Ink for ink jet printing and method of using the ink

• US 6,998,436 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2002
• Issued: 02/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Staedtler Mars GmbH & Company KG (Staedtler Stiftung)
• Original Assignee: J. S. Staedtler GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Storck, Wolfgang, Rau, Manuela
• Primary Examiner(s): Sanders, Kriellion A.
• Application Number:
  US10/060,408
• Publication Number:
  US 20020115746A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,476 Days
• Field of Search: 156/277, 427/496, 427/508, 427/521, 427/372.2, 427/256, 347/100, 106/31.86, 106/31.87, 106/31.9, 106/503, 106/31.27, 106/31.6, 524/513, 524/519, 524/522
• US Class Current: 524/513
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 11/36 based on non-aqueous solvents

Abstract

An ink for ink jet printing systems, preferably for continuous jet systems, contains as primary components coloring agents, organic solvents, conductivity mediators, and at least two binding agents, wherein the first binding agent is a bonding agent, and the second binding agent is a fixing agent and an agent for adjusting the viscosity. The ink is used for printing or writing on objects of plastics material, particularly rubber or silicone.

Claims

1. An ink for ink jet printing systems, the ink comprising coloring agents, organic solvents, conductivity mediators, and first and second binding agents which differ from each other, wherein the first binding agent is a bonding agent and the second binding agent is a fixing agent and means for adjusting the viscosity, the first binding agent being a chemically modified polyethylene and/or selected from the group consisting of a chemically modified polypropylene, a chemically modified low-chlorine polypropylene and a low-chlorine polypropylene.

2. The ink according to claim 1, wherein the second binding agent is an acrylic polymer on the basis of iso-butyl methacrylate, methyl methacrylate and/or ethyl acrylate.

3. The ink according to claim 1, wherein the ink comprises 50 to 85% by weight solvent,

0.5 to 18% by weight first binding agent as bonding agent,

0.1 to 15% by weight second binding agent,

2 to 15% by weight coloring agent,

0.2 to 1.5% by weight conductivity mediator, and

0 to 5% by weight other additives.

4. A method of using an ink for ink jet printing systems, the method comprising printing or writing an ink composed of coloring agents, organic solvents, conductivity mediators, a first binding agent as bonding agent, and a second binding agent as a fixing agent and means for adjusting the viscosity, on objects of plastics material, particularly rubber or silicone substances, the first binding agent being a chemically modified polyethylene and/or selected from the group consisting of a chemically modified polypropylene, a chemically modified low-chlorine polypropylene and a low-chlorine polypropylene.