Organic Oxygen Compound Containing Patents (Class 106/31.58)
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Patent number: 8932394Abstract: The present invention provides an ink jet ink that is capable of recording an image excellent in light resistance and ozone resistance and has excellent intermittent ejection stability. The ink jet ink contains a coloring material and a water-soluble organic solvent. The coloring material contains a compound represented by the following general formula (I), the water-soluble organic solvent contains ethylene urea end an alkanediol having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, and a content A (% by mass) of the coloring material, a content B (% by mass) of the ethylene urea and a content C (% by mass) of the alkanediol having 4 to 6 carbon atoms based on a total mass of the ink satisfy relationships of 0.20?B/A?10.0 and 0.10?C/A?10.0.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2013Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Kudo, Junichi Sakai, Masashi Ogasawara, Tetsu Iwata, Masashi Tsujimura, Takashi Saito, Masayuki Ikegami
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Patent number: 8932392Abstract: There is provided a water-based ink for ink-jet recording including: a colorant; water; glycerol; and at least one of raffinose and a derivative thereof in an amount ranging from more than 0% by weight to not more than 2% by weight with respect to an entire amount of the water-based ink. There is also provided a water-based ink for ink-jet recording including: a colorant; water; glycerol; diethylene glycol; and at least one of raffinose and a derivative thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2013Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Chisato Hayashi
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Patent number: 8920552Abstract: A thermal ink jet ink composition include a volatile organic solvent, a binder resin, a dye, a humectant in an amount less than 40% by weight of the thermal ink jet ink composition, and an additive for extending the decap time. The additive is present in an amount greater than 0.1% by weight of the thermal ink jet ink composition. The additive is selected from plasticizers, surfactants, aliphatic hydrocarbons, drying oils and mixtures thereof. The additive does not phase separate from the ink jet composition during application of the ink to a substrate in thermal ink jet printing.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Videojet Technologies Inc.Inventors: Casey Robertson, Daniel William Laird, Christopher Cocklan, Fengfei Xiao, Sumana Sharmin, Edward Westfall, Anthony Selmeczy
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Patent number: 8883275Abstract: A inkjet recording medium and ink set including ink containing water, a hydrosoluble organic solvent comprising an amide compound represented by the following Chemical Structure 1, a surface active agent; and a coloring agent, and a recording medium containing a substrate; and a coated layer on at least one side of the substrate, wherein the transfer amount of pure water to the recording medium having the coated layer is 2 ml/m2 to 35 ml/m2 during a contact time of 100 ms and 3 ml/m2 to 40 ml/m2 during a contact time of 400 ms when measured by a liquid dynamic absorption tester at 23° C.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hidefumi Nagashima, Hiroshi Gotou
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Patent number: 8858696Abstract: The nonaqueous ink composition for ink jet recording according to the invention includes a compound represented by the General Formula (1) below; and a compound represented by the General Formula (2A) or the General Formula (2B) below. In the General Formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R2 and R3 represent a methyl group or an ethyl group; in the General Formula (2A), R4A represents an alkyl group having 5 to 9 carbon atoms, and R5A represents a methyl group or an ethyl group; in the General Formula (2B), R4B represents an alkylene group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, and R5B and R6B each independently represent alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2013Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akihito Sao, Maki Nariai, Makoto Nagase, Keiji Iida, Tomoki Shinoda, Kenichiro Kubota
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Patent number: 8859640Abstract: The present invention is to provide a coloring ink for an electrical wire to prevent a color irregularity. A coloring ink is ejected to an outer surface of an electrical wire with a certain amount of the ink to form a mark. The coloring ink contains 100 parts by weight of an ink material, which contains a solvent, an acrylic resin, and a coloring material, and 5-15 parts by weight of an aqueous PVA solution. A concentration of the aqueous PVA solution is 10-15 %.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2007Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Takeshi Kamata, Keigo Sugimura
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Patent number: 8845800Abstract: An image forming method applying a pretreatment liquid on the surface of a recording medium; and applying an inkjet ink including a colorant, a hydrosoluble organic solvent, a surfactant and water on the surface applied with the pretreatment liquid, wherein the hydrosoluble organic solvent includes at least one polyol including an equilibrium water content in an amount not less than 30% by weight at 23° C. and 80% RH; an amide compound having the following formula (I); and at least one of compounds having the following formulae (II) to (IV), and wherein a pure water transfers to the recording medium in an amount of from 1 to 15 mL/m2 when measured by a dynamic scanning liquid absorptometer at a contact time of 100 ms.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Gotou, Hidetoshi Fujii, Yuuki Yokohama
