公开(公告)号：US09434160B2

公开(公告)日：2016-09-06

申请号：US14468682

申请日：2014-08-26

Applicant: CANON FINETECH INC.

Inventor： Yuusuke Sumikawa ,  Shintaro Suzuki

IPC: G01D11/00 ,  B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/155 ,  B41J2/16 ,  B41J2/21

CPC classification number: B41J2/14016 ,  B41J2/1433 ,  B41J2/155 ,  B41J2/1601 ,  B41J2/2107 ,  B41J2002/14403

Abstract: An ink jet recording head, includes a nozzle array of nozzle flow paths; ink ejection orifices communicating with the nozzle flow paths; heaters in the nozzle flow paths; and ink with which the head is filled. The ink contains a coloring material, an acetylene glycol-based surfactant, and water, the surfactant containing one or more kinds of an acetylene glycol or an ethylene oxide adduct thereof, an average addition number of moles of ethylene oxide of the whole surfactant being 3 to 7. The ink has a viscosity of 1.5 mPa·s to 3.0 mPa·s. The head is a line type head having an opening area of each ink ejection orifice of 100 μm2 to 350 μm2, a total number of nozzles of 1,200 or more, and a length of the nozzle array of 2 inches or more, and the head is driven at a frequency of 1 kHz to 10 kHz.

Abstract translation: 一种喷墨记录头，包括喷嘴流道的喷嘴阵列; 喷墨口与喷嘴流路连通; 喷嘴流路中的加热器; 和头部填充的墨水。 油墨含有着色材料，乙炔二醇类表面活性剂和水，表面活性剂含有一种或多种乙炔二醇或其环氧乙烷加合物，整个表面活性剂的环氧乙烷的平均加成摩尔数为3 油墨的粘度为1.5mPa·s〜3.0mPa·s。 头部是具有每个喷墨孔的开口面积为100μm2〜350μm2，喷嘴总数为1200以上，喷嘴列的长度为2英寸以上的线型头，头为 以1kHz至10kHz的频率驱动。

公开(公告)号：US20150070436A1

公开(公告)日：2015-03-12

申请号：US14474547

申请日：2014-09-02

Applicant: CANON FINETECH INC.

Inventor： Kanako Aratani ,  Ryuta Aoto ,  Yuusuke Sumikawa ,  Takahiro Tsutsui ,  Shintaro Suzuki ,  Masato Kawakami

IPC: B41J2/14 ,  C09D125/14 ,  C09D11/322 ,  C09D11/38 ,  B41J2/175 ,  C08K5/3415

CPC classification number: B41J2/1433 ,  B41J2/16508 ,  B41J2/1652 ,  B41J2/16538 ,  B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/17563 ,  B41J2202/00 ,  C08K5/3415 ,  C09D11/033 ,  C09D11/107 ,  C09D11/30 ,  C09D11/322 ,  C09D11/38 ,  C09D125/14

Abstract: An ink jet recording ink including a pigment; water; and water-soluble compounds. The pigment comprises a resin-dispersed pigment dispersed with a (meth)acrylate-based random copolymer having an acid value of 100-160 mgKOH/g. The water-soluble compounds include at least ethylene urea and a water-soluble compound having a hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity coefficient defined by the following equation (A) of 0.37 or less The total content of the water-soluble compounds is 22-50 mass % with respect to the total amount of the ink The content of the ethylene urea is 11.0 mass % or more with respect to the total amount of the ink, and the proportion of the amount of the ethylene urea in the total amount of the water-soluble compounds is 50% by mass or less, Hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity coefficient=((water activity value of 20% aqueous solution)−(molar fraction of water in 20% aqueous solution))/(1−(molar fraction of water in 20% aqueous solution))   Equation (A).

Abstract translation: 一种包含颜料的喷墨记录油墨; 水; 和水溶性化合物。 颜料包含分散有酸值为100-160mgKOH / g的（甲基）丙烯酸酯类无规共聚物的树脂分散颜料。 水溶性化合物至少包括亚乙基脲和具有下述式（A）定义的亲水性 - 疏水性系数为0.37以下的水溶性化合物。水溶性化合物的总含量为22〜50质量％， 相对于油墨的总量，乙烯脲的含量相对于油墨的总量为11.0质量％以上，并且乙烯的量在水溶性化合物的总量中的比例 为50质量％以下，亲水性 - 疏水性系数=（（20％水溶液的水分活度值） - （20％水溶液中水的摩尔分数））/（1-（20％水溶液中的水的摩尔分数） 解））等式（A）。

公开(公告)号：US09278527B2

公开(公告)日：2016-03-08

申请号：US14474547

申请日：2014-09-02

Applicant: CANON FINETECH INC.

