Liquid discharge apparatus, ink jet recording method, and pigment textile printing ink composition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11130359-B2
Application number	US-201916727095-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 26, 2019
Priority date	Dec 27, 2018
Publication date	Sep 28, 2021
Grant date	Sep 28, 2021

Abstract

A liquid discharge apparatus of the present disclosure includes an ink composition and a liquid discharge section including a nozzle for discharging the ink composition. The ink composition is a pigment textile printing ink composition containing resin particles, water, and an organic solvent. The resin particles have a glass transition temperature of 5° C. or less and are contained in an amount of 6.5 mass % or more based on the total amount of the ink composition. The ink composition contains a polyhydric alcohol having a boiling point of 270° C. or more as the organic solvent in an amount of 15.0 mass % or less based on the total amount of the ink composition. The liquid discharge section includes a pressure chamber and a circulation passage for circulating the ink composition in the pressure chamber.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
an ink composition; and
a liquid discharge section that includes at least a pair of nozzles for discharging the ink composition,
wherein the ink composition is a pigment textile printing ink composition containing a resin particle, water, and an organic solvent;
the resin particle has a glass transition temperature of 5° C. or less and is contained in an amount of 6.5 mass % or more based on a total amount of the ink composition;
the ink composition contains a polyhydric alcohol having a boiling point of 270° C. or more as the organic solvent in an amount of 15.0 mass % or less based on the total amount of the ink composition; and
the liquid discharge section further includes a first discharge portion and a second discharge portion that each include a pressure chamber that communicates with a respective one of the pair of nozzles, and a circulation passage located between the pressure chambers for circulating an ink composition in the pressure chambers, wherein the first discharge portion includes a first exhaust passage that provides communication between the pressure chamber of the first discharge portion and the circulation passage, and the second discharge portion includes a second exhaust passage that provides communication between the pressure chamber of the second discharge portion and the circulation passage.

2. The liquid discharge apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the ink composition has a film elongation of 400% or more and 600% or less and a film strength of 50 MPa or more.

3. The liquid discharge apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the polyhydric alcohol having a boiling point of 270° C. or more is 10.0 mass % or less based on the total amount of the ink composition.

4. The liquid discharge apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the polyhydric alcohol having a boiling point of 270° C. or more is 30.0 mass % or less based on a total amount of polyhydric alcohol.

5. The liquid discharge apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a content mass ratio of the polyhydric alcohol having a boiling point of 270° C. or more to a solid content of the resin particle is 0.9 or less.

6. The liquid discharge apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the resin particle is a urethane resin particle.

7. The liquid discharge apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the resin particle is a polycarbonate urethane resin particle.

8. The liquid discharge apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the ink composition further contains a crosslinking agent.

9. An ink jet recording method comprising:
an ink adhesion step of discharging a pigment textile printing ink composition containing a resin particle, water, and an organic solvent from at least a pair of nozzles of a liquid discharge section to adhere the ink composition to fabric, wherein
the resin particle has a glass transition temperature of 5° C. or less and is contained in an amount of 6.5 mass % or more based on a total amount of the ink composition;
the ink composition contains a polyhydric alcohol having a boiling point of 270° C. or more as the organic solvent in an amount of 15.0 mass % or less based on the total amount of the ink composition; and
the liquid discharge section further includes a first discharge portion and a second discharge portion that each include a pressure chamber that communicates with a respective one of the pair of nozzles, and a circulation passage located between the pressure chambers for circulating the ink composition in the pressure chambers, wherein the first discharge portion includes a first exhaust passage that provides communication between the pressure chamber of the first discharge portion and the circulation passage, and the second discharge portion includes a second exhaust passage that provides communication between the pressure chamber of the second discharge portion and the circulation passage.

10. A pigment textile printing ink composition to be adhered to fabric by being discharged from at least a pair of nozzles of a liquid discharge section including a first discharge portion and a second discharge portion that each include a pressure chamber that communicates with a respective one of the pair of nozzles, and a circulation passage located between the pressure chambers for circulating the ink composition in the pressure chambers, wherein the first discharge portion includes a first exhaust passage that provides communication between the pressure chamber of the first discharge portion and the circulation passage, and the second discharge portion includes a second exhaust passage that provides communication between the pressure chamber of the second discharge portion and the circulation passage, wherein
the pigment textile printing ink composition contains a resin particle, water, and an organic solvent;
the resin particle has a glass transition temperature of 5° C. or less and is contained in an amount of 6.5 mass % or more based on a total amount of the pigment textile printing ink composition; and
a polyhydric alcohol having a boiling point of 270° C. or more is contained as the organic solvent in an amount of 15.0 mass % or less based on a total amount of the ink composition.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Miyasa Ryota
• Okada Hideki
• Ohashi Masakazu

Classifications

• B41M5/0047

  by ink-jet printing · CPC title

• D06P1/44 Primary

  using insoluble pigments or auxiliary substances, e.g. binders · CPC title

• D06P1/5271

  Polyesters; Polycarbonates; Alkyd resins · CPC title

• B41J2002/14411

  Groove in the nozzle plate · CPC title

• D06P5/30

  Ink jet printing · CPC title