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Patent number: 8821623Abstract: A non-aqueous inkjet ink including at least a pigment, a dye and organic solvents, wherein the total amount of the pigment and the dye is at least 3 mass % relative to the total amount of the ink, the content ratio of the pigment to the dye is in the range from 7:3 to 4:6, the pigment has a DBP oil absorption in the range from 60 cm3/100 g to 140 cm3/100 g, and the organic solvents include at least two organic solvents including an organic solvent with an ? value of at most 10 and an organic solvent with an ? value of at least 30.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Riso Kagaku CorporationInventor: Kenji Shimomura
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Patent number: 8815001Abstract: The invention relates to a compound for manufacturing watermark in a textile sheet material and the corresponding composition, material, method and use. The compound for manufacturing a watermark in a textile sheet material of formula wherein X is hexamethylene, trimethylhexamethylene, isophorone, dicyclohexylmethyl, tetramethylxylylene, tetramethylenexylene, xylylene, trimethylhexamethylene, hydrogenated 4,4?-diphenylmethylene, 1,12-dodecylene, 1,5-2-methylpentylene; 1,4-butylene; 1,4-cyclohexylene, or a compound of formula R1 is a linear aliphatic C1-C12 alkyl radical or a branched aliphatic C3-C18 alkyl radical R2 is a radical of formula wherein R4 is methoxy or ethoxy R5 and R6 are H, methoxy, ethoxy, methyl or ethyl R7 is cyclohexyl, phenyl or aliphatic C3-C6 alkyl R3 is a linear aliphatic C1-C12 alkyl radical or a branched aliphatic C3-C18 alkyl radical n is 0 or 1.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Inventor: Joseph Rocas Sorolla
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Patent number: 8814999Abstract: A phase change ink composition comprising an amorphous component, a crystalline component comprises a sulfone compound or derivatives thereof, and optionally, a colorant, which are suitable for ink jet printing, including printing on coated paper substrates.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Kentaro Morimitsu, Jennifer L. Belelie, Naveen Chopra, Gabriel Iftime, Peter G. Odell
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Publication number: 20140218451Abstract: An ink jet ink set, at least has a cyan ink, a magenta ink, and a yellow ink, in which the cyan ink contains at least either one of C.I. Acid Blue 9 or C.I. Direct Blue 199, the magenta ink contains at least either one of C.I. Acid Red 249 or C.I. Reactive Red 141, the yellow ink contains at least either one of C.I. Direct Yellow 86 or C.I. Direct Yellow 132, and the cyan ink, the magenta ink, and the yellow ink all contain an alkylene oxide adduct of acetylene glycol having 12 or more carbon atoms in the main chain, acetylene glycol having 10 or more carbon atoms in the main chain, and polyoxy alkylene alkyl ether.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiromi Iseki, Chie Maruyama, Kiyohiko Takemoto, Tomohiro Aruga
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Patent number: 8778074Abstract: Solvent-based inkjet ink formulations including an organic solvent, a resin, a surfactant, and a colorant are provided. The inks have many desirable attributes such as extended decap time.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Markem-Imaje CorporationInventors: Benjamin J. Brown, Richard C. Woudenberg, Richard J. Larson, Jr., Ann Benjamin, Corey Williams
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Patent number: 8778072Abstract: An ink composition contains a dye whose free acid is expressed by formula (1), lithium ions, and an aromatic compound having a carboxy group. In formula (1), Q represents a halogen atom, x represents an integer of 2 to 4, and y represents an integer of 1 to 3.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hiromi Iseki, Kazuhiko Kitamura, Yasuhiro Oki, Ryosuke Teramoto, Shigemi Wakabayashi, Yasunari Ikeda
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Patent number: 8778071Abstract: An inkjet ink set including at least a black ink, a cyan ink, a magenta ink, and a yellow ink. Each of the inks includes at least a water-soluble dye, water and a water-soluble solvent including a specific alkoxypropionamide compound. The cyan, magenta and yellow inks has a S/W ratio of not less than 1.5 and not greater than 3.5, wherein S represents the content of the water-soluble solvent in each ink, and W represents the content of water in each ink, and the black ink has a S/W ratio of not less than 1.0 and less than 1.5, wherein S represents the content of the water-soluble solvent in the black ink, and W represents the content of water in the black ink.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Matsuyama, Hiroshi Gotou
