ?m2; and b) a pigmented aqueous inkjet ink; wherein the aqueous inkjet ink contains 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: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Stefaan De Meutter, Jens Lenaerts
  • Patent number: 12173119
    Abstract: An amino functionalized siloxane resin particle obtainable by polycondensation of a cationic alkoxysilane surfactant according to general formula I (I) and an amino functionalized alkoxysilane according to general formula (II). The amino functionalized siloxane resin particle can be incorporated in jettable liquids for inkjet printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Luc Decoster
  • Patent number: 12162269
    Abstract: An inkjet printer (500) for printing on cloth (300) comprising 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 cloth (300); and a device for applying pressure to said cloth (300) on said second vacuum belt; wherein said device comprises a portion for traversing said cloth (300) with a rub by a relative movement between said pressure device and said second vacuum belt, carrying said cloth (300).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventor: Luc De Roeck
  • Publication number: 20240400847
    Abstract: A free radical curable inkjet ink containing a colour pigment, a photoinitiator and polymerizable composition, wherein the polymerizable composition includes more than 88.0% of monofunctional polymerizable compounds based on the total weight of the polymerizable composition; wherein more than 13.0 wt % of a monofunctional polymerizable compound having a double bond density DBD of more than 7.00; wherein more than 35.0 wt % of a polyfunctional alkoxylated acrylate having a molecular weight MW of more than 310 based on the total weight of the polyfunctional polymerizable compounds; wherein non-aromatic cyclic monofunctional acrylates in an amount such that the ratio of the wt % of polyfunctional alkoxylated acrylate having a molecular weight MW of more than 310 to the wt % of non-aromatic cyclic monofunctional acrylates is larger than 0.35; and wherein the polymerizable composition has a double bond density DBD of no more than 5.55 mmol double bonds/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Matthieu Retailleau, Bart Waumans
  • Publication number: 20240392150
    Abstract: A liquid for inkjet printing comprising resin particles, the resin particles are obtainable by reaction between a polyamine crosslinker comprising at least two primary or secondary amines and a quaternary ammonium group and a compound comprising two functional groups capable of reacting with the primary or secondary amines of the crosslinker. The liquids for inkjet printing can be pre-treatment compositions, aqueous inkjet inks and overcoat varnishes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Hubertus Van Aert, Bingyu Yang, Johan Loccufier, Ellen Bertels, Jens Lenaerts
  • Publication number: 20240384121
    Abstract: A fluid set for inkjet printing comprises an aqueous ink jet ink and a co-reactive fluid. The ink jet ink comprises a pigment and a polymeric dispersing agent having a functional group capable of reacting with a primary or secondary amine. The co-reactive fluid comprises a compound having at least two functional groups selected from the group consisting of primary amines and secondary amines. The co-reactive fluid is preferably a primer, an inkjet ink or an over print varnish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: AGFA NV
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Luc Decoster
  • Publication number: 20240374762
    Abstract: A composite resin particle comprising a near infrared absorber according to general formula I and a resin selected from the group consisting of (poly(amino acids), polyphosphazenes, poly saccahride derivatives, poly(esters), poly(ortho esters), poly(cyano-acry lates) and copolymers thereof (General formula (I)). The composite resin particles are suitable for opto-medical applications such as phototherapies including photothermal therapy (PTT), photodynamic therapy (PDT), chemo-photodynamic nanotherapeutics and fluorescence medical imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: AGFA-GEVAERT NV
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Jos Louwet
  • Patent number: 12138953
    Abstract: An inkjet printing method for manufacturing a decorative surface comprising staggered decorative laminate panels including the steps of: i) digitally dividing a first master image (15, 30) into decorative laminate panel images (16); ii) digitally staggering neighbouring decorative laminate panel images (18) over a selected staggering distance (17) having a value between L/2 and L/20 with L representing the length of a decorative laminate panel; iii) digitally composing a second master image (19, 33) from the neighbouring staggered decorative laminate panel images (18); iv) printing the second master image (19, 33) with one or more inkjet inks on a substrate, wherein the substrate is a paper substrate and the one or more inkjet inks are aqueous pigmented inkjet inks printed on the substrate before or after impregnation with a thermosetting resin; or wherein the one or more inkjet inks are UV curable inkjet inks and the substrate is a thermoplastic substrate based on a material selected from the group consistin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Rudi Lamproye, Peter Frings
  • Patent number: 12122928
    Abstract: A radiation curable inkjet ink set comprising a cyan inkjet ink containing a beta-copper phthalocyanine pigment and a polymerizable composition; a magenta inkjet ink containing a magenta or red pigment and a polymerizable composition; a yellow inkjet ink containing a yellow pigment and a polymerizable composition; and a black inkjet ink containing a carbon black pigment and a polymerizable composition; wherein the polymerizable compositions of the cyan, magenta, yellow and black inkjet inks include on average: a) 20.0 to 40.0 wt % of phenoxyethyl acrylate; b) 23.0 to 32.0 wt % of isobornyl acrylate; c) 1.0 to 14.4 wt % of monomer selected from the group consisting of 4-acryloylmorpholine and a monomer according to Formula (I), wherein X represents C or O, n represents 1, 2 or 3 and m represents 0 or 1; and d) up to 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Matthieu Retailleau, Bart Waumans
  • Patent number: 12118701
