Ballistic aerosol marking process employing marking material comprising vinyl resin and poly (3,4-ethylenedioxypyrrole)

US6467871B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

• Karen A. Moffat · Brantford, CA
• Rina Carlini · Mississauga, CA
• Maria N. V. McDougall · Oakville, CA
• Paul J. Gerroir · Oakville, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 28, 2000
• Grant date: Oct 22, 2002
• Expiry date: Nov 28, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J2202/02
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a process for depositing marking material onto a substrate which comprises (a) providing a propellant to a head structure, said head structure having at least one channel therein, said channel having an exit orifice with a width no larger than about 250 microns through which the propellant can flow, said propellant flowing through the channel to form thereby a propellant stream having kinetic energy, said channel directing the propellant stream toward the substrate, and (b) controllably introducing a particulate marking material into the propellant stream in the channel, wherein the kinetic energy of the propellant particle stream causes the particulate marking material to impact the substrate, and wherein the particulate marking material comprises toner particles which comprise a vinyl resin, an optional colorant, and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxypyrrole), said toner particles having an average particle diameter of no more than about 10 microns and a particle size distribution of GSD equal to no more than about 1.25, wherein said toner particles are prepared by an emulsion aggregation process, said toner particles having an average bulk conductivity of at least about 10&#872…