Patents by Inventor Fusako Kiyono

Fusako Kiyono has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20170219947
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin and a release agent and an external additive containing fatty acid metal salt particles and abrasive particles, wherein a ratio (B/A) of an isolation amount B of the abrasive particles isolated from the toner particles after an ultrasonic isolation treatment to an isolation amount A of the fatty acid metal salt particles isolated from the toner particles after the ultrasonic isolation treatment is from 0.3 to 2.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki OMORI, Mona TASAKI, Yuka YAMAGISHI, Yutaka SAITO, Fusako KIYONO
  • Publication number: 20170199478
    Abstract: An electrostatic-image developing toner contains toner particles and particles of a metallic salt of a fatty acid deposited on the toner particles. The particles of the metallic salt of the fatty acid contain 0.0008% to 0.01% by mass of iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mona TASAKI, Fusako KIYONO, Yutaka SAITO, Hiroki OHMORI, Yuka YAMAGISHI
  • Publication number: 20170184989
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin and a release agent; and an external additive containing fatty acid metal salt particles, wherein a non-attachment rate representing a percentage of the fatty acid metal salt particles not attached to the toner particles before ultrasonic desorption treatment is 45% or less and a weak attachment rate representing a percentage determined by subtracting the non-attachment rate from a percent of the fatty acid metal salt particles not attached to the toner particles after ultrasonic desorption treatment is 55% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki OMORI, Mona TASAKI, Yutaka SAITO, Yuka YAMAGISHI, Fusako KIYONO
  • Patent number: 9606463
    Abstract: An electrostatic-image developing toner contains toner particles and particles of a metallic salt of a fatty acid deposited on the toner particles. The particles of the metallic salt of the fatty acid contain 0.0035% to 0.07% by mass of sulfur element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mona Tasaki, Fusako Kiyono, Shuji Sato, Emi Matsushita, Shintaro Anno, Keita Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20170075239
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner mother particles containing at least a binder resin, elastomer particles including a first oil, and inorganic particles including a second oil, wherein a viscosity of the first oil is equal to or higher than a viscosity of the second oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fusako KIYONO, Shintaro ANNO, Hiroki OHMORI, Emi MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20160349638
    Abstract: An electrostatic-image developing toner contains toner particles and particles of a metallic salt of a fatty acid deposited on the toner particles. The particles of the metallic salt of the fatty acid contain 0.0035% to 0.07% by mass of sulfur element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mona TASAKI, Fusako KIYONO, Shuji SATO, Emi MATSUSHITA, Shintaro ANNO, Keita YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160246197
    Abstract: According to one example of the present application, there is provided a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image, containing: a toner particle containing a binder resin; a particle adhering to a surface of the toner particle; and an elastomer particle containing one or more kinds of oil, wherein a volume particle size distribution index GSDT (D50T/D16T) on a small diameter side of the toner particle and a volume particle size distribution index GSDE (D50E/D16E) on a small diameter side of the elastomer particle satisfy Formula (1): GSDE/GSDT?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Emi MATSUSHITA, Fusako KIYONO, Shintaro ANNO, Hiroki OMORI
  • Patent number: 9348244
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles, elastomer particles which are externally added to the toner particles and contain a first oil, and inorganic particles which are externally added to the toner particles and contain a second oil having a viscosity higher than a viscosity of the first oil at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fusako Kiyono, Shintaro Anno, Hiroki Omori, Emi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 9158226
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first image forming unit and a second image forming unit, wherein the first image forming unit is arranged on a downstream side of the second image forming unit in a traveling direction of a transfer medium, the first developing unit contains a first developer containing a first toner and a first carrier, the second developing unit contains a second developer containing a second toner and a second carrier, and a ratio of a resistance value of the first carrier to a resistance value of the second carrier is within a range of from 4.0×10?5 to 9.7×10?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Anno, Fusako Kiyono, Emi Matsushita, Hiroki Ohmori, Shuji Sato
  • Patent number: 9052627
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic charge image development has toner mother particles including a release agent, a colorant, and a binder resin including a crystalline resin, and an external additive to the toner mother particles including at least metatitanic acid and at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide and fluoropolymer particles, and the addition weight ratio of the metatitanic acid to the at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide and fluoropolymer particles is from 1:0.08 to 1:8.30 is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Iida, Fusako Kiyono, Yasuaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8790858
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing carrier has magnetic particles and a coating resin layer that coats surfaces of the magnetic particles and contains a hindered amine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Hasegawa, Mona Tasaki, Fusako Kiyono
  • Patent number: 8685603
