Printing Ink Utilized Patents (Class 427/511)
  • Publication number: 20110111336
    Abstract: An absorber with significant absorbance matching the processing radiation is included in the compositions for efficient capture of energy. Embodiments of the present disclosure can also be viewed as providing compositions that have a functional film precursor such as an ink that might include, a colorant, toner, polymer, dye, pigment, or a reactive component such as polymer precursors, and an absorber that is capable of absorbing radiation wavelength that is “matched” to the waveband of the processing radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: YewSavin, Inc.
    Inventor: Makarand P. Gore
  • Patent number: 7935741
    Abstract: An ink composition is provided that includes a condensed polycyclic aromatic compound, a polymerization initiator, and a polymerizable compound, and the condensed polycyclic aromatic compound is a compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the formula below, a compound having at least three hydroxy groups, alkoxy groups, and/or aryloxy groups on a condensed polycyclic aromatic ring, and a compound having at least one atom having an atomic weight of 32 or greater bonded to a condensed polycyclic aromatic ring and/or one group bonded to the condensed polycyclic aromatic ring via an atom having an atomic weight of 32 or greater. There are also provided a printed material obtained by employing the ink composition, a process for producing a lithographic printing plate employing the ink composition, and a lithographic printing plate obtained by the production process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tomotaka Tsuchimura
  • Publication number: 20110064884
    Abstract: Printing inks for offset and/or letterpress printing which comprise NIR absorbers, and solubility of the NIR absorber in the printing ink is at least 0.1% by weight. NIR absorbers consisting of cyanine cation with an anion which has long-chain alkyl or aralkyl groups. Use of such printing inks for printing processes in which the curing of the printing ink is promoted by using IR lasers. NIR absorbers comprising a cyanine cation with an anion which has long-chain alkyl or aralkyl groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicants: BASF SE, Flint Group Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Wagenblast, Helmut Reichelt, Michael Büschel, Sylke Haremza, Peter Erk, Erich Frank
  • Patent number: 7896484
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus comprising a color ink container having a capacity V1 accommodating therein a solvent polymerizable in the presence of an acid and a colorant, a reaction liquid container having a capacity V2 (V2<V1) accommodating therein a reaction liquid comprising a solvent, and a photo-acid generating agent capable of generating an acid when irradiated with light, a stirring container mixing the color ink and the reaction liquid at a mixing ratio of S1:S2 (the color ink:the reaction liquid) to prepare a recording ink, a color ink supply means feeding the color ink to the stirring container, a reaction liquid supply means feeding the reaction liquid to the stirring container, an ink jet recording head ejecting the recording ink to a recording medium, and a supply tube feeding the recording ink to the recording head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masashi Hiroki, Kazuhiko Ohtsu, Yoshito Endo, Toru Ushirogouchi, Ryozo Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20110039033
    Abstract: A method for the direct construction of micropatterned devices using polymeric materials is disclosed. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of depositing a thermocurable or photocurable polymer micropattern on a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Erika Merschrod, Ning Su
  • Publication number: 20110027495
    Abstract: A pigment dispersion is provided that includes C.I. Pigment Yellow 185 and a polymer having a repeating unit represented by Formula (1). (In Formula (1), R denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, J denotes —CO—, —COO—, —CONR1—, —OCO—, a methylene group, or a phenylene group, R1 denotes a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, n denotes 0 or 1, W denotes a single bond or a divalent linking group, and P denotes a heterocyclic residue or aromatic quinone structure-containing residue forming a basic skeleton of an organic pigment.) There are also provided an ink composition that includes C.I. Pigment Yellow 185 and a polymer having a repeating unit represented by Formula (1), and an inkjet recording method that includes a step of discharging onto a recording medium the ink composition and a step of curing the ink composition by irradiating the discharged ink composition with actinic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsutomu UMEBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 7875321
    Abstract: Upon a substrate subsequent layers of elastic ink are jetted using an ink jet printing system. Each layer is immobilised by a immobilisation step before jetting the following layer. A printing relief is gradually formed to obtain a flexographic printing plate allowing accurate control over the relief and slopes of the printing plates. Use can be made of different inks or immobilisation step to obtain different layer characteristics. Inks can be immobilised using UV curing. The recorded relief of the layers can be measured and corrections can be applied using a feed-back loop. A rejuvenation process for printing plates can be constructed using the described method. An elastic base layer can be provided on the substrate to provide better plate characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Agfa Graphics NV
    Inventors: Bart Verhoest, Bart Verlinden, Eddi Daems, Luc Leenders, Kris Vangeel, Wim Helsen
  • Publication number: 20110008547
    Abstract: An ink jet-printable composition, which comprises a compound having a reactive silyl group and which is suitable for printing on non-porous substrates such as a glass or ceramic, and a process of decorating non-porous substrates involving ink jet printing the composition onto the substrate, exposing the printed composition to actinic or electron beam radiation to initiate curing and heating the printed composition to a temperature of at least 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Sun Chemical, B.V.
