Emulsion Patents (Class 106/31.25)
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Patent number: 11383301Abstract: Apparatus and methods for making metal-connected particle articles. A metal containing fluid is selectively applied to a layer of particles. The metal in the fluid is used to form metal connections between particles. The metal connections are formed at temperatures below the sintering temperature of the particles in the layer of particles.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Kristopher J. Erickson, Krzysztof Nauka, Thomas Anthony, Lihua Zhao, Howard S. Tom
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Patent number: 10647867Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink set for inkjet recording containing a white ink and color inks including a cyan ink, a magenta ink and a yellow ink, wherein each ink independently contains a pigment, a pigment dispersing resin, an organic solvent and water, the pigment dispersing resin A of either the white ink or the color inks has an alkyl chain with a carbon number of 10 or greater, the pigment dispersing resin B of the other of the white ink or the color inks has a polyoxyalkylene chain, and the pigment dispersing resin A and the pigment dispersing resin B are different resins. According to the present invention, an ink set for inkjet recording can be provided that exhibits excellent printability during high-speed printing, even when printing onto less permeable substrates, and is capable of producing sharp image quality with little mixed color bleeding.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYO INK CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Sugihara, Yoshihito Suzuki, Kazuhiro Jonai
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Patent number: 10354177Abstract: A credit card with an obscurable account identifier. The credit card further comprises a substrate defining a first surface with a chromogenic feature wherein the chromogenic feature is capable of changing from a first state and a second state based on an activating trigger. In the first state, the chromogenic feature appears with a first optical property that obscures the account identifier, and in the second state, the chromogenic feature appears with a second optical property that reveals the account identifier.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Michael Mossoba, Abdelkader Benkreira, Joshua Edwards
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Patent number: 9988590Abstract: The present disclosure relates to comb or brush polymers and, in some approaches, comb or brush polymers suitable for use as viscosity index improvers in lubricating oil compositions. The present disclosure further relates to oil compositions comprising such polymers. The disclosure also relates to brush polymer compositions derived from sulfur functionalized polydialkylsiloxane backbones and various (meth)acrylate monomers.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventor: Yungwan Kwak
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Patent number: 9919520Abstract: An ink jet recording method according to the invention includes: ejecting droplets of non-water-based ink, which contains an organic solvent, a color material, and resin, from nozzles of a recording head and causing the droplets to adhere to a recording medium to form an image; and preliminarily ejecting the droplets of the non-water-based-ink from the nozzles of the recording head not for forming the image. In the preliminary ejecting of the droplets, a time interval at which the preliminary ejecting is performed by a predetermined nozzle is equal to or greater than two seconds and equal to or less than twenty five seconds. The organic solvent contains a first solvent which is at least one kind selected from a hydrocarbon-based solvent, an alcohol-based solvent, and an ester-based solvent. Content of the first solvent is equal to or greater than 40% by mass with respect to entire content of the non-water-based ink.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Nagase, Akihito Sao, Kenichiro Kubota, Jun Ito, Naoki Koike
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Patent number: 9815998Abstract: A conductive ink may include a nickel component, a polycarboxylic acid component, and a polyol component, the polycarboxylic acid component and the polyol component being reactable to form a polyester component. The polyester component may be formed in situ in the conductive ink from a polyol component and a polycarboxylic acid component. The conductive ink may include a carbon component. The conductive ink may include an additive component. The conductive ink may include nickel flakes, graphene flakes, glutaric acid, and ethylene glycol. The conductive ink may be printed (e.g., screen printed) on a substrate and cured to form a conductive film. A conductive film may include a nickel component and a polyester component.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Printed Energy Pty LtdInventors: Vera N. Lockett, Alexandra E. Hartman, John G. Gustafson, Mark D. Lowenthal, William J. Ray, Leila Daneshi
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Patent number: 9695327Abstract: An ink composition for ink jet recording includes: a first phase containing a pigment, a cellulose derivative, and water; and a second phase containing an organic solvent having a 50% distillation point of 280° C. or lower, in which the content of the cellulose derivative in the first phase is 3 mass % to 15 mass % with respect to the total mass of the first phase.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kana Mitsuzawa
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Patent number: 9523013Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to a non-aqueous microemulsion inkjet ink comprising from 65 wt % to 95 wt % of a polar organic solvent system; from 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % of a colorant solids; from 0.2 wt % to 1 w % of a long-chained aliphatic capped perfluorinated ethoxylated polymer; and from 1 wt % to 7 wt % of a straight-chained or branched C4 to C12 non-polar solvent. The non-aqueous inkjet ink is in the form of a microemulsion with a continuous phase and a discontinuous phase, the continuous phase comprising the polar organic solvent system and the dye, and the discontinuous phase comprising the long-chained aliphatic capped perfluorinated ethoxylated polymer and the C4 to C12 non-polar solvent.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Paul Felice Reboa, Jr.
