Patents by Inventor Shotaro Nomura

Shotaro Nomura 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: 20130143154
    Abstract: A toner with good low-temperature fixability even in light-pressure type fixing units, which causes no contamination of fixing films and provides images having stable image densities and excellent image quality after long-term use. The toner includes a toner particle containing a binder resin, a coloring agent, a release agents (a) and (b) The release agent (a) is a monofunctional or bifunctional ester wax; the release agent (b) is a hydrocarbon wax; a solubility of the release agent (a) into the binder resin is higher than that of the release agent (b). When tetrahydrofuran-soluble components of the toner are subjected to GPC, a proportion of components having a molecular weight of 500 or less is 2.5 area % or less. When the tetrahydrofuran-soluble components at 25° C. are subjected to SEC-MALLS, a weight-average molecular weight Mw thereof is 5,000-100,000, and the Mw and the radius of gyration Rw thereof satisfy 5.0×10?4?Rw/Mw?1.0×10?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Michihisa Magome, Tomohisa Sano, Shuichi Hiroko, Yoshitaka Suzumura, Shotaro Nomura
  • Patent number: 8426094
    Abstract: A magnetic toner has magnetic toner particles, each of the magnetic toner particles containing a binder resin and a magnetic material, and an inorganic fine powder. The magnetic material is prepared by treating the surface of magnetic iron oxide with a silane compound. When the magnetic iron oxide is dispersed in an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid and dissolved until the dissolution proportion of the iron element reaches 5% by mass based on the total amount of the iron element contained in the magnetic iron oxide, the amount of silicon eluted by that point of time is 0.05% by mass or more and 0.50% by mass or less based on the magnetic iron oxide. The magnetic material has a moisture adsorption amount per unit area of 0.30 mg/m2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michihisa Magome, Takashi Matsui, Tomohisa Sano, Shuichi Hiroko, Yoshitaka Suzumura, Shotaro Nomura
  • Patent number: 8227162
    Abstract: To provide a toner excellent in low-temperature fixability, releasing performance, and development stability in long-term use under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment, provided is a magnetic toner including: magnetic toner particles each containing at least a binder resin and a magnetic particles; and an inorganic fine powder, in which: the magnetic particles is a treated magnetic particles treated with a silane compound; the treated magnetic particles has a water adsorption per unit area based on a BET specific surface area of 0.300 mg/m2 or less; portion of styrene extractables constitutes 25 mass % or less among the silane compound in the treated magnetic particles; and the silane compound with which the treated magnetic particles is treated contains a compound having a hydrocarbon group having 2 or more and 4 or less carbon atoms as a main component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohisa Sano, Michihisa Magome, Takashi Matsui, Akira Sakakibara, Shuichi Hiroko, Yoshitaka Suzumura, Shotaro Nomura
  • Publication number: 20110311910
    Abstract: To provide a toner which can achieve both low-temperature fixing performance and dot reproducibility and further can obtain images on which any density non-uniformity has been kept from coming about, the toner has toner particles, each of the toner particles has a toner base particle containing a binder resin, a colorant and a release agent, and an inorganic fine powder; the toner having: (1) an average circularity of 0.960 or more; (2) a number-average molecular weight Mn(25° C.) of from 500 or more to 3,000 or less in measuring a tetrahydrofuran-soluble matter at 25° C. of the toner by SEC-MALLS; and (3) a value of Mn(135° C.)/Mn(25° C.) of from 25 or more to 50 or less which is the ratio of number-average molecular weight Mn(135° C.) in measuring an o-dichlorobenzene-soluble matter at 135° C. of the toner by SEC-MALLS to number-average molecular weight Mn(25° C.) in measuring a tetrahydrofuran-soluble matter at 25° C. of the toner by SEC-MALLS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Michihisa Magome, Yusuke Hasegawa, Tomohisa Sano, Shuichi Hiroko, Yoshitaka Suzumura, Shotaro Nomura, Atsuhiko Ohmori
  • Publication number: 20110294056
    Abstract: A magnetic toner has magnetic toner particles, each of the magnetic toner particles containing a binder resin and a magnetic material, and an inorganic fine powder. The magnetic material is prepared by treating the surface of magnetic iron oxide with a silane compound. When the magnetic iron oxide is dispersed in an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid and dissolved until the dissolution proportion of the iron element reaches 5% by mass based on the total amount of the iron element contained in the magnetic iron oxide, the amount of silicon eluted by that point of time is 0.05% by mass or more and 0.50% by mass or less based on the magnetic iron oxide. The magnetic material has a moisture adsorption amount per unit area of 0.30 mg/m2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michihisa Magome, Takashi Matsui, Tomohisa Sano, Shuichi Hiroko, Yoshitaka Suzumura, Shotaro Nomura
  • Publication number: 20100266943
    Abstract: To provide a toner excellent in low-temperature fixability, releasing performance, and development stability in long-term use under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment, provided is a magnetic toner including: magnetic toner particles each containing at least a binder resin and a magnetic particles; and an inorganic fine powder, in which: the magnetic particles is a treated magnetic particles treated with a silane compound; the treated magnetic particles has a water adsorption per unit area based on a BET specific surface area of 0.300 mg/m2 or less; portion of styrene extractables constitutes 25 mass % or less among the silane compound in the treated magnetic particles; and the silane compound with which the treated magnetic particles is treated contains a compound having a hydrocarbon group having 2 or more and 4 or less carbon atoms as a main component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa Sano, Michihisa Magome, Takashi Matsui, Akira Sakakibara, Shuichi Hiroko, Yoshitaka Suzumura, Shotaro Nomura