IP Library Granted Patent US 9,580,607
Granted Patent B2
US 9,580,607 · App. 14/589,321 · Granted Feb 28, 2017

Aqueous base metal pigment dispersion liquid and aqueous ink composition

Inventor: Atsushi Denda (Chino, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
C09C3/08C09C1/40C09D11/322C09D17/006C01P2004/20C01P2006/40
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Patent No.
US 9,580,607
App. No.
14/589,321
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is an aqueous base metal pigment dispersion liquid, including: a base metal pigment surface-treated with a fluorine-based compound; and water as a part of a solvent, in which the aqueous base metal pigment dispersion liquid further includes one or more solvents having a specific dielectric constant of greater than or equal to 30 and less than or equal to 50 and one or more solvents having a specific dielectric constant of less than 30, as measured by an alternate current-type dielectric constant measurement device at a temperature of 23° C. and a frequency of 10 kHz, as the solvent, as the solvent, and in which the sum of the solvents having a specific dielectric constant of greater than or equal to 30 and less than or equal to 50 is more than or equal to 5 mass % and less than or equal to 50 mass % and the sum of the solvents having a specific dielectric constant of less than 30 is more than or equal to 5 mass % and less than or equal to 20 mass %, when the total amount of the solvents is 100 mass %.

Claims (30)

1. An aqueous base metal pigment dispersion liquid, comprising:

a base metal pigment surface-treated with a fluorine-based compound; and

water as a part of a solvent,

wherein the aqueous base metal pigment dispersion liquid further comprises one or more solvents having a specific dielectric constant of greater than or equal to 30 and less than or equal to 50 and one or more solvents having a specific dielectric constant of less than 30, as measured by an alternate current-type dielectric constant measurement device at a temperature of 23° C. and a frequency of 10 kHz, as the solvent, and

wherein the sum of the solvents having a specific dielectric constant of greater than or equal to 30 and less than or equal to 50 is more than or equal to 5 mass % and less than or equal to 50 mass % and the sum of the solvents having a specific dielectric constant of less than 30 is more than or equal to 5 mass % and less than or equal to 20 mass %, when the total amount of the solvents is 100 mass %, and

wherein a molecular weight of the fluorine-based compound is less than or equal to 1000.

2. The aqueous base metal pigment dispersion liquid according to claim 1 ,

wherein a solvent, from which the base metal pigment was removed by centrifugal separation, has a specific dielectric constant of greater than or equal to 45 and less than or equal to 60, as measured by an alternate current-type dielectric constant measurement device, at a temperature of 23° C. and a frequency of 10 kHz.

3. The aqueous base metal pigment dispersion liquid according to claim 1 ,

wherein the base metal pigment has a scale-like shape.

4. The aqueous base metal pigment dispersion liquid according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fluorine-based compound has a perfluoroalkyl group.

5. The aqueous base metal pigment dispersion liquid according to claim 4 ,

wherein the perfluoroalkyl group has a carbon number of 1 to 6.

6. An aqueous ink composition, comprising:

a base metal pigment surface-treated with a fluorine-based compound; and

water as a part of a solvent,

wherein the aqueous ink composition further comprises one or more solvents having a specific dielectric constant of greater than or equal to 30 and less than or equal to 50 and one or more solvents having a specific dielectric constant of less than 30, as measured by an alternate current-type dielectric constant measurement device at a temperature of 23° C. and a frequency of 10 kHz, as the solvent, as the solvent, and

wherein the sum of the solvents having a specific dielectric constant of greater than or equal to 30 and less than or equal to 50 is more than or equal to 5 mass % and less than or equal to 50 mass % and the sum of the solvents having a specific dielectric constant of less than 30 is more than or equal to 5 mass % and less than or equal to 20 mass %, when the total amount of the solvents is 100 mass %, and

wherein a molecular weight of the fluorine-based compound is less than or equal to 1000.

7. The aqueous ink composition according to claim 6 ,

wherein a solvent, from which the base metal pigment was removed by centrifugal separation, has a specific dielectric constant of greater than or equal to 45 and less than or equal to 60, as measured by an alternate current-type dielectric constant measurement device at a temperature of 23° C. and a frequency of 10 kHz.

8. The aqueous ink composition according to claim 6 ,

wherein the base metal pigment has a scale-like shape.

9. The aqueous ink composition according to claim 6 ,

wherein the fluorine-based compound has a perfluoroalkyl group.

10. The aqueous ink composition according to claim 9 ,

wherein the perfluoroalkyl group has a carbon number of 1 to 6.

11. The aqueous ink composition according to claim 6 ,

wherein the aqueous ink composition does not substantially contain a polymerizable compound.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2015
From: DENDA, ATSUSHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-000219 · Jan 6, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150191602A1 · Jul 9, 2015