    Abstract: The invention is related to a method for automatic selection and pre-processing of digital images that comprise the necessary amount of Transfer function modulated quantum-noise to apply a mathematical sharpness calculation method for calculation of a sharpness parameter of the digital imaging system. Suitable images for the method are selected from the pool of available images acquired by the digital imaging system during daily operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventor: Marc Cresens
  • Patent number: 12115797
    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: 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 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Stefaan De Meutter, Jens Lenaerts
  • Publication number: 20240336799
    Abstract: A pre-treatment composition for inkjet printing, comprising water, a water-soluble multi-valent metallic salt, a wax, a non-ionic dispersant and a resin particle, the resin particle is stabilized by a non-ionic group or non-ionic or amphiphilic compound. A fluid set comprising the pre-treatment composition and an aqueous inkjet ink is suitable for printing liners for corrugated packaging, folding boards or a corrugated card boards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Bingyu Yang, Jens Lenaerts, Hubertus Van Aert
  • Publication number: 20240337942
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate precursor including a support and a coating comprising a photopolymerizable layer including a polymerisable compound, optionally a sensitizer, a photoinitiator and discrete particles which comprise a plurality of silane groups, and/or silanol groups and/or siloxane reaction products of said silane and/or silanol groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: AGFA OFFSET BV
    Inventors: Hubertus Van Aert, Thomas Billiet
  • Publication number: 20240309233
    Abstract: An ink set for manufacturing decorative laminates including pigmented free radical curable inkjet inks and a free radical curable liquid, wherein the pigmented free radical curable inkjet inks include a colour pigment and a polymerizable composition containing 10 to 90 wt % of one or more monofunctional polymerizable compounds; wherein the free radical curable liquid includes a polymerizable composition containing 15 wt % or more of polyfunctional polymerizable compounds and 15 wt % or more of a specific monofunctional polymerizable compound; and wherein all weight percentages wt % are based upon the total weight of the polymerizable composition in the pigmented free radical curable inkjet ink or the polymerizable composition in the free radical curable liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Jens Lenaerts, Johan Loccufier, Aleix Costa
  • Publication number: 20240301226
    Abstract: A non-aqueous inkjet ink comprising a near infrared absorbing particle, a dispersant, a solvent, the dispersant is a polymer comprising an amine group or an acidic group and the solvent is selected from the group consisting of ketones, esters, ethers and alcohols. The non-aqueous inkjet ink can act as a fusing agent in a high speed sintering process. The non-aqueous inkjet ink is suitable for printing transparent or coloured 3D-objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: AGFA-Gevaert NV
    Inventors: Sophie Lingier, Johan Loccufier, Sonny Wynants
  • Patent number: 12082959
    Abstract: This invention is related to a method to adjust the starting position of an acquisition trajectory of a mobile X-ray device that is to perform a portable X-ray tomography acquisition sequence. The invention supports an operator in positioning a mobile X-ray device such that it can subsequently successfully and autonomously perform a digital tomosynthesis exam. Alternatively may an operator provide visual input on a camera image on where he desires the tomosynthesis acquisition to be performed, allowing the mobile X-ray device to adjust its initial starting position autonomously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Jeroen Cant, Vincent Van Nieuwenhove
  • Patent number: 12084729
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of decorated natural leather including the steps of applying a crusted leather, having a corium side, a grain side and an edge, on a conveyor system, having a position means, and aligning said crusted leather by moving said edge against said position means; and laminating said aligned crusted leather on a temporary carrier, having an adhesive layer, wherein said corium side is attached by said adhesive layer on said temporary carrier while conveying said crusted leather on said conveyor system towards said temporary carrier and moving said temporary carrier relative to said conveyor system; and inkjet printing on said grain side with one or more pigmented inkjet inks an image by an inkjet printing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventor: Luc De Roeck
  • Publication number: 20240286103
    Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of a microcapsule, comprising a crosslinked polymeric shell surrounding a core, the core comprises a second polymer which is non-polymerizable. The dispersion is useful in aqueous pigment containing inkjet inks or pre-treatment liquids for inkjet printing on low-absorbing or non-absorbing substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Hubertus Van Aert, Ellen Bertels, Fabienne Goethals
  • Patent number: 12071555
    Abstract: An aqueous inkjet ink for textile printing comprising a disperse dyestuff and a glycerol ester of two or three long-chain fatty acids. The invention also includes an inkjet printing method for dyeing fabrics comprising hydrophobic fibres using the above described aqueous inkjet ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Lionel Petton, Ellen Bertels, Amandine Ligot, Johan Loccufier, Sonny Wynants
  • Patent number: 12071527
    Abstract: A flame retardant film comprising a polyester containing film comprising on a side thereof, a flame retardant layer. The flame retardant layer comprises a colloidal metal oxide in an amount of 6 g/m2 of more, an inorganic binder in an amount of 2 g/m2 or more, a first flame retardant being a phosphorous containing compound in an amount of 10 g/m2 or more and a second flame retardant being a mineral compound selected from the group of aluminum hydroxide, aluminum trihydrate, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium calcium carbonate, hydrated magnesium carbonate, aluminum oxide hydroxide, boron compounds, antimony trioxide and combinations thereof, the amount of the second flame retardant is 6 g/m2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert NV
    Inventors: Geert Vercruysse, Hubertus Van Aert, Dirk Quintens, Sarah Richardson, Stefaan Smet