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Patent number: 9511602Abstract: A coating liquid comprising: an oxazoline group-containing resin; an alkanediol having 7 or more carbon atoms; a surfactant; and water.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shuichi Koganehira, Shinichi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9475951Abstract: A water-based ink for ink-jet recording contains a water-soluble colorant; water; and a water-insoluble liquid which is dispersed in the water and of which boiling point is not less than 250 degrees Celsius. The water-based ink may further contain a surfactant. The drying property of the water-based ink is improved and any odor can be lowered.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2015Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hiroyuki Tanaka
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Patent number: 9340643Abstract: A polymer colorant including polymer monomer units, and at least one alizarin unit which is incorporated into the polymer and which provides color to the polymer colorant and a process for preparing the polymer colorant. An article or composition containing the polymer colorant. A toner including the polymer colorant, and optionally, one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of crystalline polyester resins, amorphous polyester resins, colorants, waxes, coagulants, mordants, and mixtures and combinations thereof. A polymer latex including an aqueous dispersion of polymer colorant, wherein the polymer colorant comprises polymer monomer units and at least one alizarin unit which is incorporated into the polymer and which provides color to the polymer colorant; and optionally, a mordant.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Valerie M. Farrugia, Mihaela Maria Birau, Gabriel Iftime, Biby Esther Abraham
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Patent number: 9257211Abstract: A process is disclosed for the delayed sintering of metal nanoparticles in a self-assembled transparent conductive coating by incorporating a sintering additive into the water phase of the emulsion used to form the coating. The sintering additive reduces the standard reduction potential of the metal ion of the metal forming the nanoparticles by an amount greater than 0.1V but less than the full reduction potential of the metal ion. Emulsion compositions used in the process are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Cima NanoTech Israel Ltd.Inventors: Ilana Haymov, Nikolay Yaframenko, Dov Zamir, Arkady Garbar, Dmitry Lekhtman
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Patent number: 9249325Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel aqueous ink jet inks containing an aqueous vehicle, a colorant, a first organic co-solvent and a second organic co-solvent. Said ink jet inks demonstrate improved adhesion to print substrates.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventor: Waifong Liew Anton
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Patent number: 9039823Abstract: A coating liquid comprising: an oxazoline group-containing resin; an alkanediol having 7 or more carbon atoms; a surfactant; and water.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shuichi Koganehira, Shinichi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20150114246Abstract: An emulsified aqueous ink comprising an electrorheological fluid including a liquid phase and a solid phase, and a co-solvent, which is suitable for use in an indirect printing method.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Naveen Chopra, Jennifer L. Belelie, Barkev Keoshkerian, Michelle Chrétien
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Patent number: 8999049Abstract: A water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion ink which is suitable for use in inkjet printing and is superior in ejection performance and storage stability and low in viscosity is provided. A water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion ink which comprises a polyglycerin with a polymerization degree of not less than 3 in a water phase is provided. As an emulsifier, a polyglycerin fatty acid ester with an HLB value of 7-14 in which fatty acid moiety is oleic acid or isostearic acid, or a polyoxyethylene sorbit fatty acid ester is preferably used. The concentration of the polyglycerin in the water phase is preferably 10-70 mass % relative to 100 mass % of the whole water phase. The polymerization degree of the polyglycerin is preferably not less than 4.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Riso Kagaku CorporationInventors: Naofumi Ezaki, Kazuyuki Ando, Shinichiro Shimura
