| US 7,579,386 B1 | ||
| Ink for printing on a game ball | ||
| Gary Matroni, Agawam, Mass. (US); Thomas J. Kennedy, III, Wilbraha, Mass. (US); and Michael J. Tzivanis, Chicopee, Mass. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Callaway Golf Company, Carlsbad, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 25, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/860,981. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/827384, filed on Sep. 28, 2006. | ||
| Int. Cl. C08F 2/46 (2006.01); C08F 20/18 (2006.01); C08F 20/20 (2006.01); G03F 7/031 (2006.01); C07C 49/786 (2006.01); C08G 59/14 (2006.01); C09D 11/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 522—100 [522/7; 522/8; 522/28; 522/38; 522/46; 522/182; 106/31.13] | 3 Claims |
| 1. An ink for inkjet printing on the surface of a game ball, the ink comprising:
a cyclic trimethylolpropane acrylate monomer in an amount ranging from 15 to 40 parts of a solid component of the ink;
an amine modified epoxy diacrylate oligomer in an amount of 20 to 40 parts of the solid component of the ink;
a pentaerythritol triacrylate monomer in an amount ranging from 10 to 30 parts of the solid component of the ink;
a tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate monomer in an amount ranging from 1 to 5 parts of the solid component of the ink;
a pigment in an amount of 5 to 15 parts of the solid component;
a first photoinitiator in an amount ranging from 5 to 15 of the solid component;
a second photoinitiator in an amount ranging from 1 to 5 parts of the solid component;
a defoamer in an amount of 0.1 to 1.5 parts of the solid component;
a surface additive in an amount of 0.1 to 1.5 parts of the solid component;
a methyl ethyl ketone solvent in an amount ranging from 30 to 100 parts of the solid component.
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