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Printing inks containing zirconium or titanium compound
Assignee: Dorf Ketal Chemicals India Pvt Ltd
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Filing: 1996-07-23
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Granted: 1998-10-13
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Expires: 2016-07-23
Abstract
Abstract A printing ink for radiation curing, e.g. by UV radiation or an electron beam, comprises a mixture of a polymerizable composition, a pigment or a dye and a titanium or zirconium compound which is an alkoxide of an unsaturated alcohol, said polymerizable composition comprising at least one unsaturated monomer and, optionally, at least one prepolymer and being polymerizable by exposure to radiation. The titanium or zirconium compound acts as an adhesion promoter for the ink.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert Hume Duncan
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 10:00
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09D; C09D11/00; C09D11/02; C09D11/10; B; B41; B41J; B41J2/00; B41J2/435; B41M; B41M7/00; C09D11/101; B41M7/0081; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S522/00; Y10S522/909
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
88 words
A printing ink for radiation curing comprising a mixture of a polymerisable composition, a pigment or a dye and a compound of a metal selected from the group consisting of titanium and zirconium, said compound being an alkoxide of an unsaturated alcohol, said polymerisable composition comprising at least one unsaturated monomer and at least one prepolymer consisting essentially of an oligomer selected from the group consisting of epoxyacrylates, acrylated oils, urethane acrylates, polyester acrylates, polyether acrylates, vinyl/acrylic oligomers and polyene/thiol systems and being polymerisable by exposure to radiation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
88 words
A printing ink for radiation curing comprising a mixture of a polymerisable composition, a pigment or a dye and a compound of a metal selected from the group consisting of titanium and zirconium, said compound being an alkoxide of an unsaturated alcohol, said polymerisable composition comprising at least one unsaturated monomer and at least one prepolymer consisting essentially of an oligomer selected from the group consisting of epoxyacrylates, acrylated oils, urethane acrylates, polyester acrylates, polyether acrylates, vinyl/acrylic oligomers and polyene/thiol systems and being polymerisable by exposure to radiation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
A printing ink according to claim 1 in which the unsaturated alcohol is an alkenyl alcohol containing up to 8 carbon atoms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
A printing ink according to claim 1 in which the alkoxide of an unsaturated alcohol has the formula (RO) 4 X wherein R is selected from the group consisting of alkenyl radicals and substituted alkenyl radicals and X is selected from the group consisting of titanium and zirconium.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
A printing ink according to claim 1 in which the alkoxide of an unsaturated alcohol is an alkoxy, alkenyloxy compound.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
A printing ink according to claim 1 in which the alkoxide of an unsaturated alcohol is based on a chelating ligand which is selected from the group consisting of alkanolamines, β-diketones and glycols.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
A printing ink according to claim 1 in which the alkoxide of an unsaturated alcohol is a derivative of a compound selected from the group consisting of diethylene glycol and polyethylene glycols.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
A printing ink according to claim 1 in which the alkoxide of an unsaturated alcohol is a derivative of an unsaturated acid selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
A printing ink according to claim 1 in which the alkoxide of an unsaturated alcohol contains at least two radicals derived from an unsaturated alcohol.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
58 words
A printing ink according to claim 1 in which the unsaturated monomer is selected from the group consisting of styrene, vinyl toluene, vinyl acetate, N-vinyl pyrrolidone, butyl acrylate, butyl methacrylate, cyclohexyl acrylate, cyclohexyl methacrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate, isodecyl acrylate, ethylene glycol diacrylate, diethylene glycol diacrylate, tripropylene glycol diacrylate, tetraethylene glycol diacrylate, trimethylol propane triacrylate and pentaerythritol tetraacrylate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A printing ink according to claim 1 in which the unsaturated monomer comprises at least 20 percent by weight of the polymerisable composition.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
A printing ink according to claim 1 in which the dye is a UV active dye.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
94 words
A method of printing comprising printing onto a substrate an ink comprising a mixture of a polymerisable composition, a pigment or a dye and a compound of a metal selected from the group consisting of titanium and zirconium, said compound being an alkoxide of an unsaturated alcohol, said polymerisable composition comprising at least one unsaturated monomer and at least one prepolymer consisting essentially of an oligomer selected from the group consisting of epoxyacrylates, acrylated oils, urethane acrylates, polyester acrylates, polyether acrylates, vinyl/acrylic oligomers and polyene/thiol systems and curing said ink by exposure to radiation.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
94 words
A method of printing comprising printing onto a substrate an ink comprising a mixture of a polymerisable composition, a pigment or a dye and a compound of a metal selected from the group consisting of titanium and zirconium, said compound being an alkoxide of an unsaturated alcohol, said polymerisable composition comprising at least one unsaturated monomer and at least one prepolymer consisting essentially of an oligomer selected from the group consisting of epoxyacrylates, acrylated oils, urethane acrylates, polyester acrylates, polyether acrylates, vinyl/acrylic oligomers and polyene/thiol systems and curing said ink by exposure to radiation.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method of printing according to claim 12 in which the ink further comprises at least one prepolymer.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method of printing according to claim 12 in which the radiation is selected from the group consisting of UV radiation and an electron beam.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method of printing according to claim 14 in which the UV radiation is provided by a medium pressure mercury vapour lamp which operates at a power output between 40 and 300 watts per cm of linear lamp length.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method of printing according to claim 15 in which the printed ink is passed under the lamp at a linear speed between 5 and 120 cm per second.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method of printing according to claim 15 in which the printed ink is passed under the lamp 2 to 4 times to effect complete cure.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
47 words
A method of printing according to claim 12 in which the ink is cured by UV radiation and an initiator is added to the ink said initiator being selected from the group consisting of benzoin, benzoin butyl ether, benzil ketals, derivatives of acetophenone and derivatives of benzophenone.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method of printing according to claim 15 in which the ink is cured with an electron beam machine operating at 150 to 500 keV.
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