Pigment Containing Patents (Class 106/31.6)
  • Patent number: 11999820
    Abstract: Disclosed are liquid crystal polymer particles capable of reducing dielectric loss tangent while suppressing surface roughness of the resin film, when added to a resin film. The liquid crystal polymer particles have a melting point of 270° C. or higher, wherein cumulative distribution 50% diametre D50 in the particle size distribution is 20 ?m or less, and cumulative distribution 90% diametre D90 is 2.5 times or less of D50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiaki Egashira
  • Patent number: 11926747
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ink comprising a transparent matrix being UV curable and heat scalable, and at least one pigment component. The ink in its UV-cured state has a peel strength in the range of about 6 to 8 N/cm, wherein this adhesiveness is achievable by means of a further lamination step under the influence of pressure and heat so that the ink acts as a hot glue. Further disclosed is a safety structure comprising a semitransparent layer being formed at least partially by the UV-cured ink, and a secure article comprising the safety structure. Further disclosed is a use of the ink for silkscreen printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HID Global CID SAS
    Inventors: Carsten Senge, Samantha Nelwan
  • Patent number: 11807762
    Abstract: There is a process for preparing in situ an aqueous gel ink with variable color having the following steps: (i) preparing a gel-based matrix of aqueous ink comprising a reducing agent, (ii) adding a solution of metallic salts, (iii) adding iron powder to obtain an aqueous gel ink with variable color, wherein the steps (ii) and (iii) can be interchanged. There also is an aqueous gel ink with variable color obtained according to the process of the disclosure, having a reducing agent, metallic nanoparticles and iron powder. There further is a writing instrument having an aqueous gel ink with variable color according to the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: SOCIETE BIC, UNIVERSITE DE HAUTE ALSACE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Karine Mougin, Feriel Ghellal, Arnaud Spangenberg, Romain Metillon, Olivier Albenge
  • Patent number: 11613663
    Abstract: The ink composition contains titanium oxide particles having an average particle size of 0.1 ?m or more and 0.4 ?m or less, hollow resin particles having an average particle size of 1.0 ?m or more and 2.0 ?m or less, a polysaccharide and water, wherein the titanium oxide particles and the hollow resin particles are negatively charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventors: Katsuji Arisawa, Yoshitaka Morimoto, Hirohisa Suzuki, Hiroyuki Saitou
  • Patent number: 11305486
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a water-based dispersion, which includes metal oxide nanoparticles and a zwitterionic stabilizer. More specifically, the dispersion comprises a metal oxide nanoparticle having the formula (1) MmM?On, wherein M is an alkali metal, m is greater than 0 and less than 1, M? is any metal, and n is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 4; a zwitterionic stabilizer; and a balance of water. Also disclosed herein is a jettable composition, which includes metal oxide nanoparticles having the formula (1) MmM?On wherein M is an alkali metal, m is greater than 0 and less than 1, M? is any metal, and n is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 4; a zwitterionic stabilizer; a surfactant; and a balance of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexey S. Kabalnov, Stephen G. Rudisill
  • Patent number: 11287385
    Abstract: Composite particles are provided. The composite particles can comprise: a base particle; a metal layer encompassing the base particle and having a surface on which a plurality of gaps are formed; and markers provided on the metal layer and also provided within the plurality of gaps of the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY ERICA CAMPUS, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jong-Ho Kim, Yoon-Sik Lee, Jin-Kyoung Yang
  • Patent number: 11279840
    Abstract: An ink composition can include carbon black pigment, from 50 wt % to 80 wt % water, from 15 wt % to 35 wt % organic solvent, from 0.25 wt % to 9 wt % free latex particles having an average particles size from 50 nm to 500 nm, from 0.1 wt % to 1 wt % C10 to C20 fatty acid, and lithium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas W. Butler, Natalie Harvey, Vladimir Jakubek
  • Patent number: 11180630
    Abstract: The present invention provides a metal salt of malonic acid derivative compound having chemical formula (I) as an ?-nucleating agent and process for preparing the same. The present invention also provides a polymer additive and thermoplastic composition comprising the metal salt of malonic acid derivative compound having chemical formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jatinder Singh Dhaliwal, Vishal Goel, Bhasker Bantu, Sameeksha Raizada, Shiva Naresh, Vimal Kakkarakkal Kottiyath, Raja Poddar, Gurpreet Singh Kapur
  • Patent number: 11155728
    Abstract: Print materials described herein include a first polymerization initiator comprising an initiator material having a thermal decomposition rate and a peak photo-initiated decomposition rate, wherein the thermal dissociation rate is higher than the peak photo-initiated decomposition rate; a vinylic monomer; a polyfunctional monomer; scattering particles; and quantum dots. Methods of making a quantum dot material using such print materials, and of incorporating into light emitting devices, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Kateeva, Inc.
