Patents by Inventor Takeo Mizobe

Takeo Mizobe 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: 20240142888
    Abstract: A toner includes toner particles each including a toner mother particle and external additive particles attached to the surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive particles include fluororesin particles, specific external additive particles, and silica particles. The specific external additive particles contain barium titanate or strontium titanate. The silica particles have a detachment fraction of at least 5% by mass and no greater than 22% by mass. The detachment fraction of the silica particles is a percentage of a mass M2 of silica particles of the silica particles that have separated from the toner mother particles after ultrasonication to a mass M1 of the silica particles included in the toner particles before the ultrasonication. The ultrasonication is application of ultrasonic vibration to a mixed liquid of 5 g of the toner and 105.5 g of a nonionic surfactant-containing aqueous solution containing 0.55 g of a nonionic surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Takeo MIZOBE
  • Patent number: 11880163
    Abstract: A toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle and an external additive attached to the surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive includes specific external additive particles. The specific external additive particles have a number average primary particle diameter of at least 30 nm and no greater than 305 nm. The specific external additive particles include antimony-doped tin oxide particles or indium tin oxide particles. A ratio (MSb/(MSn+MSb)) of a mass (MSb) of an antimony atom to a total of the mass (MSb) of the antimony atom and a mass (MSn) of a tin atom in the antimony-doped tin oxide particles is at least 0.04 and no greater than 0.46.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Ryota Kobayashi, Naruo Yabe, Takeshi Arakawa, Takeo Mizobe, Masanori Sugahara
  • Publication number: 20230049150
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus forms an image on a recording medium using first to fourth toners, and includes an intermediate transfer target; a primary transfer unit that transfers a first toner image, a second toner image, a third toner image, and a fourth toner image to the intermediate transfer target in stated order; and a secondary transfer unit that collectively transfers the first to fourth toner images onto the recording medium. The first toner image, the second toner image, the third toner image, and the fourth toner image include the first toner, the second toner, the third toner, and the fourth toner, respectively. The first to fourth toners each include toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle and an external additive attached to the surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive includes fluororesin particles and silica particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Takeo MIZOBE
  • Publication number: 20220163901
    Abstract: A toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle containing a binder resin and an external additive attached to a surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive includes fluorine-containing particles. The fluorine-containing particles include a fluorine atom at least in surface layers thereof. The amount of the fluorine-containing particles is at least 0.10 parts by mass and no greater than 0.50 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the toner mother particles. When ultrasonication is performed, a residual amount ratio of remaining fluorine-containing particles is at least 0% by mass and no greater than 20% by mass relative to the amount of the fluorine-containing particles attached to the toner mother particles before the ultrasonication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Masanori SUGAHARA, Naruo YABE, Takeshi ARAKAWA, Takeo MIZOBE, Ryota KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220113644
    Abstract: A toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle and an external additive attached to the surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive includes specific external additive particles. The specific external additive particles have a number average primary particle diameter of at least 30 nm and no greater than 305 nm. The specific external additive particles include antimony-doped tin oxide particles or indium tin oxide particles. A ratio (MSb/(MSn+MSb)) of a mass (MSb) of an antimony atom to a total of the mass (MSb) of the antimony atom and a mass (MSn) of a tin atom in the antimony-doped tin oxide particles is at least 4% by mass and no greater than 46% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Ryota KOBAYASHI, Naruo YABE, Takeshi ARAKAWA, Takeo MIZOBE, Masanori SUGAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220035263
    Abstract: A toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle containing a binder resin and an external additive attached to a surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive includes fluororesin particles. The fluororesin particles have a number average primary particle diameter of at least 100 nm and no greater than 300 nm. An area ratio of a region of the surface of the toner mother particle that is covered with the fluororesin particles is at least 0.70% and no greater than 2.20% in the surface of the toner mother particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takeo MIZOBE, Naruo YABE, Takeshi ARAKAWA, Masanori SUGAHARA, Ryota KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11092907
