Abstract: A textile printing ink jet ink composition set includes a textile printing ink jet ink composition having a hue angle ?h° within a range of 260° or more and 310° or less and a chroma C* of 45 or less, which are specified in the CIELAB color space, on a textile printing product after textile printing; and a textile printing ink jet ink composition having a hue angle ?h° within a range of 15° or more and 80° or less and a chroma C* of 65 or less, which are specified in the CIELAB color space, on a textile printing product after textile printing.
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to methods of removing interstitial constituents from superabrasive bodies using an ionic transfer medium, and systems and apparatuses for the same.
Abstract: An alcohol-based dry-erasable ink for a writing instrument including, as separation agent, a mixture of glycerol, glycol and pentaerythritol ester.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 16, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 29, 2022
Assignee:
SOCIÉTÉ BIC
Inventors:
Carine Bethouart, Philippe Lefebvre, Christelle Debrauwer
Abstract: A magenta dye-based ink composition and a method for improving the print qualities of a magenta dye-based ink composition. The magenta dye-based ink composition includes one or more red dye(s) and a minor but effective amount of black dye. A weight ratio of red dye(s) to black dye in the ink composition ranges from about 20:1 to about 100:1.
Abstract: An ink includes at least one polyether-modified siloxane compound, and at least one aliphatic alcohol alkylene oxide compound. The mass ratio of the polyether-modified siloxane compound to the aliphatic alcohol alkylene oxide compound in the ink is from 95/5 to 50/50.
Abstract: The present invention concerns a tin plating bath comprising tin ions; at least one complexing agent selected from the group consisting of pyrophosphate ions, linear polyphosphate ions and cyclic polyphosphate ions and a nitrogen and sulfur containing stabilizing additive and titanium (III) ions as a reducing agent suitable to reduce tin ions to metallic tin. The present invention further discloses a method of depositing tin or a tin alloy onto a surface of a substrate. The tin plating bath is particularly suitable to be used in the electronics and semiconductor industry.
Abstract: The present disclosure provides for an exemplary energy storage device and methods of forming thereof, comprising an exemplary conductive graphene ink on exemplary substrates to form durable, flexible, and facile graphene films and energy storage devices for use with and within a variety of electronics and devices.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 18, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 1, 2022
Assignees:
The Regents of the University of California, Nanotech Energy, Inc.
Inventors:
Maher F. El-Kady, Nahla Mohamed, Jack Kavanaugh, Richard B. Kaner
Abstract: A method of processing a superabrasive element includes providing a superabrasive element including a polycrystalline diamond table that includes a metallic material disposed in interstitial spaces defined within the polycrystalline diamond table. The polycrystalline diamond table includes a superabrasive face and a superabrasive side surface extending around an outer periphery of the superabrasive face. The method also includes leaching the metallic material from at least a volume of the polycrystalline diamond table to produce a leached volume in the polycrystalline diamond table by (1) exposing at least a portion of the polycrystalline diamond table to a processing solution, (2) exposing an electrode to the processing solution, and (3) applying a charge to the electrode such that a voltage is generated between the polycrystalline diamond table and the electrode and the voltage is applied to the processing solution.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 27, 2018
Date of Patent:
February 22, 2022
Assignee:
US Synthetic Corporation
Inventors:
Daren Nathaniel Heaton, Jeremy Brett Lynn, Mark Pehrson Chapman, Oakley D. Bond
Abstract: An ink jet ink composition for textile printing including a dye containing copper or chromium and 5% to 30% by mass of a cyclic amide that is liquid at normal temperature and that has a normal boiling point in the range of 190° C. to 260° C., wherein the hue angle ?h° defined by the CIELAB color space on a recording medium ranges from 260 to 310 degrees.
Abstract: Aqueous inkjet ink compositions are useful in inkjet printing processes and can be used individually or as part of an inkjet ink set. Each aqueous inkjet ink composition has a dynamic viscosity of 5 centipoise (5 mPa-sec) or less at 25° C., and consists essentially of: (a) a polymer-dispersed pigment colorant at 0.9-6 weight %; (b) a composition consisting of compounds represented by the following Structure (I): HO—CH2—CH2—R?? (I) wherein R is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted phenoxy group, at 0.5-2 weight %; (c) a water-soluble humectant, co-solvent, or both, at than or equal to 20 weight %. Each polymer-dispersed pigment colorant has a 50th percentile particle diameter of less than 70 nm and a 95th percentile particle diameter of less than 150 nm, as measured using a dynamic light scattering particle size analyzer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 26, 2018
Date of Patent:
February 15, 2022
Assignee:
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
Inventors:
Allan Francis Sowinski, Douglas Eugene Bugner, Wayne Lee Cook
Abstract: An ink set for textile printing is disclosed which includes a pretreatment liquid containing a metal salt, a water-dispersible resin (A), an organic solvent (B) having an SP value of 10 to 14 (cal/cm3)1/2 and water, and an ink containing a pigment, a water-dispersible resin (C) having a glass transition point of 10° C. or higher, an organic solvent (D) and water. A method for producing a printed textile item is also disclosed.
