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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, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 ;
Abstract
An ink for ink-jet recording of the present invention includes water and a pigment. A total amount of free monovalent metal is not more than 300 ppm in the ink, and a total amount of free divalent or polyvalent metal is not more than 5 ppm in the ink. The ink may further comprise an antiseptic/fungicidal agent. The ink is excellent in dispersion stability of the pigment. The ink is stably discharged from a head over a long period without causing any clog-up at an ink flow passage and a nozzle of the head of a recording apparatus.