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Patent number: 8991995Abstract: An active-energy-ray-curable inkjet recording ink composition is provided, in which a polymerizable compound having an active-energy-ray-polymerizable group and a polymerizable compound having at least two active-energy-ray-polymerizable groups are used in amounts of 60 to 95 mass % and 5 to 40 mass % relative to the total amount of the active-energy-ray-polymerizable compound, respectively; the polymerizable compound having an active-energy-ray-polymerizable group includes N-vinyl-2-caprolactam and isobornyl acrylate in amounts of 1 to 15 mass % and 1 to 25 mass % relative to the total amount of the active-energy-ray-polymerizable compound, respectively; and the polymerizable compound having at least two active-energy-ray-polymerizable groups includes a polymerizable compound having a vinyl ether group. Furthermore, a method for forming an image is provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: DIC CorporationInventors: Naohito Saito, Yutaka Yamada, Maiko Kitade
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Patent number: 8900358Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an oil-in-water type emulsion ink composition for a water-based ballpoint pen, having improved storage stability, which does not cause phase separation even when stored at high or low temperature over the long period. Disclosed is an ink composition for a water-based ballpoint pen, comprising an aqueous phase, and an oil phase contained in the aqueous phase in a state of an oil-in-water type emulsion, wherein at least one of the oil phase and the aqueous phase comprises a colorant, and the oil phase comprises, in components composing the oil phase, an estolide which is a fatty acid oligomer in which fatty acids having a hydroxyl group are mutually condensed or a fatty acid having a hydroxyl group is condensed with a fatty acid having no hydroxyl group, or comprises an ester of the estolide and an alcohol.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2013Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Company, LimitedInventor: Kousuke Ogura
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Patent number: 8894761Abstract: Emulsion-based thermal inkjet inks include a high boiling point carrier fluid; a colorant; and vesicles comprising a low boiling point expellant fluid, and an ionic surfactant comprising molecules, each having a head with affinity to expellant fluid material and a tail with affinity to carrier fluid, the vesicles having a core defined by the heads of the surfactant molecules, the expellant fluid contained in the core, with the vesicles dispersed in the carrier fluid. A method for preparing the thermal inkjet inks is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Henryk Birecki, Hou T. Ng, Howard S. Tom
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Patent number: 8795421Abstract: A water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion ink having an ejection performance suitable for inkjet printing and superior storage stability at high temperature includes as emulsifiers, a polyglyceryl fatty acid ester (A) having a fatty acid moiety is isostearic acid or oleic acid with an HLB value of 7-14 and a glycerol polymerization degree of not less than 4, at least one nonionic surfactant (B) selected from (B-a) an esterification product of an organic compound with 3-5 hydroxyl groups and a fatty acid having 18 carbon atoms, (B-b) an alkyl glyceryl ether, (B-c) a diterpene alcohol and (B-d) a sucrose fatty acid ester having an HLB value of not more than 13.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Riso Kagaku CorporationInventors: Kazuyuki Ando, Naofumi Ezaki, Shinichiro Shimura
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Patent number: 8778068Abstract: A water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion ink which is suitable for use in inkjet printing and superior in ejection performance and storage stability is provided. A polyglycerin fatty acid ester which fatty acid moiety is oleic acid or isostearic acid and which has an HLB value of 7-14, is used as an emulsifier. The polyglycerin fatty acid ester preferably has a glycerin polymerization degree of 4-20 and preferably contains 1-3 fatty acids per one molecule thereof. The polyglycerin fatty acid ester has an organic value of preferably 550-2300 and an inorganic value of preferably 600-2500. Preferably, the emulsion ink comprises 40-99 mass % of the oil phase and 60-1 mass % of the water phase, and comprises 0.5-40 mass % of the polyglycerin fatty acid ester relative to the total amount of the ink. The water phase may contain a dye and optionally a solubilizer such as an amine based surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Riso Kagaku CorporationInventors: Naofumi Ezaki, Shinichiro Shimura, Kazuyuki Ando
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Publication number: 20140123874Abstract: A white ink jet ink includes high index of refraction particles having an index of refraction greater than 1.6 and a diameter of less than 100 nanometers and low index of refraction particles having an index of refraction of less than 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2011Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Alexey S. Kabalnov, Vladek Kasperchik
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Patent number: 8703841Abstract: The invention provides an ink composition comprising a colorant, water and wax particles, the wax particles comprising at least two kinds of wax; an ink set including the ink composition; and a method of forming an image using the ink composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Terukazu Yanagi
