Patents by Inventor Pierre De Saint Romain

Pierre De Saint Romain has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230054723
    Abstract: An ink composition for continuous deflected ink jet printing, liquid at ambient temperature is disclosed. One aspect is an ink composition comprising: a solvent including organic solvent compound(s), and optionally water, the solvent representing at least 20 % by weight of the total weight of the ink. Furthermore, there is at least one compound imparting conductivity to the ink composition, chosen from among the ionic liquids, the compound representing 0.2 % by weight to 4 % by weight of the total weight of the ink composition, preferably 0.5 to 3 % by weight of the total weight of the ink composition. Lastly, the ink composition includes less than 10 % by weight, preferably less than 5 % by weight, more preferably less than 1 % by weight, and most preferably 0 % by weight of water relative to the total weight of the ink composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Pierre De Saint-Romain, Jean-Yves Sabys
  • Patent number: 11407915
    Abstract: An ink composition for continuous deflected ink jet printing, liquid at ambient temperature is disclosed. One aspect is an ink composition comprising: a solvent including organic solvent compound(s), and optionally water, the solvent representing at least 20% by weight of the total weight of the ink. Furthermore, there is at least one compound imparting conductivity to the ink composition, chosen from among the ionic liquids, the compound representing 0.2% by weight to 4% by weight of the total weight of the ink composition, preferably 0.5 to 3% by weight of the total weight of the ink composition. Lastly, the ink composition includes less than 10% by weight, preferably less than 5% by weight, more preferably less than 1% by weight, and most preferably 0% by weight of water relative to the total weight of the ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: MARKEM-IMAJE HOLDING
    Inventors: Pierre De Saint-Romain, Jean-Yves Sabys
  • Patent number: 10597546
    Abstract: Liquid composition, such as an ink composition, liquid at room temperature, the liquid composition being a liquid composition specifically for printing with a binary deflected continuous jet printing technique wherein the liquid composition forms upon printing drops which are not charged by an electric field, which each have a zero electric charge, which each form a dipole under the effect of an electric field, and then are then deflected by the electric field, characterised in that the liquid composition comprises a solvent comprising one or more organic solvent compound(s) and optionally water, the solvent having globally a dielectric constant less than 15; a binder; one or more dyes and/or pigments; and in that the liquid composition has an electrical conductivity at 20° C. less than or equal to 200 ?S/cm, preferably less than or equal to 150 ?S/cm, still preferably less than or equal to 100 ?S/cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: DOVER EUROPE SÀRL
    Inventor: Pierre De Saint-Romain
  • Patent number: 10442204
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit (100) for recovery of vaporized solvent in a cavity (5) in a print head of an inkjet printer, comprising: a double flow heat exchanger (30) comprising a first circuit between a first inlet (35) and a first outlet (36), for a gas flow from said cavity, this exchanger comprising a second circuit thermally coupled to the first circuit and located between a second inlet (37) and a second outlet (39), a condenser (8) with an inlet (35) with fluid coupling to the first outlet (36) from the exchanger, along the direction of circulation of the gas flow, and an outlet (86), with fluid coupling to the second inlet (37) of the double flow exchanger (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: DOVER EUROPE SÀRL
    Inventors: Pierre De Saint Romain, Adrien Marion, Jean Xing, Bruno Barbet
  • Patent number: 10406816
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit (100) for recovery of vaporized solvent in a cavity (5) in a print head of an inkjet printer, comprising: a double flow heat exchanger (30) comprising a first circuit between a first inlet (35) and a first outlet (36), for a gas flow from said cavity, this exchanger comprising a second circuit thermally coupled to the first circuit and located between a second inlet (37) and a second outlet (39), a condenser (8) with an inlet (35) with fluid coupling to the first outlet (36) from the exchanger, along the direction of circulation of the gas flow, and an outlet (86), with fluid coupling to the second inlet (37) of the double flow exchanger (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: DOVER EUROPE SÀRL
