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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:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
106 3161 ; 106 3162 ;
Abstract
A hot-melt ink composition adapted for an ink jet recording process comprising the steps of: heating an ink composition which stays as solid at room temperatures so that it is liquefied; and then applying some jetting energy to the ink composition so that it is jetted onto a recording medium in the form of ink droplet to form a recorded dot, wherein said ink composition comprises a pigment and an alcoholic wax having a hydroxyl value of from 20 to 150 and has a melt viscosity of from 5 to 30 mPa.s upon the use thereof.