Forming Overlayer On Developed Image Patents (Class 430/126.1)
  • Patent number: 11835906
    Abstract: In a foil transfer device for transferring a transfer layer from a foil film onto a sheet laid on the foil film, the foil film is wound on a supply reel, and taken up on a take-up reel. A heating member heats the foil film, and a pressure member is provided to press the foil film and the sheet between the pressure member and the heating member. A separator changes a traveling direction of the foil film having passed through between the heating member and the pressure member into a direction different from a direction of conveyance of the sheet, to thereby separate the foil film from the sheet. A first fan blows air toward the foil film positioned between the heating member and the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro Mori, Ryosuke Sakai, Ayaka Ohira, Tomoya Yamamoto, Seiji Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 9034553
    Abstract: A method of transferring a foil comprising: forming a foil transferring face on a photoreceptor employing a foil transferring face forming toner; transferring the foil transferring face onto a base substance, followed by fixing the foil transferring face; supplying a transfer foil having at least a foil and an adhesive layer on the base substance having the fixed foil transferring face, heating the transfer foil and the foil transferring face while the adhesive layer of the transfer foil is in contact with the foil transferring face to adhere the foil onto the foil transferring face; removing the transfer foil from the base substance while leaving the foil adhered onto the foil transferring face, wherein the foil transferring face forming toner comprises at least a binder resin, wherein the binder resin comprises a polymer formed by using a vinyl monomer comprising at least a carboxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGES, INC.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Hiramoto, Takao Yamanouchi, Kazue Nakamura, Michiyo Fujita
  • Patent number: 9037065
    Abstract: In a first thermal transfer portion of upstream side, a negative toner image forming portion forms on a photosensitive drum a desired negative toner image which reverses a desired positive toner image selected from all the toner images. The negative toner image forming portion then forms the desired negative toner image on a belt member. The first thermal transfer portion transfers a desired negative foil image from a foil sheet to the belt member so that a desired positive foil image remains on the foil sheet. A second transfer portion transfers the desired positive foil image thus remained on the desired positive toner image formed on the sheet of paper. A cleaning portion removes the desired negative toner image and the desired negative foil image from the belt member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Tomoo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8999618
    Abstract: A toner set, including: at least one chromatic toner containing a colorant; and a transparent toner containing no colorant, wherein the chromatic toner and the transparent toner each include a releasing agent and a binder resin, and wherein an amount of a tetrahydrofuran insoluble matter in the transparent toner is smaller than an amount of a tetrahydrofuran insoluble matter in the chromatic toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuuta Yoshida, Satoshi Ogawa, Masaki Watanabe, Hyo Shu, Naohiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8993208
    Abstract: A foil transferring method employing an electrophotography is disclosed, in which a toner used for forming a foil transferring layer contains at least a vinyl based resin and a polyester based resin as a binder resin and an amount of the vinyl based resin is 50 to 95% by weight based on the total amount of the binder resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Asao Matsushima, Tatsuya Nagase, Yasuko Uchino, Aya Shirai, Ryuichi Hiramoto, Michiyo Fujita
  • Patent number: 8883390
    Abstract: A method for creating a scratch-off document having hidden information, the method includes providing a substrate; depositing a first layer of first toner particles on the substrate, wherein the first layer includes at least two thicknesses in which one region is thicker than the other region; depositing a second layer of toner particles on the first layer, wherein the first toner particles have a different thermal conductivity than the second toner particles; and applying heat to the first and second layers simultaneously so that the first layer adheres to the substrate in regions of the lesser thickness of the first toner particles and does not adhere in the regions of greater thickness of the first toner particles; wherein the first and second layers in the regions of greater thickness of the first toner layer can be removed thereby revealing hidden information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Dinesh Tyagi, Mark Cameron Zaretsky, Robert David Bobo