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Patent number: 8771410Abstract: An ink composition for ballpoint pens comprises a coloring agent, a liquid medium, a polyoxyethylene castor oil and/or a polyoxyethylene hardened castor oil, or a derivative thereof, and one compound or a mixture of two or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a monoalkyl ether phosphoric acid, a polyoxyethylene monoalkyl ether phosphoric acid, a dialkyl ether phosphoric acid, a polyoxyethylene dialkyl ether phosphoric acid, a trialkyl ether phosphoric acid, and a polyoxyethylene trialkyl ether phosphoric acid.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2010Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Pentel Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Aya Otsubo, Ikuo Takagishi, Kiyonori Yasuike, Hiroki Kimura, Takashi Sekine
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Patent number: 8764896Abstract: To provide an aqueous ink for a liquid jetting device, containing: (A) a fluorosurfactant; and (B) N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone, wherein an alkyl group contained in the (B) N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone is a C4-10 alkyl group.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2010Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Koji Katsuragi
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Patent number: 8764894Abstract: An ink dispersion includes an ink vehicle and a colorant dispersed in the ink vehicle. The ink vehicle includes a non-ionic surfactant and a solvent. The non-ionic surfactant has an HLB value ranges from about 5 to about 16, and is chosen from: i) a material represented by one of the formulas R1—O—(OR2)n—H, R1—(OR2)n—OH or R1—C6H4—(OR2)n—OH, wherein: R1 is chosen from a) a linear or cyclic alkyl group including from 3 to 20 carbon atoms, or b) a substituted or non-substituted alkyl group including from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, R2 is chosen from CH2CH2 or CH2CH2CH2, and n is an integer chosen from 2 to 100; or ii) a diester having at least one ethylene oxide repeating unit; or iii) an octylphenol having at least one ethylene oxide repeating unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Hou T. Ng, Manoj K. Bhattacharyya, Howard S. Tom
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Publication number: 20140165874Abstract: A thermal ink jet ink composition includes one or more volatile organic solvents, wherein the one or more volatile organic solvents are selected from C1-C4 alcohols, C3-C6 ketones, C3-C6 esters, C4-C8 ethers, and mixtures thereof; one or more binder resins; and one or more dyes. The ink composition is suitable for use in a thermal ink jet printer and the ink composition has a slow rate of kogation such that it is capable of being printed at least 10 million drops per nozzle from the thermal ink jet printer before drop weight of the ink composition is reduced by more than 10%.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Casey Robertson, Anthony Selmeczy, John Folkers
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Patent number: 8747536Abstract: A phase change ink composition suitable for ink jet printing, including printing on coated paper substrates. The present embodiments provide an ink composition including a component that is substantially amorphous, the component comprising at least one non-ester material and at least one ester of malic acid having a formula of wherein R1 and R2 each, independently of the other, is an alkyl group, and further wherein the alkyl portion can be straight, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, having from 1 to about 40 carbon atoms, an substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group, and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Kentaro Morimitsu, Adela Goredema, Naveen Chopra, Jennifer Belelie, Daryl W. Vanbesien
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Patent number: 8741040Abstract: A phase change ink composition comprising an amorphous component, a crystalline material, and optionally, a colorant, which are suitable for ink jet printing, including printing on coated paper substrates. In particular, the crystalline component comprises an aromatic ether.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Kentaro Morimitsu, Jennifer L. Belelie, Naveen Chopra, Stephan V. Drappel, Corey L. Tracy, Peter G. Odell, Gabriel Iftime
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Patent number: 8721780Abstract: An ink composition includes a slightly water-soluble alkanediol having 7 to 10 carbon atoms and cyclodextrin compound.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shuichi Koganehira, Shinichi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8721781Abstract: An ink composition includes a cyclic saccharide and hydantoin or a derivative thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2012Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shuichi Koganehira, Shinichi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8717625Abstract: A system for printing and emissive image on a substrate that includes red, green, and blue additive-color emissive inks configured to be printed to a substrate using an ink printer device intended for use with subtractive-color ink. An image to be printed can be converted to color negative form prior to printing using the subtractive-color ink printer. The system may include a subtractive-color ink printer intended for use with subtractive-color ink cartridges. The system may also include a computer device programmed to convert an image to a color negative form.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Angstrom Technologies, Inc.Inventor: William J. Coyle