    Inventors: Alexander Grant, Samuel Thomas Moncur, Nigel Anthony Caiger
  • Patent number: 7868054
    Abstract: The present invention concerns photopolymerisable systems comprising reactive oligomers and/or monomers having ethylenically unsaturated groups and at least one phenylglyoxalic ester that, by photochemical decomposition, generates fragments having low migratability and low odor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Lamberti SpA
    Inventors: Stefano Romagnano, Gabriele Norcini, Marco Visconti, Giuseppe Libassi
  • Publication number: 20100330296
    Abstract: A radiation curable inkjet fluid includes a radiation curable composition including at least 25 wt % of a vinylether acrylate and at least 15 wt % of a polymerizable compound including at least three acrylate groups, each wt % being based upon the total weight of the radiation curable composition; and a photoinitiator including a tertiary amine group and 0 to 3 wt % of isopropylthioxanthone based upon the total weight of the radiation curable inkjet fluid. Also, an inkjet printing method using the radiation curable inkjet fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Ivan Hoogmartens
  • Patent number: 7850280
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light irradiating apparatus comprising a plurality of light emitting elements which emit light of a specific wavelength region and form elliptical light images on a surface to be irradiated, wherein the plurality of light emitting elements are mutually arranged so that the light images are made continuous along their major axis directions. Further, the invention also discloses the above-mentioned light irradiating process and an image recording process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Oyanagi, Keitaro Nakano
  • Publication number: 20100304040
    Abstract: The radiation-curable phase-change ink composition having at least one radiation curable fluorescent co-monomer and a gellant. The radiation-curable phase-change in composition offers both document security features as well as potential brand highlight features. The radiation-curable phase-change ink composition combines the unique attributes of the UV curable gel system, with its tremendous substrate latitude, with the ability to add tunable fluorescent effects without the safety concerns of small molecule fluorescent additives. Exemplary ink compositions include a first co-monomer, least one radiation curable fluorescent co-monomer, and a gellant. Methods for making and using these ink compositions and ink compositions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michelle N. CHRETIEN, Naveen CHOPRA, Peter G. ODELL, Jennifer L. BELELIE
  • Publication number: 20100304098
    Abstract: An ink curable with actinic energy rays which is characterized by containing a photocleavage type photopolymerization initiator (A) comprising ?-aminoalkylphenone compound (A1) having a molar absorption coefficient as measured at a wavelength of 365 nm of 100 (l/mol·cm) or more and less than 100,000 (l/mol·cm) and/or an acylphosphine oxide compound (A2) having a molar absorption coefficient as measured at a wavelength of 365 nm of 100 (l/mol·cm) or more and less than 100,000 (l/mol·cm); and a hydrogen abstraction type photopolymerization initiator (B) comprising 4,4?-dialkylaminobenzophenone having a molar absorption coefficient at a wavelength of 365 nm of 10,000 (l/mol·cm) or more and less than 1,000,000 (l/mol·cm) and by optionally containing a tertiary amine compound (C) having a molar extinction coefficient as measured at a wavelength of 365 nm of 1 (l/mol·cm) or lower. The ink curable with actinic energy rays further includes a resin, a pigment, and a compound having an acrylate group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Akiko Ohno, Kazuya Inoue, Satoshi Maeda, Toshifumi Midorikawa
  • Publication number: 20100289728
    Abstract: Provided is a technique which easily forms a bank the inner lateral surface of which has a part (lower part of the inner lateral surface) made to be lyophilic. The technique provides an organic EL display panel containing a plurality of organic EL elements in which each organic EL element comprises a substrate, an anode disposed on the substrate, an organic light emitting layer disposed on the anode, a cathode disposed on the organic light emitting layer, and a forward-tapered bank which regulates the area of the organic light emitting layer. A lyophobic organic film is disposed on the upper surface of the bank and the surface of the upper part of the tapered portion of the bank but not disposed on the surface of the lower part of the tapered portion of the bank of the organic EL element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei Nakatani, Kiyohiko Takagi
  • Publication number: 20100285233
    Abstract: A method for fabricating electronic devices includes the steps of 1) printing a multi-layer electronic device on a silicone-based hard coating on a substrate, and 2) removing the device from the substrate. The silicone-based hard coating is an Cabrasion resistant coating with hardness ranging from 1 to 10 gigaPascals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Brasseur, Karen Hueston, James Tonge
  • Patent number: 7824590
