Printing Ink Composition For Glass Or Ceramic Substrate Or Process Of Preparing Patents (Class 523/160)
  • Patent number: 8534819
    Abstract: An ink and method of its use for printing on a variety of substrates in a first aspect involves a water-insoluble colorant, water, and a primary solvent such as diacetone alcohol capable of dissolving both the water-insoluble colorant and the water. In a further aspect, the ink composition includes a secondary solvent capable of modifying the properties of the ink, the secondary solvent being selected from the group consisting of alcohols, amines, esters, glycol ethers, ketones, polyols, and keto-pyrroles. In a still further aspect, the ink may have at least two polyols, including a first polyol characterized by being semi-solid at operating temperature and a second polyol characterized by being liquid at operating temperature. In a further aspect, the ink composition includes a surfactant selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbon-based surfactants, silicone-based surfactants, and fluorosurfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Inventors: Loc Bui, Ramesh Babu, Snehal Desai, Barry Brucker, Nadeepuram K. Ranganathan
  • Patent number: 8536245
    Abstract: An ink composition comprises a pigment coated with a water-insoluble polymer as a coloring material, a resin emulsion as an additive, water, and a water-soluble organic compound. The weight average molecular weight of the water-insoluble polymer is from 50,000 to 150,000. The resin emulsion comprises a resin comprising a monomer component of the same kind as the monomer component constituting the water-insoluble polymer and has a weight average molecular weight of 1.5 to 4 times that of the water-insoluble polymer. The average particle size of the resin emulsion is from 20 to 200 nm, and the average particle size of pigment particles in the ink composition ranges from 50 to 150 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Miharu Kanaya, Tetsuya Aoyama, Masahiro Hanmura
  • Patent number: 8529046
    Abstract: An ink composition is disclosed which includes a pigment that is coated with a water-insoluble resin, particles of a water-insoluble polymer having a glass transition temperature of 100° C. or higher, a solid moistening agent, a water-soluble organic solvent, particles of a wax having a melting point of from 40° C. to lower than 100° C., and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Sakai, Terukazu Yanagi
  • Patent number: 8530543
    Abstract: There are provided an ink composition including a coloring material, a hydrophilic organic solvent, polymer particles that have a minimum filming temperature (MFTdisp) of 60° C. or more when dispersed in water and that have a MFT 40° C. or more lower than the MFTdisp when mixed with water and 25 mass % of the hydrophilic organic solvent based on a solid content of the polymer, and water; an ink set including the ink composition and a treating liquid capable of forming an aggregate upon contact with the ink composition; and an ink-jet recording method using the ink composition or the ink set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Terukazu Yanagi, Takahiro Ishizuka, Akio Tamura, Takahiro Kato
  • Patent number: 8524803
    Abstract: An encapsulated product comprising a core substance encapsulated with a wall material mainly comprising a polymer, wherein the polymer contacts the core substance through an ionic surfactant a and comprises at least (1) a repeating structural unit derived from an ionic polymerizable surfactant B and/or ionic monomer and (2) a repeating structural unit derived from an ionic polymerizable surfactant C having an electric charge the same as or opposite the electric charge of the ionic surfactant; or an encapsulated product comprising a core substance with a wall material mainly comprising a polymer, wherein the polymer comprises a repeating structural unit comprising a hydrophobic monomer and is present between (1) an ionic surfactant b and (2) an ionic surfactant c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Miyabayashi
  • Patent number: 8524795
    Abstract: A radiation curable ink composition has improved adhesion towards rigid recording media, good jetting behavior and no or minimal health and safety risks. The radiation curable ink has a viscosity of 30 mPa·s, or less, at 50° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Oce-Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Franciscus H. M. Stappers, Peter M. A. Wetjens, Hendrik J. A. Ogrinc, Gerardus C. P. Vercoulen
  • Patent number: 8524801
