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Hybrid marking instrument and writing ink composition

US4726845A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 4, 1986
Grant dateFeb 23, 1988
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Expiry dateJun 4, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09D11/18
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A writing ink composition having a pseudoplasticity index value between about 0.02 and 0.18, a low-shear viscosity between about 25,000 and 120,000 cP, and a high-shear viscosity between about 6 and 26 cP can be used in a hybrid, ball-point marking instrument which combines advantageous features of both paste-ink and liquid-ink ballpens. The writing ink can be prepared using a colloid milling procedure.

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