    Abstract: One embodiment of a method of manufacturing a textured surface may include providing a first thermally stable sheet, printing a pattern of material on the first sheet to form a three-dimensional textured surface, and curing the material, then using said first sheet to impart negative texture into Tedlar faced epoxy composite blanket, which is in turn used to impart texture into a decorative laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John C. Wilde, Alan D. Oskowski
  • Patent number: 7825168
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition including a polymerization initiator and a monofunctional (meth)acrylate having a —CONH— bond in the molecule thereof. The present invention also provides an ink jet recording method and a planographic printing plate producing method using the ink composition, and a planographic printing plate prepared by the planographic printing plate producing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Ippei Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20100272966
    Abstract: This invention relates to a printing ink and in particular to an ink for ink-jet printing which is cured by irradiation. The ink comprises at least one radiation-curable monomer; at least one passive thermoplastic resin; at least one radical photoinitiator; and at least one colouring agent; wherein the ink has a viscosity of less than 100 mPas at 25° C., and wherein the at least one passive resin is present at 2 to 15 wt % based on the total weight of the ink and has a molecular weight of 1,500 to 70,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventor: Nigel Paul Gould
  • Patent number: 7811638
    Abstract: A method for patterning fine features using multiple jet-printed etch masks includes forming an initial feature through a first jet-printed etch mask and re-shaping the initial feature through at least one additional jet-printed etch mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventor: Robert A. Street
  • Patent number: 7812064
    Abstract: A radiation curable phase change ink comprising a white colorant; a colorant dispersant; and an ink vehicle comprising at least one curable monomer; at least one gellant; optionally at least one photoinitiator; optionally at least one stabilizer; and optionally at least one wax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Peter G. Odell, Jennifer L. Belelie, Hadi K. Mahabadi, Christopher A. Wagner, C. Geoffrey Allen
  • Publication number: 20100255211
    Abstract: Provided is an actinic energy radiation curable ink-jet ink, an ink-jet recording method, and printed matter satisfying ink storage stability, ejection stability, weather resistance, flexibility, safety, odorless properties. An actinic energy radiation curable ink-jet ink comprises a cationically polymerizable compound and a photo-cationic polymerization initiator, wherein the cationically polymerizable compound comprises a vinyl ether group as a reactive group, the photo-cationic polymerization initiator is a photo acid generator, an amount of generation of protonic acid from the photo acid generator is 1×10?4 mol/L or less, and comprising a radical polymerization inhibitor; wherein the amount of generation of protonic acid is defined as a difference of a hydrogen ion concentration (mol/L) in dioxane solution between immediately after preparation and after refluxing when 0.02 mol/L of the photo acid generator in dioxane solution are refluxed 20 hours under atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA IJ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kouki KAWASHIMA, Masaki NAKAMURA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Yusuke TAKAKU
  • Publication number: 20100247795
    Abstract: Individually controllable ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are used to cure ink and generate different effects. The UV LEDs only expose specified areas to generate the different effect and can create multiple effects on the same substrate by exposing different areas to varying amounts of time or by performing a curing stage and post-dosage curing stages. The different effects include generating a glossy surface, a matte surface, and sharper images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventor: Peter Heath
  • Publication number: 20100247797
    Abstract: A photocurable composition is provided that includes a compound represented by Formula (I) below, in Formula (I), X denotes O, S, or NRa, n1 denotes 0 or 1, and R1 to R14 and Ra independently denote a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a monovalent substituent, at least one of R1 to R14 and Ra not being a hydrogen atom.) There is also provided an inkjet recording method that includes (a1) a step of discharging the photocurable composition onto a recording medium and (b1) a step of curing the photocurable composition by irradiating the discharged photocurable composition with light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsutomu UMEBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20100247796
    Abstract: The present invention provides an active energy ray-curable composition containing: a compound configured to generate an acid upon irradiation with active energy rays; and a cationic polymerizable monomer, the cationic polymerizable monomer containing a polyfunctional oxirane compound having, in a molecule, one bicyclo ring skeleton or tricyclo ring skeleton having at least one oxygen atom in the ring, provided that 3-membered rings and 4-membered rings containing oxygen atoms are not included in the ring structure of the bicyclo ring skeleton or tricyclo ring skeleton, and the polyfunctional oxirane compound carrying two or more oxirane rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirokazu KYOTA