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Patent number: 8697774Abstract: The ink for ink jet recording includes a sparingly water-soluble alkanediol, a resin, and a coloring material, wherein the content of the coloring material is from 1 to 3% by mass based on the total mass of the ink, the surface tension is from 21 to 25 mN/m, and the thixotropic index (TI) represented by the following formula (1), as determined at a time point when its content becomes 40% by mass based on the total mass before the evaporation of the ink by the evaporation of the ink, is from 2 to 110: TI=?(1 s?1)/?(1000 s?1)??(1).Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kazumasa Tomura, Akira Mizutana, Shinichi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8652244Abstract: Developing compositions are provided herein for use in producing a visibly detectable image of a latent physiological biometric. The developing compositions include a carrier solvent that includes at least one C3-C4 hydrofluorocarbon olefin or at least one hydrochlorofluorocarbon olefin.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: David Nalewajek, Andrew Joseph Poss, Rajiv Ratna Singh, Cheryl Cantlon
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Patent number: 8652245Abstract: A dual color electronically addressable ink includes a non-polar carrier fluid; a first colorant of a first color; and a second colorant of a second color that is different than the first color. The first colorant includes a first particle core, and a first functional group attached to a surface of the particle core. The first functional group is capable of carrying a positive charge and is chosen from a base or a salt of the base. The second colorant includes a particle core, and a second functional group attached to a surface of the particle core. The second functional group is capable of carrying a negative charge and is chosen from an acid or a salt of the acid. The ink further includes an additive chosen from polyhydroxystearic amide salt, polyhydroxystearic acid, aromatic butyric acid, and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Qin Liu, Zhang-Lin Zhou, Yaron Grinwald, Gil Bar-Haim
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Water-based ink set for ink-jet recording, ink-jet recording method, and ink-jet recording apparatus
Patent number: 8632629Abstract: A water-based ink set for ink jet recording, includes: a water-based black ink which contains a black colorant, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent, the black colorant containing self-dispersible carbon black; and a water-based magenta ink which contains a magenta colorant, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent, the magenta colorant containing a dye represented by the general formula (1); wherein the water-soluble organic solvent includes a penetrant of which amount is 0.5% by weight to 3.5% by weight of the water-based magenta ink.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsunori Maeda, Kazuma Goto -
Patent number: 8632630Abstract: A thermal ink jet ink composition includes one or more volatile organic solvents, wherein the one or more volatile organic solvents are selected from C1-C4 alcohols, C3-C6 ketones, C3-C6 esters, C4-C8 ethers, and mixtures thereof; one or more humectants, wherein the humectants are present in an amount not more than 30% by weight of the ink composition; one or more binder resins; and one or more dyes. The ink composition is suitable for use in a thermal ink jet printer and the ink composition has a slow rate of kogation such that it is capable of being printed at least 10 million drops per nozzle from the thermal ink jet printer before drop weight of the ink composition is reduced by more than 10%.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Videojet Technologies Inc.Inventors: Casey Robertson, Linfang Zhu, Anthony Selmeczy
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Publication number: 20130327248Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds of general formula (I) or their salts of general formula (II): In formula (I)-(II), the substituents (A)p and (SO3H)n on the benzene ring are at the ortho, meta or para position, n is 0-2, and p is 0-3; M is selected from Li+, Na+, K+, NH4+ or organic ammonium salt N+R1R2R3R4, where R1, R2, R3, R4 are the same or different H, C1-18 alkyl groups, cyclohexyl groups, CH2CH2OH, CH(CH3)CH2OH or benzyl groups; where p>0, A stands for the same or different groups selected from: H, CN, NO2, NH2, F, Cl, Br, C1-18 alkyl group, cyclohexyl group, phenyl group, benzyl group, phenoxy group, C1-18 alkoxy group, C1-18 alkylthio group, SO2CH?CH2, SO2CH2CH2A1, NR6COR5 or NR6SO2R5.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2011Publication date: December 12, 2013Inventors: Xiaojun Peng, Tao Liu, Jinhe Wu, Rong Zhang, Jingyue Wang, Feng Wang, Shaolei Li, Jianzhou Zhang, Zhengru Yang
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Patent number: 8562730Abstract: There is disclosed an ink composition and a method of printing and using ink on substrate material comprising polyvinyl chloride with thermal inkjet, drop on demand piezo inkjet, or continuous inkjet by depositing ink comprising vinyl-penetrating solvent, colorant and non-aqueous carrier solvent, the ink being free from polymerizable resins and binders.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: ImTech Technologies LLCInventors: Garold Eugene Radke, Suraj Lakshman Hindagolla
