Patents by Inventor Sakon Takahashi

Sakon Takahashi 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: 20190033735
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a toner particle; a strontium titanate particle that is externally added to the toner particle and that is doped with a metal element having an electronegativity of 1.3 or less; and a silica particle that is externally added to the toner particle, in which in a case where a detected peak intensity of a metal element having an electronegativity of 1.3 or less is Me-R, a detected peak intensity of strontium is Sr—R, a detected peak intensity of silicon is Si—R, and an element proportion of strontium is Sr—P, Conditions (1) to (3) are satisfied, 0.08 kcps?Me-R?10 kcps,??(1) 0.1%?Sr—P?3.0%, and??(2) 0.15?Sr—R/Si—R?12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mona TASAKI, Sakon TAKAHASHI, Moegi IGUCHI, Yutaka SAITO, Soutaro KAKEHI, Yuka YAMAGISHI
  • Publication number: 20190033739
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: a toner particle having average circularity of 0.91 or more and 0.98 or less, a silica particle externally added to the toner particle, and a strontium titanate particle that is externally added to the toner particle, that has an average primary particle diameter of 10 nm or more and 100 nm or less, that has average primary particle circularity of 0.82 or more and 0.94 or less, and circularity that becomes 84% of accumulation of the primary particle of more than 0.92.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuka YAMAGISHI, Moegi IGUCHI, Yutaka SAITO, Mona TASAKI, Soutaro KAKEHI, Sakon TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190033736
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a toner particle, a lubricant particle that is externally added to the toner particle, and a strontium titanate particle that is externally added to the toner particle, that has an average primary particle diameter of 10 nm or more and 100 nm or less, that has an average primary particle circularity of 0.82 or more and 0.94 or less, and that has a primary particle circularity that becomes 84% of accumulation of more than 0.92.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka SAITO, Sakon TAKAHASHI, Moegi IGUCHI, Mona TASAKI, Soutaro KAKEHI, Yuka YAMAGISHI
  • Patent number: 10025210
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles, silica particles having an average particle diameter of 80 nm to 200 nm, lubricant particles N which has negatively chargeable property, and lubricant particles P which has positively chargeable property, wherein a content (s) of the silica particles, a content (n) of the lubricant particles N, and a content (p) of the lubricant particles P satisfy relationships of Expression (1): 0.002?p/s?0.2; and Expression (2): 0.02?n/s?0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Tanabe, Sakon Takahashi, Yasuaki Hashimoto, Masaaki Usami, Yuka Zenitani, Hiroshi Kamada, Moegi Iguchi, Yuta Saeki, Hiroaki Saijo
  • Patent number: 9910372
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: toner particles; first silica particles having an average circularity of 0.9 to 1.0, a particle size distribution index of 1.05 to 1.25, and a compression aggregation degree of 60% to 95%; and second silica particles having an average circularity of 0.9 to 1.0, a particle size distribution index of 1.05 to 1.25, and a compression aggregation degree of 60% to 95%, wherein, when an average primary particle diameter of the first silica particles is set as Da (nm) and an average primary particle diameter of the second silica particles is set as Db (nm), relationships of the following Expressions (A1) to (A3) are satisfied: Expression (A1): 80?Da?120, Expression (A2): 120?Db?200, and Expression (A3): 10?Db?Da?120.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moegi Iguchi, Sakon Takahashi, Takeshi Tanabe, Hiroshi Kamada, Yasuaki Hashimoto, Masaaki Usami, Yuka Zenitani, Yuta Saeki, Hiroaki Saijo
  • Patent number: 9835962
    Abstract: There is provided an electrostatic image-developing toner containing a binder resin, a coloring agent and a release agent having a melting temperature of 85° C. to 120° C., the toner having a sea-island structure involving a sea part containing the binder resin and an island part containing the release agent, wherein a mode value of the distribution of the eccentricity degree B of the release agent-containing island part, represented by the specific formula, is from 0.75 to 1.00 and a skewness of the distribution of the eccentricity degree B is from ?1.30 to ?0.50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kamiwaki, Akira Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Murakami, Satoshi Miura, Atsushi Sugawara, Yukiaki Nakamura, Kana Yoshida, Yutaka Saito, Sakon Takahashi, Yasuaki Hashimoto, Koji Sasaki, Tsutomu Furuta
  • Publication number: 20170315460
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles, silica particles having an average particle diameter of 80 nm to 200 nm, lubricant particles N which has negatively chargeable property, and lubricant particles P which has positively chargeable property, wherein a content (s) of the silica particles, a content (n) of the lubricant particles N, and a content (p) of the lubricant particles P satisfy relationships of Expression (1): 0.002?p/s?0.2; and Expression (2): 0.02?n/s?0.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi TANABE, Sakon TAKAHASHI, Yasuaki HASHIMOTO, Masaaki USAMI, Yuka ZENITANI, Hiroshi KAMADA, Moegi IGUCHI, Yuta SAEKI, Hiroaki SAIJO