Inventor： Kanako Aratani ,  Ryuta Aoto ,  Yuusuke Sumikawa ,  Takahiro Tsutsui ,  Shintaro Suzuki ,  Masato Kawakami

IPC: B41J29/38 ,  B41J2/15 ,  B41J2/14 ,  B41J2/175 ,  C08K5/3415 ,  C09D11/322 ,  C09D11/38 ,  C09D125/14 ,  C09D11/033 ,  C09D11/30 ,  B41J2/165

CPC classification number: B41J2/1433 ,  B41J2/16508 ,  B41J2/1652 ,  B41J2/16538 ,  B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/17563 ,  B41J2202/00 ,  C08K5/3415 ,  C09D11/033 ,  C09D11/107 ,  C09D11/30 ,  C09D11/322 ,  C09D11/38 ,  C09D125/14

Abstract: An ink jet recording ink including a pigment; water; and water-soluble compounds. The pigment comprises a resin-dispersed pigment dispersed with a (meth)acrylate-based random copolymer having an acid value of 100-160 mgKOH/g. The water-soluble compounds include at least ethylene urea and a water-soluble compound having a hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity coefficient defined by the following equation (A) of 0.37 or less The total content of the water-soluble compounds is 22-50 mass % with respect to the total amount of the ink The content of the ethylene urea is 11.0 mass % or more with respect to the total amount of the ink, and the proportion of the amount of the ethylene urea in the total amount of the water-soluble compounds is 50% by mass or less, Hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity coefficient=((water activity value of 20% aqueous solution)−(molar fraction of water in 20% aqueous solution))/(1−(molar fraction of water in 20% aqueous solution))  Equation (A).

Abstract translation: 一种包括颜料的喷墨记录油墨; 水; 和水溶性化合物。 颜料包含分散有酸值为100-160mgKOH / g的（甲基）丙烯酸酯类无规共聚物的树脂分散颜料。 水溶性化合物至少包括亚乙基脲和具有下述式（A）定义的亲水性 - 疏水性系数为0.37以下的水溶性化合物。水溶性化合物的总含量为22〜50质量％， 相对于油墨的总量，乙烯脲的含量相对于油墨的总量为11.0质量％以上，并且乙烯的量在水溶性化合物的总量中的比例 为50质量％以下，亲水性 - 疏水性系数=（（20％水溶液的水分活度值） - （20％水溶液中的水的摩尔分数））/（1-（20％水溶液中的水的摩尔分数） 解））等式（A）。

公开(公告)号：US20140313265A1

公开(公告)日：2014-10-23

申请号：US14200191

申请日：2014-03-07

Applicant: CANON FINETECH INC.

Inventor： Eriko Himura ,  Shintaro Suzuki ,  Yusuke Sumikawa ,  Takahiro Tsutsui ,  Shoji Koike

IPC: B41J2/175

CPC classification number: B41J2/17563 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/17533 ,  C09D11/328

Abstract: A filling liquid for distribution of an ink jet head of a thermal type, the filling liquid filling a nozzle flow path during distribution of the ink jet head, a hydrophilic region formed on a periphery of an ink discharge port having an opening area of from 100 to 350 μm2, the filling liquid including: an aqueous medium having at least a water-soluble organic compound and water as constituents; and a dye dissolved in the aqueous medium, a concentration of the dye in the filling liquid being 0.2 mass % or more and 1 mass % or less with respect to a total mass of the filling liquid and the concentration of the dye being equal to or less than saturation solubility with respect to the water-soluble organic compound, wherein the filling liquid has a surface tension of 25 mN/m or more and 34 mN/m or less.

Abstract translation: 一种用于分配热式喷墨头的填充液，所述填充液在喷墨头的分配期间填充喷嘴流动路径，形成在具有开口面积为100的喷墨口的周边上的亲水区域 至350μm2，所述填充液包括：具有至少水溶性有机化合物和水作为组分的水性介质; 和溶解在水性介质中的染料，填充液中染料的浓度相对于填充液的总质量为0.2质量％以上且1质量％以下，染料的浓度等于或等于 相对于水溶性有机化合物的饱和溶解度小，其中填充液的表面张力为25mN / m以上且34mN / m以下。

公开(公告)号：US09493011B2

公开(公告)日：2016-11-15

申请号：US14200191

申请日：2014-03-07

Applicant: CANON FINETECH INC.

Inventor： Eriko Himura ,  Shintaro Suzuki ,  Yusuke Sumikawa ,  Takahiro Tsutsui ,  Shoji Koike

IPC: C09D11/328 ,  B41J2/175

CPC classification number: B41J2/17563 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/17533 ,  C09D11/328

Abstract: A filling liquid for distribution of an ink jet head of a thermal type, the filling liquid filling a nozzle flow path during distribution of the ink jet head, a hydrophilic region formed on a periphery of an ink discharge port having an opening area of from 100 to 350 μm2, the filling liquid including: an aqueous medium having at least a water-soluble organic compound and water as constituents; and a dye dissolved in the aqueous medium, a concentration of the dye in the filling liquid being 0.2 mass % or more and 1 mass % or less with respect to a total mass of the filling liquid and the concentration of the dye being equal to or less than saturation solubility with respect to the water-soluble organic compound, wherein the filling liquid has a surface tension of 25 mN/m or more and 34 mN/m or less.

