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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2007
Mark William Johnson, Lexington, KY (US);
Kelly Ann Killeen, Lexington, KY (US);
David Starling Macmillan, Winchester, KY (US);
Bart Mansdorf, Lexington, KY (US);
Donald Wayne Stafford, Georgetown, KY (US);
Mark Stephen Weisman, Jr., Huntington, WV (US);
Mark William Johnson, Lexington, KY (US);
Kelly Ann Killeen, Lexington, KY (US);
David Starling MacMillan, Winchester, KY (US);
Bart Mansdorf, Lexington, KY (US);
Donald Wayne Stafford, Georgetown, KY (US);
Mark Stephen Weisman, Jr., Huntington, WV (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to the use of radiation cured coatings that may be used in a device within an image forming apparatus. The coating composition may include a reactive oligomer capable of radiation curing having a number average molecular weight (Mn) of greater than 1500. A reactive diluent may then be combined with the reactive oligomer, which diluent is also capable of radiation curing and which has a Mn of less than or equal to 1500. The reactive diluent may be present at a level of less than fifty percent by weight of the coating composition. The coating composition may be present at a solids level of 90-100%.