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US 2010/0147189 A1Published application
Drying enhancement additive and method of using same
AssigneeGenesis II of Nc, LLC
InventorsGregory Wells, Shane Landis
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Abstract
A drying agent particularly suited for facilitating the drying of inks and paints includes a cobalt drier that is more than six percent cobalt by weight, and no more than fourteen percent cobalt by weight. In particular, the cobalt drier is twelve percent cobalt by weight. The drying agent can also include a manganese drier, tung oil, a water-activated drier, a two-way drier, and a lithographic overprint varnish. All ingredients can be present in the mixture at a concentration of one part by weight. The drying agent can be used with a variety of printing stock substrates, and may be used at significantly higher concentrations than prior art drying agents.
Claims17
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15:
- A method for making a drying agent comprising, in order, the steps of:
- (a) providing a manganese drier in a container;
- (b) adding a lithographic overprint varnish to the container;
- (c) adding a cobalt drier comprising about twelve percent cobalt by weight to the container;
- (d) adding a two-way drier to the container;
- and
- (e) adding a water-activated drier to the container.
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- A method for making a drying agent according to claim 15, further comprising the steps of:
- (a) agitating the manganese drier, the lithographic overprint varnish, the cobalt drier, the two-way drier and the water-activated drier in the container until forming a uniformly distributed mixture in the container;
- and
- (b) adding tung oil to the container.
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17:
- An ink mixture comprising:
- (a) an ink;
- and
- (b) a drying agent comprising comprising about sixteen to seventeen percent by weight of a cobalt drier, the cobalt drier comprising at least about twelve percent cobalt by weight and no more than about fourteen percent cobalt by weight.
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18:
- An ink mixture according to claim 18, wherein the drying agent is ten to fifteen percent by weight of the mixture.
19:
- A paint mixture comprising:
- (a) a paint;
- and
- (b) a drying agent comprising a cobalt drier comprising at least about twelve percent cobalt by weight and no more than about fourteen percent cobalt by weight, a manganese drier, tung oil, a water-activated drier, a two-way drier, and a lithographic overprint varnish.
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20:
- A paint mixture according to claim 19, wherein the drying agent is about fifteen percent by weight of the mixture.
21:
- An ink mixture according to claim 19, wherein the drying agent comprises about sixteen to seventeen percent by weight of the cobalt drier.
22:
- An ink mixture according to claim 17, wherein the cobalt drier comprises about twelve percent cobalt by weight.
23:
- An ink mixture according to claim 17, wherein the drying agent further comprises a water-activated drier comprising petroleum at a concentration of no more than eleven percent by weight.
24:
- An ink mixture according to claim 17, wherein the drying agent further comprises a two-way drier.
25:
- An ink mixture according to claim 24, wherein the two-way drier comprises cobalt tallate, manganese tallate and cobalt acetate.
26:
- An ink mixture according to claim 17, wherein the drying agent further comprises a lithographic overprint varnish.
27:
- An ink mixture according to claim 26, wherein the lithographic overprint varnish comprises petroleum at a concentration of no more than twenty-two percent by weight.
28:
- An ink mixture according to claim 17, wherein the drying agent is about three to fifty percent by weight of the mixture.
29:
- An ink mixture according to claim 17, wherein the drying agent further comprises a manganese drier, tung oil, a water-activated drier, a two-way drier, and a lithographic overprint varnish.
30:
- An ink mixture according to claim 17, wherein the drying agent comprises:
- (a) one part by weight of the cobalt drier;
- (b) one part by weight of a manganese drier;
- (c) one part by weight of tung oil;
- (d) one part by weight of a water-activated drier;
- (e) one part by weight of a two-way drier;
- and
- (f) one part by weight of a lithographic overprint varnish.
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