Hydrocarbon Wax-containing Adjuvant Patents (Class 430/108.8)
  • Patent number: 8557492
    Abstract: In the present invention, provided is a toner suitable for fixing at low temperature, which exhibits excellent performance against thermal stress as well as mechanical stress with no generation of blocking even during storage for a long duration in an unused state, and also with no generation of tacking of toner images after fixing. Also disclosed is a toner comprising at least a binder resin, a colorant and a wax, the toner comprising a fatty acid ester wax comprising a hydroxyl group, and an aliphatic alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Hayashi, Mikio Kouyama, Hiroaki Obata, Noriyuki Kimpara, Hiroshi Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20130252163
    Abstract: Provided is a toner capable of suppressing the bleeding of wax to the surface of the toner to maintain a high electrophotograph property while maintaining a broad fixing temperature range and capable of reducing interior contamination in long-term use. The toner includes toner particles, each of which contains a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax. The toner has a softening point of 75° C. or more and 110° C. or less measured by a constant-pressure-extrusion-type capillary rheometer. The wax is a hydrocarbon wax composed of a hydrocarbon compound. The hydrocarbon wax has specific abundance ratios each corresponding to a specific carbon number range of hydrocarbon compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoya Isono, Katsuyuki Nonaka, Kenichi Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20130244164
    Abstract: A toner having toner particles, each of which contains a binder resin, a wax and inorganic fine particles, wherein the inorganic fine particles are fixed at the surface of the toner particles as a result of a surface treatment by hot air, and the degree of uneven distribution of wax in the toner is controlled in a depth direction of the toner, from the toner surface towards a toner central portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Kunihiko Nakamura, Nozomu Komatsu, Kosuke Fukudome, Yoshiaki Shiotari, Takayuki Itakura
  • Patent number: 8530125
    Abstract: An aspect of the invention provides a developer that comprises first charged particles and second charged particles that have smaller charge than the first charged particles, or that are charged opposite to the first charged particles. Here, the first particles are colored, while the second particles may be colorless. Alternatively, the first particles are colored, while the second particles may have approximately the same color as a medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuteru Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20130216944
    Abstract: A toner contains a binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein the toner contains toner particles, and wherein a proportion of the toner particles containing one or more voids having diameters D1 of larger than 0.0 ?m but 0.5 ?m or smaller is more than 5.0% to 60%, and a proportion of the toner particles containing one or more voids having diameters D2 of 1.0 ?m or larger is 10% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Masana Shiba, Ryuta Chiba, Tsuneyasu Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 8501378
    Abstract: An electrophotographic toner includes a latex, a colorant, and a release agent, wherein G?(80) is in a range of about 2.0×105 Pa to about 3.0×106 Pa and G?(80)/G?(140) is in a range of about 2.0×102 to about 3.0×103, wherein in regard to a molecular weight distribution on a gel permeation chromatography (GPC) chromatogram, the molecular weight region of 1.0×104 g/mol or less of a tetrahydrofuran (THF)-soluble component of the electrophotographic toner is about 5% or less, and the molecular weight region of 1.0×105 g/mol or more of the THF-soluble component of the electrophotographic toner is in a range of about 5% to about 20%, where G?(80) and G?(140) respectively denote storage moduli of the electrophotographic toner at temperatures of 80° C. and 140° C. when a dynamic viscoelasticity according to a sine-wave vibration is measured at an angular velocity of 6.28 rad/sec and at a temperature increase rate of 2.0° C./min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jeong-hyun Lee, Yong-kyun Jung, Kyeong Pang
  • Patent number: 8492061
    Abstract: The disclosure provides electrophotographic toner and a method of preparing the same. The toner includes a latex, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein the toner has a weight-average molecular weight of about 50,000 to about 80,000; a complex viscosity of about 1×103 to about 5×104 (Pa·s) at a temperature ranging from about 100° C. to about 140° C.; and a storage modulus Pa (dG?) to a loss modulus Pa (dG?) (dG?/dG?) ratio of about 1.10 to about 1.25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Hyeuk Jeong, Kyeong Pang, Jung-Ik Choi, Soon-Cheol Jeong, Hong-Chul Shin
  • Patent number: 8465894
