US4242369A
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Plating of substrates by jet printing
Assignee: Primerica Inc
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Filing: 1977-06-07
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Granted: 1980-12-30
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Expires: 1997-06-07
Abstract
Abstract In accordance with certain of its aspects, this invention relates to novel compositions and to the process for the plating of substrates by the jet printing of a metal or alloy which comprises continuously imprinting minute uniform droplets of a jet printing ink containing at least one soluble salt of at least one plate metal which is more noble than said basis metal, said jet printing ink exhibiting a viscosity at 68 DEG F. of between about 1.5 and 16 cps., said ink having a pH of between 0.5 and 9.5 and a specific resistivity of less than 10,000 ohm cm., onto a substrate, said droplets emitting from at least one ink jet electromagnetically energized to emit said droplets of ink at a rate of 8 to 150 kilohertz.
Inventors
- 👤 Ishwar R. Mansukhani
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 22:00
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09D; C09D11/00; C09D11/30; C09D11/38; C23; C23C; C23C18/00; C23C18/54
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
A process for the plating of substrates by the jet printing of a metal or alloy which comprises continuously imprinting minute uniform droplets of a jet printing ink containing at least one soluble salt of at least one plate metal which is more nobel than said basis metal, said jet printing ink exhibiting a viscosity at 68° F. of between about 1.5 and 16 cps., said ink having a pH of between 0.5 and 9.5 and a specific resistivity of less than 10,000 ohm cm., onto a substrate, said droplets emitting from at least one ink jet electromagnetically energized to emit said droplets of ink at a rate of 8 to 150 kilohertz.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
113 words
A process for the plating of substrates by the jet printing of a metal or alloy which comprises continuously imprinting minute uniform droplets of a jet printing ink containing at least one soluble salt of at least one plate metal which is more nobel than said basis metal, said jet printing ink exhibiting a viscosity at 68° F. of between about 1.5 and 16 cps., said ink having a pH of between 0.5 and 9.5 and a specific resistivity of less than 10,000 ohm cm., onto a substrate, said droplets emitting from at least one ink jet electromagnetically energized to emit said droplets of ink at a rate of 8 to 150 kilohertz.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process for plating a plate metal onto the surface of a basis metal as claimed in claim 1 wherein said basis metal contains tin.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The process for plating a plate metal onto the surface of a basis metal as claimed in claim 2 wherein said plate metal is selected from the group consisting of tin, copper, zinc and nickel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process for plating a plate metal onto the surface of a basis metal as claimed in claim 1 wherein said basis metal contains steel.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
The process for plating a plate metal onto the surface of a basis metal as claimed in claim 4 wherein said plate metal is selected from the group consisting of tin, copper, zinc, cadmium and silver.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process for plating a plate metal onto the surface of a basis metal as claimed in claim 1 wherein said plate metal is copper.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process for plating a plate metal onto the surface of a basis metal as claimed in claim 1 wherein said plate metal is silver.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
The process for plating a plate metal onto the surface of a basis metal as claimed in claim 1 wherein said plate metal is selected from the group consisting of copper, zinc, nickel and silver.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
95 words
The process for plating onto the surface of a basis metal which comprises printing said basis metal first with a jet printing ink containing a soluble metal salt of a metal more noble than said basis metal, said basis metal having an activated surface; subsequently jet printing said basis metal having said activated surface thereon with a jet printing ink containing: (1) metal ions in substantially the same concentration as in said first jet printing ink and in addition thereto, (2) ions of an auxiliary plate metal not present in said first jet printing ink.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
95 words
The process for plating onto the surface of a basis metal which comprises printing said basis metal first with a jet printing ink containing a soluble metal salt of a metal more noble than said basis metal, said basis metal having an activated surface; subsequently jet printing said basis metal having said activated surface thereon with a jet printing ink containing: (1) metal ions in substantially the same concentration as in said first jet printing ink and in addition thereto, (2) ions of an auxiliary plate metal not present in said first jet printing ink.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
The process of claim 9 wherein the surface is a tin plated basis metal.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
The process of claim 9 wherein the surface is a tin plated basis metal and copper is present in both the first and second jet printing inks.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process for plating onto the surface of an aluminum basis metal as claimed in claim 9 wherein said auxiliary plate metal is copper.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
94 words
The process for plating onto the surface of an aluminum basis metal which comprises jet printing said aluminum basis metal with an activating jet printing ink containing a soluble salt of a metal more noble than aluminum and being essentially free of active copper ions; subsequently jet printing said aluminum having said activating surface thereon with a second jet printing ink containing: (1) a soluble stannate in substantially the same concentration as in said activating jet printing ink and in addition thereto, (2) ions of copper; to obtain a plate containing tin and copper.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
94 words
The process for plating onto the surface of an aluminum basis metal which comprises jet printing said aluminum basis metal with an activating jet printing ink containing a soluble salt of a metal more noble than aluminum and being essentially free of active copper ions; subsequently jet printing said aluminum having said activating surface thereon with a second jet printing ink containing: (1) a soluble stannate in substantially the same concentration as in said activating jet printing ink and in addition thereto, (2) ions of copper; to obtain a plate containing tin and copper.
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