Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Taguchi

Tetsuya Taguchi 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: 10254667
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner set includes a white toner that includes white toner particles containing a core and a coating layer which does not contain a coloring agent and a colored toner that includes colored toner particles containing a core and a coating layer which does not contain a coloring agent, wherein with respect to a difference between an average equivalent circle diameter [Rw1] of the cores (Win) in the white toner particles and an average equivalent circle diameter [Rw2] of the white toner particles [Rw2?Rw1], and a difference between the average equivalent circle diameter [Rc1] of the cores (Cin) in the colored toner particles and the average equivalent circle diameter [Rc2] of the colored toner particles [Rc2?Rc1], a relationship of the following Expression (1) is satisfied: [Rw2?Rw1]<[Rc2?Rc1]??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Tanaka, Tetsuya Taguchi, Shinya Sakamoto, Ryutaro Kembo
  • Publication number: 20180284632
    Abstract: A liquid developer includes toner particles and a carrier liquid, wherein the toner particles include, as a binder resin, an amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline saturated aliphatic polyester resin having a composition ratio (C/O ratio) of carbon atoms and oxygen atoms of 3.4 or less, and with respect to a toner obtained by vacuum drying the toner particles, a crystal melting peak at a first temperature rise in differential heating calorimetry is 60° C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki MERA, Daisuke YOSHINO, Masahiro OKI, Yoshitake OGURA, Takako KOBAYASHI, Kazusei YOSHIDA, Manabu KAWASHIMA, Akira IMAI, Tetsuya TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180275549
    Abstract: A liquid developer includes toner particles containing, as a binder resin, at least a polyester resin containing a monomer unit, which includes a linear or branched chain saturated hydrocarbon chain having 2 to 5 carbon atoms between ester bonds, in a range of from 5 mol % to 25 mol % with respect to all monomer units included in the polyester resin, and a colorant; and a carrier liquid including an insulating liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazusei YOSHIDA, Daisuke YOSHINO, Masahiro OKI, Akira IMAI, Yoshitake OGURA, Takako KOBAYASHI, Koji HORIBA, Manabu KAWASHIMA, Fumiaki MERA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180164709
    Abstract: A toner set includes a white toner that includes white toner particles containing white colored particles, and at least one selected from a color toner that includes color toner particles containing colored particles and a transparent toner that includes transparent toner particles, wherein an average circularity of the white toner particles is smaller than an average circularity of either the color toner particles or the transparent toner particles and a small-diameter-side number particle diameter distribution index of the white toner particles is greater than a small-diameter-side number particle diameter distribution index of either the color toner particles or the transparent toner particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Tomoaki TANAKA, Shinya SAKAMOTO, Ryutaro KEMBO
  • Publication number: 20180129145
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner set includes a white toner that includes white toner particles containing a core and a coating layer which does not contain a coloring agent and a colored toner that includes colored toner particles containing a core and a coating layer which does not contain a coloring agent, wherein with respect to a difference between an average equivalent circle diameter [Rw1] of the cores (Win) in the white toner particles and an average equivalent circle diameter [Rw2] of the white toner particles [Rw2?Rw1], and a difference between the average equivalent circle diameter [Rc1] of the cores (Cin) in the colored toner particles and the average equivalent circle diameter [Rc2] of the colored toner particles [Rc2?Rc1], a relationship of the following Expression (1) is satisfied: [Rw2?Rw1]<[Rc2?Rc1]??(1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki TANAKA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Shinya SAKAMOTO, Ryutaro KEMBO
  • Publication number: 20170242366
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing white toner includes a white toner particle and a yellow toner particle that includes an organic yellow pigment, wherein a content ratio (by number) of the yellow toner particles to all of toner particles included in the toner is from 0.01% by number to 3% by number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi KAMIWAKI, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Shotaro TAKAHASHI, Tomoaki TANAKA
  • Patent number: 9726996
    Abstract: A white toner includes white toner particles and black toner particles, wherein a content of the black toner particles is from 0.01% by number to less than 1% by number with respect to a total number of an entirety of toner particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kamiwaki, Tetsuya Taguchi, Shotaro Takahashi, Masaru Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20170090320
    Abstract: A brilliant toner includes a brilliant pigment and a binder resin, wherein, when the toner is subjected to a differential scanning calorimetry measurement performed by raising a temperature of the toner from 0° C. to 150° C. in a first temperature rising process, cooling the temperature from 150° C. to 0° C., and then raising the temperature from 0° C. to 150° C. in a second temperature rising process, the toner exhibits an endothermic peak P1 in a range of 50° C. to 65° C. in the first temperature rising process, an endothermic peak P2 in a range of 50° C. to 65° C. in the second temperature rising process, and a ratio (Q2/Q1) between a total endothermic quantity Q1 in a range of 50° C. to 65° C. in the first temperature rising process and a total endothermic quantity Q2 in a range of 50° C. to 65° C. in the second temperature rising process is from 0.01 to 0.30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Shotaro TAKAHASHI, Daisuke NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170090319
    Abstract: A white toner includes white toner particles and black toner particles, wherein a content of the black toner particles is from 0.01% by number to less than 1% by number with respect to a total number of an entirety of toner particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi KAMIWAKI, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Shotaro TAKAHASHI, Masaru TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20160216626
    Abstract: There is provided a brilliant toner containing a toner particle containing a binder resin, and flat-shaped brilliant pigments, wherein the number of the brilliant pigment contained is from 3.5 to 15 and the plurality of brilliant pigments are oriented mutually in the same direction, and an electrostatic image developer containing the brilliant toner and a carrier, and a toner cartridge storing the brilliant toner, which is able to be attached to and detached from an image forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Atsushi SUGITATE, Shinya SAKAMOTO, Satomi HARA
