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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2019
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/16 (2006.01); C09D 11/10 (2014.01); C09D 11/30 (2014.01); C09D 11/101 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2013.01); B41J 2/1606 (2013.01); B41J 2/16517 (2013.01); C09D 11/10 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16502 (2013.01); C09D 11/101 (2013.01); C09D 11/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ink jet printing apparatus includes a radiation-curable ink having a surface tension of 25.0 mN/m or less, and a printing head including a nozzle face having an opening of a nozzle through which the radiation-curable ink is ejected, and a liquid-repellent film on the nozzle face. The liquid-repellent film enables the radiation-curable ink to forms a contact angle of 60.0 degrees or more therewith.