  • Patent number: 8886108
    Abstract: A second thermal transfer portion of upstream side transfers a foil image, to be not printed, from the foil sheet on a waste sheet, conveyed from an image forming apparatus, on which a desired negative toner image is transferred. The foil image, to be printed, remains on the transferred foil sheet. The waste sheet is ejected out of a foil transferring apparatus. A printing sheet of paper on which the desired positive toner image is transferred is conveyed from the image forming apparatus to a first thermal transfer portion of downstream side to meet time when the foil sheet on which the foil image, to be printed, remains reaches the first thermal transfer portion. The first thermal transfer portion transfers the foil image, to be printed, from the foil sheet on the conveyed printing sheet of paper on which the desired positive toner image is transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8822017
    Abstract: A surface treatment method of oil contaminated xerographic prints which increases the surface energy of the print to levels close to the values corresponding to the original uncontaminated paper. Subjecting the contaminated surface to both ultraviolet (UV) radiation and ozone can change the chemical structure of the surface of the paper in such a way that a highly polar surface is created as a consequence of this treatment, leading to enhanced adhesion properties of the xerographic print.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Nicoleta Mihai, Samantha M. Roland, Guiqin Song, Gordon Sisler, T. Brian McAneney
  • Patent number: 8735043
    Abstract: Image noise is reduced in halftone imaging processes by placing clear toner particles around the colored toner particles. The clear toner particles must be placed around the colored toner particles prior to transferring the developed image from an imaging member to a receiving member or substrate. The clear toner particles force the colored toner particles to remain in their deposited location during transfer. The result is an image with less mottle and graininess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Chu-heng Liu
  • Patent number: 8652742
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a print having a toner image and a foil image, the method containing the steps of forming a foil transferring toner image with a foil transferring toner on an image supporting substrate produced; heating and pressing by laminating the foil transferring toner image onto a transferring foil layer of a transferring foil sheet which is composed of the transferring foil layer and a base film; forming a foil image having the transferring foil layer on the foil transferring toner image by peeling off the base film after cooling the foil transferring toner image with the transferring foil layer; and forming a toner image with an image forming toner on the image supporting substrate having the foil transferring image, wherein the foil transferring toner contains a resin produced by a vinyl monomer represented by Formula (1) and a polyvalent metal compound:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Asao Matsushima, Tatsuya Nagase, Yasuko Uchino, Aya Shirai, Ryuichi Hiramoto, Michiyo Fujita
  • Patent number: 8652743
    Abstract: Electrophotographic printing of one or more layers of toner to enable the printing of a wide range of toner mass laydown using electrophotography to produce prints with raised letters. This method encompasses the steps of forming multicolor toner images and fusing the print one or more times to create the raised print having the desired height of raised print.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Dinesh Tyagi, Louise Granica, Thomas N. Tombs, Donald S. Rimai
  • Patent number: 8632934
    Abstract: Provided is a method for forming an image containing the sequential steps of: forming a foil adhesion toner image on an image supporting substrate with a foil adhesion toner (?) which comprises at least a binder resin containing a thermoplastic resin using an electrophotographic method; forming a foil image on the foil adhesion toner image by contacting a transfer foil on the foil adhesion toner image with applying heat; and forming a visible toner image on the image supporting substrate which has been formed with the foil image with at least one image forming toner (?) using an electrophotographic method, followed by fixing the visible toner image by applying heat and pressure thereto, wherein ?(Tsp(?)?Tsp(?)) is 5 to 50° C., provided that Tsp (?) is a softening point of the foil adhesion toner (?) and Tsp (?) is a softening point of the image forming toner (?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Aya Shirai, Tatsuya Nagase, Asao Matsushima, Yasuko Uchino, Ryuichi Hiramoto, Michiyo Fujita
  • Patent number: 8626015
