Patent ID: 6632859
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: C09D

Abstract:
An ink vehicle which comprises a primary resin selected from the group consisting of rosin esters, phenolic modified rosin esters, maleic modified rosin esters, hydrocarbon resins, and modified hydrocarbon resins, an ink solvent having a boiling point of from about 180Â° C. to about 535Â° C., and from about 1 to about 30% by weight of an alkyd resin having a Gardner-Holdt viscosity of from about Z6.0 to about Z7.5 and an acid number less than about 5, the alkyd resin consisting essentially of the reaction product of 1,2,3,6-tetrahydrophthalic anhydride, a polyol selected from the group consisting of glycerol, trimethylolethane, trimethylolpropane, and dimethylolpropane,and a tall oil acid.