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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2012
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Naveen Chopra, Oakville, CA;
Barkev Keoshkerian, Thornhill, CA;
Daryl Vanbesien, Burlington, CA;
Jenny Eliyahu, Maple, CA;
Stephan Drappel, Toronto, CA;
Jeffrey 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 ink of the present embodiments comprises a cyclohexyl-based crystalline gellant that impart self-leveling capabilities to the inks, where the cyclohexyl-based crystalline gellant have a structure of Formula I: wherein each X, Y, p, q, R, R, R, and Rare as defined herein.