    Abstract: Printers are provided for printing using large particle toner. One printer has a printer controller causing a first imaging module to form first toner image using a first toner particle having a first charge-to-mass ratio and a median volume weighted diameter between 3 um and 9 um and having a first charge-to-mass ratio and, a second imaging module to form a second toner image using second toner particles having a median volume weighted diameter that is greater than 20 um and a charge-to-mass ratio that is between ? to ½ of the first charge to mass ratio of the first toner times the ratio of the median volume weighted diameter of the first toner to the median volume weighted diameter of the second toner. The first toner image is transferred to a receiver using a first electrostatic field and the second toner image is transferred using a second electrostatic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Muhammed Aslam, Donald S. Rimai, Dinesh Tyagi
  • Patent number: 8574806
    Abstract: An image forming method including a process for forming a transparent toner layer on an image formed on a support, the method including steps of supplying a transparent toner on an image on a support, and heating and then cooling the image on the support having the transparent toner while the image on the support having the transparent toner being in contact with a belt, wherein the transparent toner contains a resin constituted by a polyester and a styrene-acryl copolymer, a monoester compound represented by Formula I, and a hydrocarbon compound having at least one of a branched chain structure and a cyclic structure, R1—COO—R2??Formula I: wherein, R1 and R2 are each a hydrocarbon group having 13 to 30 carbon atoms which may have a substituent or not, and R1 and R2 are the same or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Takao Yamanouchi, Kazue Nakamura, Ryuichi Hiramoto, Michiyo Fujita
  • Patent number: 8512933
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method producing printed electronic circuits using electrophotography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Thomas N. Tombs, Donald S. Rimai
  • Patent number: 8507163
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an image bearing member including forming a charge generation layer overlying an electroconductive substrate, forming a charge transport layer overlying the charge generation layer, the charge transport layer including a charge transport material having a molecular weight of from 600 to 900 and a binder resin, and forming a protection layer overlying the charge transport layer by applying a liquid application containing a polymerizable compound having a charge transport structure, a polymerizable compound having no charge transport structure, a filler, a polycarboxylic acid compound, and cyclopentanone and curing the polymerizable compound having a charge transport structure, and the polymerizable compound having no charge transport structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nozomu Tamoto, Hideo Nakamori, Mitsuaki Hirose
  • Patent number: 8390882
    Abstract: A method for estimating the color of a coated print includes: measuring the color of an uncoated print with a color measuring device; and estimating the color of the print when coated by a coating process based on the uncoated color measurement using a function that correlates uncoated color measurements and coated color measurements; and adjusting at least one parameter of the printing process based on the coated color estimation. The correlating function may be derived by measuring the color of a plurality of uncoated color patches; measuring the color of the plurality of patches after the patches have been coated by the coating process; and correlating the color of the coated patches with the uncoated patches based on the coated and uncoated color patch measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Edul N. Dalal, Lalit Keshav Mestha
  • Patent number: 8383315
    Abstract: Electrophotographic printing of one or more layers of toner to enable the printing of a wide range of toner mass laydown using electrophotography to produce prints with raised letters. This method encompasses the steps of forming multicolor toner images and fusing the print one or more times to create the raised print, having the desired height of raised print.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Dinesh Tyagi, Thomas N. Tombs, Donald S. Rimai
  • Publication number: 20120171603
