IP Library Granted Patent US 12692403
Granted Patent B2
US 12692403 · App. 18/407,585 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Ink composition for ink jet textile printing and method of ink jet textile printing

Inventors: Kohei Ishida (Matsumoto, JP); Yasuhiro Oki (Matsumoto, JP); Tomohiro Aruga (Matsumoto, JP); Natsumi Okada (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
C09D11/328C09D11/36C09D11/38
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Patent No.
US 12692403
App. No.
18/407,585
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ink composition for ink jet textile printing according to the present disclosure contains a specific acidic dye being at least one selected from the group consisting of C.I. Acid Blue 112 and C.I. Acid Blue 140, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water. A glycol-based solvent and a cyclic amide-based solvent are contained as the water-soluble organic solvent. The cyclic amide-based solvent contains at least either ε-caprolactam or N-hydroxyethyl-2-pyrrolidone. The content of the glycol-based solvent is 10.0% by mass or more.

Claims (25)

1 . An ink composition for ink jet textile printing, the ink composition comprising:

a specific acidic dye being at least one selected from a group consisting of C.I. Acid Blue 112 and C.I. Acid Blue 140;

a water-soluble organic solvent; and

water, wherein

a glycol-based solvent and a cyclic amide-based solvent are contained as the water-soluble organic solvent,

the cyclic amide-based solvent contains at least N-hydroxyethyl-2-pyrrolidone,

the glycol-based solvent includes dipropylene glycol monobutyl ether, and

a content of the glycol-based solvent is 10.0% by mass or more.

2 . The ink composition for ink jet textile printing according to claim 1 , wherein

the specific acidic dye contains both C.I. Acid Blue 112 and C.I. Acid Blue 140.

3 . The ink composition for ink jet textile printing according to claim 1 , wherein

a content of the specific acidic dye is 12.0% by mass or less.

4 . The ink composition for ink jet textile printing according to claim 1 , wherein

a compound having a glycol structure and a compound having a glycol ether structure are contained as the glycol-based solvent.

5 . The ink composition for ink jet textile printing according to claim 1 , wherein

the glycol-based solvent includes one or more selected from a group consisting of diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, tripropylene glycol, triethylene glycol monobutyl ether, diethylene glycol monobutyl ether, and dipropylene glycol monopropyl ether.

6 . The ink composition for ink jet textile printing according to claim 5 , wherein

the glycol-based solvent includes triethylene glycol.

7 . The ink composition for ink jet textile printing according to claim 1 , wherein

a content of the cyclic amide-based solvent is 3.0% by mass or more.

8 . The ink composition for ink jet textile printing according to claim 1 , wherein

a sum of a content of the glycol-based solvent and a content of the cyclic amide-based solvent is 15.0% by mass or more.

9 . The ink composition for ink jet textile printing according to claim 1 , further comprising a chelating agent in a content of 0.01% by mass or more.

10 . The ink composition for ink jet textile printing according to claim 1 , further comprising C.I. Acid Violet 48.

11 . A method of ink jet textile printing, the method comprising an ink adhesion step of causing the ink composition for ink jet textile printing according to claim 1 to adhere to fabric by an ink jet method.