    Abstract: The first invention relates to a water-based ink for ink-jet printing which includes colorant-containing polymer particles (A) obtained by dispersing a colorant with a water-soluble polymer (x) and a water-insoluble polymer (y), a water-soluble organic solvent (B) and water, wherein a weight ratio of the water-insoluble polymer (y) to the water-soluble polymer (x) [(y)/(x)] is from 2.0 to 5.0, and a content of the water-soluble organic solvent (B) in the ink is from 10 to 70% by weight. The water-based ink for ink-jet printing according to the first invention is excellent in ejection property and optical density and exhibits a low viscosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoshida, Tsuyoshi Oda, Takahiro Sato, Yusuke Shimizu, Koji Kamei, Toshiya Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 8524800
    Abstract: The present invention provides inks and methods for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses. The ink of the invention comprises an actinically-curable binder copolymer comprising fluorine-containing segments and is characterized by having capability to be cured actinically or thermally to form a colored film on a molding surface of a mold or a silicone hydrogel contact lens and by having an increased durability in a solvated state in a silicone-hydrogel lens formulation in relation to a control colored film obtained from a control ink including an actinically-curable fluorine-free binder copolymer. The invention also provides methods for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses based on print-on-mold processes for producing colored contact lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventor: John Christopher Phelan
  • Patent number: 8519020
    Abstract: A non-aqueous ink jet which has less bad odor, has excellent safety and sanitariness, excellent resin dissolvability, excellent printing stability and excellent dryability, causes no corrosion of printers, and has good adhesiveness to non-absorbent substrates, and an ink set are provided. In the non-aqueous inkjet ink comprising a pigment, a resin and a mixed solvent, the mixed solvent comprises diethylene glycol dialkyl ether and tetraethylene glycol dialkyl ether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Aida, Ken Yamasaki, Atsushi Yoda, Kaori Nakano
  • Patent number: 8519021
    Abstract: An ink set for ink jet recording containing an ink composition containing a pigment, polymer particles, a water-soluble organic solvent, a lubricant, and water and a reaction liquid that forms an aggregate by contacting with the ink composition and an ink jet recording method using the same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Ohzeki
  • Patent number: 8513332
    Abstract: Disclosed is a color filter ink composition that includes an acrylic-based copolymer resin including repeating units represented by a particular chemical formula, a polymerizable monomer, a pigment, and a solvent. According to the present invention, the color filter ink composition can have excellent ejection properties and ejection stability by using a new acrylic-based copolymer resin as a binder resin, and also can have excellent storage stability, so that it can be used for a long period. In addition, a pattern formed using the color filter ink composition can have improved heat resistance, chemical resistance, and film strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Jong-Seung Park, In-Jae Lee, Jin-Ki Hong, Seung-Joo Shin, Sung-Woong Kim, Tae-Woon Cha
  • Patent number: 8511813
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to an oil-based ink jet ink including a non-aqueous, oil-based liquid vehicle containing a charge control agent, the liquid vehicle having a conductivity of less than less than 50 pS/cm; from 3 wt % to 12 wt % of a pigment; from 0.5 wt % to 6 wt % of a dispersant; and from 0.001 wt % to 0.5 wt % of a high molecular weight polymer that is partially or fully solubilized in the liquid vehicle, and having a weight average molecular weight from 50,000 to 5,000,000 Mw, wherein ink jet ink has a conductivity of less than 1,000 pS/cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas Anthony, Henryk Birecki
  • Patent number: 8507583
    Abstract: An actinic energy radiation curable ink-jet ink comprising an actinic energy radiation polymerizable compound, wherein the actinic energy radiation polymerizable compound comprises a vinyl ether compound, a total content of the vinyl ether compound is 30% or more by mass, the vinyl ether compound comprises a bis-vinyl ether compound and a multifunctional vinyl compound having three or more vinyl ether groups, 10 to 70% by mass of the ink is the bis-vinyl ether compound, and 5 to 70% by mass of the ink is the multifunctional vinyl compound having three or more vinyl ether groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta IJ Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakajima, Masaki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8507585