    Abstract: A coating composition, system, and method for printing documents that are difficult to chemically or physically forge and that are easy to visually verify are disclosed. The system includes a substrate, a toner, including a colorant and a dye, a coating including fluorescent material, e.g., a primary migration-enhancing coating, applied using an offset printing process and optionally a secondary migration-enhancing coating applied using an offset printing process. An image formed using the toner of the invention is readily verified by comparing a colorant-formed image and a dye-formed image and/or to a reverse negative imaged formed by the dye quenching the fluorescent material. In addition, if a solvent is used in an attempt to alter the printed image on the substrate, the dye migrates or diffuses to indicate tampering with the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Troy Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Heilman, Eugene Hoefs, Michael R. Riley
  • Patent number: 8147948
    Abstract: Printed articles are provided. In one aspect a printed article has a first toner image with a first toner particles having a median volume weighted diameter between about 3 um and 9 um and having a first charge-to-mass ratio, a second toner image with second toner particles having a median volume weighted diameter greater than about 20 um and having a charge-to-mass ratio that is between ? to ½ of the first charge-to-mass ratio times the ratio of the volume weighted average diameter of the first toner to the volume weighted average diameter of the second toner, and a receiver on which the first toner image and the second toner image are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Dinesh Tyagi, Muhammed Aslam, Donald S. Rimai
  • Patent number: 8067142
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a xerographic print comprising a substrate having a printed image thereon comprising a low melt temperature toner, and a polyolefin wax coating formed over the printed image having a dry thickness in the range of about 0.5 to about 5 microns. The wax coating substantially prevents toner offset at temperatures up to at least 70° C. A printing system and coating method also are disclosed. The prints, printing system and method are useful for making brochures and books that will be subjected to high temperatures, pressures, and/or humidity levels, such as manuals stored in automobile glove compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt I. Halfyard, Christine D. Anderson, Edward Zwartz, T. Brian McAneney
  • Publication number: 20110223527
    Abstract: An image forming method including forming a toner image on a transfer medium with a toner comprising a wax having a polar group, and applying a varnish to the toner image. The wax may be a plant wax having an ester group, a wax having a polar group derived from a fatty acid, an oxidized wax, or a mixture thereof. The varnish may include a surfactant, such as a polyoxyethylene glycol, and may be photocurable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Iio, Tsuyoshi Asami, Kentarou Matsumoto, Shinya Kobayashi, Akio Tsujita, Kathuhiro Shinohara, Tadashi Kasai, Takashi Bisaiji
  • Patent number: 8007972
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus containing an electrophotographic photoconductor, a charging unit, an exposing unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit and a cleaning unit, wherein the electrophotographic photoconductor contains a support and at least a photosensitive layer disposed on the support, wherein the photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material and a compound expressed by the following Structural Formula (1), and wherein, in the Structural Formula (1), “R1” and “R2” may be identical to each other or different, and represent any one of hydrogen atom, alkyl group which may be substituted, cycloalkyl group which may be substituted and aralkyl group which may be substituted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Kurimoto, Keisuke Shimoyama, Michio Kimura, Shinichi Kawamura, Takeshi Takada, Yasuyuki Yamashita, Naohiro Toda, Hideo Nakamori
  • Patent number: 7960084
    Abstract: An information recording medium includes a transparent recording member and a substantially non-transparent member. The transparent recording member has at least one transparent area and a concavo-convex pattern on a first surface thereof while bearing a reverse toner image on a second surface thereof. The substantially non-transparent member is formed on the second surface of the transparent recording member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Koinuma, Mikio Ishibashi, Kazuhisa Sudo, Megumi Ohtoshi, Reki Nakamura, Masafumi Yamada, Yukiko Iwasaki, Takashi Sakamaki
  • Patent number: 7939176
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a xerographic print comprising a substrate with a toner-based image printed thereon, the printed substrate including low surface tension portions having a surface tension of no more than about 22 mN/m at 25 Deg. C. resulting in a surface tension gradient field on the substrate, the printed substrate being coated with a coating comprising at least one surfactant and a film-forming polymer, the coating having a liquid phase surface tension at 25 Deg. C. not exceeding the surface tension of the low surface tension portions of the printed substrate by more than about 2 mN/m, the coating having substantially no pinholes and being sufficiently resistant to permeation by the fuser oil to exhibit an effective absence of haze 24 hours after application. A system and a method of applying a substantially pinhole-free and haze-free coating substantially immediately after print fusing also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon Sisler, T. Brian McAneney, David Michael Thompson, Michael J. Diehl, Kurt I. Halfyard, Christine D. Anderson