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Patent number: 8557032Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide an inkjet recording oil green ink composition that excels more in terms of all the quality of prints, stability on printing, the ability of prints to be dried, and ink storage stability, and is capable of making wider a color reproduction area expressed by yellow and cyan. The inkjet recording oil green ink composition contains as an organic green pigment coloring agent C. I. Pigment Green 58 comprising a (poly) halogenated zinc phthalocyanine. The invention also provides an ink set comprises the inventive oil green ink composition and further includes at least an oil yellow ink composition and an oil cyan ink composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2009Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: The Inctec Inc.Inventors: Yukio Sugita, Mitsuyoshi Tamura, Fumie Yamazaki, Mitsuteru Yamada, Naoki Shiraishi
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Patent number: 8545613Abstract: A composition of matter includes a cationic dye and a solvent, wherein the composition does not have particles that are greater than 25 microns in diameter. The disclosure also describes a method for producing a composition of matter. An ink jet cartridge includes the composition of matter. A device includes a substrate having an image printed thereon with the composition of matter. A method includes using an inkjet printer to print a graphic on a first major surface of a substrate; moistening a user's skin surface; contacting the first major surface of the substrate to the user's moistened skin surface; and removing the substrate from the user's skin surface, thereby leaving a mirror image of the printed graphic on the user's skin surface. Moreover, an art kit includes a first substrate having a graphic printed thereon and a second substrate having a mirror image of the graphic printed thereon.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: RandD Enterprises of San Jose, LLCInventor: Russell E. Blette
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Patent number: 8523990Abstract: An ink composition having a suitably-adjusted hue and causing no decomposition of dyes during storage is provided. The ink composition contains a compound (a) represented by the following formula (1), an ingredient (c) and moisture-retentive agents, characterized by being from 0.1 mass % to lower than 7.0 mass % in content of the compound represented by the formula (1), 10.0 mass % or lower in content of a moisture-retentive agent having 3 or more hydroxyl groups (b) and lower than 30.0 in molar ratio of the moisture-retentive agent having 3 or more hydroxyl groups to the compound represented by the formula (1): wherein each of Ar1 and Ar2 preferably represents an aromatic heterocyclic group, each of A1 and A2 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, Y represents —OM or —NR1R2, M represents a hydrogen atom or a metal ion and each of R1 and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group or the like. The ingredient (c) is at least one compound selected from C.I.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2009Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Shigeaki Tanaka, Keiichi Tateishi, Takashi Ozawa
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Patent number: 8523991Abstract: An ink composition is provided which does not undergo decomposition or fading of colorants even when stored under high-temperature environment. An ink composition which contains a compound represented by the following general formula (1) and a humectant, wherein the content of the compound represented by the general formula (1) is from 0.1% by mass to less than 7.0% by mass, the content of the humectant having 3 or more hydroxyl groups is 8.0% by mass or less, and the molar ratio of the humectant having 3 or more hydroxyl groups/the compound represented by the general formula (1) being less than 15.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2009Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Shigeaki Tanaka, Keiichi Tateishi, Takashi Ozawa
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Patent number: 8475579Abstract: A black ink composition is provided. The black ink composition includes a dispersive black colorant; less than 1 wt % of a glycol ether compound based on total weight of the black ink composition; a solvent; and water. The black ink composition of the present invention is free of surfactants and has excellent compatibility with a nozzle, and thus provides good smoothness in printing and high-quality image.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2010Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Everlight USA, IncInventors: Chien-Ming Chen, Shun-Te Lin, Chien-Wen Lee, Wen-Chin Lin
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Patent number: 8465577Abstract: A novel black ink composition is provided. In the black ink composition of the present invention, the dye compounds include a blue dye compound of formula (I), a red dye compound of formula (II) and a yellow dye compound of formula (III). The black ink composition of the present invention is suitable for inkjet printing to improve light-fastness and printing property.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Everlight USA, Inc.Inventors: Hsiao-San Chen, Jen-Fang Lin