    Abstract: A red toner for electrostatic image development, includes: a binder resin; a coloring agent; and a release agent, wherein the red toner for electrostatic image development satisfies the following formulae: 0.3<ID<1.2 5°<A<35° wherein ID represents an image density when a first image is formed on a recording material with a toner loaded amount of 4.0 g/m2 of the red toner; and A represents a hue angle of the first image expressed by an L*a*b* color coordinate space, provided that a hue angle of 0° is on the a*+ axis and a hue angle of 90° is on the b*+ axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Yamanaka, Satoshi Yoshida, Masanobu Ninomiya
  • Publication number: 20130143153
    Abstract: A transparent electrostatic charge image developing toner satisfies the relationships of the following Formulas (1), (2), and (3) wherein Dt (?m) is a volume average particle diameter, upper GSDv is an upper volume particle size distribution index, and lower GSDp is a lower number particle size distribution index: Formula (1): 18?Dt?30; Formula (2): 1.05?upper GSDv?1.20; and Formula (3): 1.29?lower GSDp?1.50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI, Satoshi YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 8455166
    Abstract: A radiation curable toner is described having at least a radiation curable binder (e.g. a UV curable polymer), a photoinitiator, and a wax; wherein the wax is present in a concentration ranging from 0.3 to 3% by weight. The ratio of scratch resistance before curing is preferably at least 2. The toner may be used in a developer, e.g. a two-component developer, for printing or copying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Xeikon Manufacturing N.V.
    Inventors: Werner Op De Beeck, Michel Vervoort, Lode Deprez
  • Patent number: 8450038
    Abstract: A toner having good dispersibility of a pigment and a release agent therein and having excellent low temperature fixability is provided. The toner includes a binder resin, a pigment and a release agent, and the binder resin includes a graft polymer in which abietic acids and an unsaturated fatty acid are grafted to a vinyl resin. An image is formed using such a toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shibai, Satoru Ariyoshi
  • Publication number: 20130115551
    Abstract: The invention relates to a toner for developing a toner image, the toner comprising a binder resin, a colorant, a first wax and a compatibilizer. The wax is finely dispersed within the toner. The compatibilizer has a melting transition, wherein the lower temperature limit of the melting transition is between 110° C. and 140° C. at the time of temperature rise in the DSC curve measured using a differential scanning calorimeter. The invention further relates to a printing system for applying the toner according to the present invention on an image receiving medium. The invention further relates to a method for preparing the toner according to the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: OCE TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventor: OCE TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
  • Patent number: 8431297
    Abstract: Provided are an electrophotographic toner and a method of preparing the same. The toner includes a latex, a coloring agent, and a release agent, and has a selected amount of wax exposed on the surface of the toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yo-Da Shin, Jun-Young Lee, Jae-Hwan Kim, Tae-Hoe Koo
  • Patent number: 8431300
    Abstract: Toner for electrophotography contains toner base particles containing a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax, resin particles containing a binder resin and a wax, but substantially not containing a colorant, and an external additive that is externally added to the toner base particles and the resin particles, with a mean domain diameter of the wax in the resin particles being larger than a mean domain diameter of the wax in the toner base particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Kuramashi
  • Patent number: 8426097
    Abstract: An electrophotographic toner including a latex, a coloring agent, and a release agent, wherein a difference between an average circularity of toner having a particle size of D16p or less (S16) and an average circularity of toner having a particle size of D50p or less (S50) is about 0.01 or less, wherein the circularity is measured using a flow particle image analyzer (FPIA), and the ratio of an area of wax to a total cross-sectional area of the toner having a particle size of D16p or less is about 8/100 or greater, and wherein the area is measured using a transmission electron microscope (TEM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yo-da Shin, Jun-young Lee, Jae-hwan Kim, Tae-hoe Koo
  • Patent number: 8409774