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developer includes a toner containing an external additive and a carrier comprising a resin-coated layer formed on a surface of a core material. The average shape factor SF1 of the toner is from 125 to 135, the number of particles having shape factor SF1 of less than 125 is from 5% to 30% by number with respect to the total number of toner particles, the number of particles having shape factor SF1 of greater than 135 is from 5% to 30% by number with respect to the total number of toner particles, the scratch line width in a scratch strength test of the resin used in the resin-coated layer is from 80 ?m to 200 ?m, and the scratch depth is from 60 ?m to 150 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fusako Kiyono, Taichi Yamada, Yosuke Tsurumi, Akira Matsumoto, Akihiro Iizuka
  • Patent number: 8603716
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing carrier includes a ferrite particle and a resin layer that coats the ferrite particle, wherein a magnesium element content of the ferrite particle is from about 3.0% by weight to about 20.0% by weight; wherein a manganese element content of the ferrite particle is from about 0.2% by weight to about 0.8% by weight; and wherein a content of toluene is more than about 100 ppm and not more than about 2,000 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Shoji, Akihiro Iizuka, Yosuke Tsurumi, Fusako Kiyono
  • Patent number: 8586276
    Abstract: A carrier for developing an electrostatic latent image includes carrier particles, and the carrier particles include magnetic particles and a coating layer coating the surfaces of the magnetic particles. The BET specific surface area of the magnetic particles is 0.1300 m2/g to 0.2500 m2/g, and the difference in BET specific surface areas obtained by subtracting the BET specific surface area of the magnetic particles from the BET specific surface area of the carrier particles is 0.0300 m2/g to 0.400 m2/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Matsumoto, Taichi Yamada, Yosuke Tsurumi, Fusako Kiyono, Akihiro Iizuka, Fumiaki Mera, Hirotaka Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 8512927
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing carrier including at least a core material and a coating resin layer which coats the surface of the core material, the resin layer comprising a thermoplastic resin having an alicyclic group, a thermal reduction in accordance with the TGA method being in the range of 0.5 weight % to 5 weight % of the whole of the carrier in the range of 100° C. to 400° C., and further an endothermic quantity of the whole of the carrier in accordance with the DTA method is in the range of 7 mJ/g to 40 mJ/g in the range of 100° C. to 400° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Iizuka, Fusako Kiyono, Tsuyoshi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20130209932
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing carrier has magnetic particles and a coating resin layer that coats surfaces of the magnetic particles and contains a hindered amine compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki HASEGAWA, Mona TASAKI, Fusako KIYONO
  • Patent number: 8455168
    Abstract: An electrophotographic developer is provided which includes: a toner that includes toner base particles and an external additive attached to a surface of the toner base particles and has an amount of Al on the surface of the toner base particles of from about 0.002 to about 0.02 atm %; and a carrier that includes magnetic particles and a coating resin layer that coats the magnetic particles, the coating resin layer including particles with a volume-average particle diameter of from about 80 to about 800 nm, such as organic particles or inorganic particles having an organic layer on a surface of the inorganic particles, the carrier satisfying any one of the following formulas, where SP1, SP2 and SP3 represent a solubility parameter of resin of the coating resin layer, the organic particles, and the organic layer respectively: about 10>|SP1?SP2|>about 4??(1); and about 10>|SP1?SP3|>about 4??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fusako Kiyono, Sakon Takahashi, Toshiaki Hasegawa, Takeshi Shoji
  • Patent number: 8389192
    Abstract: An electrophotographic carrier includes a magnetic core material and a resin layer that coats the magnetic core material, the resin layer comprising a resistance control agent and a polymer including a repeating unit derived from an alicyclic group-containing methacrylic ester, the resin layer including a monomer as a base material of the repeating unit in the polymer in an amount of from about 0.5% by weight to about 3.0% by weight relative to the total amount of the resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fusako Kiyono, Takeshi Shoji, Yosuke Tsurumi, Akihiro Iizuka
  • Patent number: 8318399
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image development carrier includes magnetic core particles and a resin coating layer that contains titanium dioxide particles doped with niobium and coats each of the magnetic core particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Hasegawa, Takeshi Shoji, Sakon Takahashi, Fusako Kiyono
  • Publication number: 20120107739
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrostatic latent image developer used in an image forming apparatus including: an image holding member; a charging unit; a latent image forming unit; a developing unit which stores the electrostatic latent image developer and includes a developer holding member, wherein the developing unit develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the image holding member by bringing a magnetic brush, which is formed on a surface of the developer holding member by the electrostatic latent image developer, into contact with the image holding member, to form a toner image; a transfer unit; a cleaning unit; and a lubricant applying unit, wherein the electrostatic latent image developer contains a toner having a 50% integrated volume particle diameter of from 3.0 to 6.0 ?m, and a carrier having a mean magnetization of 5.0×10?16 to 4.0×10?15 AM2/particle in an applied magnetic field of 1 kilo-oersted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki YAMASHITA, Kazuhiko ARAI, Kunihiko SATO, Haruhide ISHIDA, Michio TAKE, Sakon TAKAHASHI, Fusako KIYONO, Yoshifumi IIDA, Mona TASAKI