    Inventors: Florian Pschenitzka, Michael Morse
  • Patent number: 11110738
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure can include writing instruments, nibs for writing instruments, and methods of making the same. In one embodiment, the writing instrument includes a reservoir; an ink solution comprising a pigment, the ink solution being housed within the reservoir; a nib disposed at an end of the reservoir and plugging an opening of the reservoir such that the reservoir is closed, wherein a tip of the nib extends outside of the reservoir; and a filament extending within the reservoir, the filament being in fluid communication with a portion of the nib within the reservoir, such that the ink solution travels along the filament and through the nib, by capillary action, wherein the nib and filament are formed such that no more than 50 percent of the pigment present in the nib and filament flow into the reservoir outside of the nib and filament when the writing instrument is stored with the nib up for a period of one day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SANFORD L.P.
    Inventors: Bret Ryan Marschand, Wing Sum Vincent Kwan
  • Patent number: 11040561
    Abstract: An ink and processing liquid set contains a processing liquid to be applied to a recording medium, the processing liquid including a multivalent metal salt and an ink to be applied to an area of the recording medium where the processing liquid has been applied, the ink including a urethane resin, a styrene-acrylic resin, and a pigment, wherein the following relations are satisfied: 0.5?B/C?0.7, where B represents a static surface tension of the ink and C represents a static surface tension of the processing liquid; and 0.5?E/D?0.9, and 35 (mN/m)?E?55 (mN/m), where D represents a dynamic surface tension at 15 ms of the processing liquid and E represents a dynamic surface tension at 1500 ms of the processing liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Tamai, Dongsik Jang, Atsufumi Hanazawa, Satoshi Takahashi, Yoshiki Yanagawa, Tsutomu Maekawa, Yukitaka Watarai
  • Patent number: 10978717
    Abstract: This invention relates to aqueous ink compositions comprising an aqueous solvent, particles comprising a metal or a metal compound or a mixture thereof, a dispersant, preferably selected from an electrostatic dispersant, a steric dispersant, an ionic dispersant, a non-ionic dispersant or a combination thereof, a polymeric binder and a non-ionic surfactant which may be used for 3D inkjet printing components, primarily for high-temperature electrochemical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Inventor: Nicholas Farandos
  • Patent number: 10954402
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are inkjet ink compositions comprising: at least one pigment and at least one polyurethane comprising: at least one polypropylene glycol, and at least one diisocyanate. The at least one polyurethane contains at least 70 wt % polypropylene glycol relative to the at least one polyurethane and has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of no more than 80,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Cabot Corporation
    Inventors: Jinqi Xu, Jodi A. Bates, Heather E. Clarke, Tianqi Liu, Paul S. Palumbo
  • Patent number: 10947401
    Abstract: An example of a liquid ink includes a colorant, a co-solvent, and a balance of water. The co-solvent includes a hydantoin having a general formula (I) or a general formula (II) wherein n is an integer greater than 2 and m is an integer equal to or greater than 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhang-Lin Zhou, Benjamin Abelovski
  • Patent number: 10927267
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a composition comprising a pigment, wherein the composition is suitable for coating a surface that is, or is expected to be, exposed to the sun. The pigment comprises particles that fluoresce in sunlight, thereby remaining cooler in the sun than coatings pigmented with non-fluorescent particles. The particles comprise solids that fluoresce or glow in the visible or near infrared (NIR) spectra, or that fluoresce when doped. Suitable dopants include, but are not limited to, ions of rare earths and transition metals. A coating composition includes: (i) a film-forming resin; (ii) an infrared reflective pigment; and (iii) an infrared fluorescent pigment different from the infrared reflective pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Zalich, Michael F. Baxter, Paul H. Berdahl, Stuart D. Hellring, Jeffrey Lynn Stalker
  • Patent number: 10919328
    Abstract: Inkjet printed articles can be made by providing an inkjet receiving medium comprising a substrate and a topcoat layer, and inkjet printing an aqueous pigment-based ink onto the topcoat layer. The topcoat layer has: (a) one or more water-soluble salts of a multivalent metal cation; and (b) composite particles having a Rockwell Hardness of ?R90 and each of the composite particles comprising domains of a (i) first organic polymer and domains of a (ii) second organic polymer. The domains of the (ii) second organic polymer are dispersed within the domains of the (i) first organic polymer. The melting point of the (i) first organic polymer is lower than the melting point of the (ii) second organic polymer. The weight ratio of the (i) first organic polymer to the (ii) second organic polymer is chosen such that the (b) composite particles have a density of 1.0-1.5 g/ml.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark Edward Irving, Thomas Joseph Dannhauser
