I claim:
1. A pigment preparation comprising from 55 to 99 parts by weight of polyamide particles having an average particle size below 50 m and 1 to 45 parts by weight of a pigment absorbed on or therein, wherein the parts by weight of the polyamide particles and precipitate total 100 parts by weight and wherein the polyamide particles and pigment are combined by a wet blending process in a liquid media.
2. A pigment preparation according to claim 1 wherein the pigmentary composition comprises from about 55 to 80 parts by weight of the polyamide particles and from about 20 to 45 parts by weight of a pigment.
3. A pigment preparation according to claim 1 wherein the average particle size of the polyamide particle is in the range of from 1 to 40 m.
4. A pigment preparation according to claim 3 wherein 90 percent of the polyamide particles have a size below 30 m.
5. A pigment preparation according to claim 4 wherein 90 percent of the polyamide particles have a size in the range of from 1 to 25 m.
6. A pigment preparation according to claim 3 wherein the polyamide particles have a porous surface and a spherical shape.
7. A pigment preparation according to claim 6 wherein the pores on the polyamide particles at their surface have on average a diameter in the range from 0.05 to 0.6 m.
8. A pigment preparation according to claim 5 wherein the polyamide particles have a specific surface area in the range of 0.1 to 12 m2g.
9. A pigment preparation according to claim 1 wherein the polyamide particles are a polyamide-12, polyamide-6 or a copolymer thereof.
10. A pigment preparation according to claim 1 wherein the pigment is a azo, azomethine, methine, anthraquinone, phthalocyanine, perinone, perylene, diketopyrrolopyrrole, thioindigo, iminoisoindoline, iminoisoindolinone, quinacridone, flavanthrone, indanthrone, anthrapyrimidine and quinophthalone pigment.
11. A pigment preparation according to claim 1 wherein the pigment is an inorganic pigment selected from the group of metal oxides, antimony yellow, lead chromate, lead chromate sulfate, lead molybdate, ultramarine blue, cobalt blue, manganese blue, chrome oxide green, hydrated chrome oxide green, cobalt green and metal sulfides such as cerium or cadmium sulfide, cadmium sulfoselenides, zinc ferrite, bismuth vanadate and mixed metal oxides (MMO); in particular the bismuthvanadate, Fe oxides, mixed metal oxides and carbon black.
12. A pigment preparation according to claim 10 wherein the pigment is a pigmented selected from C.I. Pigment Red 202, C.I. Pigment Violet 19, C.I. Pigment Red 122, C.I. Pigment Orange 48, and C.I. Pigment Orange 49; the perylene pigments, for example, C.I. Pigment Red 179; the azo condensation pigments, for example, C.I. Pigment Red 170, C.I. Pigment Red 144, C.I. Pigment Red 220 and C.I. Pigment Brown 23; the isoindolinone pigments, for example, C.I. Pigment Orange 61, C.I. Pigment Yellow 109, and C.I. Pigment Yellow 110; the diketopyrrolopyrrole pigments, for example, C.I. Pigment Red 254, C.I. Pigment Red 255, C.I. Pigment Red 264, C.I. Pigment Orange 71, and C.I. Pigment Orange 73; the copper phthalocyanine pigments, for example, C.I. Pigment Blue 15, C.I. Pigment Green 7, and C.I. Pigment Green 36; and the anthraquinone pigments, for example, C.I. Pigment Blue 60, C.I. Pigment Red 177 and C.I. Pigment Yellow 147, C.I. Pigment White 6, C.I. Pigment Yellow 42, C.I. Pigment Red 101, C.I. Pigment Yellow 184 and C.I. Pigment Black 7 or a mixture thereof.
13. A pigment preparation according to claim 1 wherein said pigment has an average particle size of below 0.2 m.
14. A pigment preparation according to claim 1 wherein said pigment is in a nano particle size range of below 0.05 m.
15. A pigment preparation according to claim 1 wherein liquid media is an aqueous media consisting of water andor a water soluble or partially water soluble organic solvent like for example a C1 to C5 aliphatic alcohol.
16. A method for preparing a pigment preparation according to claim 1 comprising
a) stirring a pigment dispersion in the presence of an auxiliary agent,
b) adding the polyamide particulate material and stirring the suspension at a temperature 30 to 95 C. for 1 to 4 hours to get a uniform blend,
c) isolating the resulting pigment preparation by filtration, washing and drying.
