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Additive for ink jet ink

US6030438A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 1, 1998
Grant dateFeb 29, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09D11/38
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An ink jet ink composition comprising from about 30 to about 90% by weight of water, from about 0.5 to about 30% by weight of a pigment, from about 0.1 to about 10% by weight of a swelling clay, and from about 10 to about 50% by weight of a humectant comprising a polyhydric alcohol or a nitrogen-containing cyclic compound.

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