ADDITIVE AND VEHICLE FOR INKS, PAINTS, COATINGS AND ADHESIVES

• US 20110086957A1
• Filed: 11/30/2010
• Published: 04/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Leroy John Cook, Richard T. Skov
• Original Assignee: Leroy John Cook, Richard T. Skov
• Inventors: Skov, Richard T., Cook, Leroy John
• Granted Patent: US 8,188,184 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 524/240
• CPC Class Codes: C07C 211/00 Compounds containing amino groups bound to a carbon skeleton
• CPC Class Codes: C08F 8/00 Chemical modification by after-treatment graft polymers, block polymers, crosslinking with unsaturated monomers or with polymers C08F251/00 - C08F299/00; of conjugated diene rubbers C08C
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 133/04 Homopolymers or copolymers of esters C09J143/04 takes precedence

Abstract

An environmentally safe additive and vehicle system are provided for water-based and oil-based printing inks, paints, coatings and adhesives which can be rapidly transferred, dispersed, dispensed, spread, dried and cured. The low cost, stable additive and vehicle system enhance multiple color, high speed printing with sharp, highly defined images and superior quality, and can be used on many different types of substrates, such as paper, paperboard, cardboard, clay coated board, foil, plastic, glass, metal, wood and composites. The additive may be formed by the reaction product of a photoinitiator, such as an UV-activated polyelectrolyte, and a monomer, such as an acrylate or a methacrylate in an aqueous solution. In other embodiments, the additive is formed from a carboxylic acid or anhydride and alkylalkanolamine monomer or a dialkylaminoalkyl acrylate or methacrylate monomer in an aqueous solution.

Claims

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25. A vehicle system, comprising by weight:

(a) about 4-45% of a first component, the first component comprising at least one material selected from the group consisting of an acrylic resin solution, a latex solution, a urethane solution, a microcrystalline wax solution, and a vegetable oil;

(b) about 50-90% of a second component, the second component comprising at least one material selected from the group consisting of a fumaric resin solution and an acrylic resin emulsion; and

(c) about 0.5-10% of an aqueous solution of an additive comprising the reaction product of

(i) a first reagent comprising a carboxylic acid; and

(ii) a second reagent comprising at least one material selected from the group consisting of a dialkylaminoalkyl acrylate monomer, and a dialkylaminoalkyl methacrylate monomer.

26. The vehicle system of claim 25, wherein the additive is capable of being activated by heat to cause phase separation of the vehicle system.

27. The vehicle system of claim 25, wherein the additive is capable of being cured photochemically.

29. The vehicle system of claim 25, wherein the first component comprises acrylic resin solution, the second component comprises fumaric resin, and the weight ratio of fumaric resin to acrylic resin solution is from about 2:

1 to about 4;

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30. The vehicle system of claim 25, wherein the first component comprises about 2-50% acrylic resin, water up to about 75%, and about 0-20% diluting agent.

32. The vehicle system of claim 25, wherein the second component comprises about 2-50% fumaric resin, water up to about 75%, and about 0-30% diluting agent.

33. The vehicle system of claim 25, wherein the first component comprises a urethane dispersion of about 25 percent to about 50 percent solids in an aqueous solution.

35. The vehicle system of claim 25, wherein the first component is selected from the group consisting of corn oil, cottonseed oil, olive oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil, peanut oil, linseed oil, soybean oil, tall oil, and tung oil.

36. The vehicle system of claim 25, wherein the second component comprises about 50-100% acrylic emulsion resin and water up to about 30%.

37. A paint, ink, or coating comprising the vehicle system of claim 25.

38. A paint, ink, or coating comprising the vehicle system of claim 25, further comprising at least one of

i) a surfactant in an amount of about 0.05 to 0.5 weight percent;

ii) a defoamer in an amount of about 0.05 to 0.5 weight percent; and

iii) an inhibitor in an amount of about 0.05 to 2.0 weight percent.

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39. A vehicle system, comprising by weight:

(a) about 4-45% of a first component comprising at least one material selected from the group consisting of an acrylic resin solution, a latex resin solution, a paraffin solution, a paraffin emulsion, a urethane resin solution, and a vegetable oil;

(b) about 50-90% of a second component comprising at least one material selected from the group consisting of a fumaric resin solution and an acrylic resin emulsion; and

(c) about 0.5-10% additive in aqueous solution comprising the reaction product of

(i) a first reagent comprising carboxylic acid and containing a benzene ring; and

(ii) a second reagent comprising at least one material selected from the group consisting of an alkylaminoalkyl acrylate monomer and an alkylaminoalkyl methacrylate monomer.

42. An ink, coating, or adhesive made with the vehicle according to claim 39.

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43. A vehicle system, comprising by weight:

(a) about 80-99% of a first component comprising at least one material selected from the group consisting of an acrylic resin solution, a urethane resin solution, a latex resin solution, a latex resin emulsion, a wax dispersion or emulsion, a fumaric resin solution, and a vegetable oil; and

(b) about 1-20% additive comprising in aqueous solution the reaction product of

(i) a first reagent comprising a carboxylic acid; and

(ii) a second component comprising at least one material selected from the group consisting of a dialkylaminoalkyl acrylate monomer, and a dialkylaminoalkyl methacrylate monomer.

44. The vehicle system of claim 43, wherein the second component is selected from the group consisting of N,N-dimethylaminoethyl acrylate, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate;

N,N-diethylaminoethyl acrylate, N,N-diethylaminopropyl acrylate, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, N,N-diethylaminoethyl methacrylate, N,N-diethylaminopropyl methacrylate, N,N-diethylaminopropyl acrylate;

N,N-diethylaminobutyl methacrylate; and

N,N-diethylaminobutyl acrylate.

45. The vehicle system of claim 43, wherein the additive comprises the reaction product of 3,3′

,4,4′

-benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid and N,N-dimethylaminoethyl-methacrylate.

53. The vehicle system of claim 43, wherein the first component comprises about 50-100% acrylic emulsion resin and water up to about 30%.

54. An ink, coating, or adhesive made with the vehicle according to claim 43.

55. The paint, ink, or coating of claim 43, further comprising at least one of an inhibitor in an amount of about 0.05 to 2.0 weight percent, a surfactant in an amount of about 0.05 to 0.5 percent, and a defoamer in an amount of about 0.05 to 0.5 percent.

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