    Abstract: A non-aqueous pigment ink comprising a pigment, a non-aqueous solvent, and non-aqueous resin dispersion microparticles having a pigment dispersion capability, wherein the non-aqueous resin dispersion microparticles are an acrylic polymer comprising an alkyl (meth)acrylate unit having an alkyl group of 12 or more carbon atoms and a (meth)acrylate unit having a urethane group. The acrylic polymer is a copolymer of a monomer mixture comprising an alkyl (meth)acrylate (A) having an alkyl group of 12 or more carbon atoms and a reactive (meth)acrylate (B) having a functional group capable of reacting with an amino group, wherein the urethane group is introduced by a reaction between the functional group capable of reacting with an amino group, an amino alcohol and a polyvalent isocyanate compound, and the mass ratio within the acrylic polymer between the copolymer portion and the introduced urethane group portions is within a range from 60:40 to 99:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Hosoya, Hiroshi Hayashi, Yoshifumi Watanabe, Kazuyuki Ando, Marie Morinaga
  • Patent number: 8507584
    Abstract: Disclosed is a phase change ink comprising a colorant, an initiator, and a phase change ink carrier, said carrier comprising at least one radically curable monomer compound and a compound of the formula wherein R1 and R1? are the same, and wherein R1 and R1? are each an aromatic group; and wherein R2 and R2? and R3 each, independently of the others, are alkylene groups, arylene groups, arylalkylene groups, or alkylarylene groups; or wherein, in embodiments, R1 and R1? can be the same or different, and wherein R1 and R1? each, independently of the other is an alkyl group having a least one ethylenic unsaturation, an arylalkyl group having at least one ethylenic unsaturation, an alkylaryl group having at least one ethylenic unsaturation, or an aromatic group, provided that at least one of R1 and R1? is an aromatic group; and provided that neither of R1 or R1? is a photoinitiator group. Also disclosed herein is a method of printing with the phase change ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Naveen Chopra, Michelle N. Chretien, Barkev Keoshkerian, Jennifer L. Belelie, Peter G. Odell
  • Patent number: 8507076
    Abstract: A base layer is formed on the surface of metal plate, metal pipe, unbaked ceramic sheet, laminated ceramic green sheet, etc., the base layer causing a gelling reaction with inkjet-ink. The base layer improves ink acceptability for low viscosity inks such as inkjet-ink, and prevents oozing, draining, uneven thickness of an ink pattern and a resist pattern. Thus, the present invention enables to use an ink jet process for providing resist patterns for etching, etc., which has to fulfill stringent high precision requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Nakao, Yukihiro Shimasaki, Atsushi Iwase, Koji Shimoyama
  • Patent number: 8501835
    Abstract: An ink composition for roll printing is provided. The ink composition uses a solvent system having an evaporation rate (Vt) of at least 0.1 mg/cm2·min and an absorption rate (St) into a blanket of less than 3.412 mg/cm2·min. The use of the highly volatile solvent system can minimize swelling of the blanket without impairing the dispersibility of a pigment in the ink composition. Therefore, the uniformity of a pattern formed using the ink composition can be maintained and the formation of defects by the solvent system can be minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae Hyun Kim, JinWoo Cho, Dong Myung Shin, Ji Su Kim, Min Young Lim, Sung Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 8501852
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for improving the wettability and/or adhesivity of plastic surfaces, in particular, to facilitate printing, painting or adhesion. A lubricant is added to the plastic, particularly to improve the processability thereof. According to the invention, a metal soap-free lubricant is used as a lubricant for the plastic. Alternatively, the wettability and/or the adhesivity of the polyamide surfaces can be improved, especially in order to facilitate printing, painting or adhesion, by increasing the number of end groups of polyamides, optionally maintaining metal soaps as lubricants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Jacke, Albrecht Schierholz
  • Patent number: 8492457