  • Patent number: 10875338
    Abstract: Provided are web-offset lithographic ink compositions that contain an alkyl thioether surfactant, an alkoxylated modified rosin, or a combination thereof. The ink compositions can be oil-based inks or water-based inks that can be radiation-curable. The resulting ink compositions can be used in web-offset lithographic printing to substantially reduce or eliminate the ink feedback and ink build-up that occurs during printing. Also provided are methods for reducing or eliminating ink feedback and build-up during lithographic printing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ramasamy Krishnan, Jeff Jones, Matthias Helliblau
  • Patent number: 10844233
    Abstract: A non-Newtonian photo-curable ink composition that comprises from about 0.1 wt % to about 10 wt % of metal oxide particles having an average particle size ranging from 1 to 50 nm; from about 0.05 wt % to about 10 Wt % of an inorganic salt; an organic solvent; a photo-initiator; and a polymerizable material; wherein the ink composition has a first dynamic viscosity ranging from 25 cps to 10,000 cps at a first state and a second dynamic viscosity ranging from 1 cps to 50 cps at a second state. Also described herein is a method for making such non-Newtonian photo-curable ink composition and a method for producing printed images using such non-Newtonian photo-curable ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: James P. Shields, Raymond Adamic, Sundar Vasudevan
  • Patent number: 10717292
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink-jet printing method using a water-based ink containing a rutile-type titanium oxide and a polymer dispersant, in which the polymer dispersant contains a constitutional unit derived from an anionic group-containing monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and the like in an amount of not less than 72% by mass; Mw of the polymer dispersant is from 3,000 to 50,000; and a content of the polymer dispersant in the water-based ink is from 1 to 7% by mass on the basis of the titanium oxide, said method including the step 1 of redispersing the water-based ink by a dispersing means and the step 2 of printing characters or images on a printing medium using the redispersed water-based ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Sato, Kazuki Watanabe, Masayuki Narita
  • Patent number: 10717887
    Abstract: An oil-based inkjet is disclosed, the oil-based inkjet ink containing a pigment, a pigment dispersant and a non-aqueous solvent, wherein the non-aqueous solvent contains a silicone oil having a surface tension of at least 19.0 mN/m but less than 24.0 mN/m and a polar solvent having a surface tension of at least 27.0 mN/m, and a surface tension of the ink is at least 23.0 mN/m but less than 27.0 mN/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hikaru Sugiura, Shinichiro Shimura, Marie Morinaga, Kazuyuki Ando
  • Patent number: 10682810
    Abstract: In an example of a three-dimensional printing method, a polymeric build material is applied. A fusing agent is selectively applied on at least a portion of the polymeric build material. The fusing agent includes cesium tungsten oxide nanoparticles, a zwitterionic stabilizer, and an aqueous vehicle. The polymeric build material is exposed to electromagnetic radiation to fuse the portion of the polymeric build material in contact with the fusing agent to form a layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen G. Rudisill, Vladek Kasperchik, Alexey S. Kabalnov, Shannon Reuben Woodruff, Thomas M. Sabo, Jake Wright, Hector Lebron, Vanessa Verzwyvelt, Morgan T. Schramm, Matthew A. Shepherd
  • Patent number: 10654303
    Abstract: Provided are web-offset lithographic ink compositions that contain an alkyl thioether surfactant, an alkoxylated modified rosin, or a combination thereof. The ink compositions can be oil-based inks or water-based inks that can be radiation-curable. The resulting ink compositions can be used in web-offset lithographic printing to substantially reduce or eliminate the ink feedback and ink build-up that occurs during printing. Also provided are methods for reducing or eliminating ink feedback and build-up during lithographic printing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ramasamy Krishnan, Jeff Jones, Matthias Helliblau
  • Patent number: 10639919
    Abstract: The invention provides an ink set and an image forming method in which excellent glossiness is obtained in a case where a surface of an image recording material on which an image is formed using an acidic pre-treatment liquid is overcoated. Namely, the invention provides an ink set and an image forming method using the same, the ink set including: an ink composition which includes a colorant and water; a pre-treatment liquid which contains an acid and water; and an overcoat liquid which includes water and particles of a resin, the resin containing an acidic group selected from the group consisting of a sulfo group, a salt of a sulfo group, a phosphonic acid group, a salt of a phosphonic acid group, a phosphoric acid group, and a salt of a phosphoric acid group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Arai, Hirohisa Hokazono
