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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masashi Seki, Sunto Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); C09D 5/16 (2006.01); C09D 183/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/1707 (2013.01); B41J 2/1652 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); C09D 5/1675 (2013.01); C09D 183/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ink tube according to an embodiment includes a flexible tube body through which an ink flows, and a liquid repellent membrane which coats at least an inner surface of the flexible tube body. The liquid repellent membrane comprising a fluorine compound having a binding moiety containing a silicon atom and a carbon atom and a perfluoroalkyl group of four or fewer carbon atoms. The binding moiety is covalently bonded directly to the inner surface of the flexible tube body, and the perfluoroalkyl group is at a terminal end of the fluorine compound opposite from an end of the binding moiety.