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US 9,296,908 · App. 13/699,965 · Granted Mar 29, 2016

Aqueous inkjet ink composition

Inventors: Takaaki Koike (Tokyo, JP); Sachiko Kinoshita (Tokyo, JP); Yoshiyuki Sakai (Tokyo, JP); Akiko Nishina (Tokyo, JP); Masayoshi Utsugi (Tokyo, JP); Yukitoshi Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Atsushi Yoda (Tokyo, JP); Masahiro Sugihara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.; TOYO INK CO., LTD.
C09D11/30C09D11/106C09D11/322
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Patent No.
US 9,296,908
App. No.
13/699,965
Granted
Mar 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aqueous inkjet ink composition comprising a pigment, a pigment-dispersing resin, resin fine particles (A), water, and hydrophilic solvents (B), the resin fine particles (A) being formed by emulsion polymerizing ethylenically unsaturated monomers including: 20% to 80% by weight of an aromatic ethylenically unsaturated monomer (C) that does not have an ionic functional group; 0.6% to 6% by weight of water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomers (F) consisting of 0.5% to 3% by weight of a sulfonic acid group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer (D) and 0.1% to 3% by weight of a nonionic water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer (E); and 0.1% to 10% by weight of a crosslinkable ethylenically unsaturated monomer (G), and the hydrophilic solvents (B) including a glycol-based solvent (H) and an ethylene glycol ether-based solvent (I) is provided.

Claims (11)

1. An aqueous inkjet ink composition comprising a pigment, a pigment-dispersing resin, resin fine particles (A), water, and hydrophilic solvents (B),

wherein the resin fine particles (A) is formed by emulsion polymerizing ethylenically unsaturated monomers including:

20% to 80% by weight of an aromatic ethylenically unsaturated monomer (C) that does not have an ionic functional group;

0.6% to 6% by weight of water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomers (F) consisting of 0.5% to 3% by weight of a sulfonic acid group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer (D) and 0.1% to 3% by weight of a nonionic water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer (E), wherein the sulfonic acid group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer (D) is a styrenesulfonic acid group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer; and

0.1% to 10% by weight of a crosslinkable ethylenically unsaturated monomer (G), wherein the crosslinkable ethylenically unsaturated monomer (G) is a monomer having two or more allyl groups,

wherein an average particle size of the resin fine particles (A) is from 73 nm to 250 nm, and the amount of coarse particles having a particle size of 1 μm or greater in an aqueous dispersion of the resin fine particles (A) at a solid concentration of 30 ppm is 4×10 4 particles/cm 3 or less, and

wherein the hydrophilic solvents (B) include a glycol-based solvent (H) and an ethylene glycol ether-based solvent (I).

2. The aqueous inkjet ink composition according to claim 1 , wherein the average particle size of the resin fine particles (A) is from 86 nm to 250 nm.

3. The aqueous inkjet ink composition according to claim 1 , wherein a glass transition temperature of the resin fine particles (A) is 40° C. to 120° C.

4. The aqueous inkjet ink composition according to claim 1 , wherein a viscosity of an aqueous dispersion of the resin fine particles (A) measured under conditions of a temperature of 25° C. and a solid concentration of 40% by weight is 5 mPa·s to 200 mPa·s.

5. The aqueous inkjet ink composition according to claim 1 , wherein the average particle size of the resin fine particles (A) is from 100 nm to 250 nm.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE FIFTH ASSIGNOR'S NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 029373 FRAME 0341. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 6, 2016
From: KOIKE, TAKAAKI; KINOSHITA, SACHIKO; SAKAI, YOSHIYUKI; NISHINA, AKIKO; UTSUGI, MASAYOSHI; TAKAHASHI, YUKITOSHI; YODA, ATSUSHI; SUGIHARA, MASAHIRO
To: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.; TOYO INK CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037447/0358 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2012
From: KOIKE, TAKAAKI; KINOSHITA, SACHIKO; SAKAI, YOSHIYUKI; NISHINA, AKIKO; UTSUGI, MASATAKA; TAKAHASHI, YUKITOSHI; YODA, ATSUSHI; SUGIHARA, MASAHIRO
To: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.; TOYO INK CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029373/0341 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2010-119960 · May 26, 2010 · national
JP 2011-062918 · Mar 22, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130079447A1 · Mar 28, 2013