  • Publication number: 20100239830
    Abstract: An ink composition is provided that includes (A) a polymerizable silicone compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group and a silicone chain, (B) tetrahydrofurfuryl (meth)acrylate, and (C) a radical polymerization initiator. There are also provided an inkjet recording method that includes (a1) a step of discharging onto a recording medium the ink composition and (b1) a step of curing the ink composition by irradiating the discharged ink composition with actinic radiation, a printed material obtained by the inkjet recording method, and a process for producing a formed printed material that includes (a2) a step of forming an image on a support by discharging the ink composition by an inkjet method, (b2) a step of obtaining a printed material having a cured image on the support by irradiating the obtained image with actinic radiation so as to cure the ink composition, and (c2) a step of molding the printed material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Ohnishi, Kazuhiro Yokoi
  • Publication number: 20100239779
    Abstract: An ink composition is provided that includes (A) a radically polymerizable compound, (B) a radical polymerization initiator; and (C) a colorant, and the radically polymerizable compound (A) includes at least one type of compound represented by Formula (Ia) and/or compound represented by Formula (Ib) and at least one type of compound represented by Formula (II) (in Formula (Ia), Formula (Ib), and Formula (II), R1, R3, and R5 independently denote a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, A1 to A3 independently denote a single bond or a divalent linking group, R2 and R4 independently denote a monovalent substituent, m denotes an integer of 0 to 13, n denotes an integer of 0 to 19, when m is an integer of 2 to 13 the Res may be identical to or different from each other, and when n is an integer of 2 to 19 the R4s may be identical to or different from each other).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhito OSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20100233441
    Abstract: A natural leather having a three-dimensional pattern formed on the surface thereof is provided. The three-dimensionally patterned natural leather permits a minute three-dimensional expression such as small dots and thin lines, is high in the degree of freedom of the three-dimensional pattern, can retain the three-dimensional pattern even with the lapse of time and retain the characteristics peculiar to the natural leather. The three-dimensional pattern is formed by a resin portion which covers by coating the surface of an undercoating layer of the natural leather partially in a pattern shape. The resin portion has a maximum thickness of 20 to 400 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: SEIREN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Harukazu Kubota, Kenta Kuruba, Yoshikatsu Itoh
  • Publication number: 20100233446
    Abstract: The present invention provides an actinic energy radiation curable ink-jet ink exhibiting excellent ink storage stability, nozzle ink repellency, and ejection stability, and also exhibiting excellent curability, anti-abrasion properties, solvent resistance, flexibility, weather resistance, and substrate adhesion properties even under various ambience factors and irradiation conditions, as well as an ink-jet recording method and printed matter using the same. In an actinic energy radiation curable ink-jet ink containing a cationically polymerizable compound and a photo-cationic polymerization initiator, an actinic energy radiation curable ink-jet ink wherein a cationically polymerizable compound having a vinyl ether group as a reactive group is contained at 50.0% by mass or more and the halogen ion content is 1.0 ?g/g of the ink-100 ?g/g of the ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA IJ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kouki KAWASHIMA, Masaki NAKAMURA, Atsushi NAKAJIMA, Yusuke TAKAKU
  • Patent number: 7790245
    Abstract: A photo curable ink composition set, comprising: an ink composition A that includes at least a color material, a polymerizable compound, and a radical polymerization photoinitiator; and an ink composition B that includes at least a radical polymerizable compound and does not include the color material and the radical polymerization photoinitiator, wherein the ink composition A and/or B includes a sensitizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Oyanagi, Keitaro Nakano, Kazushige Inoue
  • Publication number: 20100221506
    Abstract: The invention provides a radiation-curable ink composition for inkjet recording, the ink composition containing at least: a specific azo compound, a tautomer of the azo compound, a salt of the azo compound, a salt of the tautomer, a hydrate of the azo compound, a hydrate of the tautomer, or any combination thereof; a polymer dispersant; a radical polymerizable compound; and a radical polymerization initiator. The invention further provides an inkjet recording method including ejecting and curing the ink composition. The invention further provides a printed matter formed by the inkjet recording method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventor: Kiyoshi MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20100221510
