Patents by Inventor Takashige Kasuya

Takashige Kasuya 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: 20120021348
    Abstract: In a toner formed of toner particles which include a colorant, a wax, and a binder resin containing a crystalline resin (a) primarily composed of a polyester, the crystalline resin has an endothermic peak temperature (Tp) in a range of 50° C. to 80° C., and in a viscoelasticity measurement of the toner, G?(Tp?10) is in a range of 5.0×107 to 5.0×108 Pa, G?(Tp+10) is in a range of 5.0×105 to 5.0×106 Pa, and G?(Tp?20), G?(Tp?10), G?(Tp+10), and G?(Tp+30) satisfy specific relationships.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takaaki Kaya, Kenji Aoki, Ayako Okamoto, Atsushi Tani, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 8084174
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a toner excellent in ability to prevent electrostatic offset and fixation tailing. Provided is a toner including toner particles each containing at least a binder resin, a wax, and a magnetic iron oxide, and inorganic fine particles, in which the magnetic iron oxide contains at least a Ti component, an Al component, an Si component, and an Fe component; and the each component has some particular characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Hasegawa, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Kouji Nishikawa, Kentarou Kamae, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 7939231
    Abstract: A magnetic toner is disclosed having magnetic toner particles containing a binder resin and a magnetic iron oxide. The magnetic toner has a specific saturation magnetization and a specific residual magnetization in ascertain magnetic field. The binder resin includes a polyester component polymerized with an aromatic carboxylic acid titanium compound as a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ogawa, Yusuke Hasegawa, Shinichiro Abe, Junko Nishiyama, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 7811734
    Abstract: Hydrophobic inorganic fine particles are provided which: does not cause melt adhesion of toner to a photosensitive member and contamination of a contact charging member; imparts excellent flowability, charging performance and durability to toner even after the toner is stored in a high-temperature, high-humidity environment over a long time period; and does not cause dripping of toner and contamination with the toner. The hydrophobic inorganic fine particles are obtained by subjecting inorganic fine particles to surface treatment with silicone oil and then with a silane compound and/or a silazane compound, or by subjecting inorganic fine particles to surface treatment with a silane compound and/or a silazane compound in the presence of silicone oil, and further subjecting the inorganic fine particles thus surface-treated to surface treatment with silicone oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ogawa, Yusuke Hasegawa, Kouji Nishikawa, Miho Okazaki, Yoshitaka Suzumura, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 7704659
    Abstract: To provide a toner which has superior low-temperature fixing performance, high-temperature anti-offsetting properties and developing performance and may cause neither melt sticking of toner to photosensitive member nor turn-up of cleaning blade. The toner contains at least a binder resin, a colorant and a wax, and the wax is characterized by i) being an oxidized hydrocarbon wax, ii) having a hydroxyl value of from 5 mgKOH/g or more to 150 mgKOH/g or less, and iii) having, in molecular weight distribution measured by gel permeation chromatography of tetrahydrofuran-soluble matter, a main peak within the range of molecular weight of from 200 or more to 600 or less, and a component with a molecular weight of 700 or more in a content of 3% by mass or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ogawa, Yusuke Hasegawa, Kouji Nishikawa, Miho Okazaki, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 7700254
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a toner having excellent developability and excellent low-temperature fixability without causing adhesion of ejected sheets even in a high-speed oilless fixing system and capable of preventing a frameless printing from causing a twisted offseting phenomenon. Specifically, provided is a toner having toner particles including at least a binder resin and a colorant, in which, when the toner is dissolved in a tetrahydrofuran (THF) solvent at 25° C. for 24 hours, the ratio of a THF-soluble matter having an intrinsic viscosity of 5.0×10?2 dl/g or less with respect to the total amount of the THF-soluble matter in a GPC-RALLS-viscometer analysis is 15.0 mass % to 60.0 mass %, and the ratio of a THF-soluble matter having an intrinsic viscosity of 1.5×10?1 dl/g or more with respect to the total amount of the THF-soluble matter in a GPC-RALLS-viscometer analysis is 20.0 mass % to 40.0 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Syuhei Moribe, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Daisuke Yoshiba, Hirata Junko, Masami Fujimoto, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 7678524
    Abstract: A magnetic toner including at least: a binder resin; and a magnetic body, in which, when magnetization at a magnetic field strength of 397.9 kA/m and a coercive force of the magnetic toner are denoted by ?s (Am2/kg) and Hc (kA/m), respectively, a magnetic field strength at which the magnetic toner shows a magnetization value equal to 95% of ?s is denoted by H95% (kA/m), and a number average particle size of the magnetic body is denoted by d (?m), H95%, Hc, and d satisfy the following expressions. 151<H95%<200??(1) 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Hasegawa, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Junko Nishiyama, Miho Okazaki, Takashige Kasuya, Tomohisa Sano
  • Publication number: 20100028793