    Abstract: A toner contains toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle containing a binder resin and an external additive attached to a surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive contains titanate compound particles doped with lanthanum and a group 5 element in the periodic table as external additive particles. The amount of the lanthanum is at least 1.50% by mass relative to the total mass of the titanate compound particles. The amount of the group 5 element in the periodic table is at least 0.01% by mass and no greater than 0.60% by mass relative to the total mass of the titanate compound particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takeo Mizobe, Takeshi Arakawa, Masanori Sugahara, Ryota Kobayashi, Kazuki Ono, Naruo Yabe
  • Publication number: 20200341399
    Abstract: A toner contains toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle containing a binder resin and an external additive attached to a surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive contains titanate compound particles doped with lanthanum and a group 5 element in the periodic table as external additive particles. The amount of the lanthanum is at least 1.50% by mass relative to the total mass of the titanate compound particles. The amount of the group 5 element in the periodic table is at least 0.01% by mass and no greater than 0.60% by mass relative to the total mass of the titanate compound particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takeo MIZOBE, Takeshi ARAKAWA, Masanori SUGAHARA, Ryota KOBAYASHI, Kazuki ONO, Naruo YABE
  • Patent number: 9335648
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner of the present disclosure contains a toner particle including a toner core containing a binder resin, and a shell layer coating a surface of the toner core. The shell layer is constituted by a resin containing a thermosetting resin. A zeta potential of the toner core measured in an aqueous medium adjusted to pH 4 is negative, and a zeta potential of the toner particle measured in an aqueous medium adjusted to pH 4 is positive. A pH at which the zeta potential of the toner particle measured in an aqueous medium is zero is 4.5 or higher and 7.0 or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Takeo Mizobe
  • Patent number: 8999619
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic latent image development is comprised toner particles containing toner core particle containing at least a binder resin and a shell layer coating the toner core particle. The shell layer is smoothened to a predetermined level. The average particle diameter of the resin fine particles is from 45 nm to 300 nm. And, when cross-sections of the toner particles are observed using a transmission electron microscope, cracks approximately perpendicular to surfaces of the toner core particles are observable inside the shell layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Moriyama, Yukinori Nakayama, Takeo Mizobe, Takanori Tanaka, Hiroki Uemura
  • Patent number: 8999620
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic latent image development, containing toner particles composed of toner core particle containing at least a binder resin and a shell layer coating the toner core particle. Average circularities D4 to D7 of toner particles within predetermined particle diameter ranges are each no less than 0.960, the difference (Dmax?Dmin) between a maximum value Dmax among D4 to D7 and a minimum value Dmin among D4 to D7 is no greater than 0.015. The shell layer is smoothened to a predetermined level. And, cracks in a direction approximately perpendicular to a surface of the toner core particles are observable inside the shell layer when cross-section of the toner particle is observed using a transmission electron microscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takanori Tanaka, Yukinori Nakayama, Hiroaki Moriyama, Takeo Mizobe, Hiroki Uemura
  • Patent number: 8980514
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic latent image development is comprised toner particles containing toner core particle containing at least a binder resin and a shell layer coating the toner core particle. The shell layer is smoothened to a predetermined level. And, when cross-sections of the toner particles are observed using a transmission electron microscope, cracks approximately perpendicular to surfaces of the toner core particles are observable inside the shell layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yukinori Nakayama, Hiroaki Moriyama, Takeo Mizobe, Takanori Tanaka, Hiroki Uemura
  • Patent number: 8980515
    Abstract: A magnetic toner for electrostatic latent image development includes toner particles containing toner core particle containing at least a binder resin and a magnetic powder, and a shell layer coating the toner core particle. In the toner, in the case where the surfaces of the shell layers are observed using a scanning electron microscope, the magnetic powder is not observed, and approximately spherical particles derived from the resin fine particles are not observed on the surfaces of the shell layers for toner particles having a particle diameter in a specific range. In the toner, in the case where the cross-sectional surfaces of the toner particles are observed using a transmission electron microscope, cracks approximately perpendicular to surfaces of the toner core particles are observed inside the shell layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takeo Mizobe, Yukinori Nakayama, Hiroaki Moriyama, Takanori Tanaka, Hiroki Uemura
  • Publication number: 20150037724
