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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:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hidemasa Sawada, Gifu, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ; B41J / ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427161 ; 427288 ; 427384 ; 4273855 ; 427422 ; 523160 ; 523161 ; 524491 ;
Abstract
A hot-melt ink composition, which is solid at room temperature, comprises a wax having a melting point of about 50.degree. C. or above, a resin and a colorant. The resin has a softening point higher than the melting point of the wax in order to obtain a transparent image, or the resin has a softening point lower than the melting point of the wax in order to obtain an opaque image.