Patents by Inventor Shigetoshi Asano

Shigetoshi Asano 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).

  • Patent number: 8137882
    Abstract: A toner for developing electrostatic images which is obtained by melt mixing at least a binder resin and a coloring agent, forming a powder material by pulverizing the obtained mixture after cooling and removing rough particles and fine particles from the formed powder material by classification, wherein inorganic fine particles having a roundness of 1.00 to 1.30, an average of the diameter of primary particles of 0.05 to 0.45 ?m and a ratio of a standard deviation to the average of the diameter of primary particles of 0.25 or smaller are added as an external additive, and a process for producing a toner for developing electrostatic images which comprises melt mixing at least a binder resin and a coloring agent, forming a powder material by pulverizing the obtained mixture after cooling, rounding the powder material by a heat treatment and adding the above inorganic fine particles to the rounded powder material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Imex Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Asano, Shuzo Nakayama, Masashi Ueda, Katsutoshi Saito, Kazuma Okamura
  • Publication number: 20100233607
    Abstract: A toner for developing electrostatic images which is obtained by melt mixing at least a binder resin and a coloring agent, forming a powder material by pulverizing the obtained mixture after cooling and removing rough particles and fine particles from the formed powder material by classification, wherein inorganic fine particles having a roundness of 1.00 to 1.30, an average of the diameter of primary particles of 0.05 to 0.45 ?m and a ratio of a standard deviation to the average of the diameter of primary particles of 0.25 or smaller are added as an external additive, and a process for producing a toner for developing electrostatic images which comprises melt mixing at least a binder resin and a coloring agent, forming a powder material by pulverizing the obtained mixture after cooling, rounding the powder material by a heat treatment and adding the above inorganic fine particles to the rounded powder material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: IMEX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Asano, Shuzo Nakayama, Masashi Ueda, Katsutoshi Saito, Kazuma Okamura
  • Publication number: 20020061455
    Abstract: A non-magnetic mono-component toner which comprises a toner and barium titanate having a surface area of 0.5 to 5 m2/g as measured in accordance with a BET method in an amount of 0.2 to 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the toner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Applicant: IMEX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Asano, Morito Takamuro
  • Patent number: 6383703
    Abstract: A non-magnetic mono-component toner includes a toner and barium titanate having a surface area of 0.5 to 3 m2/g as measured in accordance with a BET method in an amount of 0.2 to 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the toner. The toner can form images of a high density and suppress fog in the background simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Imex Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Asano, Morito Takamuro