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Liquid ink compositions
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1991-09-03
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Granted: 1992-05-19
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Expires: 2011-09-03
Abstract
Abstract An ink composition which comprises an aqueous or organic liquid vehicle, and as a colorant a fullerene, or a mixture of fullerenes.
Inventors
- 👤 Joseph Mort
- 👤 Mary A. Machonkin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 22:37
CPC Classifications
B; B82; B82Y; B82Y30/00; C; C09; C09D; C09D11/00; C09D11/30; C09D11/32; C09D11/328; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S977/00; Y10S977/70; Y10S977/734; Y10S977/735
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
22 words
An ink composition which comprises an aqueous or organic liquid vehicle, and as a colorant a fullerene, or a mixture of fullerenes.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
22 words
An ink composition which comprises an aqueous or organic liquid vehicle, and as a colorant a fullerene, or a mixture of fullerenes.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
An ink in accordance with claim 1 wherein the liquid vehicle is water.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
An ink in accordance with claim 1 wherein the organic vehicle is an aromatic component.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
An ink in accordance with claim 1 wherein the fullerene is present in an amount of from between about 1 and about 20 weight percent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
An ink composition according to claim 1 wherein the aqueous liquid vehicle comprises water and a humectant.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
13 words
An ink composition according to claim 5 wherein the humectant is cyclohexyl pyrrolidone.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
An ink composition according to claim 1 wherein the vehicle is present in an amount of from between about 75 to about 99 percent by weight and the fullerene is present in an amount of from between about 1 to about 15 percent by weight.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
An ink in accordance with claim 1 wherein the fullerene is comprised of C 60 carbon.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
An ink in accordance with claim 1 wherein the fullerene is comprised of C 60 carbon in the configuration of a soccer ball.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
An ink in accordance with claim 1 wherein the fullerene is comprised of C 60 carbon, C 70 carbon, C 84 carbon, C 234 carbon, C 340 carbon, or mixtures thereof.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
An ink in accordance with claim 2 wherein the fullerene is comprised of C 60 carbon, C 70 carbon, C 84 carbon, C 234 carbon, C 340 carbon, or mixtures thereof.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
An ink in accordance with claim 2 wherein the fullerene is comprised of C 60 carbon in the configuration of a soccer ball.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
10 words
An ink in accordance with claim 1 containing a humectant.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
10 words
An ink in accordance with claim 1 containing a biocide.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
10 words
An ink in accordance with claim 1 containing pigment particles.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
18 words
An ink in accordance with claim 1 containing pigment particles comprised of cyan, magenta, yellow, or mixtures thereof.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
16 words
An ink composition comprised of aqueous liquid vehicle, and dispersed therein as a colorant a fullerene.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
16 words
An ink composition comprised of aqueous liquid vehicle, and dispersed therein as a colorant a fullerene.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
44 words
In a printing process in which an ink is ejected in the form of droplets in an imagewise pattern onto a substrate, thereby generating images on the substrate, the improvement comprising incorporating into an ink jet printing apparatus the ink composition of claim 1.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
22 words
In a printing process in accordance with claim 18 wherein the ink jet printing apparatus employs a thermal ink jet printing process.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
44 words
In a printing process in which an ink is ejected in the form of droplets in an imagewise pattern onto a substrate, thereby generating images on the substrate, the improvement comprising incorporating into an ink jet printing apparatus the ink composition of claim 17.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
11 words
An ink composition containing a fullerene or a mixture of fullerenes.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
11 words
An ink composition containing a fullerene or a mixture of fullerenes.
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