17. A method for preparing a pigment preparation according to claim 16, wherein the auxiliary agent is anionic-, cationic- and nonionic-surface active agents such as the sulfonated oils, alkylaryl sulfonates, sulfated alcohols, quaternary ammonium salts of aliphatic- or alkylaryl amines or N-hetero cyclic compounds and the water-soluble polymers, copolymers andor polymer derivatives
18. A method for coloring a solid or liquid substrate comprising incorporating an effective pigmenting amount of a pigment preparation according to claim 1 into said substrate.
19. A method according to claim 18 wherein the substrate is a high molecular weight organic material.
20. A method according to claim 19 wherein the high molecular weight organic material is selected from the group consisting of cellulose ethers, cellulose esters, polyurethanes, polyesters, polycarbonates, polyolefins, polystyrene, polysulfones, polyamides, polycycloamides, polyimides, polyethers, polyether ketones, polyvinyl halides, polytetrafluoroethylene, acrylic and methacrylic polymers, rubber, silicone polymers, phenolformaldehyde resins, melamineformaldehyde resins, ureaformaldehyde resins, epoxy resins, diene rubbers and copolymers thereof.
21. A method according to claim 19 wherein the high molecular weight organic material is selected from the group consisting of polyamide, polyester, polycarbonate and mixtures thereof.
22. A method according to claim 21 wherein the high molecular weight organic material is a polyamide- or polyester-type fiber.
23. A method according to claim 19 wherein the substrate is a polyamide-12, polyamide-6 or a copolymer thereof.
24. A method of claim 18 wherein the substrate is paper, leather, a solid or liquid polymeric material, mineral oil, an inorganic or a cosmetic material or a seed.
25. A method for coloring a substrate comprising applying a coating composition that contains an effective pigmenting amount of a pigment preparation according to claim 1.
26. A method of claim 25 wherein the coating composition is a stowing finish containing a binder selected from the group consisting of cellulose ethers, cellulose esters, polyurethanes, polyesters, polycarbonates, polyolefins, polystyrene, polysulfones, polyamides, polycycloamides, polyimides, polyethers, polyether ketones, polyvinyl halides, polytetrafluoroethylene, acrylic and methacrylic polymers, rubber, silicone polymers, phenolformaldehyde resins, melamineformaldehyde resins, ureaformaldehyde resins, epoxy resins, diene rubbers and copolymers thereof.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A method for coordinating a funds transfer, the method comprising:
receiving entry from a requester into a funds-transfer initiating system of a request to transfer funds to a recipient; and
communicating a list of funds-transfer companies that may be selected to transfer the funds.
2. The method recited in claim 1 further comprising:
receiving entry from the requester into the funds-transfer initiating system of a selection of one of the funds-transfer companies;
transmitting the request and the selection from the funds-transfer initiating system to a host system.
3. The method recited in claim 1 wherein further comprising displaying the list to the requester.
4. The method recited in claim 1 further comprising displaying a selected one of the funds-transfer companies from the list to the requester.
5. The method recited in claim 1 further comprising collecting the funds to be transferred.
6. The method recited in claim 1 further comprising:
receiving entry into the fund-transfer initiating system a desired retrieval location; and
communicating a list of funds-transfer companies that offer funds-transfer services to the desired retrieval location.
7 . The method recited in claim 1 further comprising communicating a list of prices charged for transferring funds by each of the funds-transfer companies.
8. The method recited in claim 7 wherein:
the request to transfer funds includes a foreign-currency-exchange request; and
the list of prices includes a list of foreign-currency-exchange rates offered by each of the funds-transfer companies.
9. The method recited in claim 7 further comprising:
receiving a modified price from one of the funds-transfer companies; and
displaying the list to the requester with the modified price.
10. The method recited in claim 1 further comprising communicating funds-transfer fees for each of the funds-transfer companies.
11. A method for performing a funds transfer, the method comprising:
receiving at a host system a request to transfer funds to a recipient;
receiving at the host system an identification of a selected funds-transfer company chosen from a group of funds-transfer companies;
receiving at the host system a request to provide the funds to the recipient; and
transmitting information related to the request to provide the funds to the recipient from the host system.
