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Aqueous ink composition and colorants useful therein
Assignee: Milliken Research Corp
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Filing: 1991-12-11
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Granted: 1993-01-05
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Expires: 2011-12-11
Abstract
Abstract An aqueous ink composition is provided having up to 50 wt. % of a colorant of the formula: A--{Y--X--C(O)--R.sub.1 --C(O)O.sup.- }.sub.p where A is an organic chromophore; Y is a polyoxyalkylene substituent; X is a radical of a reactive hydroxy, amino or thio group; and R 1 is C 2-30 , substituted or unsubstituted alkylene, alkenylene, or phenylenealkylene. A counter ion selected from alkaline metal ions, alkaline earth metal ions, ammonium ions, amine salts, and zinc ammonium complexes is present in approximately stoichiometric proportion or greater relative to the colorant in the ink composition.
Inventors
- 👤 Patrick D. Moore
- 👤 Clifford R. King
- 👤 Raj Batlaw
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-05 11:38
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09D; C09D11/00; C09D11/02; C09D11/03; C09D11/037; C09B; C09B69/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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An aqueous ink composition comprising from 0.1 to 50 wt. % of a colorant of the formula: A--{Y--X--C(O)--R.sub.1 --C(O)O.sup.- }.sub.p where A is an organic chromophore; Y is a polyoxyalkylene substituent having from 1 to 200 alkylene oxide radicals of C 2-18 alkylene oxides; X is a nucleophile selected from O, NR 2 and S, where R 2 is H or C 1-18 alkyl; R 1 is selected from alkylene, alkenylene, phenylene and phenylenealkylene which may optionally be substituted with alkyl or alkenyl, provided that the total number of carbon atoms is between 2 and 30; and p is an integer from 1 to 6; and a counter ion selected from alkali metal ions, alkaline earth metal ions, ammonium ions, zinc ammonium complexes and amine salts, wherein said counter ion is present in approximately stoichiometric proportion or greater relative to said colorant.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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An aqueous ink composition comprising from 0.1 to 50 wt. % of a colorant of the formula: A--{Y--X--C(O)--R.sub.1 --C(O)O.sup.- }.sub.p where A is an organic chromophore; Y is a polyoxyalkylene substituent having from 1 to 200 alkylene oxide radicals of C 2-18 alkylene oxides; X is a nucleophile selected from O, NR 2 and S, where R 2 is H or C 1-18 alkyl; R 1 is selected from alkylene, alkenylene, phenylene and phenylenealkylene which may optionally be substituted with alkyl or alkenyl, provided that the total number of carbon atoms is between 2 and 30; and p is an integer from 1 to 6; and a counter ion selected from alkali metal ions, alkaline earth metal ions, ammonium ions, zinc ammonium complexes and amine salts, wherein said counter ion is present in approximately stoichiometric proportion or greater relative to said colorant.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The ink composition of claim 1 wherein said colorant comprises from 0.5 to 25 wt. % of said ink composition.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The ink composition of claim 2 wherein said counter ion is selected from ammonium ions, which may optionally be substituted with from one to three groups selected from C 1-18 alkyl, C 2-18 hydroxyalkyl, phenyl and alkylphenyl wherein the alkyl portion is C 1-4 , and amine salts of morpholine.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The ink composition of claim 3 wherein A is selected from nitroso, nitro, azo, diarylmethane, triarylmethane, xanthene, acridine, quinoline, methine, thiazole, indamine, indophenol, lactone, aminoketone, hydroxyketone, stilbene, azine, oxazine, thiazine, anthraquinone, phthalocyanine or indigoid chromophore groups.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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The ink composition of claim 4 wherein Y comprises from a total of from 3 to 50 of said alkylene oxide radicals and said alkylene oxides are selected from ethylene oxide and propylene oxide.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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The ink composition of claim 5 wherein R 1 is selected from ethylene, vinylene and phenylene, any of which may optionally be alkyl or alkenyl substituted.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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The ink composition of claim 2 wherein A is selected from azo, methine, triphenylmethane and anthraquinone chromophores and wherein said counter ion is selected from ammonium ions, and amine salts of morpholine, ethanolamine, diethanolamine and triethanolamine.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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The ink composition of claim 7 wherein R 1 is selected from ethylene, vinylene and phenylene, any of which may optionally be alkyl or alkenyl substituted.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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The ink composition of claim 8 wherein Y comprises from a total of from 3 to 50 of said alkylene oxide radicals and said alkylene oxides are selected from ethylene oxide and propylene oxide and p is 1 to 4.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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An aqueous ink composition comprising from 0.1 to 50 wt. % of a colorant characterized by an organic chromophore, having a polyoxyalkylene substituent of from 1 to 200 radicals of alkylene oxide radicals of C 2-18 alkylene oxides; said polyoxyalkylene substituent having a pendant or terminal group selected from OH, NH 2 and NHR 2 wherein R 2 is C 1-18 alkyl, which forms an ester or amide linkage respectively with an acyl group of a radical of a cyclic acid anhydride, said anhydride radical having a pendant carboxyl group; and a counter ion selected from alkali metal ions, alkaline earth metal ions, ammonium ions, zinc ammonium complexes and amine salts, wherein said counter ion is present in approximately stoichiometric proportion or greater relative to said colorant.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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An aqueous ink composition comprising from 0.1 to 50 wt. % of a colorant characterized by an organic chromophore, having a polyoxyalkylene substituent of from 1 to 200 radicals of alkylene oxide radicals of C 2-18 alkylene oxides; said polyoxyalkylene substituent having a pendant or terminal group selected from OH, NH 2 and NHR 2 wherein R 2 is C 1-18 alkyl, which forms an ester or amide linkage respectively with an acyl group of a radical of a cyclic acid anhydride, said anhydride radical having a pendant carboxyl group; and a counter ion selected from alkali metal ions, alkaline earth metal ions, ammonium ions, zinc ammonium complexes and amine salts, wherein said counter ion is present in approximately stoichiometric proportion or greater relative to said colorant.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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The ink composition of claim 10 wherein said organic chromophore is selected from nitroso, nitro, azo, diarylmethane, triarylmethane, xanthene, acridine, quinoline, methine, thiazole, indamine, indophenol, lactone, aminoketone, hydroxyketone, stilbene, azine, oxazine, thiazine, anthraquinone, phthalocyanine or indigoid chromophore groups.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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The ink composition of claim 11 wherein said polyoxyalkylene substituent comprises from a total of from 3 to 50 of said alkylene oxide radicals and said alkylene oxides are selected from ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, and wherein said anhydride radical is a derivative of succinic anhydride, maleic anhydride, phthalic anhydride or trimellitic anhydride, any of which may be substituted with alkyl or alkenyl, provided that the total number of carbon atoms is between 4 and 32.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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The ink composition of claim 12 wherein said cyclic acid anhydride is selected from octenyl, dodecenyl or octadecenyl succinic anhydride.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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The ink composition of claim 12 wherein said pendant or terminal group of said polyoxyalkylene substituent is OH.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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The ink composition of claim 14 wherein said counter ion is selected from ammonium ions which may be optionally substituted with from one to three groups selected from C 1-18 alkyl, C 2-18 hydroxyalkyl, phenyl and alkylphenyl wherein the alkyl portion is C 1-4 , and amine salts of morpholine.
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