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Aqueous ink for inkjet printing
Assignee: Kao Corp
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Filing: 1997-02-24
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Granted: 1998-12-22
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Expires: 2017-02-24
Abstract
Abstract An aqueous inkjet printing ink with excellent water resistance, wherein scorching onto a printer head scarcely occurs, the amount of a hydrophobic dye contained in an aqueous dispersion of a vinyl polymer can be increased, and sharp printed letters having deep color can be provided. The aqueous ink product for inkjet printing comprises a dispersion of a vinyl polymer obtained by copolymerizing one or more selected from a silicone macromer, an acrylamide monomer and a methacrylamide monomer (not having a salt-forming group), or a styrene macromer of a styrene homopolymer or a styrene copolymer having a polymerizable functional group at one terminal end, a polymerizable unsaturated monomer having the salt-forming group, and a monomer capable of polymerizing with these monomers in the presence of a radical polymerization initiator, a hydrophobic dye being contained in the dispersion.
Inventors
- 👤 Takehiro Tsutsumi
- 👤 Michitaka Sawada
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-24 04:08
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09D; C09D11/00; C09D11/30; C08; C08F; C08F290/00; C08F290/02; C08F290/04; C08F290/044; C08F290/08; C08F290/14; C08F290/148
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
177 words
An aqueous inkjet printing ink, comprising an aqueous dispersion (A) of particles of a vinyl polymer formed by copolymerizing: at least one monomer (a) selected from the group consisting of: a silicone macromer (a-1) having the formula (1), X(Y).sub.n Si(R).sub.3-m (Z).sub.m ( 1) wherein X is a polymerizable unsaturated group; Y is a divalent bond group; R is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, an aryl group or an alkoxy group, and a plurality of R's may be the same as or different from one another; Z is a monovalent group of a siloxane polymer having a number-average molecular weight of at least about 500; n is 0 or 1; and m is an integer of 1 to 3; an acrylamide monomer (a-2), and a methacrylamide monomer (a-3) not having a salt-forming group, a polymerizable unsaturated monomer (c) having a salt-forming group, and a monomer (d) capable of polymerizing with these monomers in the presence of a radical polymerization initiator (e), wherein a hydrophobic dye (B) is contained in the particles of the aqueous dispersion (A).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
177 words
An aqueous inkjet printing ink, comprising an aqueous dispersion (A) of particles of a vinyl polymer formed by copolymerizing: at least one monomer (a) selected from the group consisting of: a silicone macromer (a-1) having the formula (1), X(Y).sub.n Si(R).sub.3-m (Z).sub.m ( 1) wherein X is a polymerizable unsaturated group; Y is a divalent bond group; R is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, an aryl group or an alkoxy group, and a plurality of R's may be the same as or different from one another; Z is a monovalent group of a siloxane polymer having a number-average molecular weight of at least about 500; n is 0 or 1; and m is an integer of 1 to 3; an acrylamide monomer (a-2), and a methacrylamide monomer (a-3) not having a salt-forming group, a polymerizable unsaturated monomer (c) having a salt-forming group, and a monomer (d) capable of polymerizing with these monomers in the presence of a radical polymerization initiator (e), wherein a hydrophobic dye (B) is contained in the particles of the aqueous dispersion (A).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
58 words
The aqueous ink-jet printing ink of claim 1, wherein the monomer (a) is a silicone macromer of the formula (1-1): ##STR6## wherein R' is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R is as defined above, and 2a+3 R's may be the same as or different from one another; and a is a number of 5 to 65.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The aqueous inkjet printing ink of claim 1, wherein the number-average molecular weight of the vinyl polymer is in the range of 3,000 to 50,000.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
139 words
The aqueous inkjet printing ink of claim 1, which is produced by the steps of: copolymerizing at least one monomer (a) selected from the group consisting of a silicone macromer having the formula (1), an acrylamide monomer and a methacrylamide monomer not having a salt-forming group; a polymerizable unsaturated monomer (c) having a salt-forming group; and a monomer (d) capable of polymerizing with these monomers in the presence of a radical polymerization initiator (e), to obtain a vinyl polymer, dissolving the vinyl polymer together with a hydrophobic dye (B) in an organic solvent, adding a neutralization agent if necessary to ionize the salt-forming group in the polymer, adding water and then distilling off the organic solvent to be converted to the aqueous phase and to prepare an aqueous dispersion (A) of the vinyl polymer containing the hydrophobic dye (B).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
84 words
An aqueous inkjet printing ink which comprises an aqueous dispersion (A) of particles of a vinyl polymer obtained by copolymerizing: a styrene macromer (b) of a styrene homopolymer or a styrene copolymer having a polymerizable functional group at one terminal end, a polymerizable unsaturated monomer (c) having a salt-forming group, and a monomer (d) capable of polymerizing with these monomers in the presence of a radical polymerization initiator (e), wherein a hydrophobic dye (B) is contained in the particles of the aqueous dispersion (A).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
84 words
An aqueous inkjet printing ink which comprises an aqueous dispersion (A) of particles of a vinyl polymer obtained by copolymerizing: a styrene macromer (b) of a styrene homopolymer or a styrene copolymer having a polymerizable functional group at one terminal end, a polymerizable unsaturated monomer (c) having a salt-forming group, and a monomer (d) capable of polymerizing with these monomers in the presence of a radical polymerization initiator (e), wherein a hydrophobic dye (B) is contained in the particles of the aqueous dispersion (A).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The aqueous inkjet printing ink of claim 5, wherein the weight-average molecular weight of the styrene macromer is in the range of 1,000 to 10,000.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
52 words
The aqueous inkjet printing ink of claim 5, wherein the styrene macromer is a styrene polymer or copolymer having an acryloyloxy group or a methacryloyloxy group at one terminal end and including at least 60 percent by weight of styrene based on the total monomer units, the balance being of other monomer(s).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
The aqueous inkjet printing ink of claim 5, wherein the weight-average molecular weight of the vinyl polymer is in the range of 3,000 to 50,000.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
130 words
The aqueous ink-jet printing ink of claim 5, which is produced by the steps of: copolymerizing a styrene macromer (b) of a styrene homopolymer or a styrene copolymer having a polymerizable functional group at one terminal end, a polymerizable unsaturated monomer (c) having a salt-forming group, and a monomer (d) capable of polymerizing with these monomers in the presence of a radical polymerization initiator (e) to obtain a vinyl polymer, dissolving the vinyl polymer together with a hydrophobic dye (B) in an organic solvent, adding a neutralization agent if necessary to ionize the salt-forming group in the polymer, adding water and then distilling off the organic solvent to be converted to the aqueous phase and to prepare an aqueous dispersion (A) of the vinyl polymer containing the hydrophobic dye (B).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method for inkjet recording and printing comprising the step of jetting the aqueous inkjet printing ink of claim 1 through fine nozzles onto a printing material.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
The aqueous inkjet printing ink of claim 5, wherein the styrene macromer comprises 70% by weight of styrene based on the total monomer units.
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