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a pigment composition comprising the steps of combining a polymer and a pigment to form a mixture and heating the mixture to a temperature of between about 70° C. and 250° C. to form the pigment composition. The method may further comprise the step of dispersing the pigment composition in an aqueous medium to form an aqueous pigment dispersion. The pigment compositions and aqueous pigment compositions can be used in an inkjet ink composition, which is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Cabot Corporation
    Inventor: Paul S. Palumbo
  • Patent number: 8492458
    Abstract: A solvent borne polyurethane composition with a polymodal molecular weight distribution comprising: i) 10 to 90 wt % of at least a polyurethane A with a Mw in the range of from 4,000 up to 25,000 g/mol, ii) 90 to 10 wt % of at least a polyurethane B with a Mw in the range of from 25,000 to 100,000 g/mol and iii) a liquid medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Ester Parra Pastor, Joan Tiana Ruiz, Urs Jürgen Frieden Hugel
  • Patent number: 8492456
    Abstract: The present invention provides ink compositions for ink-jet printing. The ink compositions comprise by weight from about 0.1 to 5% by weight of a water-soluble polyurethane; from about 0.1 to 15% by weight of a 1,2-alkyldiol having 5-9 carbon atoms; and from about 0.5 to 6% by weight of a pigment. The present invention also provides a process for printing an image on a print medium that comprises applying an inventive ink composition thereto by means of an ink-jet printer. The present invention further provides ink-jet cartridges containing inventive ink compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Xiaohe Chen, George M. Sarkisian
  • Patent number: 8481609
    Abstract: Disclosed is a phase change ink comprising (a) a crystalline oxazoline compound; and (b) an amorphous polyterpene resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Rina Carlini, Adela Goredema, Guerino G. Sacripante, Caroline M. Turek, Edward G. Zwartz
  • Patent number: 8474963
    Abstract: An inkjet recording ink which includes: a carbon black; a dispersant, wherein the dispersant is a sodium naphthalenesulfonate-formalin condensate; resin emulsion; and water, in which the resin emulsion contains a resin which is at least one of a urethane resin and a styrene-acryl resin, and the ink satisfies the following relationship: 20?B?A?50, where A(nm) represents a particle diameter D90 of particles contained in dispersion containing the carbon black, the dispersant, and water, which is before added with the resin emulsion, and B(nm) represents a particle diameter D90 of particles contained in the ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin Hasegawa, Minoru Hakiri, Mitsuru Naruse, Hiroyuki Fushimi
  • Patent number: 8476334
    Abstract: A radiation-curable acrylate-modified aminoamide resin which is the Michael addition product of an aminoamide thermoplastic polymer derived from a polymerised unsaturated fatty acid with a polyol ester having at least three (meth)acrylate ester groups, the aminoamide thermoplastic polymer having an amine number of from 40 to 60 mgKOH/g, the ratio of the initial (meth) acrylate groups of the polyol ester to the initial amino functional groups of the aminoamide polymer being at least 4:1, is liquid at 25° C., and is useful as the resin component of various types of energy-curable coating composition, including inks, varnishes and lacquers, especially lithographic inks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Derek Ronald Illsley, Martin John Thompson, Sean Phillip Francis Mayers, Douglas Frederick Pavey
  • Patent number: 8474964
    Abstract: An ink containing a plurality of polymers and carbon black, wherein the plurality of polymers include a polymer A having an acid value of 200 mgKOH/g or more and 300 mgKOH/g or less and a polymer B having an acid value of 80 mgKOH/g or more and 180 mgKOH/g or less, the weight average molecular weight of the polymer A is larger than the weight average molecular weight of the polymer B, the carbon black has a DBP oil absorption of 75 mL/100 g or less and a specific surface area of 200 m2/g or more, and each of -Ph-(CH2)n—NH2 and -Ph-(CH2)n—NH—R serving as a functional group is bonded to surfaces of the carbon black particles, wherein in these formulae, Ph represents a phenylene group, n represents an integer of 0 to 2, and R represents the polymer A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Saito, Fumiaki Fujioka, Hiromitsu Kishi
  • Patent number: 8470908
