Solvent system and ink made therefrom
AssigneeSanford, L.P.
InventorsMartin N. Sexton, David Godbout
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Abstract
A solvent system for an ink including a nitro solvent; an ink further including a film-forming resin, a pigment or dye, and, optionally, a substrate wetting agent; and a marking instrument containing the ink, are disclosed.
Claims20
An ink comprising a nitro solvent, a film-forming resin, and one or more of a pigment and a dye.
An ink comprising about 20 wt. % to about 60 wt. % hydrocarbon solvent, about 20 wt. % to about 60 wt. % nitro solvent, about 3 wt. % to about 35 wt. % of a maleic resin, about 1 wt. % to about 15 wt. % of a solvent dye, and about 0.1 wt. % to about 2 wt. % of an organoslicone surfactant substrate wetting agent.
A metallic ink comprising about 20 wt. % to about 60 wt. % hydrocarbon solvent, about 20 wt. % to about 60 wt. % nitro solvent, about 5 wt. % to about 15 wt. % of an alcohol solvent, about 3 wt. % to about 35 wt. % of a phenolic resin, and about 7 wt. % to about 30 wt. % of a metallic pigment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.