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Patent number: 8440010Abstract: In an inkjet recording system using an ink in which a coloring material is dispersed in a solvent with a dispersing agent, printing density is improved by causing aggregation of the coloring material contained in the ink that has been ejected onto a printing medium. In an inkjet printing method, printing is performed by ejecting one of first and second inks onto a printing medium, and then successively ejecting the other ink so as to overlay it on the one ink. The first ink includes a first solvent, a coloring material, and a dispersing agent. The second ink includes at least a second solvent capable of changing solubility of the dispersing agent to cause aggregation of the coloring material when it is mixed with the first ink. For example, when one of the first and second solvents includes a water-insoluble organic solvent, the other can include a water-soluble organic solvent.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Riso Kagaku CorporationInventor: Toshihiro Endo
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Patent number: 8425675Abstract: A recrystallization type of ink composition comprises a solvent, a crystalline material, and a colorant. When the recrystallization type of ink composition is applied to a non-absorption surface such as a whiteboard, a glass surface, and a plastic surface, it is recrystallized to provide a visual effect of a metal sense at the applied part.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2010Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Dong-A Teaching Materials Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chung Kyung Kim, Han-Shin Jung
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Patent number: 8414695Abstract: A thermal ink jet ink composition includes one or more volatile organic solvents, one or more humectants, one or more binder resins, one or more dyes, and one or both of a surfactant and a plasticizer. The one or more volatile organic solvents are selected from C1-C4 alcohols, C3-C6 ketones, C4-C8 ethers, C3-C6 esters, and mixtures thereof. The one or more humectants are present in an amount not more than 30% by weight of the ink jet ink composition. The ink jet ink composition optionally includes water up to 10% by weight of the ink jet ink composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2012Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Inventors: Casey Robertson, Anthony Selmeczy, John P. Folkers
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Publication number: 20130070024Abstract: An inkjet printer includes an inkjet printhead having a plurality of color planes for ejecting a plurality of different inks. Each color plane has a nozzle row defined in a nozzle face of the printhead and each nozzle in a respective color plane is supplied with a same ink. The printhead is plumbed such that a first color plane ejecting a first ink having a relatively low luminance is sandwiched between second and third color planes ejecting respective second and third inks having a relatively high luminance A plurality of ink reservoirs are in fluid communication with the printhead, the ink reservoirs containing the first, second and third inks. An amount of surfactant in the first ink is at least 0.4 wt % greater than an amount of surfactant in the second and third inks.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: ZAMTEC LIMITEDInventors: Jognandan Kumar Prashar, Adrian Peter Bisson, Brian Robert Brown, Mile Jurcevic, Galo David Jaramillo
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Patent number: 8398761Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition for use in inkjet recording, the ink composition including one of water-soluble dye and water in an amount of from 20% to 40% by mass, which is capable of recording an image that is suppressed in the variation of image density immediately after printing.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2010Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Yukoh Saitoh
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Patent number: 8367751Abstract: A solid ink that includes an ink carrier and a resinous compound of the formulas or a salt thereof, wherein G1 is —X1C(O)OR1, —X2OC(O)R2, or —X2OH; G2 is R4, R12, —C(O)R2, —C(O)X1C(O)OR1, or —C(O)X2OC(O)R2; R1 is an alkyl having from 10 to 80 carbon atoms; R2 is an alkyl having from 2 to 40 carbon atoms; each R3 and R4 is independently hydrogen, alkyl, arylalkyl or alkylaryl; each R5 and each R6 is independently hydrogen or alkyl; X1 and X2 are both a straight or branched alkylene group; t1 is 1 to 20; t2 and t3 is independently 0 to 20; u1 is 1 to 30; u2 and u3 is independently 0 to 30; each R7 and each R8 is independently hydrogen, alkyl, or alkoxyl; each R9 and each R10 is independently hydrogen, alkyl, or alkoxyl; Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic moiety; p is 1 to 5; q is 1 to 12; A? is selected from the group consisting of Cl?, Br?, I?, HSO4?, HSO3?, CH3SO3?, NO3?, HCOO?, CH3COO?, H2PO4?, SCN?, ClO4?, SSO3?, PF6?, and SbCl6?; and J is alkyl, arylalkyl, or alkylaryl.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Maria Birau, C. Geoffrey Allen, Carol A. Jennings, Peter G. Odell
