Patent ID: 8079696
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: C09D

Abstract:
1. A particulate composition of solid phase change ink comprising: a. sub-granular size pastilles composed of at least a salt, an ink vehicle compound, b. a viscosity modifying amide compound, and c. a colorant, d. each sub-granular size pastille of said particulate composition being sized to have a diameter of at most 2 mm on the Wentworth-Udden particle-sizing scale and each sub-granular size pastille of said particulate composition includes a flattened portion and a spherical portion, the flattened portion not exceeding twenty-five percent of a surface area of the sub-granular size pastille to enable a melt rate of approximately 10 gm/minute of the sub-granular size pastilles by a melting apparatus within a solid ink jet printer that supplies melted ink to a printhead in the solid ink printer.