12. The method recited in claim 11 wherein the request to transfer funds to the recipient includes an identification of a retrieval location, the method further comprising transmitting from the host system to a funds-transfer initiating system a list of funds-transfer companies that offer funds-transfer services to the retrieval location.
13. The method recited in claim 11 further comprising transmitting from the host system to an initiating system a list of prices charged for transferring funds by each of the group of funds-transfer companies.
14. The method recited in claim 13 wherein:
the request to transfer funds includes a foreign-currency-exchange request; and
the list of prices includes a list of foreign-currency exchange rates offered by each of the group of funds-transfer companies.
15. The method recited in claim 13 further comprising charging at least some of the group of funds-transfer companies a fee for including such some of the group of funds-transfer companies in the list.
16. The method recited in claim 11 further comprising charging the selected funds-transfer company a fee for use of the host system.
17. A transaction device comprising:
a data-entry device;
a memory;
a communications device; and
a processor coupled with the data-entry device, the memory, and the communications device,
wherein the transaction device is configured to receive a request from a requester to transfer funds to a recipient, and to communicate a list of funds-transfer companies that may be selected to transfer the funds.
18. The transaction device recited in claim 17 wherein the transaction device is further configured to receive a selection from the requester of one of the funds-transfer companies, and to transmit the request and the selection to a host system.
19. The transaction device recited in claim 17 further comprising a display screen, wherein the transaction device is further configured to display the list of funds-transfer companies to the requester on the display screen.
20. The transaction device recited in claim 17 wherein the transaction device is further configured to collect the funds to be transferred.
21. The transaction device recited in claim 17 wherein the transaction device is further configured to:
receive identification of a desired retrieval location; and
communicate a list of funds-transfer companies that offer funds-transfer services to the desired retrieval location on the display screen.
22. The transaction device recited in claim 17 wherein the transaction device is further configured to communicate a list of prices charged for transferring funds by each of the funds-transfer companies.
23. The transaction device recited in claim 22 wherein:
the request to transfer funds includes a foreign-currency-exchange request; and
the list of prices includes a list of foreign-currency-exchange rates offered by each of the funds-transfer companies.
24. The transaction device recited in claim 17 wherein the transaction device is further configured to receive a modified price from one of the funds-transfer companies and to display the list to the requester with the modified price.
25. The transaction device recited in claim 17 wherein the transaction device is further configured to communicate funds-transfer fees for each of the funds-transfer companies.
26. The transaction device recited in claim 17 wherein the data-entry device comprises a card reader.
27. The transaction device recited in claim 17 wherein the communications device comprises an Internet interface.
28. The transaction device recited in claim 17 wherein the communications device comprises a telephone interface.
29. The transaction device recited in claim 17 wherein the communications device comprises a PDA interface.
30. The transaction device recited in claim 17 further comprising a cash issuer.
31. The transaction device recited in claim 17 further comprising a card issuer.
32. A computer system comprising:
a communications device;
a processor in communication with the storage device and the communications device; and
a memory coupled with the processor, the memory comprising a computer-readable storage medium having a computer-readable program embodied therein for operating the computer system to perform a funds transfer, the computer-readable program including:
instructions for receiving with the communications device a request to transfer funds to a recipient;
instructions for receiving with the communications device an identification of a selected funds-transfer company chosen from a group of funds-transfer companies;
instructions for receiving with the communications device a request to provide the funds to the recipient; and
instructions for transmitting with the communications device information related to the request to provide the funds to the recipient.
33. The computer system recited in claim 32 wherein the request to transfer funds to the recipient includes an identification of a retrieval location, the computer-readable program further including instructions for transmitting to a funds-transfer initiating system with the communications device a list of funds-transfer companies that offer funds-transfer services to the retrieval location.
34. The computer system recited in claim 32 wherein the computer-readable program further comprises instructions for transmitting to a funds-transfer initiating system with the communications device a list of prices charged for transferring funds by each of the group of funds-transfer companies.
35. The computer system recited in claim 34 wherein:
the request to transfer funds includes a foreign-currency-exchange request; and
the list of prices includes a list of foreign-currency exchange rates offered by each of the group of funds-transfer companies.
36. The computer system recited in claim 34 wherein the computer-readable program further includes instructions for charging at least some of the group of funds-transfer companies.
37. The computer system recited in claim 32 wherein the computer-readable program further includes instructions for charging the selected funds-transfer company a fee.