LIQUID FOR FILLING INK SUPPLY SYSTEM OF INK JET DEVICE, METHOD FOR USING THE LIQUID AND THE INK JET DEVICE

• US 20080045427A1
• Filed: 06/07/2007
• Published: 02/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: NAMIKI, Takashi, HIJIKATA, Yasuyuki, SHIMADA, Nami, MITSUI, Takayuki, TABAYASHI, Isao
• Application Number:
  US11/759,669
• Publication Number:
  US 20080045427A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 510/108
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1707 Conditioning of the inside of ink supply circuits, e.g. flushing during start-up or shut-down

Abstract

A liquid for filling an ink supply system of an ink jet device includes fluorine series surfactant and an organic solvent which has a boiling point of at least 150° C.

Claims

1. A liquid for filling an ink supply system of an ink jet device, the liquid comprising:

an organic solvent having a boiling point of at least 150°

C.; and

fluorine series surfactant.

2. The liquid according to claim 1, wherein the organic solvent having a boiling point of at least 200°

C.

3. The liquid according to claim 1, wherein the organic solvent includes a glycol ether group, and wherein an ink for the ink jet device includes an organic solvent having a glycol ether group.

4. The liquid according to claim 1, wherein the organic solvent includes organic amines.

5. The liquid according to claim 1, wherein the fluorine series surfactant is anion, nonion or cation.

6. The liquid according to claim 1, wherein the liquid includes fluorine series surfactant of at least 10 ppm and at most 10000 ppm.

7. The liquid according to claim 6, wherein the liquid includes fluorine series surfactant of at most 5000 ppm.

8. The liquid according to claim 1, wherein the liquid has surface tension of at least 15 mN/m.

9. The liquid according to claim 1, further comprising:

an additional organic solvent having a boiling point of less than 150°

C.

10. The liquid according to claim 1, wherein the liquid includes at least one of a pigment dispersant, antioxidant and stabilizer.

11. A method for using a liquid, comprising:

filling the liquid in an ink supply system of an ink jet device, the liquid comprising fluorine series surfactant and an organic solvent which has a boiling point of at least 150°

C.

12. A ink jet device comprising:

an ink supply system; and

a liquid filling the ink supply system, the liquid comprising;

an organic solvent having a boiling point of at least 150°

C.; and

fluorine series surfactant.