Patents Examined by John L G Toodrow
  • Patent number: 7029809
    Abstract: In a toner kit having i) a non-magnetic black toner having at least carbon black and ii) color toners, the black toner has a weight-average particle diameter represented by D4b and a one-point method BET specific surface area represented by Sb, and the color toners, other than the black toner, each have a weight-average particle diameter represented by D4c and a one-point method BET specific surface area represented by Sc, where the black toner and color toners satisfy the following relations (1) and (2): 0.60?D4c/D4b?0.96,??Relation (1) 0.750?Sc/Sb?1.000;??Relation (2) and each have an average circularity of from 0.950 to 1.000 and a circularity standard deviation of less than 0.040 as measured with a flow type particle image analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Nonaka, Yushi Mikuriya, Shinya Yachi, Shuntaro Watanabe