    Inventors: Pierre De Saint Romain, Adrien Marion, Jean Xing, Bruno Barbet
  • Patent number: 10266715
    Abstract: A liquid composition, including a solvent, for printing with a binary deflected continuous jet printing technique, wherein upon printing the liquid composition form drops that are each: not charged by an electric field, have a zero electric charge, form a dipole under the effect of an electric field, and are then deflected by the electric field. The liquid composition has all the following characteristics: a conductivity at 20° C. from 5 to 500 ?S/cm, still preferably a conductivity at 20° C. from 5 to 500 ?S/cm, the value of 500 ?S/cm being excluded, better a conductivity at 20° C. from 5 to 400 ?S/cm, still better a conductivity at 20° C. from 30 to 400 ?S/cm, for example from 30 to 200 ?S/cm; a dynamic viscosity at 20° C. from 1 to 25 cPs, preferably from 6 to 25 cPs; and a density from 0.8 to 2.5 g/cm3, preferably from 1.2 to 2.5 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: DOVER EUROPE SÀRL
    Inventors: Bruno Barbet, Jean-François Desse, Pierre De Saint Romain, Daniel Esteoulle, Philippe Tenaud
  • Patent number: 10144216
    Abstract: A method for managing the quality of an ink of an inkjet printer versus temperature resorting to the management of the viscosity of the ink versus temperature, the ink comprising a solvent or a mixture of solvents and the solvent or mixture of solvents representing at least 50% by mass of the total mass of the ink, wherein the viscosity of the ink at a temperature T is calculated from the following parameters: the viscosity of the ink at a single reference temperature Tref; the parameters K or Ln(K), and ?E/R of equation (1) giving the viscosity of the solvent or of the mixture of solvents: Ln (viscosity of the solvent)=Ln(K)?E/RT (1) wherein E is the Arrhenius activation energy given in J/mol and R is the ideal gas constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: MARKEM-IMAJE HOLDING
    Inventor: Pierre De Saint Romain
  • Patent number: 10118388
    Abstract: A device for forming and ejecting drops of an ink jet of a CIJ printing machine, this device including: a cavity for containing an ink and including an end provided with a nozzle (10) for ejecting ink drops, actuator means (21, 22, 32, 41, 42), in contact with the cavity, in which device the jet velocity modulation, from the nozzle (10), has a value ?Vj(ft) at the operating frequency of the cavity and the actuator, and this jet velocity modulation, at the temperature of 15° C. and at the temperature of 35° C., does not vary, in a frequency range of ±5 kHz about the operating frequency ft, outside the range of between 0.25?Vj(ft) and 4?Vj(ft).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: MARKEM-IMAJE HOLDING
    Inventors: Bruno Barbet, Pierre De Saint Romain
  • Publication number: 20180208788
    Abstract: Non-aqueous ink composition for continuous deflected ink jet printing comprising: a vehicle comprising one or several organic solvent compound(s) that is (are) liquid at ambient temperature; one or several soluble dye(s) and/or pigment(s); a binder, comprising at least one binding resin consisting of a cellulose derivative chosen from among cellulose esters, cellulose hydroxyethers, cellulose carboxyethers and mixtures thereof, with an average molecular mass by weight Mw greater than or equal to 120 kDa; in which the composition has a viscosity greater than 10 mPa·s at 20° C., measured at a shear rate of less than 1000 s?1. Method of marking a substrate, by spraying the ink composition onto this substrate, using a liquid jet printing technique. Substrate with marking obtained by drying and/or absorption of the ink composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventor: Pierre De Saint Romain
  • Publication number: 20180065363
    Abstract: A device for forming and ejecting drops of an ink jet of a CIJ printing machine, this device including: a cavity for containing an ink and including an end provided with a nozzle (10) for ejecting ink drops, actuator means (21, 22, 32, 41, 42), in contact with the cavity, in which device the jet velocity modulation, from the nozzle (10), has a value ?Vj(ft) at the operating frequency of the cavity and the actuator, and this jet velocity modulation, at the temperature of 15° C. and at the temperature of 35° C., does not vary, in a frequency range of +5 kHz about the operating frequency ft, outside the range of between 0.25?Vj(ft) and 4?Vj(ft).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Bruno Barbet, Pierre De Saint Romain
