ENERGY RAY-CURABLE INK COMPOSITION
First Claim
1. An energy ray-curable ink composition comprising a coloring material;
- a polyfunctional monomer having three or more ethylenical double bonds in one molecule as a polymerizable compound;
an α
-aminoalkylphenone-based compound and a thioxanthone-based compound as photopolymerization initiators; and
a hindered amine-based compound having a 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl group as an antigelling agent.
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide an energy ray-curable ink composition which is excellent in curability and adhesion, and is also excellent in storage stability.
The present invention relates to an energy ray-curable ink composition comprising a coloring material; a polyfunctional monomer having three or more ethylenical double bonds in one molecule as a polymerizable compound; an α-aminoalkylphenone-based compound and a thioxanthone-based compound as photopolymerization initiators; and a hindered amine-based compound having a 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl group as an antigelling agent.
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1. An energy ray-curable ink composition comprising a coloring material;
- a polyfunctional monomer having three or more ethylenical double bonds in one molecule as a polymerizable compound;
an α
-aminoalkylphenone-based compound and a thioxanthone-based compound as photopolymerization initiators; and
a hindered amine-based compound having a 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl group as an antigelling agent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
- a polyfunctional monomer having three or more ethylenical double bonds in one molecule as a polymerizable compound;
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6. An energy ray-curable ink composition comprising a coloring material;
- at least one of a polyfunctional monomer selected from the group consisting of trimethylolpropane tri(meth)acrylate and pentaerythritol tri(meth)acrylate as a polymerizable compound;
at least one of an α
-aminoalkylphenone-based compound selected from the group consisting of 2-methyl-1-[4-(methylthio)phenyl]-2-morpholinopropan-1-one and 2-benzyl-2-dimethylamino-1-(4-morpholinophenyl)-butanone, and a thioxanthone-based compound as photopolymerization initiators; and
bis (1-oxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl)sebacate as an antigelling agent;
whereinthe energy ray-curable ink composition contains the polyfunctional monomer in an amount of 10 to 65% by mass, the α
-aminoalkylphenone-based compound in an amount of 2 to 20% by mass, the thioxanthone-based compound in an amount of 0.1 to 10% by mass and the bis(1-oxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl)sebacate in an amount of 0.01 to 3% by mass, based on the entire amount of the ink composition; andalso contains the a-aminoalkylphenone-based compound in an amount of 40 to 99% by mass and the thioxanthone-based compound in an amount of 1 to 60% by mass, based on the entire amount of the photopolymerization initiator.
- at least one of a polyfunctional monomer selected from the group consisting of trimethylolpropane tri(meth)acrylate and pentaerythritol tri(meth)acrylate as a polymerizable compound;
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