  • Patent number: 10619064
    Abstract: A water-based achromatic ink for ink-jet recording includes: a dye; benzotriazole; a water-soluble polymer having an acid value of equal to or more than 70 mgKOH/g of which blending amount in the water-based achromatic ink is equal to or less than 2% by weight; and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keisuke Yuhara
  • Patent number: 10538670
    Abstract: Provided are a pigment dispersion liquid including a pigment, a polymer dispersant, and water; and an inkjet ink containing the pigment dispersion liquid. The pigment contains a compound represented by General Formula (1) described in the specification, a tautomer thereof, or a salt of the compound or the tautomer. The polymer dispersant contains a polymer compound which has a repeating unit represented General Formula (2-1) and a repeating unit represented General Formula (2-2) described in the specification, and having a structure represented by General Formula (3) introduced into at least one terminal of a main chain: in General Formula (3), L represents a linking group; R4 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; and the symbol * represents a linking bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Hayashi, Yoshiaki Nagata, Kazufumi Omura, Kazushi Furukawa, Keiichi Tateishi
  • Patent number: 10449784
    Abstract: To dry ink using a more appropriate method in a case of performing printing using an ink-jet printer of a line system and the like. A printing device that performs printing using an ink-jet system includes: a conveyance driving unit as a conveyance module that conveys a medium; ink-jet heads; and an ultraviolet ray irradiation unit as an energy irradiation module. A length of the ink-jet heads in a width direction of the medium is larger than a width of a region to be printed. Ink ejected from the ink-jet heads is ink that contains an energy ray absorber and a solvent, the ink being fixed to the medium by evaporating the solvent. The ultraviolet ray irradiation unit irradiates the ink adhering onto the medium with ultraviolet rays to volatilize and remove at least part of the solvent contained in the ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Otsuka, Masaru Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 10423083
    Abstract: A cleaning method of an immersion liquid includes supplying an immersion liquid on a surface of a cleaning substrate. The immersion liquid is to be used in a liquid immersion lithography apparatus. The cleaning substrate has a substrate and an organic film laminated on a top face side of the substrate. The immersion liquid is allowed to move on the substrate to remove contaminants from the immersion liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Harada, Goji Wakamatsu
  • Patent number: 10370549
    Abstract: This invention pertains to aqueous inkjet inks containing self-dispersing pigments. The self-dispersing pigments are modified with multivalent cations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Stephen Wolfe, Michael J. Eiseman, Loretta L. Tam, Cullen Kirkpatrick
  • Patent number: 10364367
    Abstract: An example of a non-Newtonian inkjet ink includes first and second metal oxide nanoparticles, a colorant, an organic solvent, and a balance of water. The first metal oxide nanoparticle has a particle size of 10 nm or less, and is present in an amount ranging from about 5% to about 15% by weight based on a total weight of the ink. The second metal oxide nanoparticle has at least one dimension greater than 10 nm, and is present in an amount ranging from 0.25% to 10% by weight based on the total weight of the ink. The colorant is present in an amount ranging from about 0.5% to about 10% by weight based on the total weight of the ink. The organic solvent is present in an amount ranging from about 5% to about 50% by weight based on the total weight of the ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Hewett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Raymond Adamic, Brian Dooley
  • Patent number: 10300706
    Abstract: An inkjet printing device includes an ink containing a silver particle and water; and an ink discharging head including multiple nozzles to discharge the ink, individual liquid chambers communicating with the multiple nozzles, a common liquid chamber to supply the ink to the individual liquid chambers, a circulating flow path communicating with the individual liquid chambers, a common circulating liquid chamber communicating with the circulating flow path, and a pressure generator to apply a pressure to the ink in the individual liquid chambers, wherein the proportion of the silver particle to the ink is from 1 to 15 percent by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Miyazawa, Tatsuya Tomura, Takuya Fujita, Hisashi Habashi, Takahiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10280323