  • Patent number: 7867603
    Abstract: The invention relates to a toner receiver member comprising a base, at least one tie layer adjacent to said base, and at least one toner receiver layer adjacent said at least one tie layer on the side opposite to the base, wherein said at least one toner receiver layer comprises a layer of branched polyester or a mixture of styrene acrylate copolymer with an ethylene methacrylate copolymer or with a low density polyethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Narasimharao Dontula, Terry A. Heath, Charles L. Bauer, Michael R. Brickey, Jeffrey R. Gillmor, Teh-Ming Kung
  • Patent number: 7858279
    Abstract: Xerographic prints with a toner-based image and an overprint, said overprint based on radiation curable compositions containing a radiation curable oligomer/monomer, at least one photoinitiator and at least one surfactant, are disclosed. The overprints are particularly well-suited for wetting over substrates containing residual fuser oil and reducing or preventing document offset and for protecting xerographic images on substrates subjected to abrasives, heat, and/or sunlight since the compositions protect such images from cracking, fading, and smearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt I. Halfyard, Gordon Sisler, T. Brian McAneney
  • Patent number: 7811738
    Abstract: In an image forming method including a charging step, an exposure step, a development step using a developing roll, a transfer step, a fixing step and a cleaning step of removing a toner remaining on the surface of a photosensitive member after the transfer step, the developing roll has a surface brightness of 30 to 220 and a surface roughness Rz of 1 to 20 ?m, the cleaning blade is a cleaning blade made of a polyurethane elastomer and having a peak value of at most 0.95, a peak temperature of ?15 to 10° C. and a width at half maximum of at least 25° C. in viscoelasticity tan ?, the toner has a volume average particle diameter of 4 to 10 ?m and an average circularity from 0.950 to 0.995, the charge level of the toner on the surface of the photosensitive member is 10 to 80 ?C/g in terms of an absolute value, and the pH of a water extract of the toner is 3 to 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignees: Zeon Corporation, Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd., Yamanashi Electronics Co., Ltd., Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Shigemori, Muneharu Ito, Toshiyuki Nagai, Toshiro Murano, Fuminori Tsuruta, Tomoharu Takeuchi, Masahiro Ikeda, Sokuei Motoda
  • Patent number: 7787815
    Abstract: An image forming device is disclosed that is able to superpose a smooth sheet on a toner image on a recording sheet after common thermal fusing, perform re-melting and solidification, and then separate the smooth sheet, thereby, forming a high-gloss image easily. The image forming device includes a first fusing unit for the common thermal fusing, and a second fusing unit for fusing the toner image on a recording sheet after the common thermal fusing with a gloss application sheet superposed on the toner image, and a separation unit for separating the gloss application sheet from the recording sheet. The gloss application sheet is superposed on the recording sheet with a side of the gloss application sheet projecting out beyond a side of the recording sheet on a downstream side in the conveyance direction, and the gloss application sheet and the recording sheet are directed into the separation unit while being superposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Reki Nakamura, Kei Yasutomi, Hitoshi Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20100196819
    Abstract: Provided herein is a surface treatment method of oil contaminated xerographic prints which increases the adhesion of the print to levels close to the values corresponding to the original uncontaminated paper. Subjecting the contaminated surface to corona treatment alone and in combination with ultraviolet (UV) radiation and ozone can change the chemical structure of the surface of the paper in such a way that a highly polar surface is created as a consequence of this treatment, leading to enhanced adhesion properties of the xerographic print.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Guiqin Song, Edward G. Zwartz, Nicoleta Mihai, Nan-Xing Hu, T. Brian McAneney
  • Publication number: 20100183967