  • Patent number: 9850392
    Abstract: Non-aqueous ink composition for liquid ink jet printing including: a vehicle comprising one or more organic solvent(s) liquid at ambient temperature, or one or more organic compound(s) solid at ambient temperature and liquid at the projection temperature; one or more dye(s) and/or pigment(s); a binder, comprising at least one binding resin consisting of a copolymer of vinylidene chloride and of at least one other monomer, in solution at ambient temperature in the organic solvent(s) or in solution at the projection temperature in the organic compound(s). A method for marking substrates, supports or objects includes projection onto the substrates, supports or objects of the ink composition by a liquid ink jet printing technique. A substrate, support or object, particularly flexible substrate, is provided with a marking obtained by drying and/or absorption of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: MARKEM-IMAJE HOLDING
    Inventor: Pierre De Saint-Romain
  • Patent number: 9844936
    Abstract: A device for forming and ejecting drops of an ink jet of a CIJ printing machine, this device including: a cavity for containing an ink and including an end provided with a nozzle (10) for ejecting ink drops, actuator means (21, 22, 32, 41, 42), in contact with the cavity, in which device the jet velocity modulation, from the nozzle (10), has a value ?Vj(ft) at the operating frequency of the cavity and the actuator, and this jet velocity modulation, at the temperature of 15° C. and at the temperature of 35° C., does not vary, in a frequency range of ±5 kHz about the operating frequency ft, outside the range of between 0.25 ?Vj(ft) and 4 ?Vj(ft).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: MARKEM-IMAGE HOLDING
    Inventors: Bruno Barbet, Pierre De Saint Romain
  • Publication number: 20170342292
    Abstract: A liquid composition, including a solvent, for printing with a binary deflected continuous jet printing technique, wherein upon printing the liquid composition form drops that are each: not charged by an electric field, have a zero electric charge, form a dipole under the effect of an electric field, and are then deflected by the electric field. The liquid composition has all the following characteristics: a conductivity at 20° C. from 5 to 500 ?S/cm, still preferably a conductivity at 20° C. from 5 to 500 ?S/cm, the value of 500 ?S/cm being excluded, better a conductivity at 20° C. from 5 to 400 ?S/cm, still better a conductivity at 20° C. from 30 to 400 ?S/cm, for example from 30 to 200 ?S/cm; a dynamic viscosity at 20° C. from 1 to 25 cPs, preferably from 6 to 25 cPs; and a density from 0.8 to 2.5 g/cm3, preferably from 1.2 to 2.5 g/cm 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Bruno Barbet, Jean-François Desse, Pierre De Saint Romain, Daniel Esteoulle, Philippe Tenaud
  • Patent number: 9783695
    Abstract: A liquid composition, including a solvent, for printing with a binary deflected continuous jet printing technique, wherein upon printing the liquid composition form drops that are each: not charged by an electric field, have a zero electric charge, form a dipole under the effect of an electric field, and are then deflected by the electric field. The liquid composition has all the following characteristics: a conductivity at 20° C. from 5 to 500 ?S/cm, still preferably a conductivity at 20° C. from 5 to 500 ?S/cm, the value of 500 ?S/cm being excluded, better a conductivity at 20° C. from 5 to 400 ?S/cm, still better a conductivity at 20° C. from 30 to 400 ?S/cm, for example from 30 to 200 ?S/cm; a dynamic viscosity at 20° C. from 1 to 25 cPs, preferably from 6 to 25 cPs; and a density from 0.8 to 2.5 g/cm3, preferably from 1.2 to 2.5 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: DOVER EUROPE SÀRL
    Inventors: Bruno Barbet, Jean-François Desse, Pierre De Saint-Romain, Daniel Esteoulle, Philippe Tenaud
  • Publication number: 20170190926
    Abstract: Liquid composition, such as an ink composition, liquid at room temperature, the liquid composition being a liquid composition specifically for printing with a binary deflected continuous jet printing technique wherein the liquid composition forms upon printing drops which are not charged by an electric field, which each have a zero electric charge, which each form a dipole under the effect of an electric field, and then are then deflected by the electric field, characterized in that the liquid composition comprises a solvent comprising one or more organic solvent compound(s) and optionally water, the solvent having globally a dielectric constant less than 15; a binder; one or more dyes and/or pigments; and in that the liquid composition has an electrical conductivity at 20° C. less than or equal to 200 ?S/cm, preferably less than or equal to 150 ?S/cm, still preferably less than or equal to 100 ?S/cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventor: Pierre De Saint-Romain