    Abstract: Printing ink formulations containing polyvinyl isoacetals as a binder component exhibit lower solution viscosity and higher binder Tg, allowing use of more binder and more pigment, thus increasing depth of color and printing speed, as well as lowering the risk of delamination and ruboff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Kuraray Europe GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Frank
  • Patent number: 8466213
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a white ink composition for ink jet textile printing by which even if printing is carried out without discoloring the dye of textile piece, the whiteness degree of a dyed article obtained is high and the dyed article superior in coating film durability and laundering fastness is further obtained without losing the drape of the textile piece. The invention is directed to a white ink composition for ink jet textile printing including a white pigment, a polymer dispersant, an anionic resin emulsion and an aqueous medium, wherein the polymer dispersant is a polymer dispersant (A) obtained by neutralizing a anionic water-soluble resin having a glass transition temperature of 0 to 80° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Sakata Inx Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ueno, Yoichi Sato, Akinori Moriyama, Masakazu Ohashi
  • Patent number: 8461228
    Abstract: The invention provides an ink composition including a polymerizable compound represented by following Formula (1), a polymerization initiator and water: XA)n??Formula (1) wherein, in Formula (1), X represents a divalent or trivalent nitrogen-containing linking group represented by any one of following Formulae (X1) to (X3), A represents a polymerizable functional group having an amide group, and n represents 2 or 3: wherein, in Formulae (X1) to (X3), Z represents an alkylene group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, or a divalent linking group including an alkylene group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms and an oxygen atom; and R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Yasuda
  • Patent number: 8454737
    Abstract: Ink composition that includes from about 0.1 to about 10 wt % of metal oxide pigment particles, having an average particle size in the range of about 3 to about 300 nm, that are dispersed with polyether alkoxysilane dispersants; and from about 0.01 to about 3 wt % of water-soluble amphiphilic polymers or of water-dispersible polymer waxes, based on the total weight of the ink composition. Said ink composition forms, onto printable media, a printed feature that exhibits a metallic appearance. Also described herein are the resulting printed article and the method to produce it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Vladek Kasperchik, Jayprakash C. Bhalt, Vladimir Jakubek
  • Patent number: 8455570
    Abstract: An aqueous inkjet black ink composition for use in continuous ink jet printing is provided comprising black pigment particles dispersed with a polymeric dispersant or self dispersing pigment particles without the need for a dispersant; and at least one surfactant, wherein the at least one surfactant is selected to provide the ink composition with a 10-ms dynamic surface tension of less than 54 mN/m. The invention relates to continuous ink jet printing of an aqueous pigmented ink composition recycled from a main ink supply reservoir, employing a printer with a drop ejector and a drop deflector and a non-printing drop catcher capable of returning unprinted ink to the fluid delivery system following the capture of non-printing drops. The pigmented ink jet ink compositions provide for particularly suitable fluid properties on the drop catcher face that minimize printing defects that can occur during drop deflection during the printing of high dynamic range images at high speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Brian L Lindstrom, Alexandra DiLauro Bermel, David John Nelson, Allan Francis Sowinski, David Louis Jeanmaire, Todd Russell Griffin
  • Patent number: 8454150
    Abstract: A printing method that uses ink jet recording with a water-based ink set to form an image on a non-ink-absorbing or low-ink-absorbing recording medium, the method includes a printing step including recording with a color ink and recording with a resin ink performed after the recording with the color ink; and a drying step performed during the printing step and/or after the printing step. In the printing method, the water-based ink set includes the color ink containing a water-insoluble coloring agent and the resin ink not containing a coloring agent. The color ink contains the water-insoluble coloring agent, a resin component, a water-soluble solvent, and a surfactant. The resin ink contains a water-soluble resin solvent, a wax, and thermoplastic resin particles as a resin component that are insoluble in water but compatible in the water-soluble resin solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hidehiko Komatsu
