Patents Assigned to Sakata Inx Corporation
  • Patent number: 10767065
    Abstract: An object is to provide a non-aqueous inkjet ink composition offering excellent wettability, fixing property, solid-fill property, anti-mottling property, as well as discharge stability, even when printed at high speed on a matter to be printed whose printing side is constituted by a polyvinyl chloride or ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer or other vinyl polymer, etc. As means for achieving the object, a non-aqueous inkjet ink composition containing an acrylic resin, a pigment, a pigment dispersant, and an organic solvent, is provided, wherein such non-aqueous inkjet ink composition is characterized by containing, as the organic solvent, a propylene carbonate and a diethylene glycol dialkyl ether, wherein the propylene carbonate is compounded by 5 to 25 percent by mass in the ink composition, while the diethylene glycol dialkyl ether is compounded in a manner providing a ratio of diethylene glycol dialkyl ether/propylene carbonate falls in a range of 3 to 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Sato, Okinori Nakashima, Yoshiyuki Aoki, Jun Kinjyo, Takuya Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10767067
    Abstract: An object is to provide a non-aqueous inkjet ink composition which offers excellent fine print reproducibility, solid fill property, and anti-mottling property on printed matters, even when it is printed, at high speed, on materials whose printing surface is constituted by a polyvinyl chloride polymer, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, or other vinyl polymer, etc., and which also offers excellent rub resistance, solvent resistance, discharge stability, and resolubility of dried coating film, and has a high flash point. To achieve the object, a non-aqueous inkjet ink composition is provided which contains an acrylic resin, a ketone resin, a pigment, and a pigment dispersant, as well as propylene carbonate and diethylene glycol alkyl ether as an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Okinori Nakashima, Yoshiyuki Aoki, Jun Kinjyo, Ryohei Miyake
  • Patent number: 10767068
    Abstract: A photocurable inkjet printing ink composition contains a photopolymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein in 100 percent by mass of the photocurable inkjet printing ink composition, included are: an acrylamide-based monomer by 5.0 to 50 percent by mass; a monofunctional monomer other than acrylamide-based monomer by 15 to 70 percent by mass; a polymerizable compound having two or more functionalities by 5.0 to 30.0 percent by mass; vinyl caprolactam by 0.1 to 15 percent by mass and/or an acrylated amine compound having two photopolymerizable functional groups and two amino groups in the molecule by 0 to 10 percent by mass; and the percentage of monofunctional monomers in the photopolymerizable compound is 60 to 99.5 percent by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Okinori Nakashima, Takuya Myose, Takuya Okamoto, Kazuhiro Fuke
  • Patent number: 10683428
    Abstract: A non-aqueous magenta ink composition for ink jet printing comprising a pigment, a pigment dispersant, a binder resin and an organic solvent, wherein the pigment comprises C.I. Pigment Red 254 and a red pigment having a quinacridone skeleton, and wherein a total amount of the C.I. Pigment Red 254 and the red pigment having a quinacridone skeleton is not less than 50% by mass in the pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Kinjoh, Okinori Nakashima, Yoshiyuki Aoki, Ryohei Miyake
  • Patent number: 10619063
    Abstract: A water-based pigment type inkjet ink composition contains: a pigment whose surface is formed as a resin layer produced by crosslinking, using a crosslinking agent having two or more functionalities, an alkali-soluble resin whose acid value is 40 to 300 KOHmg/g, and 50 to 90% of whose acid groups have been neutralized by a basic compound; a water-soluble organic solvent; and a surface-active agent; wherein the alkali-soluble resin is such that lauryl(meth)acrylate is contained in the alkali-soluble resin, as its constitutional unit monomer, by 20 to 40 percent by mass relative to the total quantity of monomers. The water-based pigment type inkjet ink composition can exhibit good printability characteristics as well as a wide color gamut and can also offer excellent storage stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Sato, Taichi Ono, Hiroyuki Konishi, Kazuki Moriyasu
  • Patent number: 10584253
    Abstract: A light-curable inkjet printing ink composition contains a light-polymerizable component and a light-polymerization initiator, where the light-curable inkjet printing ink composition contains 70 to 100 percent by mass of monofunctional monomers relative to the total mass of the light-polymerizable component; wherein the monofunctional monomers comprise: (A) a monofunctional monomer whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of 20° C. or above; and (B) a monofunctional monomer whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of below 20° C.; and (A) is contained by 30 to 90 percent by mass, while (B) is contained by 10 to 70 percent by mass, relative to the total mass of the light-polymerizable component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Sato, Okinori Nakashima, Takuya Myose, Kazuhiro Fuke
  • Patent number: 10577513
    Abstract: A printing ink composition for laminate contains a pigment, a binder resin, a polyfunctional isocyanate compound as curing agent, and an organic solvent, wherein the binder resin is a polyurethane resin and a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer; at least one of the polyurethane resin and vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer has a reactive group that can react with the isocyanate group in the polyfunctional isocyanate compound; the ratio of the solid content of the polyurethane resin and that of the vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer is in a range of 9/1 to 1/9 (polyurethane resin/vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer); and the ratio of the sum of the solid contents of the polyurethane resin and vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer and the solid content of the curing agent is in a range of 1:0.2 to 0.9 ((polyurethane resin+copolymer):curing agent).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Harada, Yoshiaki Maeoka, Ken Natsuki