    Abstract: Provided is an aqueous ink that enables the recording of images having high optical density and excellent toughness and has excellent reliability. An aqueous ink for ink jet includes a pigment, a resin having an anionic group, a salt and a water-soluble organic solvent. The pigment is a self-dispersible pigment in which an anionic group is bonded to the particle surface of carbon black directly or through another atomic group, the resin has a weight-average molecular weight of 20,000 or less, the water-soluble organic solvent includes glycerol and an additional solvent other than glycerol, and the content (% by mass) of the additional solvent relative to the content (% by mass) of glycerol in terms of mass ratio is 0.6 times or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kuniaki Fujimoto, Kenji Moribe, Kenichi Shiiba, Yuki Nishino
  • Patent number: 10266714
    Abstract: An aqueous ink used in an ink jet recording method that uses thermal energy to eject an ink from a recording head includes a copper phthalocyanine pigment and a urethane resin. The urethane resin has a unit derived from a polyisocyanate, a unit derived from a polyether polyol having no acid group, a unit derived from a polyol having an acid group and a unit derived from a polyamine; in the urethane resin, the proportion of the urethane bond relative to the total amount of the urethane bond and the urea bond derived from the polyamine is 90.0% by mole or more to 99.0% by mole or less; and the urethane resin has a weight-average molecular weight of 20,000 or less and an acid value of 50 mg KOH/g or more to 110 mg KOH/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Itaru Tsuji, Yuki Nishino, Kousuke Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 10196531
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ink for inkjet printing. The ink contains an aqueous vehicle, a dispersed pigment colorant, a dispersed polyurethane polymer, and a dispersed olefin ionic copolymer. The ink exhibits improved short-term durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Christian Jackson, C. Chad Roberts
  • Patent number: 10138390
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of materials technology and provides a modified nano-silica and a method for preparing the same, a pigment dispersion and a photosensitive resin composition, so as to solve the problem that conventional nano-silica cannot crosslink with other polymeric materials, and pigment dispersions are apt to aggregate and have a poor film-forming property. The modified nano-silica according to the invention has unsaturated double bonds on the surface thereof and can crosslink with other polymeric materials, such that the pigment dispersion comprising the modified nano-silica can effectively prevent agglomeration and has a good film-forming property, and the photosensitive resin composition comprising the pigment dispersion can reduce the thermal expansion of a film made thereby, as well as the occurrence of shrinkage and collapse phenomena in the surface of the film, and enhance the heat-resistance, chemical-resistance, mechanical properties and abrasion-resistance of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming Zhao
  • Patent number: 10053592
    Abstract: An ink set includes a water-based ink and a water-based cleaning liquid. The water-based ink and the water-based cleaning liquid each contain at least 1.0% by mass and no greater than 4.0% by mass of a deliquescent agent. The water-based cleaning liquid further contains a nonionic surfactant and a diol. The deliquescent agent that the water-based ink contains and the deliquescent agent that the water-based cleaning liquid contains each include at least one of sorbitol, trimethylolpropane, and 1,3-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-5,5-dimethylhydantoin. The nonionic surfactant has an HLB value determined by Griffin method of at least 14 and no greater than 16. The diol includes at least one of triethylene glycol and 1,3-propanediol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Noriaki Ozawa, Yasuko Takaori
  • Patent number: 10030160
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are composite particles comprising; a pigment; at least one ionic synergist adsorbed to the pigment surface; and at least one ionic polymer coating the pigment surface comprising the at least one synergist, wherein the at least one synergist and the at least one polymer have opposing charges, and wherein in the composite, a total charge of the at least one polymer is greater than a total charge of the at least one synergist. Also disclosed are dispersions and inkjet ink compositions comprising composite particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Cabot Corporation
    Inventors: Jinqi Xu, Alexander I. Shakhnovich
  • Patent number: 9880504