    Abstract: A toner including a binder resin comprising a resin (a) comprising a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton formed from an optically-active monomer. The polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton has a weight average molecular weight of from 7,000 to 60,000. The binder resin comprises the polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton in an amount of from 10 to 90% by weight. The optical purity X (%) of the polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton represented by the following formula is 80% or less: X(%)=|X(L-isomer)?X(D-isomer)| wherein X(L-isomer) and X(D-isomer) represent molar ratio (%) of L-isomer and D-isomer of the optically-active monomer, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Sabu, Akihiro Kotsugai, Ryota Inoue, Keiko Osaka, Shingo Sakashita, Yukiko Nakajima, Satoshi Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 7736725
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminate film for electrophotography including a substrate, a laminate layer formed on one surface of the substrate, and a non-laminate layer formed on the other surface of the substrate, wherein the non-laminate layer contains at least a resin and fine particles and satisfies the inequalities (1) 1.5?R?5; (2) 0.1?t<R; and (3) 7/R?n, wherein R represents a volume average particle diameter (?m) of the fine particles; t represents a thickness (?m) of the non-laminate layer; and n represents the number of the fine particles contained in the non-laminate layer per 10,000 square ?m in the substrate plane direction (particles/(100 ?m)2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Sakurai, Tomoo Kobayashi, Kaoru Torikoshi
  • Patent number: 7704663
    Abstract: An image forming method comprises: supplying an image support onto an imaging site, the image support comprising a substrate, a light-scattering layer containing a white pigment and a first thermoplastic resin comprising a polyolefin-based resin, and a toner-receiving layer containing a second thermoplastic resin comprising a mixture of a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin, in this order, forming a colored toner image on the image support with a colored toner containing a third thermoplastic resin; and forming a transparent toner image on the image support having the colored toner image formed thereon with a transparent toner containing a fourth thermoplastic resin having a glass transition temperature of from not lower than about 50° C. to lower than about 70° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Osamu Ide
  • Patent number: 7687127
    Abstract: A label paper including a thermoplastic resin sheet (A) formed by stretching along at least one axis and heat treating at 50 to 250° C., an adhesive layer (B), and a release paper (C). Under a thermomechanical analysis with heating from a room temperature to 150° C., ? is in a range of from ?2.5 to 2.5 percent, and ?-? is in a range of from ?1.5 to 1.5 percent, where ? is a ratio of a dimension of the thermoplastic resin sheet (A) after the heating to a dimension of the thermoplastic resin sheet (A) before the heating, and ? is a ratio of a dimension of the release paper (C) after the heating to a dimension of the release paper (C) before the heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Yupo Corporation
    Inventors: Tamio Shikano, Ichiro Ohkawachi, Hiroshi Koike, Tomotsugu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7687136
    Abstract: The invention relates to an image receiving element comprising in order a support, at least one polyolefin resin coating and at least one toner receiver layer, wherein said toner receiver layer comprises a fuser-oil sorbent additive and a thermoplastic polymer and said additive is present in an amount of greater than 10% by weight of said layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Mridula Nair, Tamara K. Jones, Charles L. Bauer, Joseph W. Hoff, Scott C. Moose, Joseph S. Sedita, James L. Johnston
  • Patent number: 7678445
    Abstract: The invention relates to a receiver sheet for electrophotography comprising a base material having thereon at least one toner receiver layer comprising a mixture of polyolefin and at least one member selected from the group consisting of polyolefin copolymers, amide containing polymers, and ester containing polymers, wherein a measured Tg of said at least one receiver layer is less than 5° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Narasimharao Dontula, Terry A. Heath, Michael R. Brickey, Mridula Nair
  • Patent number: 7666329
    Abstract: The invention provides conductivity control agent comprised of a polymeric material containing hydroxyalkylphosphonium (2-hydoxyethoxycarbonyl) arylsulfonate salts. The conductivity control agents can be used with semi-conductive rolls, belts and other biasable members. The inclusion of the conductivity control agent in the polymeric or polyurethane elastomers extends the electrical life of the polyurethane biasable member in low humidity environments. Additionally, the resistivity of the elastomeric polyurethane or polymer on the biasable member is controlled to a desirable value by adjusting the conductivity control agent level in the polymeric or polyurethane elastomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: M. Cristina B. Dejesus, John C. Wilson, Charles E. Hewitt