  • Patent number: 8450394
    Abstract: An ink composition for ink-jet recording includes a pigment; resin particles having a glass transition temperature of 80° C. or higher; at least one water-soluble organic solvent; and water, and a total mass of solid content in the ink composition for ink-jet recording is 10% by mass or more relative to the ink composition for ink-jet recording, and the at least one water-soluble organic solvent includes at least one organic solvent having an SP value of 27.5 or lower, the amount of the at least one organic solvent having an SP value of 27.5 or lower being 70% by mass or more relative to a total amount of the at least one water-soluble organic solvent. An ink-jet recording method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Tojo, Yasufumi Ooishi, Kyohei Mochizuki, Kiyoshi Irita
  • Patent number: 8450393
    Abstract: The invention provides an ink composition, which is improved in dispersibility and fastness properties and is excellent in dispersion stability and re-solubility owing to dispersed particles in which a coloring material is included by a crosslinked hydrophobic block segment in a dispersing polymer. The ink composition contains an amphiphilic block polymer compound, in which a coloring material is included, and a medium, wherein the amphiphilic block polymer compound, in which the coloring material is included, forms a dispersed particle having the hydrophobic block segment as an internal core part, and the hydrophobic block segment is crosslinked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiichiro Tsubaki, Ryuji Higashi, Masayuki Ikegami, Keiko Yamagishi, Ryo Natori, Takaho Shibata
  • Patent number: 8440744
    Abstract: The present invention is proposed is an oil-based white ink composition for ink jet recording, comprising a white pigment, a glycol ether dialkyl ether compound solvent, a polymeric dispersant, and a specific acrylic resin. The white pigment is formed of titanium oxide fine particles having an average particle diameter of not less than 0.15 ?m and not more than 0.25 ?m and coated with at least one of aluminum oxide and silicon oxide. The white pigment is further coated with not less than 0.01% by mass and not more than 2.5% by mass of at least one of an SiH-containing polysiloxane and dimethylpolysiloxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: The Inctec Inc.
    Inventors: Yukio Sugita, Mitsuyoshi Tamura, Mitsuteru Yamada, Fumie Yamazaki, Tamayo Okahira
  • Patent number: 8440742
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn toward an ink-jet ink, comprising an aqueous liquid vehicle having acid-functionalized polymer colloid particulates and polymer-attached pigment colorants dispersed in the liquid vehicle. The liquid vehicle can include at least one volatile co-solvent, each volatile co-solvent present having a boiling point at or below about 285° C. The total amount of volatile co-solvent present in the ink-jet ink can be from 5 wt % to 50 wt %. These ink-jet inks can be printed on traditional as well as non-porous substrates. Optionally, heat can be applied to an image printed with the ink-jet ink to drive off at least a portion of the volatile co-solvent(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Phillip C. Cagle
  • Patent number: 8440743
    Abstract: The present invention provides an oil-based ink composition for ink-jet recording comprising at least a coloring material, an organic solvent and a non-aqueous resin emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Oyanagi, Keitaro Nakano, Kiyohiko Takemoto
  • Patent number: 8440745
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nonaqueous inkjet ink composition having excellent ink ejection stability, which does not clog a nozzle of a printer head portion when used for printing by an inkjet printer, thereby enabling achievement of a printed matter having excellent print quality. The nonaqueous inkjet ink composition is characterized by containing a pigment, a resin, a pigment dispersing agent, an organic solvent, and additionally a rust inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Toryo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiro Kotera, Harumi Kaneko, Toshihiko Shiotani, Tetsuo Sugawa
  • Patent number: 8436088