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Patent number: 8659158Abstract: An aqueous composition for forming a micro-fluid jet printable dielectric film layer, methods for forming dielectric film layers, and dielectric film layers formed by the method. The aqueous composition includes from about 5 to about 20 percent by weight of a polymeric binder emulsion, from about 10 to about 30 percent by weight of a humectant, from about 0 to about 3 percent by weight of a surfactant, and an aqueous carrier fluid. The aqueous composition has a viscosity ranging from about 2 to about 6 centipoise at a temperature of about 23° C.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2007Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiaorong Cai, Michael John Dixon, Yimin Guan, Ann P. Holloway, Jeanne Marie Saldanha Singh, Zhigang Xiao
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Publication number: 20130340649Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an oil-in-water type emulsion ink composition for a water-based ballpoint pen, having improved storage stability, which does not cause phase separation even when stored at high or low temperature over the long period. Disclosed is an ink composition for a water-based ballpoint pen, comprising an aqueous phase, and an oil phase contained in the aqueous phase in a state of an oil-in-water type emulsion, wherein at least one of the oil phase and the aqueous phase comprises a colorant, and the oil phase comprises, in components composing the oil phase, an estolide which is a fatty acid oligomer in which fatty acids having a hydroxyl group are mutually condensed or a fatty acid having a hydroxyl group is condensed with a fatty acid having no hydroxyl group, or comprises an ester of the estolide and an alcohol.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: Mitsubishi Pencil Company, LimitedInventor: KOUSUKE OGURA
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Publication number: 20130305958Abstract: Emulsion-based thermal inkjet inks include a high boiling point carrier fluid; a colorant; and vesicles comprising a low boiling point expellant fluid, and an ionic surfactant comprising molecules, each having a head with affinity to expellant fluid material and a tail with affinity to carrier fluid, the vesicles having a core defined by the heads of the surfactant molecules, the expellant fluid contained in the core, with the vesicles dispersed in the carrier fluid. A method for preparing the thermal inkjet inks is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2011Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Henryk Birecki, Hou T. Ng, Howard S. Tom
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Patent number: 8461086Abstract: Disclosed is a microcapsule composition for inhibiting an ethylene response in plants, which comprises a plurality of microcapsules, each including an agent for blocking an ethylene binding site in plants in an oil droplet, and a coating encapsulating the oil droplet and the agent for blocking the ethylene binding site in plants. A method for preparing microcapsules of an agent for blocking the ethylene binding site in plants, and a method for inhibiting an ethylene response in plants are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2009Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Lytone Enterprise, Inc.Inventors: William T. H. Chang, Hsi Ying Chen, Yi Chieh Wang
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Patent number: 8394185Abstract: A non-aqueous inkjet ink comprising a coloring material and a water-insoluble solvent, wherein the coloring material is water-soluble or water-dispersible, and the amount of water within the ink is less than the amount of water required to dissolve or disperse the coloring material.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Riso Kagaku CorporationInventors: Naofumi Ezaki, Hiroshi Hayashi
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Patent number: 8324294Abstract: High performing nanoparticle compositions suitable for printing, such as by inkjet printing, are provided herein. In particular, there is provided a conductive ink formulation comprising silver nanoparticles which has optimal performance, such as, reduced coffee ring effect, improved adhesion to substrates, and extended printhead de-cap time or latency time. The ink formulation comprises two or more solvents and a resin.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2011Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Yiliang Wu, Jenny Eliyahu, Ping Liu, Nan-Xing Hu
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Patent number: 8299130Abstract: An aqueous dispersion, having particles of a water-insoluble colorant containing at least one pigment, with the particles being dispersed in a medium containing therein both water and a dispersing agent, wherein the water-insoluble colorant has a crystalline structure, and an average particle diameter of the particles is in the range of from 5 nm to 40 nm, and a monodispersity of the particles is 1.5 or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2008Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Jun Matsumoto, Ryo Saito