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, the toner comprising: a releasing agent; and a binder resin, wherein: the releasing agent includes at least a first releasing agent material and a second releasing agent material, the first releasing agent material having a different melting point compared to the second releasing agent material; and a differential scanning calorimetric curve, obtained by measuring the toner for developing the electrostatic latent image by means of a differential scanning calorimeter, exhibits a shoulder at a temperature in a range of 50° C. to 53° C. corresponding to a glass transition temperature of the toner for developing the electrostatic latent image, and also exhibits a local maximum point at a temperature in a range of 90° C. to 95° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masaki Okita
  • Publication number: 20130078563
    Abstract: A toner includes a coloring agent, a binder resin comprising a crystalline resin having a urethane skeleton and/or urea skeleton, and a releasing agent (a microcrystalline wax). A development agent, a process cartridge, and an image forming apparatus employ the toner to form images on recording media electrophotographically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Shinya Nakayama, Atsushi Yamamoto, Hideyuki Santo, Daiki Yamashita, Suzuka Amemori, Masahide Yamada
  • Patent number: 8394564
    Abstract: A polymerized toner is provided. The polymerized toner has cores containing polyvinylidene fluoride particles. The polyvinylidene fluoride particles have an average particle diameter of 1.1 to 1.5 ?m and a melting temperature (Tm) of 140 to 160° C. The polyvinylidene fluoride particles are distributed at a higher concentration near the surface of the cores. This distribution improves the affinity of the cores for silica as an external additive to achieve an increased amount of surface charge and improved transfer efficiency of the polymerized toner. Further provided is a method of producing the polymerized toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wook Jang, Chang Soon Lee
  • Patent number: 8394567
    Abstract: There is provided a toner for electrostatic latent image developing, which includes a binder resin; a carbon black-surface treated with an isocyanate compound including a plurality of isocyanate groups which include one or more isocyanate groups that are not bonded to the carbon black; and a release agent having an acid value of about 5 mgKOH/g or higher and/or a hydroxyl value of about 5 mgKOH/g or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kamiwaki, Akira Matsumoto, Sakon Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20130059245
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymerized toner and a method for preparing the same, wherein the toner can realize an excellent offset feature, high transfer efficiency, and a uniform image and thus can exhibit excellent performances in the applications of high speed copying, development of transferred photos, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Wook Jang, Hak-Soo Kim, Chang-Soon Lee
  • Patent number: 8389187
    Abstract: A transparent toner for electrostatic latent image developing, including a binder resin and a release agent, the difference between Tm and Tc being from about 30° C. to about 50° C., wherein Tm is an endothermic peak temperature of the release agent determined in a temperature rising process and Tc is an exothermic peak temperature of the release agent determined in a temperature decreasing process, in a measurement by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) according an ASTM method, and the toner having a weight average molecular weight of from about 35,000 to about 70,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Kadokura, Atsushi Sugawara, Masaru Takahashi, Yusuke Ikeda, Masanobu Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 8389190
    Abstract: Disclosed are a toner for developing an electrostatic latent image and a method of preparing the toner. The toner may include a latex, a colorant and a releasing agent, and may further include sulfur (S), iron (Fe) and silicon (Si). The [S]/[Fe] ratio may be within the range between about 5.0×10?4 and about 5.0×10?2. The [Si]/[Fe] ratio may be within the range of between about 5.0×10?4 and about 5.0×10?2. [S], [Fe] and [Si] are the amounts of S, Fe and Si measured by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jae-Hwan Kim, Jun-Young Lee, Yo-Da Shin, Tae-Hoe Koo
  • Patent number: 8383308
    Abstract: A positively chargeable two-component developer, including at least a toner and a carrier, wherein the toner contains a binder resin, a colorant, a wax, and a charge control agent, the binder resin contains at least a polyester resin and an addition polymerization resin grafted with a polyolefin, the wax and the addition polymerization resin grafted with a polyolefin are contained at a wax:addition polymerization resin grafted with a polyolefin ratio of from about 40:60 to about 80:20, and the carrier is a magnetic powder having a coating layer containing a methyl-containing silicone resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sakon Takahashi, Daisuke Ishizuka, Michio Take, Seijiro Ishimaru, Chiaki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20130029261
