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Hot-melt ink-jet printhead

US6130687A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 22, 1997
Grant dateOct 10, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 22, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09D183/04
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An ink-jet printhead adapted for printing with hot-melt ink and having a nozzle face provided with an anti-wetting coating, wherein the anti-wetting coating contains silicone and/or polysilane as main component(s) and has a wetting angle of at least 40.degree. and shows a decrease of the wetting angle of not more than 5% per 100 days of exposure in hot-melt ink.

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