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Phosphorescent materials
Assignee: Post Office
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Filing: 1976-12-07
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Granted: 1978-05-16
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Expires: 1996-12-07
Abstract
Abstract A method of rendering a surface, especially a paper surface, phosphorescent, in which a composition comprising a phosphorescence activator and a soluble condensation product of formaldehyde and an amino compound is applied to the surface and is allowed to react in situ to form a phosphorescent insoluble condensation product. The composition may, for example, be in the form of a printing ink or a paper-coating mix.
Inventors
- 👤 Berkeley Michael Ferro
- 👤 Rodney Edwin Spratling
- 👤 Aubrey Douglas Walker
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 14:00
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09D; C09D11/00; C09D11/02; C09D11/10; C09D11/102; C09D11/103; C09D11/50; C09K; C09K11/00; C09K11/06; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24934; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31942; Y10T428/31949; Y10T428/31964
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 31
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
A process for rendering at least part of a surface phosphorescent, which includes the steps of (a) applying to said at least part of said surface a composition comprising a solution of a phosphorescence activator and a soluble precondensate obtained by a reaction between formaldehyde and an amino compound, which precondensate is capable of further reaction in the absence of the phosphorescence activator whereby there is formable an insoluble condensation product that does not substantially absorb ultraviolet radiation at any wavelength at which the phosphorescence activator substantially absorbs ultraviolet radiation, and is capable of such further reaction in the presence of the phosphorescence activator to form a phosphorescent insoluble condensation product, and (a) by such further reaction forming the phosphorescent insoluble condensation product in situ on said at least part of said surface.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
133 words
A process for rendering at least part of a surface phosphorescent, which includes the steps of (a) applying to said at least part of said surface a composition comprising a solution of a phosphorescence activator and a soluble precondensate obtained by a reaction between formaldehyde and an amino compound, which precondensate is capable of further reaction in the absence of the phosphorescence activator whereby there is formable an insoluble condensation product that does not substantially absorb ultraviolet radiation at any wavelength at which the phosphorescence activator substantially absorbs ultraviolet radiation, and is capable of such further reaction in the presence of the phosphorescence activator to form a phosphorescent insoluble condensation product, and (a) by such further reaction forming the phosphorescent insoluble condensation product in situ on said at least part of said surface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the phosphorescent insoluble condensation product formable by such further reaction in the absence of the phosphorescence activator does not substantially absorb ultraviolet radiation at any frequency within the range of from 250 to 380 nm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the soluble precondensate has been obtained by the reaction of the amino compound, in molar excess, with formaldehyde.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
A process as claimed in claim 3, wherein the soluble precondensate is the product of the reaction of from about 1.1 to about 1.5 moles of melamine per mole of formaldehyde.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the solvent comprises water.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process as claimed in claim 5, wherein the solution has a pH within the range of from 6 to 9.5.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the surface is a paper surface.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the composition is a printing ink and is applied to said at least part of said surface by a printing method.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
A process as claimed in claim 8, wherein the composition is applied to the surface by jet printing.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process as claimed in claim 8, wherein the ink has a pH within the range of from 8.5 to 9.5.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process as claimed in claim 8, wherein the ink contains at least one stabilizer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process as claimed in claim 8, wherein the solvent of the ink comprises water in admixture with at least one aliphatic alcohol having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process as claimed in claim 12, wherein the solvent contains from about 10 to about 15 percent by volume of alcohol.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
A process as claimed in claim 8, wherein step (b) is effected by evaporation of the solvent at ambient temperatures.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process as claimed in claim 8, wherein step (b) is effected by exposure of the coated paper to an elevated temperature.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
20 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the composition is an aqueous paper-coating mix and is coated onto paper.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process as claimed in claim 16, wherein the paper-coating mix has a pH within the range of from 6 to 8.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process as claimed in claim 16, wherein the paper-coating mix contains sodium hydroxide or calcium carbonate.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process as claimed in claim 16, wherein a catalyst for the formation of the insoluble condensation product is added to the composition before it is applied to the paper.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
12 words
A process as claimed in claim 19, wherein the catalyst is acidic.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process as claimed in claim 16, wherein step (b) is effected by exposure of the coated paper to an elevated temperature.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process as claimed in claim 16, wherein the paper-coating mix also comprises at least one adjuvant selected from the group consisting of fillers, binders, pigments and stabilizers.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
49 words
A process as claimed in claim 16, wherein the paper-coating mix is prepared by mixing a precondensate/phosphorescence activator solution with an aqueous mix comprising at least one adjuvant selected from the group consisting of fillers, binders, pigments and stabilizers and the resulting mix is subsequently coated onto the paper.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
61 words
A process as claimed in claim 16, wherein the paper-coating mix is prepared by mixing a precondensate/phosphorescence activator solution having a water tolerance within the range of from 2.0 to 2.5 with an aqueous mix comprising at least one adjuvant selected from the group consisting of fillers, binders, pigments and stabilizers, and the resulting mix is subsequently coated onto the paper.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
78 words
Paper carrying on its surface printed matter comprised by a phosphorescent insoluble condensation product formed by the in-situ condensation reaction of a soluble precondensate of formaldehyde and an amino compound in the presence of a phosphorescence activator, the precondensate being such that, by a condensation reaction in the absence of the phosphorescence activator, it would form a condensation product that does not substantially absorb ultraviolet radiation at any wavelength at which the phosphorescence activator substantially absorbs ultraviolet radiation.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
78 words
Paper carrying on its surface printed matter comprised by a phosphorescent insoluble condensation product formed by the in-situ condensation reaction of a soluble precondensate of formaldehyde and an amino compound in the presence of a phosphorescence activator, the precondensate being such that, by a condensation reaction in the absence of the phosphorescence activator, it would form a condensation product that does not substantially absorb ultraviolet radiation at any wavelength at which the phosphorescence activator substantially absorbs ultraviolet radiation.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
10 words
A postage stamp comprising paper as claimed in claim 25.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
75 words
Paper having a surface coating comprising a phosphorescent insoluble condensation product formed by the in-situ condensation reaction of a soluble precondensate of formaldehyde and an amino compound in the presence of a phosphorescence activator, the precondensate being such that, by a condensation reaction in the absence of the phosphorescence activator, it would form a condensation product that does not substantially absorb ultraviolet radiation at any wavelength at which the phosphorescence activator substantially absorbs ultraviolet radiation.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
75 words
Paper having a surface coating comprising a phosphorescent insoluble condensation product formed by the in-situ condensation reaction of a soluble precondensate of formaldehyde and an amino compound in the presence of a phosphorescence activator, the precondensate being such that, by a condensation reaction in the absence of the phosphorescence activator, it would form a condensation product that does not substantially absorb ultraviolet radiation at any wavelength at which the phosphorescence activator substantially absorbs ultraviolet radiation.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
10 words
A postage stamp comprising paper as claimed in claim 27.
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