  • Patent number: 7641819
    Abstract: The present invention provides conductivity control agents derived from the trans esterification of dialkyl phosphonium 5-sulfoisophthalate salts with poly(alkylene glycols). The conductivity control agents can be used with semi-conductive rolls, belts and other biasable members. The inclusion of the conductivity control agent in the polymeric or polyurethane elastomers extends the electrical life of the polymer biasable member in low humidity environments. Additionally, the resistivity of the elastomeric polymers or polyurethane on the biasable member is controlled to a desirable value by adjusting the conductivity control agent level in the polymer elastomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: M. Cristina B. Dejesus, John C. Wilson, George R. Walgrove, III, Charles E. Hewitt
  • Patent number: 7632562
    Abstract: The invention relates to a printing media comprising a first side comprising a first exposed layer comprising a mixture of polyolefin and at least one member selected from the group consisting of polyolefin copolymers, amide containing polymers, and ester containing polymers, wherein a measured Tg of said exposed layer comprises a Tg of less than 5° C. and a second side comprising an a second exposed layer having an advancing contact angle with water of less than 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Mridula Nair, Narasimharao Dontula, Michael R. Brickey, Terry A. Heath, Joseph W. Hoff, Tamara K. Jones, Daniel M. Leusch, Joseph S. Sedita, Cumar Sreekumar, Dinesh Tyagi
  • Publication number: 20090226831
    Abstract: A photocurable coating composition is provided that includes (A) a photopolymerization initiator residue-containing polymer compound and (B) a polymerizable compound. There are also provided an overprint that includes an overprint layer formed by photocuring the photocurable coating composition on a printed material, and a process for producing an overprint that includes a step of obtaining an electrophotographically printed material by carrying out electrophotographic printing on a printing substrate, a step of coating the electrophotographically printed material with the photocurable coating composition, and a step of photocuring the photocurable coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Ryuki KAKINO
  • Publication number: 20090220877
    Abstract: A process for producing an overprint is provided, the process including a step of preparing a printed material by printing on a printing substrate, a step of coating the printed material with a photocurable composition, and a step of photocuring the photocurable composition, the photocurable composition comprising (A) a polymerizable group-containing photopolymerization initiator and (B) a polymerizable compound. There are also provided an overprint produced by the process for producing an overprint, and a photocurable composition that includes (A) a polymerizable group-containing photopolymerization initiator and (B) a polymerizable compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Ryuki KAKINO
  • Patent number: 7560209
    Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus, comprises an electrophotographic photoreceptor; an image forming section for forming a toner image on a surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor; an intermediate transfer member; a first transferring section for transferring the toner image formed on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor to a surface of the intermediate transfer member; and a second transferring section for transferring the toner image transferred on the surface the intermediate transfer member to a recording medium; wherein the electrophotographic photoreceptor comprises a surface layer forming the surface thereof and containing particles having a number average primary particle diameter of 1 to 300 nm and the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor has a hardness of 200 to 350 N/mm2 in universal hardness which is lower than the hardness in universal hardness of the surface of the intermediate transfer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeaki Tokutake, Takao Fukaya, Tsuyoshi Shimoda, Shinichi Hamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7540981