  • Publication number: 20170315459
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: toner particles; first silica particles having an average circularity of 0.9 to 1.0, a particle size distribution index of 1.05 to 1.25, and a compression aggregation degree of 60% to 95%; and second silica particles having an average circularity of 0.9 to 1.0, a particle size distribution index of 1.05 to 1.25, and a compression aggregation degree of 60% to 95%, wherein, when an average primary particle diameter of the first silica particles is set as Da (nm) and an average primary particle diameter of the second silica particles is set as Db (nm), relationships of the following Expressions (A1) to (A3) are satisfied: Expression (A1): 80?Da?120, Expression (A2): 120?Db?200, and Expression (A3): 10?Db?Da?120.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moegi IGUCHI, Sakon TAKAHASHI, Takeshi TANABE, Hiroshi KAMADA, Yasuaki HASHIMOTO, Masaaki USAMI, Yuka ZENITANI, Yuta SAEKI, Hiroaki SAIJO
  • Patent number: 9535362
    Abstract: A carrier set for electrostatic charge image developer, includes: a first carrier that satisfies Expression (1); 160 mJ?x?200 mJ, and a second carrier that satisfies Expression (2); 210 mJ?y?250 mJ, wherein x is a total energy amount, which is measured by a powder rheometer, of a developer which is prepared by mixing the first carrier and a toner for measurement such that a weight ratio of the toner is 8% by weight based on the developer, and y is a total energy amount, which is measured by the powder rheometer, of a developer which is prepared by mixing the second carrier and the toner for measurement such that a weight ratio of the toner is 8% by weight based on the developer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soutaro Kakehi, Moegi Iguchi, Sakon Takahashi, Akihiro Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20160282753
    Abstract: A carrier set for electrostatic charge image developer, includes: a first carrier that satisfies Expression (1); 160 mJ?x?200 mJ, and a second carrier that satisfies Expression (2); 210 mJ?y?250 mJ, wherein x is a total energy amount, which is measured by a powder rheometer, of a developer which is prepared by mixing the first carrier and a toner for measurement such that a weight ratio of the toner is 8% by weight based on the developer, and y is a total energy amount, which is measured by the powder rheometer, of a developer which is prepared by mixing the second carrier and the toner for measurement such that a weight ratio of the toner is 8% by weight based on the developer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soutaro KAKEHI, Moegi IGUCHI, Sakon TAKAHASHI, Akihiro IIZUKA
  • Patent number: 9442404
    Abstract: There is provided an electrostatic-image-developing toner containing: a toner particle which contains a binder resin containing a polyester resin, a release agent, and a styrene (meth)acrylic resin and in which the styrene (meth)acrylic resin forms a domain having a number average diameter of 300 nm to 800 nm in the toner particle; and an inorganic particle in which the number average diameter of the domain is from 1.5 times to 10 times the number average particle diameter of the inorganic particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Saito, Sakon Takahashi, Yasuaki Hashimoto, Tsutomu Furuta, Yuka Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20160091810
    Abstract: There is provided an electrostatic image-developing toner containing a toner particle containing a binder resin and a release agent and having a sea-island structure involving a sea part containing the binder resin and an island part containing the release agent, in which a mode value of the distribution of the eccentricity degree B represented by the specific formula of the release agent-containing island part is from 0.75 to 0.98 and a skewness of the distribution of the eccentricity degree B is from ?1.10 to ?0.50; and an external additive containing a silica particle having a volume average particle diameter of 80 nm to 200 nm; wherein a bulk density of the toner is from 0.33 g/cm3 to 0.40 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Tsutomu FURUTA, Yutaka SAITO, Yasuaki HASHIMOTO, Sakon TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20160085165
    Abstract: There is provided an electrostatic image-developing toner containing a binder resin, a coloring agent and a release agent having a melting temperature of 85° C. to 120° C., the toner having a sea-island structure involving a sea part containing the binder resin and an island part containing the release agent, wherein a mode value of the distribution of the eccentricity degree B of the release agent-containing island part, represented by the specific formula, is from 0.75 to 1.00 and a skewness of the distribution of the eccentricity degree B is from ?1.30 to ?0.50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Satoshi KAMIWAKI, Akira MATSUMOTO, Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI, Satoshi MIURA, Atsushi SUGAWARA, Yukiaki NAKAMURA, Kana YOSHIDA, Yutaka SAITO, Sakon TAKAHASHI, Yasuaki HASHIMOTO, Koji SASAKI, Tsutomu FURUTA
  • Patent number: 9274483