    Abstract: Plasters and renders and paints, copolymer dispersions and their use Compositions containing selected polymer dispersions, colloidal silica, fillers and pigments are described. These can be formulated to give plasters and renders or paints which are distinguished by excellent abrasion resistance, little tendency to soiling, high water vapor permeability, good adhesion and good weathering stability. The compositions according to the invention can be processed to give plasters and renders or paints which have a nanostructured surface and which differ from conventionally produced surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Celanese Emulsions GmbH
    Inventors: Ivan Cabrera, Thomas Fichtner, Stephan Krieger, Marc Theodorus Ratering
  • Patent number: 8431630
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a water resistant aluminum pigment dispersion includes the steps of: (a) forming a composite pigment base by sequentially laminating a peeling resin layer and an aluminum layer on a sheet-shaped substrate; (b) forming a composite pigment by peeling the sheet-shaped substrate from the composite pigment base; and (c) forming an aluminum pigment dispersion by pulverizing the composite pigment, and in the method described above, at least one of the steps (b) and (c) is performed in an organic solvent to which a phosphorous surfactant is added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sano, Takayoshi Kagata
  • Patent number: 8430492
    Abstract: An inkjet printing fluid composition including water and a water dispersible polyurethane additive of the general formula of (I) wherein Z is the central portion of a monomer unit that is the polymerization product of a diisocyanate; X1—Y1—X1 represents one or more soft segments wherein Y1 represents the central portion of a unit that is the polymerization product of a diamine or diol prepolymer having a molecular weight of greater than 300 Daltons; W is the central portion of one or more units containing an acid group; X2—Y2—X2 represents one or more hard segments wherein Y2 represents the central portion of a unit that is the polymerization product of a C2-C8 diol or diamine having a molecular weight of less than 250 Daltons; and X1, V and X2 can be the same or different and are an —O— or —N— atom; and further wherein the polyurethane additive has a weight average molecular weight of at least 6,000 Daltons and a sufficient number of acid groups to provide an acid number greater than 35, and the one or m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Catherine A. Falkner, Thomas B. Brust, Yongcai Wang, Hwei-Ling Yau, Douglas R. Robello
  • Patent number: 8430952
    Abstract: A composition for coating or printing on a substrate, comprising a liquid vehicle and a water soluble branched polyethyleneimine comprising amino groups which have been alkylated or hydroxyalkylated, wherein the branched polyethyleneimine prior to alkylation or hydroxyalkylation comprises a combination of primary, secondary, and tertiary amino groups, and wherein at least 1% of the primary amino groups of the polyethyleneimine polymer are alkylated or hydroxyalkylated with at least one alkyl or hydroxyalkyl group having at least 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Raouf Botros, Tom N. Huang, Russell H. Tobias, Eric A. Fossum
  • Patent number: 8430493
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inkjet ink composition including: self-dispersing polymer particles, each of the self-dispersing polymer particles including a structural unit derived from a hydrophilic monomer and a structural unit derived from a hydrophobic monomer; colloidal silica; and colorant particles, the inkjet ink composition having excellent dischargeability and suppressing the deterioration of the liquid repellency of an inkjet head member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Matsumoto, Tomoyuki Ohzeki, Masao Ikoshi
  • Patent number: 8431195
    Abstract: An ink composition having a colorant; a binder resin; and a solvent; wherein the elongation ratio of the binder resin is 400% to 3,000%; wherein the binder resin comprises a urethane resin and a vinyl chloride/vinyl acetate copolymer, and the mixing ratio of the urethane resin:vinyl chloride/vinyl acetate copolymer relative to the total weight of the urethane resin and the vinyl chloride/vinyl acetate copolymer is 50:50 to 99:1; and wherein the urethane resin comprises a urethane-urea resin that is obtained by a process comprising reacting dibutylamine and a urethane prepolymer obtained by a process comprising reacting a polymeric polyol component having a number average molecular weight of 500 to 10,000 and an organic diisocyanate component having terminal isocyanate groups. A heat insulating foamed paper container material having at least one print pattern formed from said ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignees: Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd., Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Matsuzaki, Hiroshi Tsukawaki, Mitsuaki Hirata, Shinya Sugiura, Hiroyuki Kawashima