  • Patent number: 9389527
    Abstract: An irregular shape inorganic particle satisfies the following formulas (1) and (2), 1/17?A/B? 1/13??(1) 1.2?C/D?1.5??(2) wherein A represents a distance between the center of a circumscribed rectangle, in which lines sandwiching a projected image and being parallel to an absolute maximum length of the projected image of inorganic fine particles are long sides and lines sandwiching the projected image and being perpendicular to the absolute maximum length are short sides, and the center of gravity of the projected image, B represents the absolute maximum length, C represents a length of a long side of the circumscribed rectangle, and D represents a length of a short side of the circumscribed rectangle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Kawakami, Tetsuya Taguchi
  • Patent number: 9239527
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin containing a polyester resin forming a sea part and a vinyl resin forming an island part of a sea-island structure, a first release agent existing in the sea part in a domain state, and a second release agent existing in the island part in a domain state, wherein when a cross-sectional area of the second release agent is set to A1 and a cross-sectional area of the first release agent is set to B1 in a cross section of the toner particles, a relationship of 0.2?A1/B1?0.8 is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Taguchi, Shinya Sakamoto, Kosaku Yoshimura, Satoshi Yoshida, Shinya Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20150277253
    Abstract: An irregular shape inorganic particle satisfies the following formulas (1) and (2), 1/17?A/B? 1/13??(1) 1.2?C/D?1.5??(2) wherein A represents a distance between the center of a circumscribed rectangle, in which lines sandwiching a projected image and being parallel to an absolute maximum length of the projected image of inorganic fine particles are long sides and lines sandwiching the projected image and being perpendicular to the absolute maximum length are short sides, and the center of gravity of the projected image, B represents the absolute maximum length, C represents a length of a long side of the circumscribed rectangle, and D represents a length of a short side of the circumscribed rectangle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Eiji KAWAKAMI, Tetsuya TAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9134636
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a binder resin and a release agent, and when a peak temperature during a first temperature increase and a peak temperature during a second temperature increase, that are obtained by differential scanning calorimetry including performing the first temperature increase at 10° C./min after holding at 10° C., performing cooling at ?10° C./min, performing a heat treatment for 24 hours at 50° C., and performing the second temperature increase at 10° C./min, are represented by Tt1 and Tt2(50° C.), respectively, the following Expression (1) is satisfied: Tt1<Tt2(50° C.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Taguchi, Satoshi Yoshida, Shinya Nakashima, Shinya Sakamoto, Kosaku Yoshimura, Emi Miyata
  • Patent number: 9116449
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes an amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline polyester resin as a binder resin, and by differential scanning calorimetry, which undergoes processes of a first temperature rise, cooling at a rate of ?10° C./min and a second temperature rise, an endothermic peak (1) derived from a resin in which at least the amorphous polyester resin and the crystalline polyester resin are compatible is present in the first temperature rise, an exothermic peak having an intensity of 0.1 J/g or more is not present during the first temperature rise, and at least one exothermic peak (2) is present in a temperature range which is lower than that of the endothermic peak (1) by from 5° C. to 15° C. during the second temperature rise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Sakamoto, Satoshi Yoshida, Shinya Nakashima, Tetsuya Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20150044601
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin containing a polyester resin forming a sea part and a vinyl resin forming an island part of a sea-island structure, a first release agent existing in the sea part in a domain state, and a second release agent existing in the island part in a domain state, wherein when a cross-sectional area of the second release agent is set to A1 and a cross-sectional area of the first release agent is set to B1 in a cross section of the toner particles, a relationship of 0.2?A1/B1?0.8 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Shinya SAKAMOTO, Kosaku YOSHIMURA, Satoshi YOSHIDA, Shinya NAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 8916321
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles, and an external additive containing titanate compound particles having an iron content of from greater than 1200 ppm to 6000 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Kawakami, Tetsuya Taguchi, Hirokazu Hamano
  • Publication number: 20140287353
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes an amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline polyester resin as a binder resin, and by differential scanning calorimetry, which undergoes processes of a first temperature rise, cooling at a rate of ?10° C./min and a second temperature rise, an endothermic peak (1) derived from a resin in which at least the amorphous polyester resin and the crystalline polyester resin are compatible is present in the first temperature rise, an exothermic peak having an intensity of 0.1 J/g or more is not present during the first temperature rise, and at least one exothermic peak (2) is present in a temperature range which is lower than that of the endothermic peak (1) by from 5° C. to 15° C. during the second temperature rise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya SAKAMOTO, Satoshi YOSHIDA, Shinya NAKASHIMA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20140287352
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles, and an external additive containing titanate compound particles having an iron content of from greater than 1200 ppm to 6000 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji KAWAKAMI, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Hirokazu HAMANO
  • Patent number: RE45970
    Abstract: The invention provides a toner for electrostatic image development, containing a toner particle and external additive particles adhered to the surface of the toner particle, each of the external additive particles being constituted of plural irreversibly coalesced primary particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Taguchi, Motoko Sakai, Jun Igarashi, Masahiro Takagi