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymerized toner prepared by suspension polymerization. In particular, the polymerized toner comprises a plurality of toner particles that each comprising a binder resin, a pigment, a pigment stabilizer, a charge control agent, and a wax. The polymerized toner maintains a ratio of toner particles containing at least two wax domains per particle within a defined range. Thereby, the polymerized toner achieves high glossiness and good transfer efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Wook JANG, Chang-Soon LEE, Woo-Cheul JUNG, Joo-Yong PARK
  • Publication number: 20130029260
    Abstract: A toner including: a core particle; and fine resin particles, the core particle containing at least a binder resin, a releasing agent and a colorant, wherein the toner is in shape of particles, and each toner particle has a sea-island structure having the core particle and island portions, which are convex portions formed from the fine resin particles on surface of the core particle, wherein the binder resin contains first and second resins, and the fine resin particles are made of third resin, wherein the first resin is crystalline resin, and the second and third resins are non-crystalline resin, wherein the second resin has glass transition temperature (Tg2) and the crystalline resin has melting point (Tc1) where Tg2 is higher than Tc1, and wherein the third resin has glass transition temperature (Tg3) and the toner has glass transition temperature (Tgt) wherein Tg3 is higher than Tgt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi NOZAKI, Tomoharu Miki, Tomohiro Fukao, Kazuoki Fuwa, Yoshimichi Ishikawa, Yoshihiro Mikuriya, Takuya Kadota
  • Patent number: 8329371
    Abstract: A non-magnetic toner, including a binder resin; a wax present dispersing in the toner in the shape of a particle; and a colorant, wherein the wax having a particle diameter not less than 2.0 ?m and less than 3.0 ?m is not less than 20% and less than 40% by number based on total number thereof; the wax has a mode value not less than 1.5 ?m and less than 2.0 ?m in a frequency distribution of 0.1 ?m width; and the following relationship is satisfied: 45<XZ/Y<62 wherein X represents a softening point (° C.) of the toner; Y represents a volume-average particle diameter (?m) of the toner; and Z represents a total parts by weight of the wax included in 100 parts by weight of the toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Mikuriya, Hideaki Yasunaga, Hiroaki Katoh, Kazuoki Fuwa, Masayuki Hagi, Masahide Inoue
  • Patent number: 8323864
    Abstract: A toner to develop an electrostatic latent image which includes a latex, a colorant, and a release agent, wherein the toner has a complex viscosity (?*) in a range of about 2.5×102 to about 1.0×103 Pa·s and a loss tangent (tan ?) in a range of about 1.3 to about 2.3 at a temperature of about 160° C. and wherein the ?* is defined by a formula ?*=(G?2+G?2)½/w, and the tan ? is defined by a formula G?/G?, where G? is a storage elastic modulus and G? is a loss elastic modulus as determined under the following conditions of an angular velocity being about 6.28 rad/s and at a temperature increasing at a rate of about 2.0° C./min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-hoe Koo, Min-young Cheong, Jun-young Lee, Jae-hwan Kim, Yo-da Shin
  • Patent number: 8318397
    Abstract: An electrophotographic toner and a method of preparing the same are provided. The electrophotographic toner includes a latex, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein the electrophotographic toner includes silicon (Si) and iron (Fe), each of the Si and Fe is in the range of about 3 to about 1,000 ppm, a mole ratio of Si to Fe (Si/Fe) is in the range of about 0.1 to about 5, an initiation temperature of a maximum heat absorption peak curve when a temperature increases in a heat absorption curve of the toner measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) is in the range of about 68 to about 89° C., and a peak temperature of the maximum heat absorption peak curve is in the range of about 86 to about 89° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Young Cheong, Jun-Young Lee, Kyeong Pang, Soon-Cheol Jeong
  • Patent number: 8313878
    Abstract: A toner set has toners used in an image forming method by forming a toner image with toners of several colors and fixing the toner image onto a recording medium. The toners include first and second toners of different colors. The first and second toners contain toner base particles including a binding resin, a colorant and a wax. The colorant of the first toner contains a quinacridone pigment. The wax includes a carnauba wax and a wax other than the carnauba wax. The base particles of the first toner have a mass % Wq1 of carnauba wax and Wo1 of the other wax and the base particles of the second toner have a mass % Wq2 of carnauba wax and Wo2 of the other wax. These mass % values are selected to satisfy the following: Wq1/(Wq1+Wq2)<Wo1/(Wo1+Wo2) 3?Wo1+Wo2<Wq1+Wq2?10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Kuramashi
  • Publication number: 20120288790