  • Publication number: 20200062976
    Abstract: Provided is a flexible package laminate print ink composition including a pigment, a binder resin, and an organic solvent. The binder resin includes polyurethane resin including a biomass polyurethane resin obtained by a reaction of a biopolyester polyol component and an organic diisocyanate component, and includes, at a terminal thereof, a primary or secondary amino group. The biopolyester polyol component includes a dicarboxylic acid, a certain amount of organic acid having three or more active hydrogen groups, each having a certain molecular weight, and diol. At least one of the dicarboxylic acid and the diol is plant-derived, and has NCO group/OH group=1.2 to 3.0. A content of the biomass polyurethane resin in the polyurethane resin is 5 mass % to 100 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Harada, Toru Ogawa, Yoshiaki Maeoka, Ryo Takabayashi, Kenta Akasaka
  • Patent number: 10543695
    Abstract: A photocurable white ink composition for inkjet printing contains: a photopolymerizable compound that contains: virtually no vinyl formamide; 0.1 to 20 percent by mass of a monofunctional monomer containing an ether group relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; 35 to 70 percent by mass of a monofunctional monomer containing a cyclic structure relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; 5 to 40 percent by mass of a multifunctional monomer relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; an acyl phosphine oxide photopolymerization initiator by 3 to 20 percent by mass relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; and titanium dioxide; wherein, the viscosity of said photocurable white ink composition for inkjet printing is 100 mPa·s or less at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Sakata Inx Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Hirose, Kazuhiro Fuke
  • Patent number: 10385225
    Abstract: A non-aqueous inkjet orange ink composition includes a pigment, a pigment dispersant, and an organic solvent, wherein the pigment contains C.I. Pigment Orange 36 and at least one type of pigment selected from C.I. Pigment Red 242, C.I. Pigment Red 254, and C.I. Pigment Orange 71. The non-aqueous inkjet orange ink composition can offer high weather resistance, good color development property, and excellent dispersion stability, as well as an ink set using such ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Sato, Okinori Nakashima, Yoshiyuki Aoki, Jun Kinjyo, Ryohei Miyake
  • Publication number: 20190161634
    Abstract: A non-aqueous magenta ink composition for ink jet printing comprising a pigment, a pigment dispersant, a binder resin and an organic solvent, wherein the pigment comprises C.I. Pigment Red 254 and a red pigment having a quinacridone skeleton, and wherein a total amount of the C.I. Pigment Red 254 and the red pigment having a quinacridone skeleton is not less than 50% by mass in the pigment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun KINJOH, Okinori NAKASHIMA, Yoshiyuki AOKI, Ryohei MIYAKE
  • Patent number: 10301494
    Abstract: A water-based inkjet ink composition for printing on nonabsorbent base material contains alkali-soluble resin-coated pigment, basic compound, water-soluble organic solvent, surface-active agent A, and surface-active agent B. Surface-active agent A is an acetylene diol compound represented by the following formula: Surface-active agent B is a compound with an HLB value of 4 to 9 obtained by adding an ethylene oxide to an acetylene diol compound. The content of surface-active agent A in the water-based inkjet ink composition is 0.1 to 1 percent by mass, and the content of surface-active agent B in the water-based inkjet ink composition is 0.4 to 2.5 percent by mass. The static surface tension of the ink composition is 27 to 32 mN/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Sato, Hiroyuki Konishi, Kazuki Moriyasu
  • Patent number: 10035919
    Abstract: A photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing contains: a photopolymerizable compound that contains: virtually no vinyl formamide; 0.1 to 20 percent by mass of a monofunctional monomer containing an ether group relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; 65 to 85 percent by mass of a monofunctional monomer containing a cyclic structure relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; 0.1 to 25 percent by mass of a multifunctional monomer containing an amino group relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; and 5 to 35 percent by mass of a monomer containing a trimethylol propane skeleton relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; and an acyl phosphine oxide photopolymerization initiator by 3 to 20 percent by mass relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; wherein the viscosity of said photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing is 100 mPa·s or less at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Hirose, Kazuhiro Fuke
  • Patent number: 9587126
    Abstract: Provided is a photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing which is favorably cured with light from a light-emitting diode (LED), favorably adheres to a polyvinyl chloride sheet such as a tarpaulin and a vinyl chloride resin sheet, suppresses the occurrence of cockling, and has both safety and favorable ejection stability at room temperature when ejected from an inkjet head for low-viscosity ink, and a printed material. The present invention is a photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing containing photopolymerizable compounds and a photopolymerization initiator. The photopolymerizable compounds are vinyloxyethoxyethyl acrylate and benzyl acrylate, and contained in specific amounts. The photopolymerization initiator is a compound that expresses an initiator function when irradiated with light having a wavelength within the range of 450 to 300 nm. The photocurable ink composition has a flash point of 70° C. or higher and a viscosity at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Mizutani, Takuya Myose, Tadashi Hirose