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polymeric material containing conductivity control agents derived from a hydroxyalkylphosphonium sulfonate salt. The conductivity control agents can be used with semi-conductive rolls, belts and other biasable members. The inclusion of the conductivity control agent in polymeric or polyurethane elastomers extends the electrical life of the polymer biasable member in low humidity environments. Additionally, the resistivity of the elastomeric polyurethane or polymer on the biasable member is controlled to a desirable value by adjusting the conductivity control agent level in the elastomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: M. Cristina B. Dejesus, John C. Wilson, Charles E. Hewitt
  • Patent number: 7534376
    Abstract: The invention provides a conductivity control agent comprised of a polymeric material containing diphosphonium bis(sulfoarylcarbonyloxy) glycol salts as conductivity control agent. The conductivity control agents can be used with semi-conductive rolls, belts and other biasable members. The inclusion of the conductivity control agent in the polymeric or polyurethane elastomers extends the electrical life of the polymeric biasable member in low humidity environments. Additionally, the resistivity of the elastomeric polymer on the biasable member is controlled to a desirable value by adjusting the conductivity control agent level in the elastomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: M. Cristina B. DeJesus, Charles E. Hewitt, John C. Wilson
  • Patent number: 7521165
    Abstract: A varnish composition and the method of making a varnish composition comprising at least one latex emulsion, water, at least one amino alcohol or at least one alkali base and at least one surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Christine D Anderson, T Brian McAneney, Gordon Sisler, Kurt I Halfyard
  • Patent number: 7462401
    Abstract: A composition includes at least one radiation curable (alkyl)acrylate-polyester oligomer, at least one photoinitiator, and at least one surfactant, wherein the composition has a viscosity of from about 50 cP to about 3000 cP at about 25° C., and a surface tension of from about 15 to about 40 dynes/cm at about 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt I. Halfyard, Gordon Sisler, T. Brian McAneney
  • Patent number: 7413795
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminate film for electrophotography including a substrate, a laminate layer formed on one surface of the substrate, and a non-laminate layer formed on the other surface of the substrate, wherein the non-laminate layer contains at least a resin and fine particles and satisfies the inequalities (1) 1.5?R?5; (2) 0.1?t<R; and (3) 7/R?n, wherein R represents a volume average particle diameter (?m) of the fine particles; t represents a thickness (?m) of the non-laminate layer; and n represents the number of the fine particles contained in the non-laminate layer per 10,000 square ?m in the substrate plane direction (particles/(100 ?m)2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Sakurai, Tomoo Kobayashi, Kaoru Torikoshi
  • Publication number: 20080145778
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member to operate at a linear velocity of at least 300 mm/sec, which includes an electroconductive substrate, a charge blocking layer located overlying the electroconductive substrate, a moiré prevention layer located overlying the charge blocking layer, and a photosensitive layer located overlying the moiré prevention layer. The photosensitive layer contains titanyl phthalocyanine having a primary particle diameter of not greater than 0.25 ?m and having a crystal form having a CuK? X ray diffraction spectrum having a wavelength of 1.542 ? such that the maximum diffraction peak is observed at a Bragg (2?) angle of 27.2±0.2°, main peaks are observed at a Bragg (2?) angle of 9.4±0.2°, 9.6±0.2°, and 24.0±0.2°, and a peak is observed at a Bragg (2?) angle of 7.3±0.2° as the lowest angle diffraction peak, while there is no peak between 9.4±0.2° and 7.3±0.2° and there is no peak at 26.3±0.2°).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Katsuichi Ohta, Tatsuya Niimi, Nozomu Tamoto
  • Publication number: 20080057433
    Abstract: Described herein is an adhesive primer used with xerographic printing and imaging systems, wherein the adhesive primer comprises at least one latex emulsion, water, at least one amino alcohol or at least one alkali base and at least one surfactant and may be applied in an inline process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christine D. ANDERSON, Guiqin SONG, T. Brian MCANENEY
  • Publication number: 20070281224
    Abstract: A scratch-off document and a method for producing a scratch off document are disclosed. The scratch-off document may include: a base material; a first toner layer affixed to the base material, wherein the first toner layer comprises a content to be masked; an optional barrier layer; and a second toner layer removably affixed to the barrier layer, so that the second toner layer may be removed when scratched using a hard object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Kerry Arthur Kirk, Alvin Daniel Kromm, Paul Marcius Butterfield