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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2012
Naveen Chopra, Oakville, CA;
Barkev Keoshkerian, Thornhill, CA;
Daryl W. Vanbesien, Burlington, CA;
Jenny Eliyahu, Maple, CA;
Stephan V. Drappel, Toronto, CA;
Jeffrey H. Banning, Hillsboro, OR (US);
James M. Chappell, Webster, NY (US);
Fusheng Xu, Webster, NY (US);
Paul J. Mcconville, Webster, NY (US);
Naveen Chopra, Oakville, CA;
Barkev Keoshkerian, Thornhill, CA;
Daryl W. Vanbesien, Burlington, CA;
Jenny Eliyahu, Maple, CA;
Stephan V. Drappel, Toronto, CA;
Jeffrey H. Banning, Hillsboro, OR (US);
James M. Chappell, Webster, NY (US);
Fusheng Xu, Webster, NY (US);
Paul J. McConville, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are curable solid inks which are solid at room temperature and molten at an elevated temperature at which the molten ink is applied to a substrate. In particular, the curable solid inks of the present embodiments comprise low molecular weight amide gellants that impart self-leveling capabilities to the inks. Also disclosed herein are methods for making the amide gellant and the inks comprising the amide gellants.