  • Publication number: 20170173961
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit (100) for recovery of vaporised solvent in a cavity (5) in a print head of an inkjet printer, comprising: a double flow heat exchanger (30) comprising a first circuit between a first inlet (35) and a first outlet (36), for a gas flow from said cavity, this exchanger comprising a second circuit thermally coupled to the first circuit and located between a second inlet (37) and a second outlet (39), a condenser (8) with an inlet (35) with fluid coupling to the first outlet (36) from the exchanger, along the direction of circulation of the gas flow, and an outlet (86), with fluid coupling to the second inlet (37) of the double flow exchanger (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Pierre De Saint Romain, Adrien Marion, Jean Xing, Bruno Barbet
  • Patent number: 9616674
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reservoir for a pigment ink for a continuous inkjet printer comprising: at least a convergent shaped part, converging towards a portion that comprises an ink flow orifice, the tangent to a wall of said convergent shaped part forming an angle from the horizontal equal to more than about 30° and less than 90°, when the reservoir is in its usage position, a recirculation circuit to transferring some of the ink from said convergent shaped part, and bring it back into the reservoir, through at least one transferred liquid outlet means located above the maximum ink level in the reservoir, a circuit to drawing off ink and transferring the ink thus drawn off to a print head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: MARKEM-IMAJE HOLDING
    Inventor: Pierre De Saint Romain
  • Publication number: 20170028721
    Abstract: A device for forming and ejecting drops of an ink jet of a CIJ printing machine, this device including: a cavity for containing an ink and including an end provided with a nozzle (10) for ejecting ink drops, actuator means (21, 22, 32, 41, 42), in contact with the cavity, in which device the jet velocity modulation, from the nozzle (10), has a value ?Vj(ft) at the operating frequency of the cavity and the actuator, and this jet velocity modulation, at the temperature of 15° C. and at the temperature of 35° C., does not vary, in a frequency range of ±5 kHz about the operating frequency ft, outside the range of between 0.25?Vj(ft) and 4?Vj(ft).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Bruno Barbet, Pierre De Saint Romain
  • Publication number: 20160289473
    Abstract: A pigment ink composition for printing of a textile substrate is liquid at room temperature and includes a solvent. A binary deflected continuous jet printing technique is used. The ink composition forms, during printing, drops that are not charged by an electric field, each have a zero electric charge, and each form a dipole under the effect of an electric field. The drops are deflected by the electric field. The ink composition includes: an aqueous solvent including at least 50% by volume of water based on the total volume of the solvent; at least 13% by weight based on the total weight of the ink composition, of one or several dispersion(s) of binding polymer(s); and one or several dispersion(s) of pigment(s); wherein the weight ratio of the dispersion(s) is greater than 2; and the ink composition has a dynamic viscosity at 20° C. of more than 16 cPs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Pierre De Saint Romain
  • Publication number: 20160082746
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reservoir for a pigment ink for a continuous inkjet printer comprising: at least a convergent shaped part, converging towards a portion that comprises an ink flow orifice, the tangent to a wall of said convergent shaped part forming an angle from the horizontal equal to more than about 30° and less than 90°, when the reservoir is in its usage position, a recirculation circuit to transferring some of the ink from said convergent shaped part, and bring it back into the reservoir, through at least one transferred liquid outlet means located above the maximum ink level in the reservoir, a circuit to drawing off ink and transferring the ink thus drawn off to a print head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventor: Pierre De Saint Romain