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a toner excellent in ability to prevent electrostatic offset and fixation tailing. Provided is a toner including toner particles each containing at least a binder resin, a wax, and a magnetic iron oxide, and inorganic fine particles, in which the magnetic iron oxide contains at least a Ti component, an Al component, an Si component, and an Fe component; and the each component has some particular characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Hasegawa, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Kouji Nishikawa, Kentarou Kamae, Takashige Kasuya
  • Publication number: 20100009277
    Abstract: Hydrophobic inorganic fine particles are provided which: does not cause melt adhesion of toner to a photosensitive member and contamination of a contact charging member; imparts excellent flowability, charging performance and durability to toner even after the toner is stored in a high-temperature, high-humidity environment over a long time period; and does not cause dripping of toner and contamination with the toner. The hydrophobic inorganic fine particles are obtained by subjecting inorganic fine particles to surface treatment with silicone oil and then with a silane compound and/or a silazane compound, or by subjecting inorganic fine particles to surface treatment with a silane compound and/or a silazane compound in the presence of silicone oil, and further subjecting the inorganic fine particles thus surface-treated to surface treatment with silicone oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ogawa, Yusuke Hasegawa, Kouji Nishikawa, Miho Okazaki, Yoshitaka Suzumura, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 7582401
    Abstract: The invention is to provide a toner excellent in fixing property, high-temperature offset resistance and blocking resistance, and having an excellent developing property. The invention provides a toner including at least a binder resin and a colorant, wherein: the binder resin contains a hybrid resin which contains a polyester-type resin unit by 50 mass % or more and in which a polyester-type resin component and a vinyl-type resin component are chemically bonded; the toner contains 3 to 50 mass % of a tetrahydrofuran-insoluble matter derived from the binder resin; the tetrahydrofuran-insoluble matter contains a hybrid resin; and a tetrahydrofuran-soluble matter, obtained by hydrolyzing the tetrahydrofuran-insoluble matter and separating by filtration, has, in a GPC-measured molecular weight distribution, a main peak within a molecular weight range of 50,000 to 500,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ogawa, Yusuke Hasegawa, Tomohisa Sano, Junko Nishiyama, Miho Okazaki, Takashige Kasuya, Koji Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20090197193
    Abstract: To provide a toner which has superior low-temperature fixing performance, high-temperature anti-offsetting properties and developing performance and may cause neither melt sticking of toner to photosensitive member nor turn-up of cleaning blade. The toner contains at least a binder resin, a colorant and a wax, and the wax is characterized by i) being an oxidized hydrocarbon wax, ii) having a hydroxyl value of from 5 mgKOH/g or more to 150 mgKOH/g or less, and iii) having, in molecular weight distribution measured by gel permeation chromatography of tetrahydrofuran-soluble matter, a main peak within the range of molecular weight of from 200 or more to 600 or less, and a component with a molecular weight of 700 or more in a content of 3% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ogawa, Yusuke Hasegawa, Kouji Nishikawa, Miho Okazaki, Takashige Kasuya
  • Publication number: 20090186288
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic toner enabling an image with high image density and excellent image reproducibility to be obtained, which is excellent in fluidity, charging stability, and charging uniformity, even for long-term use, and also enabling an image whose fogging, ghost, and scattering are suppressed to be obtained. The magnetic toner has at least a binder resin and a magnetic material, where, the magnetic material is an magnetic iron oxide whose dielectric breakdown voltage of the magnetic material is 160 to 1600 V/cm, and the dielectric loss tangent (tan ?) of the magnetic toner at 100 kHz and 40° C. is 2.0×10?3 to 1.0×10?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junko Hirata, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Yusuke Hasegawa, Kouji Nishikawa, Miho Okazaki, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 7537877
    Abstract: A toner is provided which can stably provide a favorable density stability, line reproducibility and dot reproducibility even in high-speed copying machines, printers and the like which form high resolution latent images over a long period regardless of environmental conditions, and can provide the image quality adaptable to embedded pattern printing, QR code printing and the like. The present invention is characterized in that the toner which includes toner particles including at least a binder resin and a colorant, and a fine silica powder, has a volume median diameter (D50) of not less than 0.70 ?m and not more than 3.00 ?m, and a total pore volume of not more than 0.200 cm3/g, measured in the range of the pore diameter from not less than 1.7 nm and not more than 300.0 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Yoshiba, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Syuhei Moribe, Junko Nishiyama, Shuichi Hiroko, Masami Fujimoto, Takashige Kasuya
  • Publication number: 20090035679