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Patent number: 8361211Abstract: An inkjet recording liquid includes: water; at least one colorant; and a water-soluble organic solvent having an SP (solubility parameter) value of 27.5 or less at a content of 70 mass % or more with respect to the total amount of water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the water-soluble organic solvent having an SP value of 27.5 or less includes at least one water-soluble organic solvent having a molecular weight of from 240 to 1400 and represented by the following Formula (1) at a content of 70 mass % or more with respect to the amount of the water-soluble organic solvent having an SP value of 27.5 or less. R-An-OH ??Formula (1) In Formula (1), R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a group derived from a sugar alcohol having 3 to 12 carbon atoms; each A independently represents an ethyleneoxy group or a propyleneoxy group; and n represents an integer of from 3 to 24.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2009Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Masao Ikoshi, Koji Furukawa, Yoshimitsu Arai, Katsuyuki Hirato
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Patent number: 8357210Abstract: Compounds of the general formula (I) a process for their preparation and their use for dyeing and/or printing organic substrates.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2011Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Rainer Nusser, Urs Daetwyler
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Publication number: 20120328854Abstract: An inkjet recording ink set including a black ink and color inks, wherein the black ink and the color inks each contain at least a dye, a water-soluble solvent and water and each have a viscosity of 5 mPa-s to 20 mPa-s at 25° C., and wherein the respective color inks each satisfy a mass ratio relationship of S/W?1, and the black ink satisfies a mass ratio relationship of S/W<1, where S denotes an amount of the water-soluble solvent contained in the respective inks, and W denotes an amount of the water contained in the respective inks.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Inventors: Akihiko Matsuyama, Kiyofumi Nagai
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Patent number: 8337607Abstract: The present invention provides an ink-media set, record printed by use of the ink-media set, an inkjet printing method, and an inkjet printing apparatus which includes ink that has at least water, dye, and humectant and surface tension thereof is 20 to 35 mN/m at 25° C., a support, and a recording medium having the support and at least one surface thereof has a coating layer wherein transfer rate of the ink to the recording medium measured by a dynamic scanning absorptometer in 100 ms of contact time is 4 to 15 ml/m2 and transfer rate of the ink to the recording medium measured by a dynamic scanning absorptometer in 400 ms of contact time is 7 to 20 ml/m2.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Naoya Morohoshi, Tohru Ohshima, Kiyofumi Nagai
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Patent number: 8328922Abstract: A water-based ink for inkjet recording exhibits a blue color defined as L*<45, 25<C*<28, 255<h<278, and comprises a mixture of dyes and pigments, glycerol and polyethylene glycol #200 as water-soluble organic solvents and a polymeric dispersant. The ink will preferably have a ratio of glycerol to polyethylene glycol 200 within the range of from 2:1 to 3.5 1. The water-based ink preferably includes C.I. Pigment Blue 60 as a colorant and provides good printing stability and good storage stability. Tests show the inks to have good jettability.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2008Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.Inventors: Judith D. Auslander, Richard A. Bernard, Shunichi Higashiyama, Akihiko Taniguchi, Noriatsu Aoi
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Patent number: 8328920Abstract: The present invention relates to inkjet inks having improved compatibility with high resolution nozzle plate materials such that the inkjet inks resist clogging nozzles and flooding upon jetting. The inkjet ink includes one or more colorants, at least three co-solvents comprising about 18% to about 24% of the composition of the ink by weight, a penetrant, at least one wetting agent, and water.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2009Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.Inventors: Meagan Winkler Sisk, Agnes Kam Zimmer
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Patent number: 8328925Abstract: The present invention concerns concentrated aqueous solutions of an anionic disazo dye, comprising salts and or the free acids of the anionic dye of the formula (I) and 2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethanol and the use of these solutions for dyeing and/or printing hydroxyl-containing substrates and for producing inkjet inks.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventor: Ludwig Hasemann
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Patent number: 8313173Abstract: The present invention is directed to a printable composition, comprising: 0.5 to 60 wt % of a polymer selected from the group consisting of epoxy, Novolac and poly(dimethylglutarimide); and 40-99.5 wt % of a solvent composition comprising (1) a high boiling point solvent having a flash point greater than about 10° C. and a boiling point greater than about 130° C. and (2) a low boiling point solvent having a flash point less than 30° C. and a boiling point less than or equal to 130° C., all weight percents based on the total weight of the composition. The present invention is also directed to methods of forming patterned substrates using the above compositions. The compositions of the invention are useful for printing electronic materials onto a substrate using a piezo-electric printer.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2011Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: MicroChem Corp.Inventors: Daniel J. Nawrocki, Jeremy V. Golden