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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2004
Keiko Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Hidetoshi Fukuo, Osaka, JP;
Jiro Nakagawa, Osaka, JP;
Sakura Color Products Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A water base erasable ink composition for use in marking pens which comprises 0.05-20% by weight of a colorant and 1-20% by weight of an oily material which is nonvolatile at normal temperatures (25° C.) and is dispersed in water, wherein the oily material has a viscosity of 5-40 mPa·s at 20° C. and is dispersed in water in the form of emulsion, and wherein the colorant is dispersed in the water with the aid of a polyvinyl alcohol resin as a dispersing agent which has a saponification degree of 70-85 mol % and of which aqueous solution of 4% concentration has a viscosity of 2-30 mPa·s at 20° C. in a weight ratio of the resin to the colorant of 0.5 to 5 and in an amount of 1 to 10% by weight based on the ink composition.