    Abstract: A magnetic toner is disclosed having magnetic toner particles containing a binder resin and a magnetic iron oxide. The magnetic toner has a specific saturation magnetization and a specific residual magnetization in ascertain magnetic field. The binder resin includes a polyester component polymerized with an aromatic carboxylic acid titanium compound as a catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ogawa, Yusuke Hasegawa, Shinichiro Abe, Junko Nishiyama, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 7470494
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a magnetic toner comprising magnetic toner particles including at least a binder resin and magnetic particles is provided, wherein an isoelectric point of the magnetic particles is pH 4.0 or less, in order to provide a magnetic toner stably having an optimum charged amount regardless of environments so that a high-quality image having high blackness can be formed without causing any ghost phenomenon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junko Nishiyama, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Yusuke Hasegawa, Shinichiro Abe, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 7457572
    Abstract: An image forming method and related process cartridge, the method having the steps of controlling the layer thickness of a toner on a toner bearing member by means of a toner regulating blade, and developing with the toner an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrostatic latent image bearing member, the toner regulating blade has, at its part to be kept in touch with the toner bearing member, a specific ten-point average roughness Rz and a specific ratio (area of contact portion/area of non-contact portion) at a specific face pressure, and the toner has a specific average circularity and has a specific aerated bulk density. This image forming method and process cartridge promise superior developing performance in any environment, can keep sleeve negative ghost from occurring and can keep toner melt adhesion to toner regulating blade and toner melt adhesion to toner bearing member from occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsutomu Onuma, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Yusuke Hasegawa, Koji Nishikawa, Tomohisa Sano, Junko Nishiyama, Miho Okazaki, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 7422832
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic toner comprising magnetic toner particles each comprising at least a binder resin and a magnetic iron oxide, the magnetic toner being excellent in developability and environmental stability, and being capable of reducing a toner consumption. A saturation magnetization ?s and a remanent magnetization ?r of the magnetic toner in a measured magnetic field of 795.8 kA/m are arranged in the range of 5 to 60 Am2/kg and in the range of 0.1 to 10.0 Am2/kg, respectively, and the binder resin having a polyester component polymerized by using a Ti chelate compound as a catalyst is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ogawa, Takashige Kasuya, Syuhei Moribe, Kouji Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20080187853
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a toner having excellent developability and excellent low-temperature fixability without causing adhesion of ejected sheets even in a high-speed oilless fixing system and capable of preventing a frameless printing from causing a twisted offseting phenomenon. Specifically, provided is a toner having toner particles including at least a binder resin and a colorant, in which, when the toner is dissolved in a tetrahydrofuran (THF) solvent at 25° C. for 24 hours, the ratio of a THF-soluble matter having an intrinsic viscosity of 5.0×10?2 dl/g or less with respect to the total amount of the THF-soluble matter in a GPC-RALLS-viscometer analysis is 15.0 mass % to 60.0 mass %, and the ratio of a THF-soluble matter having an intrinsic viscosity of 1.5×10?1 dl/g or more with respect to the total amount of the THF-soluble matter in a GPC-RALLS-viscometer analysis is 20.0 mass % to 40.0 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Syuhei Moribe, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Daisuke Yoshiba, Junko Hirata, Masami Fujimoto, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 7402368
    Abstract: Hydrophobic inorganic fine particles characterized by being a mixture of at least small-particle-diameter inorganic fine particles having an average primary particle diameter of 5 to 25 nm and having a maximum peak particle diameter of 20 nm or less and large-particle-diameter inorganic fine particles having an average primary particle diameter which is 1.5 to 100 times the average primary particle diameter of the small-particle-diameter inorganic fine particles; the mixture being a mixture having been treated in the same treating tank to subject both the small-particle-diameter inorganic fine particles and large-particle-diameter inorganic fine particles simultaneously to hydrophobic treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ogawa, Takashige Kasuya, Kaori Hiratsuka
  • Publication number: 20080124643
    Abstract: A toner is provided which can stably provide a favorable density stability, line reproducibility and dot reproducibility even in high-speed copying machines, printers and the like which form high resolution latent images over a long period regardless of environmental conditions, and can provide the image quality adaptable to embedded pattern printing, QR code printing and the like. The present invention is characterized in that the toner which includes toner particles including at least a binder resin and a colorant, and a fine silica powder, has a volume median diameter (D50) of not less than 0.70 ?m and not more than 3.00 ?m, and a total pore volume of not more than 0.200 cm3/g, measured in the range of the pore diameter from not less than 1.7 nm and not more than 300.0 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Yoshiba, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Syuhei Moribe, Junko Nishiyama, Shuichi Hiroko, Masami Fujimoto, Takashige Kasuya