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Aqueous ink composition

US5547499A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 18, 1995
Grant dateAug 20, 1996
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Expiry dateMay 18, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09D11/17
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An aqueous ink composition is provided which includes an aqueous mixture containing at least a coloring agent, a pigment dispersant, a water-soluble organic solvent and water, and an organic white pigment of an alkylene-bis-melamine derivative represented by the general formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an alicyclic group; R1, R2, R3 and R4 are the same or different, each representing a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R1 and R2, or R3 and R4 may form a heterocyclic group together with a nitrogen atom; and X represents a lower alkylene group having 2 to 3 carbon atoms. The aqueous ink composition is particularly useful for writing instruments of direct ink supply type and of wick type.

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