Patents Examined by Hoa V. Le
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Patent number: 9897936Abstract: A curable liquid developer production method that can efficiently produce a curable liquid developer is provided. A curable liquid developer is also provided. The method is a method of producing a curable liquid developer containing a pigment, a binder resin, a toner particle dispersing agent, and a curable insulating liquid, this method including: a pigment dispersion step of preparing a pigment dispersion containing a pigment, a binder resin, a toner particle dispersing agent, and a solvent; a mixing step of mixing the pigment dispersion with a curable insulating liquid; and a distillative removal step of distillatively removing the solvent from a mixture obtained in the mixing step.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryo Natori, Waka Hasegawa, Ayano Mashida, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Jun Shirakawa
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Patent number: 9897932Abstract: A toner comprising: a toner particle containing a toner base particle containing a binder resin and a colorant, and a resin particle fixed to a surface of the toner base particle; and an inorganic fine particle A, wherein the surface of the toner particle has protruded portions originating in the resin particle, an average length (D) of long sides of the protruded portions is 50 nm to 300 nm, an average Height (H) of the protruded portions is 25 nm to 250 nm, the average long-side length and the average height of the protruded portions satisfies a specific relationship, and an average value of a compactness of the inorganic fine particle A is 0.40 to 0.80, and the attachment rate of the inorganic fine particles A is 0.1% to 5.0% by area.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yojiro Hotta, Kazuo Terauchi, Tsuneyoshi Tominaga, Akane Masumoto, Takuya Mizuguchi, Motohide Shiozawa, Takeshi Naka, Masami Fujimoto, Shingo Ito, Kousuke Yamamoto, Yasukazu Ikami
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Patent number: 9891543Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles and an external additive that includes silica particles having a compression aggregation degree of 60% to 95% and a particle compression ratio of 0.20 to 0.40 and fatty acid metal salt particles.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuo Kadokura, Hiroyoshi Okuno, Satoshi Inoue, Yoshifumi Iida, Tomohito Nakajima, Yuka Zenitani, Yoshifumi Eri, Yasuhisa Morooka, Shunsuke Nozaki, Takeshi Iwanaga, Sakae Takeuchi
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Patent number: 9880479Abstract: Toner that includes a polyester resin, fluorine and aluminum. The toner satisfies formulae (1) and (2), 1.00?AB/B?0.50??(1) 0?(A?AB)/A?0.25??(2) where A represents an area where the fluorine exists measured by Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS), B represents an area where the aluminum exists measured by Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) and AB represents an overlapping area between A and B. Toner stored unit, image forming apparatus, and image forming method.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Hideyuki Santoh, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Akinori Saitoh, Shin Hasegawa, Suzuka Amemori, Kohsuke Nagata, Koh Ohnuma
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Patent number: 9880477Abstract: The invention provides an image forming apparatus and an electrophotographic photoreceptor, comprising: a conductive support; and at least a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer on the conductive support, wherein said charge generation layer contains a hydroxygallium phthalocyanine synthesized using a halogen solvent, said charge transport layer contains a polyester resin having a specific structural unit, and said charge transport layer is formed using a non-halogen solvent.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventor: Akiteru Fujii
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Patent number: 9874824Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising at least a photosensitive layer on a conductive substrate, wherein the photosensitive layer is a laminate having a charge transport layer and a charge generation layer, the charge transport layer contains four or more types of compounds each having a maximum absorption wavelength falling within a wavelength range of from 300 nm to 600 nm in a tetrahydrofuran solution at 25° C., and maximum absorption wavelengths falling within the wavelength range of at least four types of the compounds of said four or more types of the compounds are separated from each other by 10 nm or more.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventor: Akira Ando