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of using inks with gellants, that can form a gel state, as receivers for particle materials. The inks are liquid when jetted, but quickly enter a tacky/semi-solid/gel state when cooled below ink gel temperature on a substrate and prior to curing. Dry powders and solid particulate substances of various types are then applied to the jetted inks and locked in place when the ink is cured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter G. ODELL, Jennifer L. BELELIE, Naveen CHOPRA, Michelle N. CHRETIEN, Barkey KEOSHKERIAN, Richard P.N. VEREGIN
  • Publication number: 20100215865
    Abstract: A method of forming a printing master on a flexographic plate by melting a radiation-curable phase change ink including at least one curable monomer, at least one phase change agent, at least one photoinitiator and an optional colorant. Multiple layers of the melted phase change ink are then deposited on the flexographic plate to form a raised pattern. Each of the deposited layers of ink are gelled before the deposition of a subsequent layer on the deposited layer. After a printing master with sufficient thickness is formed on the flexographic plate, the ink on the flexographic plate is cured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Barkev KEOSHKERIAN, Jennifer L. BELELIE, Naveen CHOPRA, Michelle N. CHRETIEN
  • Publication number: 20100196674
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiation curable composition comprising (a) from 1 to 99% by weight of a (meth)acrylated natural oil which is the reaction product of an unsaturated natural oil with an unsaturated anhydride and a hydroxyl functional (meth)acrylate, and (b) from 1 to 99% by weight of a (meth)acrylated oligomer and/or monomer, and optionally an inert resin and/or filler, as well as their use for making inks and coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: Cytec Surface Special Ties S.A.
    Inventors: Jeff Vanderlip, Karen Shuler, Rosalyn Waldo, Thierry Randoux
  • Patent number: 7763670
    Abstract: An energy-core ink or varnish composition is provided for use in an in-mold decoration (IMD) process, comprising an energy-curable resin, additional reactive monomers and/or oligomers and, optionally and in an amount not exceeding 10% by weight, a solvent, wherein the resin comprises a urethane acrylate oligomer having an aromatic or aliphatic polycarbonate backbone. For inks, the composition additionally includes a pigment or dye. For photocure compositions, a photoinitiator is also included. Also provided is an in-mold decoration (IMD) process employing the ink or varnish composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Stewart Kessel, Clive Lawrence, Nandakumar Menon
  • Patent number: 7753462
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus comprises: an applying device that applies a first liquid containing a diffusion preventing agent for a coloring material, onto a recording medium; a droplet depositing device that deposits a second liquid containing the coloring material, onto the recording medium onto which the first liquid has been applied; a radiation irradiating device that radiates radiation onto the recording medium onto which the second liquid has been deposited; and a controlling device that controls a time from the second liquid being deposited to the second liquid being irradiated with the radiation, according to deposition data for the droplet depositing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Yamanobe, Toshiyuki Makuta
  • Patent number: 7749573
    Abstract: An actinic radiation curable ink-jet ink comprising: a metal complex pigment; a cationically polymerizable compound; a polymer dispersing agent having a basic functional group exhibiting an amine value of 5-40 mg/g; and a photo acid generating agent, wherein the cationically polymerizable compound comprises an oxirane ring. The aforesaid actinic radiation curable ink-jet ink enable to achieve an ink-jet ink exhibiting excellent storage stability, ejection capability, and curability after ejection, and enables formation of highly detailed images which realize high density, uniform glossiness, and excellent color reproduction, and forms no wrinkling, and provide a image forming method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Iwamoto, Toshiyuki Takabayashi, Daisuke Ishibashi, Rieka Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20100166975
    Abstract: Ink deposited on a substrate by an ink-jet arrangement to form a protective layer includes hardenable oligomer, hardenable monomer selected from a group including alkoxylated and/or poly-alkoxylated acrylic monomers comprising one or more di- or tri-acrylates, and a photoinitiator. The oligomer has a room temperature viscosity greater than 1 Pa·s. The oligomer to monomer weight ratio is between 1/6 and 1/25. The ink has a room temperature viscosity between 15 and 22 mPa·s and between 5 and 2 mPa·s at 60° C., and a room temperature surface tension between 15 and 28 mN/m. The photoinitiator is activated by a UV source having an appropriate wavelength and intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: M.G.I. USA, INC.