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes processes for making clear, high-gloss toners, including toner compositions resulting from such processes that find applications in overcoating and gloss enhancement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maura Sweeney, Grazyna E. Kmiecik-Lawrynowicz, Robert D. Bayley, Dan Asarese
  • Patent number: 8304155
    Abstract: Images produced by electrophotography are often subjected to harsh conditions, such as high temperature and high relative humidity conditions. Prints when subjected to face-to-face stacking under these conditions tend to stick and are difficult to separate without damage. Ethylene-bis-stearamide is incorporated in a protective toner formulation employing a toner binder having a higher glass transition temperature than that of the conventional CYMK colored image toners employed to provide a protective layer in fused images. Further, ethylene-bis-stearamide does not interfere with typical oil release additives used in fuser rollers. By combining ethylene-bis-stearamide with polyalkane waxes having a weight average molecular weight of equal to or greater than 2000 and a poly dispersity of less than 2.0, addition protection can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Dinesh Tyagi, Walter B. Sherwood, Louise Granica
  • Patent number: 8298740
    Abstract: Provided are toner for developing an electrostatic latent image and a method of preparing the same. The toner has G?(60) of about 4.0×107 Pa to about 4.0×108 Pa, G?(60)/G?(80) of about 100 to about 500, and G?(100, 140) of about 3.0×103 Pa to about 1.5×105 Pa. The G?(60) and G?(80) are storage moduli Pa at about 60° C. and about 80° C. under measurement conditions of an angular velocity of about 6.28 rad/s and a heating rate of about 2.0° C./minute, respectively. The G?(100, 140) is a storage modulus Pa at a temperature of about 100° C. to about 140° C. under measurement conditions of an angular velocity of about 6.28 rad/s and a heating rate of about 2.0° C./minute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Hwan Kim, Jun-Young Lee, Yo-Da Shin, Tae-Hoe Koo
  • Publication number: 20120264043
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner including: a binder resin; a colorant; and a wax, wherein the intensity ratio of an absorbance at 2,850 cm?1 derived from the wax to an absorbance at 828 cm?1 derived from the binder resin, represented by “absorbance derived from the wax/absorbance derived from the binder resin”, is in the range of 0.1 to 0.5, where the absorbances are measured by FTIR-ATR, and the intensity ratio serves as a value for determining the amount of the wax present within 0.3 ?m in depth from surfaces of particles of the toner after the toner has been heated to 140° C. and then cooled, and wherein the toner has a storage elastic modulus of 5,000 Pa or greater at 140° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Naohiro Watanabe, Naohito Shimota, Yasuaki Iwamoto, Masana Shiba, Satoshi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20120258393
    Abstract: A process for making a latex emulsion suitable for use in a toner composition includes co-emulsifying a bio-based resin with an insoluble component, such as a pigment or wax, whereby the resin encapsulates the insoluble component. The resulting latex, including the insoluble component encapsulated in the resin, may then be utilized to form a toner. The insoluble component may thus be included in toner particles, which might otherwise be difficult to achieve, using emulsion aggregation processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ke Zhou, Kimberly D. Nosella, Guerino G. Sacripante, Sonja Hadzidedic
  • Patent number: 8273515
    Abstract: A toner containing a lignin resin, a carbon-neutral biomass polymer having a low environmental load and taking global environmental protection into account, as a constitutional component of a binder resin, and having a wide fixing non-offset range and an excellent fixing property, is provided. The toner contains at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a release agent. Furthermore, in the toner, the binder resin includes a resin A that is a lignin resin and a resin B that is another resin component, and the resin B has a peak top molecular weight of 103 to 104 and an acid number of 20 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Ariyoshi, Katsuru Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8268525
    Abstract: A toner usable with electrophotography includes an iron (Fe) content in the toner is in a range of about 1.0×102 ppm to about 1.0×104 ppm and a circle equivalent diameter of a sectional area of an Fe agglomerating agent is in a range of about 1.0 nm to about 2.0×102 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae-ree Joo, Sung-jun Park, Jae-hwan Kim, Min-ho Yang, Kyeong Pang
  • Patent number: 8263304
