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Compositions incorporating titanium compounds

Assignee: ACMA Ltd
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Filing: 1985-07-12
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Granted: 1987-11-10
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Expires: 2005-07-12
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Abstract

Abstract In has been desired to employ adhesion promoters in printing inks to promote the adhesion of the ink to a plastic substrate but hitherto the available adhesion promoters have tended to discolor the ink and in certain cases to produce an ink containing a somewhat objectionable odor. A new printing ink has been developed which is based on a polymeric binder, a solvent therefor and an adhesion promoting agent which is the reaction product of a titanium orthoester and either a monoalkyl phosphate or a dialkyl phosphate or a mixture thereof in such proportions that the molar ratio of titanium to phosphate expressed as Ti:P is from 4:1 to 1:2.

Inventors

  • 👤 Peter D. Kay
  • 👤 Michael C. Girot

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 08:12
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09D; C09D11/00; C09D11/02; C09D11/03

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim 59 words
An ink for marking a plastic substrate, the ink containing an adhesion promoting agent which comprises the reaction product of a titanium orthoester and a compound selected from the group consisting of monoalkyl phosphates, dialkyl phosphates and mixtures thereof wherein said reaction product has a molar ratio of titanium to phosphate expressed as Ti:P of from 4:1 to 1:2.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 59 words
An ink for marking a plastic substrate, the ink containing an adhesion promoting agent which comprises the reaction product of a titanium orthoester and a compound selected from the group consisting of monoalkyl phosphates, dialkyl phosphates and mixtures thereof wherein said reaction product has a molar ratio of titanium to phosphate expressed as Ti:P of from 4:1 to 1:2.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 14 words
The ink of claim 1, wherein said Ti:P ratio is from 2:1 to 1:1.5.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 28 words
The ink of claim 1, wherein the titanium orthoester has the general formula Ti(OR) 4 in which R represents an alkyl group containing up to 8 carbon atoms.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 17 words
The ink of claim 3, wherein R represents an alkyl group containing 3 or 4 carbon atoms.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 51 words
The ink of claim 1, wherein the monoalkyl phosphate has the general formula (R 1 O)PO(OH) 2 and the dialkyl phosphate has the general formula (R 2 O)(R 3 O)PO(OH) in which R 1 , R 2 and R 3 each represents an alkyl group containing up to 10 carbon atoms.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 25 words
The ink of claim 5, wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 each represent an alkyl group containing up to 5 carbon atoms.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 18 words
The ink of claim 5, wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 represent identical alkyl groups.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 16 words
The ink of claim 1, wherein the ink also contains a polymeric binder based on nitrocellulose.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 17 words
The ink of claim 1, wherein the ink also contains a polymeric binder based on modified cellulose.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 13 words
The printing ink of claim 1, wherein the ink also contains a pigment.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 19 words
The printing ink of claim 1, wherein the ink contains up to 10% by weight of said reaction product.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 20 words
The printing ink of claim 11, wherein the ink contains from 1% to 6% by weight of the reaction product.
Claim 14
Independent Claim 71 words
A method of making an ink which is adherable to a plastic substrate which comprises mixing the ink with an adhesion promoting agent, the adhesion promoting agent comprising the reaction product of a titanium orthoester and a compound selected from the group consisting of monoalkyl phosphates, dialkyl phosphates and mixtures thereof wherein said reaction product has a molar ratio of titanium to phosphate expressed as Ti:P of from 4:1 to 1:2.
Claim 15
Independent Claim 71 words
A method of making an ink which is adherable to a plastic substrate which comprises mixing the ink with an adhesion promoting agent, the adhesion promoting agent comprising the reaction product of a titanium orthoester and a compound selected from the group consisting of monoalkyl phosphates, dialkyl phosphates and mixtures thereof wherein said reaction product has a molar ratio of titanium to phosphate expressed as Ti:P of from 4:1 to 1:2.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 12 words
The ink of claim 1, wherein the ink also contains a dye.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 15 words
The ink of claim 1, wherein the ink also contains a dye and a pigment.
Claim 18
Independent Claim 63 words
A method of improving adhesion between an ink and a plastic substrate to which the ink is applied, comprising adding to the ink the reaction product of a titanium orthoester and a compound selected from the group consisting of monoalkyl phosphates, dialkyl phosphates and mixtures thereof, wherein the reaction product has a molar ratio of titanium to phosphate of from 4:1 to 1:2.
Claim 19
Independent Claim 63 words
A method of improving adhesion between an ink and a plastic substrate to which the ink is applied, comprising adding to the ink the reaction product of a titanium orthoester and a compound selected from the group consisting of monoalkyl phosphates, dialkyl phosphates and mixtures thereof, wherein the reaction product has a molar ratio of titanium to phosphate of from 4:1 to 1:2.

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