    Inventor: Edmond ABERGEL
  • Patent number: 7741380
    Abstract: The invention provides (1) an ink composition including a polymerization initiator and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic acid and monofunctional (meth)acrylic acid esters and amides each having a carboxy group in the molecule, (2) an ink composition including a polymerization initiator, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic acid and monofunctional (meth)acrylic acid esters and amides each having a carboxy group in the molecule, and a monofunctional (meth)acrylic acid ester or amide having an alkylene oxide repeating unit in the molecule, and (3) an ink composition including a polymerization initiator and a monofunctional (meth)acrylic acid ester or amide having a basic group in the molecule; and an ink jet recording method, a method for producing a planographic printing plate and a planographic printing plate produced by the method for producing a planographic printing plate using the above-mentioned ink compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Ippei Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20100151143
    Abstract: An aqueous-based UV-curable fluid composition for use in a micro-fluid ejection device. The fluid composition includes a mixture of poly-functional compounds, a colorant compound, a photo-initiator and less than about 50 weight percent water based on a total weight of the fluid composition, wherein the fluid composition is substantially devoid of volatile organic carrier fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Lee Cornell, Robert Wilson Cornell
  • Publication number: 20100140564
    Abstract: A conductive ink comprising 10 to 75 wt % of at least one solvent comprising ?20 wt % water; 0 to 50 wt % of at least one radiation curable material having a Mn in the range of from 50 to 10,000 g/mol; 5 to 70 wt % of at least one polyurethane having a Mw in the range of from 4,000 to 70,000 g/mol, 0 to 5 wt % of isocyanate-reactive component(s) bearing ionic or potentially ionic water-dispersing groups and a free isocyanate group content <0.5 wt % and 20 to 85 wt % of a conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Gerardus Cornelis Overbreek, Michael Arnoldus Jacobus Schellekens, Alfred Jean Paul Buckmann
  • Publication number: 20100143606
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a photocation-curable ink, an object of which is to improve the adhesion performance with respect to a recording medium without deteriorating the hardness of an ink coating film irrelevant to the type of a photopolymerization initiator. The photocation-curable ink according to the present invention uses a 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine 1-oxyl free radical or a compound including a 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine 1-oxyl free radical structure; wherein molar concentration of the 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine 1-oxyl free radical or the 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine 1-oxyl free radical structure in the ink is 19.6 mM to 39.2 mM. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain the photocation-curable ink having the high adhesion performance with respect to the printing medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiko NOGUCHI, Yuki MIURA, Atsushi NARUSE
  • Publication number: 20100136300
    Abstract: The present invention provides a curable composition comprising a compound having a single partial structure containing a 4- or more-membered cyclic ether represented by the following formula (I) and a partial structure represented by the following formula (II): wherein in formula (II), R1 represents an alkylene group, a cycloalkylene group or an arylene group, and n represents an integer of 1 to 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: FujiFilm Corporation
    Inventor: Kotaro WATANABE
  • Patent number: 7728050
    Abstract: According to the present invention, provided are a curable composition containing a (A) compound which has a structure having two or more cyclic ether groups, in the molecule and a linking group linking the cyclic ether groups, which contains an alkylene group having 4 or more carbon atoms, or a curable composition containing a compound which has, in the molecule, two or more moiety structures containing 4-membered or more cyclic ether and a moiety structure represented by the following formula (Y-I), and an ink composition comprising the curable composition and a compound represented by the following formula (i).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kotaro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7723397
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel photoinitiators of formula (I) wherein A is —O—, —CH2?, CH(CH3)— or —C(CH3)2?, and R is methyl or trimethylsilyl, and R may in addition be hydrogen when A is simultaneously the group —C(CH3)2?. The invention relates also to compositions comprising (A) at least one ethylenically unsaturated compound, (B) a photoinitiator of formula (I), (C) optionally further binders or additives, (D) optionally further photoinitiators or co-initiators. Compositions comprising (A) an ethylenically unsaturated compound that contains at least one aminoacrylate, (B) a photoinitiator of formula (II) or (III), (C) optionally further binders or additives, (D) optionally further photoinitiators or co-initiators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Rinaldo Hüsler, André Fuchs
