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Method for purifying ink

US4565638A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 22, 1983
Grant dateJan 21, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 22, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D35/18
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Excess or unused ink that is recovered from a printing process and which contains fibrous impurities is purified by mixing the recovered ink with virgin ink, heating the mixture to decrease the viscosity thereof, and then straining and filtering the heated mixture.

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