Composition, accommodating unit, image forming device, and image forming method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10829631-B2
Application number	US-201916458464-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2019
Priority date	Sep 29, 2017
Publication date	Nov 10, 2020
Grant date	Nov 10, 2020

Abstract

A composition contains an acrylamide compound A1 having an ester structure and a polymerization initiator B1 having a molecular weight of 800 or more.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A composition comprising:
an acrylamide compound A1 having an ester structure and a polymerization initiator B1 having a molecular weight of 800 or more.

2. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polymerization initiator B1 comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of a polymerization initiator represented by the following formula 1, 1,3-di({α-[1-chloro-9-oxo-9H-thioxanthene-4-yl)oxy]acetylpoly[oxy(1-methylethylene)]}oxy)-2,2-bis({α-[1-chloro-9-oxo-9H-thioxanthen-4-yl)oxy]acetyl poly[oxy (1-methylethylene)]}oxymethyl)propane, a mixture of 1,3-di({α-4-(dimethylamino)benzoylpoly[oxy(1-methylethylene)]}oxy)-2,2-bis({α-4-(dimethylamino)benzoylpoly[oxy(1-methylethylene)]}oxymethyl)propane and {α-4-(dimethylamino)benzoylpoly(oxyethylene)-poly[oxy(1-methylethylene)]-poly(oxyethylene)}4-(dimethylamino)benzoate, polybutylene glycol bis(9-oxo-9H-thioxanthinyloxy)acetate, and an oligomer of 2-hydroxy-1-(4-isopropenylphenyl)-2-methylpropan-1-one,

wherein n is an integer of from 1 to 9.

3. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the acrylamide compound A1 has a molecular weight of from 150 to 250.

4. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the acrylamide compound A1 has a molecular weight of from 150 to 200.

5. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the ester structure comprises an alkyl ester group comprising a linear or branched chain having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

6. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the acrylamide compound A1 is represented by at least one formula selected from the group consisting of the following formula 2 and formula 3:
CH 2 ═CH—CO—N(R 1 )—R 2 —CO—O—R 3    formula 2

wherein R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R 2 represents a linear or branched alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R 3 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, wherein a number of the carbon atoms of R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 is from 2 to 6 in total,

wherein a ring X represents a ring structure having 2 to 5 carbon atoms including a nitrogen atom, R 4 represents a single bond or a linear or branched alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R 5 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, wherein a number of the carbon atoms of the ring X, R 4 , and R 5 is from 3 to 6 in total.

7. The composition according to claim 6 , wherein the acrylamide compound A1 is represented by the formula 2 and R 3 represents an alkyl group having 1 or 2 carbon atoms.

8. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein a mass ratio of a content of the acrylamide compound A1 to a content of the polymerization initiator B1 is from 9.0 to 19.0.

9. The composition according to claim 1 being free of an organic solvent.

10. The composition according to claim 1 being an active energy ray curable composition.

11. An accommodating unit comprising:
the composition of claim 1 ; and
a container accommodating the composition.

12. An image forming device comprising:
the accommodating unit of claim 11 ;
a discharging device configured to discharge the composition accommodated in the accommodating unit to a recording medium, the discharging device comprising a liquid chamber, a nozzle plate including a nozzle orifice through which the composition is discharged, and a flow path; and
an irradiator configured to irradiate the composition discharged onto the recording medium by the discharging device with active energy rays,
wherein at least one of members constituting the liquid chamber, members constituting the nozzle plate, and members constituting the flow path is attached at one or more portions with an adhesive.

13. The image forming device according to claim 12 , wherein the adhesive comprises an epoxy adhesive.

14. The image forming device according to claim 12 , wherein the irradiator comprises a UV-LED, which emits ultraviolet rays having a light emission wavelength in a range of from 365 to 405 nm.

15. An image forming method comprising:
discharging the composition of claim 1 to a recording medium by a discharging device; and
irradiating the composition discharged onto the recording medium with active energy rays to cure the composition,
wherein the discharging device comprises a liquid chamber, a nozzle plate including a nozzle orifice through which the composition is discharged, and a flow path,
wherein at least one of members constituting the liquid chamber, members constituting the nozzle plate, and members constituting the flow path is attached at one or more portions with an adhesive.

Assignees

• Hiraoka Takao
• Morita Mitsunobu
• Okada Takashi
• Noguchi Soh
• Yamaguchi Tatsuki
• Kobayashi Masahide
• Suenaga Takenori
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hiraoka Takao
• Morita Mitsunobu
• Okada Takashi
• Noguchi Soh
• Yamaguchi Tatsuki
• Kobayashi Masahide
• Suenaga Takenori

Classifications

• C08L33/26 Primary

  Homopolymers or copolymers of acrylamide or methacrylamide · CPC title

• B41J11/00214 Primary

  using UV radiation · CPC title

• C09D4/00

  Coating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers, based on organic non-macromolecular compounds having at least one polymerisable carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bond {; Coating compositions, based on monomers of macromolecular compounds of groups C09D183/00 - C09D183/16} · CPC title

• C09D11/38

  characterised by non-macromolecular additives other than solvents, pigments or dyes · CPC title

• C08K5/3462

  Six-membered rings · CPC title