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Patent number: 8226756Abstract: One embodiment of the invention is an emulsion type inkjet ink including water, a pigment, an emulsifier, and an alcohol compound in which the alcohol compound is dispersed in water with the emulsifier. The emulsifier is a polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid ester compound, and the alcohol compound is a compound including an aromatic ring and having a boiling point of 180° C. or higher.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryozo Akiyama, Hiroshi Kiyomoto, Takafumi Hara, Maiko Yoshida
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Publication number: 20120180695Abstract: An Object of the present invention is to, provide an ink composition for a ballpoint pen which shows no offset of writing, offers writing with an excellent water resistance, and provides an excellent writing feeling. The present invention is an ON type emulsion ink composition for a ballpoint pen, comprising (A) an oil-based ink component comprising at least an oil-soluble dye as a colorant and an organic solvent capable of dissolving the dye and having a solubility of 5 g or less in 100 g of water at 20° C., (B) an emulsifier component comprising at least a polyglycerin fatty acid ester having an HLB of 8 or less, an acyllactic acid salt having 8 or more carbon atoms, and an organic amine compound, and (C) water, the components (A) and (B) being emulsified and dispersed in the water (C).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2010Publication date: July 19, 2012Inventors: Akiko Itabashi, Hideaki Shimizu
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Patent number: 8216354Abstract: An inkjet ink composition, and in particular, invisible ink printable with an inkjet printing device. The present embodiments provide a water-based invisible ink that can be detected by using a long wavelength ultraviolet (UV) light and is easier and safer to use than other sources used to detect known invisible inks.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2010Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventor: Gabriel Iftime
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Patent number: 8187371Abstract: An ink composition comprising (a) water, (b) pigment particles, (c) at least one humectant, (d) at least one polyurethane having an average molecular weight of at least about 10,000 and a sufficient number of acid groups to provide an acid number from 60 to about 130, and being present at a weight concentration of greater than 0.7%, and (e) at least one water soluble acrylic polymer comprising carboxylic acid groups, present at a weight concentration of greater than 0.6%, wherein the acid groups on the polyurethane and acrylic polymers are at least partially neutralized only with a monovalent inorganic base.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Thomas B. Brust, Michael J. Carmody, Robert H. Fehnel, Gary L. House, Mark E. Irving, Yongcai Wang, Paul D. Yacobucci
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Patent number: 8187372Abstract: An ink-jet O/W emulsion ink of the present invention includes an aqueous continuous phase (a), and a nonaqueous discontinuous phase (b), wherein the aqueous continuous phase (a) includes water, at least one pigment and at least one ionic or nonionic surfactant, and the nonaqueous discontinuous phase (b) includes at least one water-insoluble organic material having a hydroxyl group.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Yukitaka Watarai
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Patent number: 8088544Abstract: Nano-sized particles for use in making emulsion aggregation toner particles have a core portion and a shell portion, wherein the core portion of the nano-sized particles includes crystalline resin and the shell portion includes amorphous resin and is substantially to completely free of the crystalline resin.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2007Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventor: Guerino G. Sacripante
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Patent number: 8080098Abstract: In a water-based ink composition of the present invention, 2.5 to 50 wt % of white-colored resin particles and 2.5 to 50 wt % of film-forming resin emulsions in a solid content are contained with respect to the total amount of the ink, the ratio of said white-colored resin particles to film-forming resin emulsions is 1:0.2 to 1:3, and not less than 20 wt % of said white-colored resin particles and film-forming resin emulsions in a solid content are contained in total.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2005Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Sakura Color Products CorporationInventors: Norimasa Kurihara, Shoko Matsumoto, Kyoko Sano, Yasunori Nakatani, Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, Kozaburo Fujita, Hiroshi Inoue, Takeshi Omatsu, Shigeki Yoneda, Tomohiro Sawa