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner of the present disclosure contains a toner particle including a toner core containing a binder resin, and a shell layer coating a surface of the toner core. The shell layer is constituted by a resin containing a thermosetting resin. A zeta potential of the toner core measured in an aqueous medium adjusted to pH 4 is negative, and a zeta potential of the toner particle measured in an aqueous medium adjusted to pH 4 is positive. A pH at which the zeta potential of the toner particle measured in an aqueous medium is zero is 4.5 or higher and 7.0 or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Takeo MIZOBE
  • Publication number: 20140045114
    Abstract: A magnetic toner for electrostatic latent image development includes toner particles containing toner core particle containing at least a binder resin and a magnetic powder, and a shell layer coating the toner core particle. In the toner, in the case where the surfaces of the shell layers are observed using a scanning electron microscope, the magnetic powder is not observed, and approximately spherical particles derived from the resin fine particles are not observed on the surfaces of the shell layers for toner particles having a particle diameter in a specific range. In the toner, in the case where the cross-sectional surfaces of the toner particles are observed using a transmission electron microscope, cracks approximately perpendicular to surfaces of the toner core particles are observed inside the shell layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takeo Mizobe, Yukinori Nakayama, Hiroaki Moriyama, Takanori Tanaka, Hiroki Uemura
  • Publication number: 20140038097
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic latent image development, containing toner particles composed of toner core particle containing at least a binder resin and a shell layer coating the toner core particle. Average circularities D4 to D7 of toner particles within predetermined particle diameter ranges are each no less than 0.960, the difference (Dmax?Dmin) between a maximum value Dmax among D4 to D7 and a minimum value Dmin among D4 to D7 is no greater than 0.015. The shell layer is smoothened to a predetermined level. And, cracks in a direction approximately perpendicular to a surface of the toner core particles are observable inside the shell layer when cross-section of the toner particle is observed using a transmission electron microscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takanori Tanaka, Yukinori Nakayama, Hiroaki Moriyama, Takeo Mizobe, Hiroki Uemura
  • Publication number: 20140030649
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic latent image development is comprised toner particles containing toner core particle containing at least a binder resin and a shell layer coating the toner core particle. The shell layer is smoothened to a predetermined level. And, when cross-sections of the toner particles are observed using a transmission electron microscope, cracks approximately perpendicular to surfaces of the toner core particles are observable inside the shell layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yukinori Nakayama, Hiroaki Moriyama, Takeo Mizobe, Takanori Tanaka, Hiroki Uemura
  • Publication number: 20140030647
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic latent image development is comprised toner particles containing toner core particle containing at least a binder resin and a shell layer coating the toner core particle. The shell layer is smoothened to a predetermined level. The average particle diameter of the resin fine particles is from 45 nm to 300 nm. And, when cross-sections of the toner particles are observed using a transmission electron microscope, cracks approximately perpendicular to surfaces of the toner core particles are observable inside the shell layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Moriyama, Yukinori Nakayama, Takeo Mizobe, Takanori Tanaka, Hiroki Uemura
  • Patent number: 8389186
    Abstract: A toner set is composed of toners of a plurality of colors that are used in a tandem-type color image forming apparatus. Each of the toners of a plurality of colors includes toner base particles and an external additive. The external additive includes small-diameter silica particles and large-diameter silica particles larger than the small-diameter silica particles. When, of the toners of a plurality of colors, three color toners to be used consecutively for forming the toner image are defined as a first toner, second toner and third toner respectively in order of usage thereof, the average particle diameter of the large-diameter silica particles contained in the second toner is smaller than the average particle diameter of the large-diameter silica particles contained in the first toner and is larger than the average particle diameter of the large-diameter silica particles contained in the third toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventor: Takeo Mizobe
  • Publication number: 20110097656
    Abstract: A toner set is composed of toners of a plurality of colors that are used in a tandem-type color image forming apparatus. Each of the toners of a plurality of colors includes toner base particles and an external additive. The external additive includes small-diameter silica particles and large-diameter silica particles larger than the small-diameter silica particles. When, of the toners of a plurality of colors, three color toners to be used consecutively for forming the toner image are defined as a first toner, second toner and third toner respectively in order of usage thereof, the average particle diameter of the large-diameter silica particles contained in the second toner is smaller than the average particle diameter of the large-diameter silica particles contained in the first toner and is larger than the average particle diameter of the large-diameter silica particles contained in the third toner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeo Mizobe