    Abstract: A method for producing a toner including periodically forming and discharging liquid droplets of a toner composition liquid containing at least a resin, a releasing agent and a colorant from a plurality of nozzles formed in a thin film which is provided in a reservoir for the toner composition liquid, by vibrating the thin film using a mechanically vibrating unit, and forming toner particles by solidifying the liquid droplets, wherein the forming toner particles comprises primarily drying the liquid droplets under a stream of dry gas containing an organic solvent whose partial pressure is equal to or higher than 1/10 of a saturated vapor pressure thereof but is equal to or lower than the saturated vapor pressure, the saturated vapor pressure being that at a drying temperature; and secondarily drying the primarily dried liquid droplets for solidification while the organic solvent is being evaporated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Honda, Yohichiroh Watanabe, Kazumi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20120214095
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus including an image forming device forming a toner image on a recording material, and a fixing device including an endless fixing belt feeding the recording material at a speed of 400 to 1,700 mm/sec while heating to fix the toner image thereon. The fixing belt has a rubber layer located on a substrate and having thickness of 400 ?m to 700 ?m, and a fluorine-containing resin layer located on the rubber layer and having thickness of 2 ?m to 20 ?m. The toner includes a release agent including a microcrystalline wax and/or a synthetic ester wax, and a binder resin including a crystalline polyester and an amorphous polyester. The ratio (W/R) of the height (W) of the third falling peak of the crystalline polyester to the height (R) of the maximum rising peak of the amorphous polyester in the FT-IR spectrum of the toner is 0.045 to 0.850.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyo Shu, Hiroki Ishii, Wakana Itoh
  • Patent number: 8236472
    Abstract: Provided is a method for forming an image with a set of electrostatic charge image developing toners using a digital electrophotographic method, provided that the set of electrostatic charge image developing toners comprises a black toner and a light gray toner, the method comprising the steps of: forming an electrostatic latent image on an image support; developing the electrostatic latent image with the black toner to form a black toner image; developing the electrostatic latent image with the light gray toner to form a light gray toner image; and fixing the black toner image and the light gray toner image, wherein the black toner and the light gray toner each independently contains a wax having an endothermic peak in the range of 60 to 105° C.; and the light gray toner has a transmittance in the range of 40 to 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Fujisaki, Kaori Soeda, Shinya Obara, Natsuko Kusaka
  • Patent number: 8236471
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image, the toner including a binder resin containing a crystalline polyester resin and a noncrystalline polyester resin, a colorant, a releasing agent, a ketone solvent, and an alcoholic solvent, the total concentration of the ketone solvent and the alcoholic solvent in the toner dispersion liquid being less than about 10 ppm when 0.5 g of the toner is dispersed in 2 g of deionized water to form a toner dispersion liquid, and the total concentration of the ketone solvent and the alcoholic solvent in the toner dispersion liquid being from about 2 ppm to about 50 ppm when 0.5 g of the toner is dispersed in 2 g of N,N-dimethylformamide to form a toner dispersion liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinpei Takagi, Satoshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8232033
    Abstract: A toner, a developer, a two-component developer, a developing device and an image forming apparatus are provided. In the image forming apparatus, images are formed with a developer that fills a developing tank of the developing device. The developer includes the toner containing at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a release agent, the release agent having an acid value of less than 4 mgKOH/g and in which an amount of the release agent exposed on a surface of toner is 0.5% by weight or more and 2.5% by weight or less of a total amount of the toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoritaka Tsubaki, Hiroshi Onda, Yasuo Imura
  • Patent number: 8227164
    Abstract: A toner, including a colorant; a binder resin; a release agent; and a fixing supplemental component, wherein the toner has a storage elastic modulus G? (Pa) satisfying the following conditions: 5.0×104<G?<5.0×105 at 80° C. 1.0×104<G?<1.0×105 at 90° C. 5.0×103<G?<5.0×104 at 100° C. 1.0×103<G?<1.0×104 at 120° C. 1.0×103<G?<1.0×104 at 150° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Naohito Shimota, Hiroshi Yamashita, Satoshi Ogawa, Masana Shiba, Junichi Awamura, Tsuneyasu Nagatomo, Masaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20120183894
    Abstract: A magenta toner includes a binder resin containing a polyester resin having a dodecenylsuccinic acid structure as a constituent unit, and a solid solution of C.I. Pigment Violet 19 and C.I. Pigment Red 122, the magenta toner having an amount of the solid solution of from 2% by mass to 30% by mass based on the total mass of the toner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira MATSUMOTO, Yusuke IKEDA, Eiji NAKAI