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including a storage portion that stores liquid developer where toner is dispersed in a carrier liquid, an image forming portion that forms an image on a recording medium with the liquid developer supplied from the storage portion, a recovery path that recovers the liquid developer from the image forming portion and returns the liquid developer to the storage portion, a dispersing mechanism that is provided in the recovery path and disperses recovered liquid developer by causing the recovered liquid developer to pass through a net member, and a replenishing unit that replenishes the liquid developer or the carrier liquid on the net member at least while the image forming portion does not form an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9878537
    Abstract: An image forming method includes discharging an ink jet ink composition which contains a diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment and a solvent having a SP value of equal to or lower than 13 by using an apparatus including a piezo ink jet head satisfying the following Expression (1). 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Murai, Masakazu Ohashi, Ryota Miyasa, Kosuke Chidate, Takako Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 9855763
    Abstract: An ink for inkjet includes water; two or more hydrosoluble organic solvents; a pigment; and a resin particle more than the pigment by weight. A hydrosoluble organic solvent A having the smallest SP value and a hydrosoluble organic solvent B having the largest SP among the two or more hydrosoluble organic solvents satisfy the following relations (1) and (2): SP value of hydrosoluble organic solvent B?SP value of hydrosoluble organic solvent A?3??(1) boiling point of hydrosoluble organic solvent B>boiling point of hydrosoluble organic solvent A??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiro Toda, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Hidefumi Nagashima, Juichi Furukawa, Masahiro Kido, Hikaru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9845402
    Abstract: An oil-based inkjet ink set including two or more liquid compositions, for use with an inkjet head having two or more discharge port arrays, wherein at least one of the two or more liquid compositions is an oil-based inkjet ink, the initial boiling point of each of the two or more liquid compositions is, independently, 280° C. or higher, and the difference in the specific gravities of any pair of liquid compositions in the two or more liquid compositions is at least 0.005 but not more than 0.012, is disclosed. A method for producing a printed item is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Shimura, Toshihiro Endo, Akiko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9834694
    Abstract: A method of inkjet printing includes the steps of: printing a first ink onto a print medium, the first ink including a first self-dispersible pigment, the first ink having a first pigment content A; and subsequently printing a second ink onto the print medium at least partially over the first ink, the second ink including a second pigment and a polymeric dispersant encapsulating the second pigment, the second ink having a second pigment content B. The first self-dispersible pigment and the second pigment have a same color; the pigment content A of the first ink and the pigment content B of the overprinted second ink have a relationship 0.8?A/B?1.2; and a polymer acid value of the polymeric dispersant is in the range of 100 to 170.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: MEMJET TECHNOLOGY LIMITED.
    Inventors: Teruyuki Fukuda, Satoshi Tanaka, Adrian Bisson, Roger Davey, Richard Myors, Stephen Bernard, Philippa Read, Iain Blake, Steven Carter
  • Patent number: 9809721
    Abstract: An aqueous ink for ink jet including a pigment; a water-soluble resin for dispersing the pigment; a water-soluble organic solvent; an acetyleneglycol type surfactant; and a fluorinated surfactant. The acetyleneglycol type surfactant includes an acetyleneglycol ethylene oxide adduct having an HLB value determined by Griffin's method of 10 or more. The fluorinated surfactant includes a perfluoroalkyl ethylene oxide adduct having a perfluoroalkyl group with six or less carbon atoms. The water-soluble organic solvent has a dielectric constant at 25° C. of 20.0-30.0. The content of the water-soluble organic solvent relative to the content of the fluorinated surfactant based on the total mass of the ink is 100-200 times in terms of mass ratio. The aqueous ink has a dynamic surface tension ?10 at a lifetime of 10 ms of 40 mN/m or less and a static surface tension ? of 25 mN/m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masashi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Kakikawa
  • Patent number: 9783689
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solvent-based inkjet ink containing at least a pigment, an organic solvent, a binder resin and a dispersant, wherein the dispersant has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 5,000 but less than 50,000, an acid value (mgKOH/g) of 5 to 20, and an amine value (mgKOH/g) of 5 to 50. The present invention enables a dispersion of low viscosity and good stability to be generated in an extremely short dispersion time, and is able to provide an inkjet ink which forms an ink coating film that suffers no whitening and has superior resistance (abrasion resistance and alcohol resistance).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYO INK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Yamada, Norio Suzuki, Daisuke Fujiwara, Shinsuke Tsurutani