Abstract: The present invention provides a particle and a composition for e.g., hypergolic ignition of rocket propellant. The disclosed particle and the composition comprise an energetic fuel additive and an ignition agent wherein the ignition agent is deposited on a surface of the particle.
Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to green oxidizer compositions and method of synthesizing and using the same. Such green oxidizers are stable, may be used in conventional bipropellant thrusters, including, but not limited to LDACS applications, and offer several benefits over conventional oxidizers with respect to toxicity and/or corrosion. The present disclosure also relates to methods of synthesizing poly-nitrated oxetane, a green oxidizer, in an Argon-rich environment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 23, 2018
Date of Patent:
January 25, 2022
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in Huntsville
Inventors:
James Edwin Smith, Jr., Chen Zhang, Yu Lei
Abstract: A method of forming a cement composition. The method comprises adding to a hydraulic cementitious material a first strength-enhancing agent and a second strength-enhancing agent, wherein the content of total alkali (Na2O equivalent) in the hydraulic cementitious material is less than or equal to 0.7% by weight of the cementitious material. The first strength-enhancing agent includes a compound represented by structural formula (I): and the second strength-enhancing agent is sodium sulfate, potassium sulfate, or a mixture thereof. The example values of the variables in structural formula (I) and the example amounts of the first and second strength-enhancing agents being added are defined herein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 24, 2018
Date of Patent:
January 25, 2022
Inventors:
Elise Berodier, Josephine H. Cheung, Leslie J. Buzzell
Abstract: A temperature-indicator product comprising a visual indicator comprising a thermochromic colour-memory composition and comprising an electron-donating colouring organic compound (A), an electron-accepting colouring organic compound (B) and reaction medium compound (C). The visual indicator comprises a first portion comprising a first thermochromic colour-change composition in its lower temperature state and a second portion comprising a second thermochromic colour-change composition in its higher temperature state. The product is useful as a tamper-evident indicator or as a freeze indicator.
Abstract: A method of manufacturing colored chalk. The method for manufacturing colored chalk includes preparing a colorant, combining the colorant with a volume of water, adding magnesium carbonate to the combination of water and colorant until a paste is formed, mixing the paste until the paste is homogenous, heating the paste in a kiln until the water is removed, and grinding a mass of colored magnesium carbonate into a powder having a desired fineness. In some embodiments, the colorant includes iron oxide, charcoal, or Camellia sinensis leaves.
Abstract: Provided herein are VIS-IR powders comprising tin which show significantly higher visual intensity, reduced reaction temperature and particle temperature during and after oxidation reaction in air, and improved resistance to clumping when compared to comparable powders without tin. Methods of preparation of said VIS-IR powders are also disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 19, 2018
Date of Patent:
January 18, 2022
Assignee:
Armtec Defense Products Co.
Inventors:
Radana Dmitrovic, Willie Edward Benjamin, III, Rachel Hendrika Newell
Abstract: The present invention is a polishing composition, containing zirconium oxide as abrasive grains, the polishing composition having pH of 11.0 or more and less than 12.5, the zirconium oxide having element concentrations of sodium, magnesium, aluminum, potassium, calcium, titanium, chromium, iron, manganese, nickel, copper, zinc, lead, and cobalt of less than 1 ppm each. There can be provided a polishing composition that enables semiconductor substrates having high flatness not only in the inner circumferential portion but also in the outer circumferential portion with little contamination due to metal impurities to be obtained at high productivity.
Abstract: A radiation curable ink composition that includes (A) a mono-ethylenically unsaturated oligomer, (B) a mono-ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and (C) an acrylate ester of a carboxylic acid ester and which is substantially free of a photoinitiator. A printed article including the radiation curable ink composition in cured form, and a method of forming an image with the radiation curable ink composition are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 26, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 7, 2021
Assignee:
Kao Corporation
Inventors:
Muslim Contractor, Stephen Cummings, Stephen Buchanan