  • Publication number: 20120183895
    Abstract: Provided is a magenta toner containing toner particles that contain a colorant and a binder resin, wherein the colorant contains C.I. Pigment Red 57:1 and C.I. Pigment Yellow 180, a mass ratio between the C.I. Pigment Red 57:1 and the C.I. Pigment Yellow 180 being 99:1 to 10000:1, and wherein the binder resin contains a polyester resin that has a repeating unit derived from bisphenol A ethylene oxide represented by formula (1): wherein each of m and n independently represents an integer of 2 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eisuke IWAZAKI, Shinya SAKAMOTO, Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI, Satoshi YOSHIDA, Satoshi INOUE
  • Patent number: 8216756
    Abstract: A polymerized toner is provided. The polymerized toner has cores containing a wax with a polydispersity of 1.05 to 1.1. The fixability of the polymerized toner is improved by the presence of the wax. Further provided is a method of producing the polymerized toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wook Jang, Chang Soon Lee, Woo Cheul Jung
  • Publication number: 20120122027
    Abstract: To provide a toner, containing: a binder resin; a crystalline polyester resin; a colorant; and wax, wherein the toner has a fluidized powder characteristic value of 35% to 45%, and a BET specific surface area of 2.8 m2/g to 4 m2/g, and wherein the toner has an intensity ratio P2850/P828 of 0.10 to 0.20, where P2850 is an intensity of a peak at 2850 cm?1 which is attributed from the wax and the crystalline polyester resin, and P828 is an intensity of a peak at 828 cm?1 which is attributed from the binder resin, as measured by total reflectance infrared spectroscopy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Naohiro WATANABE, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Shlnya Hanatanl, Mamru Hozumi, Osamu Uchinokura
  • Publication number: 20120107737
    Abstract: Toner particles are provided which may, in embodiments, include a core and a shell formed in situ. The resins utilized to form the core, the shell, or both, may be contacted with a water soluble initiator. The resin, in embodiments present in the shell, cross-links at a temperature near the temperature for coalescence, and may prevent a crystalline resin in the core from migrating to the toner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ke Zhou, Edward G. Zwartz, Karen Ann Moffat
  • Patent number: 8163451
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner comprising at least a resin, a wax and a colorant, wherein the wax comprises 40 to 98% by mass of a first release agent comprising an ester wax and 2 to 60% by mass of a second release agent comprising a hydrocarbon having at least one of a branched chain structure and a cyclic structure; and the colorant comprises a silicon phthalocyanine represented by Formula (I):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Naohiro Hirose, Meizo Shirose, Hiroyuki Yasukawa, Shiro Hirano, Tatsuya Fujisaki
  • Patent number: 8137883
    Abstract: A toner is provided including a binder resin and a wax having primarily C—H and C—C bonds, and having a melting point of 50 to 90° C., wherein the wax is present in a surface portion of the toner in an amount of from 0.1 to 4.0% by weight, wherein the amount of the wax is determined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy attenuated total reflectance (FTIR-ATR); and the use of the toner in an image forming method, image forming apparatus, developer and toner cartridge containing the toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
    Inventors: Ryota Inoue, Shigeru Emoto, Naohiro Watanabe, Masahide Yamada, Akinori Saitoh, Masahiro Ohki, Tsunemi Sugiyama, Shinichi Wakamatsu, Takayuki Yoshii, Eiji Sawamura
  • Publication number: 20120058425
    Abstract: A toner including a release promoter and a binder resin containing crystalline polyester resin and non-crystalline polyester resin, wherein W/R is 0.045 to 0.850 where W denotes height of third bottom peak in infrared absorption spectrum of crystalline polyester resin and R denotes height of maximum top peak in infrared absorption spectrum of non-crystalline polyester resin, each of the infrared absorption spectra being measured by infrared spectroscopic method (KBr method) using Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, wherein the toner is used as toner contained with carrier in premix agent which is developer containing them previously mixed together before shipment, and wherein the premix agent is used in an image forming apparatus containing latent image bearing member, developing device for developing latent image on the latent image bearing member with developer containing toner and carrier, and agent supplying unit configured to supply the premix agent to the developing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventor: Hyo Shu