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Jet printing ink composition

US4021252A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 7, 1975
Grant dateMay 3, 1977
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Expiry dateFeb 7, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09D11/30
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An ink composition suitable for ink jet printing on metal surfaces, the ink incorporating, in solution, a colorant, a resin component, an alcohol-water solvent and optionally an electrolyte, proportioned to give the ink properties of low surface tension, low viscosity and a low resistivity, all these properties, together with the pH of the composition, being controlled to give excellent workability and stability of the ink in jet printing operations.

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