Abstract translation: 一种用于分配热式喷墨头的填充液，所述填充液在喷墨头的分配期间填充喷嘴流动路径，形成在具有开口面积为100的喷墨口的周边上的亲水区域 至350μm2，所述填充液包括：具有至少水溶性有机化合物和水作为组分的水性介质; 和溶解在水性介质中的染料，填充液中染料的浓度相对于填充液的总质量为0.2质量％以上且1质量％以下，染料的浓度等于或等于 相对于水溶性有机化合物的饱和溶解度小，其中填充液的表面张力为25mN / m以上且34mN / m以下。

公开(公告)号：US20150070437A1

公开(公告)日：2015-03-12

申请号：US14477057

申请日：2014-09-04

Applicant: CANON FINETECH INC.

Inventor： Yuusuke Sumikawa ,  Masato Kawakami ,  Ryuta Aoto ,  Eriko Himura ,  Kanako Aratani ,  Takahiro Tsutsui ,  Shintaro Suzuki

IPC: C08K5/3415 ,  C09D125/14 ,  C09D11/38 ,  B41J2/175 ,  C09D11/322

CPC classification number: C08K5/3415 ,  B41J2/1404 ,  B41J2/155 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2002/14379 ,  B41J2002/14403 ,  C09D11/322 ,  C09D11/38 ,  C09D125/14

Abstract: An ink jet recording ink including a coloring material; water; and three kinds of water-soluble compounds. The content of the water is 70 mass % or more with respect to the total amount of the ink. Each water-soluble compound has a molecular weight of 80 or more and is a liquid compound having a vapor pressure at 20° C. of 5 Pa or less or a solid compound, and at least one kind of the water-soluble compounds is a solid compound. In case that the water-soluble compounds are mixed at a ratio at which the water-soluble compounds are incorporated into the ink to provide a mixture, a 40% aqueous solution of the mixture has a water activity value of 0.88-0.91 and a viscosity of 3.3 mPa·s or less. The total content of the water-soluble compounds in the ink is 20-25 mass % with respect to the total amount of the ink.

Abstract translation: 包括着色材料的喷墨记录油墨; 水; 和三种水溶性化合物。 水的含量相对于油墨的总量为70质量％以上。 每种水溶性化合物的分子量为80以上，为20Pa以下的蒸气压为5Pa以下的液体化合物或固体化合物，至少一种水溶性化合物为 固体化合物。 在水溶性化合物以将水溶性化合物引入墨水中以提供混合物的比例混合的情况下，混合物的40％水溶液的水活度值为0.88-0.91，粘度 为3.3mPa·s以下。 油墨中的水溶性化合物的总含量相对于油墨的总量为20〜25质量％。

公开(公告)号：US20150070422A1

公开(公告)日：2015-03-12

申请号：US14468682

申请日：2014-08-26

Applicant: CANON FINETECH INC.

Inventor： Yuusuke SUMIKAWA ,  Shintaro Suzuki

IPC: B41J2/045 ,  B41J2/14

CPC classification number: B41J2/14016 ,  B41J2/1433 ,  B41J2/155 ,  B41J2/1601 ,  B41J2/2107 ,  B41J2002/14403

Abstract: An ink jet recording head, including: a nozzle array of nozzle flow paths; ink ejection orifices communicating with the nozzle flow paths; heaters in the nozzle flow paths; and ink with which the head is filled, the ink containing a coloring material, an acetylene glycol-based surfactant, and water, the surfactant containing one or more kinds of an acetylene glycol or an ethylene oxide adduct thereof, an average addition number of moles of ethylene oxide of the whole surfactant being 3 to 7, the ink having a viscosity of 1.5 mPa·s to 3.0 mPa·s, the head comprising a line type head having an opening area of each ink ejection orifice of 100 μm2 to 350 μm2, a total number of nozzles of 1,200 or more, a length of the nozzle array of 2 inches or more, and the head being driven at a frequency of 1 kHz to 10 kHz.

Abstract translation: 一种喷墨记录头，包括：喷嘴流道的喷嘴阵列; 喷墨口与喷嘴流路连通; 喷嘴流路中的加热器; 和填充头部的油墨，含有着色材料的油墨，乙炔二醇类表面活性剂和水，表面活性剂含有一种或多种乙炔二醇或其环氧乙烷加成物，平均加成摩尔数 的整个表面活性剂的环氧乙烷为3〜7，油墨的粘度为1.5mPa·s〜3.0mPa·s，头部为具有各喷墨孔的开口面积为100μm〜350μm2的线型头 ，1200个以上的喷嘴总数，2个以上的喷嘴列的长度，头部以1kHz〜10kHz的频率驱动。