United States Patent [191 [1 1] 4,163,675 Hirano Et Al
United States Patent [191 [1 1] 4,163,675 Hirano et al. ' [45] Aug. 7, 1979 [54] AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION FOR [56] References Cited WRITING INSTRUMENTS U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS [75] Inventors: Katsumi I-Iirano, Kuwana; Takeshi Re. 28,605 11/1975’ Alburger .............................. .. 106/19 Teranishi, Nagoya; Kunio Kosaki, 3,519,443 7/1970 Kaplan et al. ....................... .. 106/22 Nagoya; Kazuhiko Honda, Nagoya, Primary Examiner-Carman J. Seccuro all of Japan Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Sughrue, Rothwell, Mion, [73] Assignee: Pilot Ink Co., Ltd., Nagoya, Japan Zinn and Macpeak [57] ABSTRACT [21] Appl. No.: 921,151 An aqueous ink composition, suitable for use in writing [22] Filed: Jun. 30, 1978 instruments including an ink passage made of a plastic material, consisting essentially of water, a water-soluble [30] Foreign Application Priority Data dye and a naphthalene derivative as essential ingredi ents and a glycol or a polyglycol as a moisture-retaining Jun, 30. 1977 [JP] Japan ................................ .. 52-78188 agent, a very small amount of a surface active agent as [51] Int. Cl.2 .................... .. C09D 11/16; C09D 11/18 a penetrant, an anti-mold agent and other additives as [52] US. Cl. ......................... ., ........... .. 106/22; 106/25; optional ingredients. The naphthalene derivative im 260/29.6 B; 260/29.6 EN parts affinity for the plastic material. [58] Field of Search ............. .. 106/22, 25; 260/29.6 B, 260/29.6 I-IN 8 Claims, No Drawings 4,163,675 l 2 AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION FOR WRITING ' SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION INSTRUMENTS An object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous ink composition suitable for writing instru BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 5 ments including an ink passage made of a plastic mate 1.
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