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Patent number: 8045167Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to methods, devices, and systems for determining solid content of inks, including a device comprising a chamber configured to hold an ink sample having ionic particulates in a liquid vehicle, a first opening in the chamber for filling the chamber with the ink sample, a second distinct opening in the chamber for removal of the liquid vehicle, a deposition electrode at least partially defining the chamber, a counter electrode, a power supply connected to the deposition electrode and the counter electrode for creating an electric field inside the chamber, and a densitometer optically coupleable to the deposition electrode for measuring the optical density of ionic particulates. Additionally, the device can be operable to separate the ionic particulates from the liquid vehicle by deposition of the ionic particulates at the deposition electrode and/or the device can be operable to measure the optical density of the ionic particulates after migration to the deposition electrode.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2009Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Henryk Birecki, Omer Gila
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Publication number: 20110257068Abstract: An ultrasonic mixing system having a treatment chamber in which at least two separate phases can be mixed to prepare an emulsion is disclosed. Specifically, at least one phase is a dispersed phase and one phase in a continuous phase. The treatment chamber has an elongate housing through which the phases flow longitudinally from a first inlet port and a second inlet port, respectively, to an outlet port thereof. An elongate ultrasonic waveguide assembly extends within the housing and is operable at a predetermined ultrasonic frequency to ultrasonically energize the phases within the housing. An elongate ultrasonic horn of the waveguide assembly is disposed at least in part intermediate the inlet and outlet ports, and has a plurality of discrete agitating members in contact with and extending transversely outward from the horn intermediate the inlet and outlet ports in longitudinally spaced relationship with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2011Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.Inventors: Scott W. Wenzel, John Glen Ahles, Thomas David Ehlert, Robert Allen Janssen, David William Koenig, Paul Warren Rasmussen, Steve Roffers, Shiming Zhuang
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Patent number: 8013033Abstract: An emulsion stabilizer is disclosed having a water tolerance value of between more than about 1.0 and equal or less than about 11.0.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2007Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Sun Chemical CorporationInventors: Nobuo Harui, Hideo Ishii
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Patent number: 8013034Abstract: A printing ink is disclosed containing: an emulsion stabilizer having a water tolerance value of between more than about 1.0 and equal or less than about 11.0 and water as a dispersed phase, wherein said emulsion stabilizer stabilizes the water to form a stabilized emulsion printing ink.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2007Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Sun Chemical CorporationInventors: Nobuo Harui, Hideo Ishii
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Patent number: 7909924Abstract: A printing ink is disclosed containing: non-water soluble polymeric surfactant; and water as a dispersed phase, wherein the non-water soluble polymeric surfactant stabilizes the water to form a stabilized emulsion heatset printing ink.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2007Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Sun Chemical CorporationInventors: Ramasamy Krishnan, Kenneth Smith, Neil Young, Inessa Gurevich
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Patent number: 7910649Abstract: The present invention is drawn to the use of blocked maleimide monomers for the preparation of latex particles, including those having active maleimide surface groups. In accordance with this, a method of forming latex particulates can comprise the steps of preparing a monomer emulsion including an aqueous phase and an organic monomer phase, wherein the organic monomer phase includes at least one blocked maleimide monomer; polymerizing the organic monomer phase to form blocked maleimide latex particulates dispersed in the aqueous phase; and unblocking the blocked maleimide latex particulates to form latex particulates with active maleimide groups at least on the surface of the latex particulates.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2006Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Zhang-Lin Zhou
