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Ink composition for jet printing onto non-absorbent surfaces

US4070322A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 2, 1976
Grant dateJan 24, 1978
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Expiry dateFeb 2, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S260/38
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An ink composition for jet printing onto non-porous-non-absorbent surfaces based upon a ketone solvent having a soluble ionizable salt and a dyestuff and which may contain in addition water in an amount up to 10% by weight, a lower alcohol in an amount up to 8% by weight, a pyrrolidone in an amount up to 4% by weight, a carbitol in an amount up to 4% by weight and a vinyl acetate copolymer resinous binder in an amount up to 6% by weight, the jet printing ink composition having a viscosity within the range of 1.5 to 10 cps, a resistance less than 2000 ohm-cm, a surface tension less than 28 dyne/cm, a velocity of sound within the range of 1200-1700 m/sec, and an upper limit of 5 microns and preferably 2 microns insolubles.

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