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Patent number: 9874829Abstract: Provided is a dispersant for liquid development represented by general formula (1): where R1 represents a monovalent organic group having a polar group, A1 and A2 each represent an oxygen or sulfur atom, L1 and L2 each represent a divalent organic linking group, X represents a (m+n)-valent organic linking group having an alkyleneoxy group, P1 represents a polymer chain containing a unit represented by general formula (2), and m and n each represent a number of 1 to 9, with m+n being an integer of 2 to 10: where R2 and R3 each represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, L3 represents a carbonyloxy, oxycarbonyl, carbonyl, or phenylene group, and R4 represents a monovalent organic group having at least one selected from a carboxy group, a polyoxyalkylene group, an amino group, a sulfo group, and derivatives of the foregoing.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Mieko Seki, Yasuo Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9869943Abstract: A method of producing a toner containing a toner particle, including the steps of: a) preparing a resin solution by mixing a resin A and an organic solvent, b) mixing the resin solution, a resin fine particle containing a resin B, and a dispersion medium to form a droplet of the resin solution whose surface has been covered with the resin fine particle, and c) removing the organic solvent in the droplet, in which the resin B is a polymer of a monomer composition containing a monomer X having polymerizable unsaturated groups at the both ends; the monomer X has a peak molecular weight of 5,000 to 50,000; the content of the monomer X is 0.10% to 3.00% by mol; and the following formula (1) is satisfied, |SPX?SPA|?2.0??(1) where SPA and SPX represent solubility parameters of the resin A and the monomer X, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji Aoki, Yusuke Kosaki, Tetsuya Kinumatsu, Shuntaro Watanabe, Noritaka Toyoizumi, Atsushi Tani, Takashige Kasuya
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Patent number: 9857705Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes an electroconductive support, and an intermediate layer, charge generation layer containing a charge generation material, and a charge transport layer containing a charge transport material sequentially disposed on the electroconductive support, wherein the intermediate layer contains a compound having two or more diarylphosphine oxide structures and a resin.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masato Tanaka
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Patent number: 9857716Abstract: A curable liquid developer containing a curable insulating liquid and a toner particle that contains a pigment and a resin, wherein the viscosity of the curable insulating liquid at 25° C. is at least 1 mPa·s and not more than 100 mPa·s, and when A (mPa·s) is the viscosity of the curable liquid developer at 25° C. in a case where the toner particle concentration in the curable liquid developer is 50 mass %, and B (mPa·s) is the viscosity of the curable liquid developer at 25° C. in a case where the toner particle concentration in the curable liquid developer is 1 mass %, the value of A?B is not more than 1,000 mPa·s.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryo Natori, Waka Hasegawa, Ayano Mashida, Junji Ito, Yasuhiro Aichi, Jun Shirakawa
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Patent number: 9857714Abstract: A method of making a liquid electrophotographic (LEP) paste is disclosed herein. A base paste is made by forming a dispersion of a pigment and a non-polar carrier, adding a transparent resin dispersion to the pigment dispersion to form a dispersion mixture, and homogenizing the dispersion mixture. The transparent resin dispersion includes a polymer dispersed in a non-aqueous carrier. The homogenizing may be accomplished by agitating the dispersion mixture at a frequency of less than 1 kHz, thereby forming the paste.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Doris Pik-Yiu Chun
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Patent number: 9857709Abstract: To provide a toner, containing: a binder resin; a colorant; a releasing agent; and a crystalline polyester resin, wherein the toner satisfies the following formulae (1) to (3): 40° C.?X?55° C. Formula (1) 85° C.?Y?92° C. Formula (2) 35° C.?Y?X?50° C. Formula (3) where X is an onset temperature and Y is an endset temperature of an endothermic peak on a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) curve of the toner as measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC).Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2011Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Naohiro Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Mamoru Hozumi, Tomoyuki Sato, Shinya Hanatani
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Patent number: 9857713Abstract: Provided is a toner, comprising a toner particle having a core-shell structure composed of a core particle and a shell phase on a surface of the core particle, the core particle containing a resin X and a colorant, the shell phase being derived from a resin fine particle containing a resin Y, in which a relationship among a SP value of the resin X, a SP value of the resin Y, and a SP value of an organic solvent falls within a specific range, and a relationship between a number-average particle diameter of the resin fine particle when the resin fine particle is dispersed in water and a number-average particle diameter of the resin fine particle when the resin fine particle is dispersed in the organic solvent falls within a specific range.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Kosaki, Tetsuya Kinumatsu, Kenji Aoki, Noritaka Toyoizumi, Shuntaro Watanabe, Takaaki Kaya, Atsushi Tani, Takashige Kasuya, Kazumichi Nakahama, Shinnosuke Koji