  • Patent number: 9782977
    Abstract: Printed matter, in which an image is recorded on a clear film with a white ink containing a white coloring material and at least one urethane resin as a resin fixative and having a degree of white shielding of 50 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ippei Okuda, Takayoshi Kagata, Tsuyoshi Sano
  • Patent number: 9777174
    Abstract: A process for preparing a dispersion comprising the stages: i) providing a dispersion comprising a particulate solid, a liquid medium and a dispersant having cross-linkable groups and a weight averaged molecular weight of from 1,000 to 70,000; and ii) cross-linking the dispersant in the presence of the particulate solid and the liquid medium thereby preparing a dispersion of an encapsulated particulate solid, wherein the cross-linking is performed such that 0.01 to 0.5 mmoles of cross-linkable groups in the dispersant are cross-linked per g of dispersant; said process also comprising at any stage: iii) adding a metal chelating agent to the dispersion; and after stage iii) the stage of: iv) removing at least some of the metal chelating agent from the dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Fujifilm Imaging Colorants Limited
    Inventors: Richard Cordwell, Gordon Ellis, Owen Lozman, Neil Tallant
  • Patent number: 9714356
    Abstract: A black ink composition includes: carbon black and a water-insoluble resin that covers at least a part of the surface of the carbon black; a cyan pigment and a water-insoluble resin that covers at least a part of the surface of the cyan pigment; a magenta pigment and a water-insoluble resin that covers at least a part of the surface of the magenta pigment; water-insoluble resin particle; and water, wherein a content ratio of the carbon black is from 1.0 to 2.0% by mass with respect to the total mass of the composition, and a total amount of pigments is from 1.8 to 3.5% by mass with respect to the total mass of the composition. The black ink composition can be used in an ink set and an image forming method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Tojo, Ryo Saito, Katsuto Sumi
  • Patent number: 9708497
    Abstract: In one example, an ink set with color-to-color bleed control on media includes a first ink in the ink set with a bound dispersant and a first amount of surfactant and a second ink in the ink set with a free dispersant and a second amount of surfactant greater than the first amount of surfactant. A method for forming an ink set with reduced color-to-color bleed is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Matthew Thornberry, Mary E. Austin, Larrie Deardurff
  • Patent number: 9653765
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to batteries and, in particular, to electrodes for use in batteries such as non-aqueous metal-air batteries, for example, lithium-air batteries, as well as in other electrochemical devices. Such devices may exhibit improved performance characteristics (e.g. power, cycle life, capacity, etc.). One aspect of the present invention is generally directed to electrodes for use in such devices containing one or more pores or channels for transport of gas and/or electrolyte therein, e.g., forming an open porous network. In certain embodiments, the electrolyte may be a gel or a polymer. In some embodiments, there may be network of such channels or pores within the electrode such that no active site within the electrode is greater than about 50 micrometers distant from a gas channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Liox Power, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory V. Chase, Dan D. Addison, Kenji A. Sasaki, Jasim Uddin
  • Patent number: 9617440
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ink compositions comprising a self-dispersed pigment in a liquid vehicle. The liquid vehicle can comprise a solvent/water mixture in which the composition further comprises a surfactant system having limited solubility/compatibility with the liquid vehicle. Also disclosed are surfactant systems comprising at least a first and a second surfactant, where the first surfactant is selected from alkoxylated alkyne-containing alkylene diols and N-alkyl pyrrolidones, and wherein the first surfactant has a solubility of less than 0.5% in a 5% glycerol/water mixture, and where the a second surfactant is selected from acetylene alcohols comprising linear or branched C1-C14 alkyls, and alkoxylated phosphate esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Cabot Corporation
    Inventor: Tianqi Liu
  • Patent number: 9593250
    Abstract: The invention provides an aqueous ink containing a coloring material, wherein the coloring material is a self-dispersible pigment in which a functional group containing another atomic group and an anionic group such as a carboxylic acid group, a sulfonic acid group, a phosphoric acid group or a phosphonic acid group are bonded to a particle surface of a pigment such as carbon black or an organic pigment, and a standard deviation of an introduced amount of the functional group is 0.0380 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takakazu Mizutani, Koichi Suzuki, Ryuji Higashi, Taiki Watanabe