  • Patent number: 8431631
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous yellow inkjet ink composition for use in ink jet printers comprising an aqueous carrier, a yellow pigment, a polymeric dispersant, a surfactant, and a specific cosolvent mixture comprising a C2-C8 terminal alkanediol or a mixture thereof, a polyol/polyalkylene oxide condensate, a cyclic amide and its derivative, and a trihydric alcohol. The yellow inkjet ink demonstrates excellent stability, good maintenance characteristics and high heater reliability in permanent and semi permanent printheads. The ink also reduced post print paper curl without sacrificing print quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Agnes Zimmer, Rahel Bogale
  • Patent number: 8426496
    Abstract: An ink-jet ink composition comprising: a pigment, a polymer pigment dispersion, polymer particles, a hydrophilic organic solvent, water, and at least one of a water-soluble acidic compound having a molecular weight of 200 or less or a salt thereof in an amount of from 50 ppm to 1,000 ppm; an ink set that includes the ink-jet ink composition and a treatment liquid that forms an aggregate when contacted with the ink-jet ink composition; and an image forming method using the ink set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Terukazu Yanagi, Takahiro Ishizuka, Akio Tamura, Takahiro Kato
  • Patent number: 8426499
    Abstract: An offset printing ink in which a modified pigment (D) is dispersed in a vehicle as a colorant, the modified pigment (D) contains a polymer (P) on the surface thereof, and the polymer (P) is obtained by polymerizing a resin or fat (B) which has a polymerizable unsaturated group, and is soluble in a nonaqueous solvent, and at least one of polymerizable unsaturated monomers (C) which are soluble in a nonaqueous solvent and insoluble or poorly-soluble after polymerization, and specifically, the resin or fat (B) is selected from the group consisting of acrylic resins having a polymerizable unsaturated group, alkyd resins which are soluble in the nonaqueous solvent, natural resin-modified phenol resins, and fats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kinoshita, Narihito Sekiguchi, Yukie Suwa, Fumihiko Maekawa, Kosaku Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 8426495
    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 cationic polymerizable compound; and a cationic 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: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Morimoto
  • Patent number: 8420713
    Abstract: Provided are a capsulated colorant, a method of preparing same and ink compositions including the capsulated colorant. The capsulated colorant includes a colorant and a polymer resin coated on the colorant. The polymer resin is a result of polymerization of a polymerizable composition comprising a basic monomer and a polymerizable unsaturated monomer. The ink composition comprises the colorant coated with the polymeric resin and a solvent, which may be water and at least one organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-In Lee, Seoung-Min Ryu, Jae-Yoon Jung, Sang-Eun Shim
  • Patent number: 8420714
    Abstract: An ink composition comprising: (A) an isoindoline-based pigment; (B) a polymeric dispersant; (C) an alkylammonium salt of a sulfonated derivative of a disazo-based yellow colorant; (D) a polymerizable compound; and (E) a polymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tsutomu Umebayashi
  • Patent number: 8420715
    Abstract: An encapsulated colorant including a colorant and a polymer resin coating the colorant, where the polymer resin is prepared by polymerizing a polymer resin-forming composition including two or more polymerizable unsaturated monomers, and the content ratio of the two or more polymerizable unsaturated monomers is controlled to obtain a glass transition temperature of the polymer resin of ?15 to 75° C. An ink composition including an encapsulated colorant, and an ink set comprising two or more types of the ink composition. The encapsulated colorant may have different glass transition temperatures to have a utility of high optical density when printing text, and high gloss when printing images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-in Lee, Heung-sup Park