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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2012
Yuemei Zhang, Ramsey, NJ (US);
Nicholas Tulling, Rutherford, NJ (US);
Jitendra Modi, Hazlet, NJ (US);
Leonard Davis, Monroe, NY (US);
Stephen Anthony Hall, Wells, GB;
Yuemei Zhang, Ramsey, NJ (US);
Nicholas Tulling, Rutherford, NJ (US);
Jitendra Modi, Hazlet, NJ (US);
Leonard Davis, Monroe, NY (US);
Stephen Anthony Hall, Wells, GB;
Sun Chemical Corporation, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Abstract
Provided are energy curable high-stretch inks and coatings for heat transfer labels. The inks and coatings include monofunctional monomers/oligomers, thermoplastic inert resins, and zero or a limited amount of multifunctional monomers/oligomers and exhibit good stretchability and surface resistance, such as scratch resistance and solvent (water, oil) resistance. Also provided are methods of using the high stretch inks in heat-transfer label (HTL) applications.