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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2008
Stephan V. Drappel, Mississauga, CA;
Wolfgang G. Wedler, Tualatin, OR (US);
Peter G. Odell, Mississauga, CA;
Christopher A. Wagner, Toronto, CA;
Stephan V. Drappel, Mississauga, CA;
Wolfgang G. Wedler, Tualatin, OR (US);
Peter G. Odell, Mississauga, CA;
Christopher A. Wagner, Toronto, CA;
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A phase change ink that includes a colorant and a phase change ink carrier. The phase change ink carrier includes a diblock or tri-block co-oligomer wax of the formula HC(CH)(CXX)CXXX, or CXXX(CXX)HC(CH)(CXX)CXXX, wherein at least one of X, X, X, Xand Xare atoms selected from group VII of the periodic table and any remaining one of X, X, X, Xand Xare hydrogen, wherein m is an integer of from about 5 to about 50, and wherein n is an integer of from about 3 to about 40. The phase change ink has a property of the phase change ink of providing a surface of a printed portion of the ink having a lower coefficient of friction to glass if the diblock co-oligomer wax was not included in the ink formulation.