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Patent number: 9851647Abstract: A photoconductor that includes, for example, a supporting substrate, an optional ground plane layer, an optional hole blocking layer, an optional adhesive layer, a photogenerating layer, and a charge transport layer, and where the charge transport layer contains a mixture of a charge transport component and a polycarbonate AP.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jin Wu, Kenny-Tuan Dinh, Lanhui Zhang, Jimmy E. Kelly, Mark S. Thomas, Min-Hong Fu, Lin Ma, Markus R. Silvestri, Marc J. LiVecchi, Robert W. Hedrick, Linda L. Ferrarese
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Patent number: 9846379Abstract: The production process of the present invention includes: a first step of heating a dispersion containing an aqueous medium and a binder resin containing a crystalline resin to a temperature higher than or equal to the melting point of the crystalline resin in a step of aggregating and fusing a fine particle of the binder resin containing the crystalline resin to produce a toner base particle; a second step of cooling the dispersion having been heated in the first step and having a temperature higher than the recrystallization temperature Rc of the crystalline resin to a temperature lower than Rc at a temperature-lowering rate of 1° C./min or higher; and a third step of maintaining the dispersion having been cooled in the second step at a temperature higher than or equal to Rc?25° C. and lower than or equal to Rc?5° C. for 30 minutes or longer.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Junya Onishi, Shiro Hirano, Noboru Ueda, Kouji Sugama, Aya Shirai
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Patent number: 9841716Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes an intermediate layer, a photosensitive layer, and a surface protective layer, deposited in this order on an electroconductive support. The surface protective layer includes a resin and a p-type semiconductor microparticle contained in the resin. The intermediate layer includes a resin and at least one metal oxide microparticle contained in the resin. The at least one metal oxide microparticle is selected from the group consisting of untreated tin oxide particles, tin oxide particles surface-treated with organic compounds, untreated anatase titanium oxide particles, anatase titanium oxide particles surface-treated with organic compounds, untreated rutile titanium oxide particles, and rutile titanium oxide particles surface-treated with organic compounds.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Masanori Yumita, Toshiyuki Fujita, Daisuke Kodama
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Patent number: 9835966Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developer includes an electrostatic charge image developing toner that includes toner particles, and an external additive which is added to the toner particles and which includes silica particles whose compression aggregation degree is from 60% to 95% and particle compression ratio is from 0.20 to 0.40, and a carrier for developing an electrostatic charge image that includes a core particle and a resin coated layer which covers a surface of the core particle and that has a surface roughness Ra (based on JIS-B0601) of 0.5 ?m or less and a circularity of 0.975 or more.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhisa Morooka, Hiroyoshi Okuno, Satoshi Inoue, Yoshifumi Iida, Tomohito Nakajima, Yuka Zenitani, Yoshifumi Eri, Takeshi Iwanaga, Sakae Takeuchi, Shunsuke Nozaki, Yasuo Kadokura
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Patent number: 9829815Abstract: There is provided a toner including toner base particles and an external additive in which the external additive is prevented from being buried in the base particles. The toner can maintain a high transfer efficiency over an extended period of use. The toner includes: (1) toner base particles containing a cycloolefin copolymer and a polyethylene; or (2) toner base particles whose surfaces contain a resin having an elastic deformation rate of 70% or more and a melting temperature of 125.0° C. or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Makoto Fukatsu, Manami Haraguchi, Atsushi Nakamoto, Masayoshi Kato, Kazuhisa Kemmochi, Takahiro Kawamoto, Takeshi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9829819Abstract: A toner set for electrostatic image development includes a cyan toner, a magenta toner, and a yellow toner, wherein the Vicat softening temperatures of the toners are respectively in the range of from about 30° C. to about 60° C., and among the toners, the difference between the Vicat softening temperature of the toner having the highest Vicat softening temperature and the Vicat softening temperature of the toner having the lowest Vicat softening temperature is from about 1° C. to about 5° C.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2014Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroko Kobayashi
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Patent number: 9829814Abstract: A toner having a toner particle that contains a binder resin, a pigment, a pigment dispersant, and a crystalline polyester, wherein the pigment dispersant has a specific pigment adsorption segment and a polymer moiety and a hydrophobic parameter HP1 for the pigment dispersant and a hydrophobic parameter HP2 for the crystalline polyester satisfy the formula ?0.28?(HP1?HP2)?0.15.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yu Yoshida, Yuhei Terui, Haruko Kubo, Masashi Kawamura, Yasuaki Murai, Takayuki Toyoda