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Patent number: 7868059Abstract: A polymeric colorant comprises a polymer-encapsulated pigment, wherein the polymer has a molecular weight in the range of 2,000 to 2,000,000 g/mole (2 to 2,000 kDa) and is a polymerization product of at least one dye-monomer conjugate. In some instances, a comonomer is added. The polymeric colorant is made by a method that comprises polymerizing at least one dye-monomer conjugate in a mixture containing pigment particles, to produce a polymerization product wherein the pigment particles are encapsulated by the polymerization product.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2007Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Sundar Vasudevan, James P. Shields
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Patent number: 7857899Abstract: An emulsion composition comprises water, a hydrocarbon distillate having a boiling point of 215 to 325° C., and a surfactant having a hydrophilic lipophilic balance number of 10 or less. A vehicle composition, an ink composition, a lithographic printing process and a method to improve a lithographic printing process comprise the emulsion composition which when used in a lithographic printing ink can reduce emission of volatile organic compounds and reduce the time at start-up to establish print quality.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2005Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: The Lubrizol CorporationInventors: John J. Mullay, John H. Larsen, Joshua M. Rosenheck, George A. Malchow, Jr., Robert A. Pollack, Harshida C. Dave
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Patent number: 7790783Abstract: A water-base ink composition comprising: a chromatic color pigment covered with a water-insoluble vinyl polymer; a titanium dioxide pigment; and water; and a water-base ink composition containing, in addition to a chromatic color pigment, dispersant and water, both a titanium dioxide pigment and silica pigment.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2006Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Aoyama, Daisuke Ishihara, Masahiro Yatake
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Publication number: 20100173079Abstract: One embodiment of the invention is an emulsion type inkjet ink including water, a pigment, an emulsifier, and an alcohol compound in which the alcohol compound is dispersed in water with the emulsifier. The emulsifier is a polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid ester compound, and the alcohol compound is a compound including an aromatic ring and having a boiling point of 180° C. or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2009Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryozo Akiyama, Hiroshi Kiyomoto, Takafumi Hara, Maiko Yoshida
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Patent number: 7695557Abstract: A coalescent composition for coating compositions such as paints, adhesives, and coatings comprising a blend of diesters, the blend comprising adducts of alcohol and diacids, the alcohol selected from the group consisting of ethyl, propyl, isopropyl alcohol and mixtures thereof, and the diacids selected from the group consisting of a blend of adipic, glutaric and succinic diacids (“AGS”) and a blend of adipic, methylglutaric, and ethylsuccinic diacids (“MGA”), and paint, adhesive, and coating compositions comprising such coalescent compositions are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2009Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Rhodia inc.Inventors: Lichang Zhou, Derek Pakenham, Jose Ruiz, Pu Chen, Charles Aymes, Keri Veres, Bernard Koltisko
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Patent number: 7666924Abstract: A polymeric dispersant containing a vinyl polymer having a constitutional unit represented by the following formula 1: wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 and R4 may be the same or different and are each independently an alkylene group having from 2 to 18 carbon atoms or an arylene group having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, R3 is an alkylene group having from 4 to 18 carbon atoms or an arylene group having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, M1 and M2 may be the same or different and are each independently a hydrogen atom or a cation, k and m may be the same or different and are each independently a number from 0 to 20, and L is a number from 1 to 20, with the proviso that L is 2 or more when k is zero. The polymeric dispersant is used for the production of a water dispersion for ink-jet printing. The water dispersion for ink-jet printing is used for the production of a water-based ink for ink-jet printing.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2005Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: KAO CorporationInventors: Nobuyuki Takizawa, Shigeki Nagashima, Takehiro Tsutsumi
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Patent number: 7655083Abstract: This invention relates to method of printing an ink jet image using an ink jet ink set comprising a colored aqueous ink and a substantially colorless aqueous ink, wherein the colored ink comprises a cationic coloring agent and the colorless ink comprises an anionic polymer or oligomer.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2009Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Richard P. Szajewski, Xiaoru Wang