  • Patent number: 7709550
    Abstract: An ink composition is provided that includes a cationically polymerizable compound (a), a compound (b) that generates an acid when exposed to radiation, a colorant (c), and a salt of a weak acid having a pKa of 4 to 8 (d). There is also provided an inkjet recording method that includes a step of discharging the ink composition onto a recording medium, and a step of irradiating the discharged ink composition with radiation so as to cure the ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiaki Aoai
  • Publication number: 20100104833
    Abstract: A device housing and a manufacturing method for fabricating the device housing are provided. The device housing includes a transparent substrate, a first decorative coating formed on the transparent substrate, a second decorative coating formed on the first decorative coating and the transparent substrate, and a third decorative coating formed on the first decorative coating and the second decorative coating. The first decorative coating has a grid pattern appearance. The second decorative coating is light reflective. The third decorative coating has a color that contrasts against the first decorative coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: WEI LI, ZHONG-CHENG WU, YAN-ZONG YANG
  • Publication number: 20100086701
    Abstract: Radiation curable compositions, such as UV curable ink compositions, contain a polymeric dispersant, a curable material, that includes a carrier and at least one nanoscale fluorescent pigment particle and an optional non-fluorescent colorant. The fluorescent organic nanoparticle composition includes one or more fluorescent dyes dispersed in a polymeric matrix obtained by modified EA latex process or by emulsion polymerization. In a different embodiment, the nanoscale fluorescent pigment particle composition includes pigment molecules with at least one functional moiety, and a sterically bulky stabilizer compound including at least one functional group, the functional moiety of the pigment associates non-covalently with the functional group of the stabilizer, and the presence of the associated stabilizer limits the extent of particle growth and aggregation, to afford nanoscale-sized pigment particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gabriel IFTIME, C. Geoffrey ALLEN, Maria M. BIRAU, Christopher A. WAGNER, Daryl W. VANBESIEN, Jordan H. WOSNICK, Peter G. ODELL
  • Publication number: 20100080926
    Abstract: An ink composition is provided that includes (A) a cationically polymerizable compound, (B) a compound that generates an acid upon exposure to radiation, and (C) a colorant, the cationically polymerizable compound (A) containing a polyfunctional oxetane compound having an —NRCO— bond (R denotes a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group). There is also provided an inkjet recording method that includes (a1) a step of discharging the ink composition onto a recording medium and (b1) a step of curing the ink composition by irradiating the discharged ink composition with actinic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhito OSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20100080925
    Abstract: An ink composition is provided that includes (A) a pigment other than titanium oxide, (B) a cationically polymerizable compound, and (C) a photo-acid generator, the pigment (A) having a content of 3.5 to 20 wt %, the cationically polymerizable compound (B) containing only an oxirane compound and/or an oxetane compound, the oxirane compound and/or the oxetane compound containing a low-viscosity compound having a viscosity at 25° C. of no greater than 12 mPa·s, and the low-viscosity compound having a total content of 65 to 100 wt % relative to the total weight of the cationically polymerizable compound (B). There is also provided an inkjet recording method that includes (a1) a step of discharging the ink composition above onto a recording medium and (b1) a step of curing the ink composition by irradiating the discharged ink composition with actinic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kenjiro ARAKI, Yasuhito Oshima
  • Publication number: 20100075119
    Abstract: An ink composition is provided that includes (A), an N-vinyllactam, (B) another polymerizable compound, (C) a polymerization initiator, (D) a basic compound, and (E) an oil-soluble dye having an oxidation potential of equal to or higher than 1.0 V (vs. SCEs); wherein of the total weight of the N-vinyllactam (A) and the other polymerizable compound (B) not less than 65 wt % is a monofunctional polymerizable compound. There is also provided an inkjet recording method that includes a step of discharging the ink composition onto a recording medium and a step of curing the ink composition by irradiating the discharged ink composition with actinic radiation. There is also provided a printed material recorded by the inkjet recording method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hironori OHNISHI