  • Patent number: 9546291
    Abstract: Provided is a photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing which is favorably cured with light from a light-emitting diode (LED), favorably adheres to a polyvinyl chloride sheet such as a tarpaulin and a vinyl chloride resin sheet, suppresses the occurrence of cockling, and has both safety and favorable ejection stability at room temperature when ejected from an inkjet head for low-viscosity ink, and a printed material. The present invention is a photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing containing photopolymerizable compounds and a photopolymerization initiator. The photopolymerizable compounds are vinyloxyethoxyethyl acrylate and benzyl acrylate, and contained in specific amounts. The photopolymerization initiator is a compound that expresses an initiator function when irradiated with light having a wavelength within the range of 450 to 300 nm. The photocurable ink composition has a flash point of 70° C. or higher and a viscosity at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Mizutani, Takuya Myose, Tadashi Hirose
  • Patent number: 9453136
    Abstract: Provided is an active energy ray-curable offset printing ink composition that can prevent occurrence of a slurring phenomenon. The active energy ray-curable offset printing ink composition includes a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, a photopolymerization initiator, a colorant, and an extender pigment. The extender pigment has a median diameter (d50) of 1.0 to 2.0 ?m measured by laser diffractometry. Printing with a reduced slurring phenomenon can be achieved using such an active energy ray-curable offset printing ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Kaneko, Keishiro Hishinuma, Naoki Omi, Amane Yamamoto, Kouhei Shimoyama
  • Patent number: 9429863
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a liquid developing agent for electrophotography or electrostatic recording obtained by utilizing the coacervation method, wherein such liquid developing agent has good abrasion resistance. To this end, a liquid developing agent is provided which is obtained by utilizing the coacervation method, comprising insulating liquid in which colored resin particles formed by at least pigment, pigment dispersant, acid-group-containing resin, binder resin, and resin whose glass transition temperature is ?120 to ?60° C. are dispersed, wherein the resin whose glass transition temperature is ?120 to ?60° C. is contained in the colored resin particle by 1.0 to 5.0 percent by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Ikedo, Katsutoshi Okamoto, Hideo Shibata
  • Patent number: 9102839
    Abstract: A photocurable inkjet printing ink composition includes at least a photopolymerizable compound component and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein in the photopolymerizable compound component, a monofunctional monomer is included in a content of 91.0 to 99.5% by mass and a multifunctional monomer is included in a content of 0.5 to 9.0% by mass; in the monofunctional monomer component, acryloylmorpholine is included in a content of 30.0 to 85.0% by mass; the monofunctional monomer component includes at least one selected from benzyl acrylate, ethyl carbitol acrylate, tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate and phenoxyethyl acrylate in a content of 5.0 to 40.0% by mass in the monofunctional monomer component; and the stretching rate at 180° C. of the cured coating obtained by photopolymerizing the photocurable inkjet printing ink composition is 120% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Mizutani, Tadashi Hirose, Takuya Myose
  • Publication number: 20150210874
    Abstract: A photocurable inkjet printing ink composition includes at least a photopolymerizable compound component and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein in the photopolymerizable compound component, a monofunctional monomer is included in a content of 91.0 to 99.5% by mass and a multifunctional monomer is included in a content of 0.5 to 9.0% by mass; in the monofunctional monomer component, acryloylmorpholine is included in a content of 30.0 to 85.0% by mass; the monofunctional monomer component includes at least one selected from benzyl acrylate, ethyl carbitol acrylate, tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate and phenoxyethyl acrylate in a content of 5.0 to 40.0% by mass in the monofunctional monomer component; and the stretching rate at 180° C. of the cured coating obtained by photopolymerizing the photocurable inkjet printing ink composition is 120% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Mizutani, Tadashi Hirose, Takuya Myose
  • Patent number: 5556925
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polyurethane resin which is a reaction product of a high molecular weight polyol compound having a molecular weight of 3,000 to 10,000, a low molecular weight polyol compound having a molecular weight of not more than 200, an organic diisocyanate compound, a chain extender, and optionally a reaction terminating agent, wherein the whole of the high molecular weight polyol compound and the low molecular weight polyol compound has an average molecular weight of 1,500 to 2,700; the isocyanate index (I.I.) of the organic diisocyanate compound to the high molecular weight polyol compound satisfies the following condition: I.I.>2.0; and the nitrogen content of the polyurethane resin derived from the isocyanate group of the organic diisocyanate compound is from 1.30 to 1.95% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Sakata Inx Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Kousaka, Takahiko Inoue, Takahito Miyamoto