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit and a controller. The image forming unit forms an image on a continuous recording medium by transferring to the continuous recording medium a toner image obtained by developing a latent image formed on a photoreceptor. The controller controls the image forming unit such that an image based on image information is formed in a specific image area on the continuous recording medium, and at the same time, a specific image pattern is formed in a specific side area outside the image area on the continuous recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Kiuchi, Kazuhiko Arai, Kunihiko Sato, Sakon Takahashi, Masayo Higashimura, Kosuke Yamada, Atsumi Kurita, Daisuke Nakai
  • Patent number: 9244386
    Abstract: A developing device includes a first developer holder and a second developer holder. The first developer holder is disposed so as to face an image holding member and rotates so as to move in a direction opposite to a direction of movement of the image holding member at a first facing portion. The second developer holder is disposed downstream from the first developer holder in the direction of movement of the image holding member so as to face the image holding member and rotates so as to move in the same direction as the image holding member moves at a second facing portion. A value obtained by dividing an amount of developer per unit area held on the first developer holder by a shortest distance between the image holding member and the first developer holder is approximately in a range from 1.00×103 kg/m3 to 1.60×103 kg/m3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Sato, Yoko Miyamoto, Yoshiya Mashimo, Masaaki Takahashi, Sakon Takahashi, Nobumasa Furuya, Kazuhiko Arai
  • Patent number: 9195167
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a toner image holding member, a transfer unit, and a supply unit. The toner image holding member holds a toner image. The transfer unit transfers the toner image held by the toner image holding member to a recording medium. The supply unit supplies powder such that the powder is interposed between an end portion of the recording medium and the toner image holding member and/or the transfer unit if the recording medium includes an intermediate adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Kiuchi, Sakon Takahashi, Masayo Higashimura, Atsumi Kurita, Kunihiko Sato, Kosuke Yamada, Kazuhiko Arai
  • Patent number: 9164436
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a fixing section that includes rotatable members arranged to form a nip area through which a strip-shaped medium passes, and heaters that heat the rotatable members; and a control section. The fixing section applies heat and pressure to a toner image that is formed on the medium and passes through the nip area via the rotatable members heated by the heaters to fix the toner image onto the medium. The control section performs such control that the rotation of the rotatable members is stopped when the temperature of contact portions of the rotatable members that are in contact with the medium is lower than or equal to a first temperature that is lower than a temperature at which a portion of the medium softens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsumi Kurita, Masayo Higashimura, Yutaka Kiuchi, Kunihiko Sato, Sakon Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9091971
    Abstract: An image-forming apparatus includes an image unit that forms an image using at least one of a white toner and a color toner having a lower storage modulus than the white toner and a fixing unit that fixes the image to a medium with heat. A time P calculated by subtracting a fixing time for which an image of the color toner alone is fixed to normal paper used as the medium from a fixing time for which an overlaid image of the white toner and the color toner is fixed to color paper used as the medium is more than 0 ms and less than 30 ms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sakon Takahashi, Yutaka Kiuchi, Masayo Higashimura, Atsumi Kurita
  • Patent number: 8989631
    Abstract: An image-forming apparatus includes an image unit that forms an image using a white toner and a color toner and a fixing unit that fixes the image to a medium with heat. The toner mass per unit area of the white toner ? (g/m2) in an image of the color toner superimposed on the white toner formed on paper used as the medium satisfies: 0.03+1.31×Rw?0.47×Rc+0.02×Gw?0.07×Gc???0.05+1.06×Rw+0.42×Rc?0.02×Gw+0.05×Gc where Rw is the average particle diameter (?m) of the white toner, Rc is the average particle diameter (?m) of the color toner, Gw is the storage modulus (kPa) of the white toner at 120° C., and Gc is the storage modulus (kPa) of the color toner at 120° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Yamashita, Sakon Takahashi, Yutaka Kiuchi, Masayo Higashimura, Kunihiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20150072112
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a toner image holding member, a transfer unit, and a supply unit. The toner image holding member holds a toner image. The transfer unit transfers the toner image held by the toner image holding member to a recording medium. The supply unit supplies powder such that the powder is interposed between an end portion of the recording medium and the toner image holding member and/or the transfer unit if the recording medium includes an intermediate adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka KIUCHI, Sakon TAKAHASHI, Masayo HIGASHIMURA, Atsumi KURITA, Kunihiko SATO, Kosuke YAMADA, Kazuhiko ARAI