Patents by Inventor Eiji Morimoto

Eiji Morimoto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5266432
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a toner composition containing a polyester resin as a major component of a binder resin and 0.01 to 1.5 parts by weight of hydrophobic silica having a degree of hydrophobic property of not less than 80, and/or having a pH value of 5.5 to 8 when 4% by weight of hydrophobic silica is dispersed in water-methanol solution (1:1) to 100 parts by weight of the toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro Hayashi, Eiji Morimoto, Kuniyasu Kawabe
  • Patent number: 4588668
    Abstract: An electrophotographic developer composition, toner, comprises a binder of a polyester resin and a colorant, said polyeter resin having a softening point of 80.degree. to 180.degree. C., further having been obtained by copolycondensing (A) a diol component with (B) carboxylic acid components comprising (a) a dicarboxylic acid, (b) trimellitic acid and (c) a polycarboxylic acid. The composition possesses an improved fixation property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1986
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Yasuda, Eiji Morimoto, Yuichi Ueda
  • Patent number: 4387211
    Abstract: A new polyester resin is produced by condensation polymerization of (a) a diol component of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is an alkylene group of 2 to 4 carbon atoms; and x and y are positive integers, the sum of them being 2 to 16 on an average, and (b) an acid component of polybasic (at least dibasic) carboxylic acid, anhydride thereof, and lower alkyl ester thereof, said acid component (b) containing 1 to 50 mol % of a dibasic carboxylic acid or anhydride thereof of the formula: ##STR2## where R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon groups of 4 to 20 carbon atoms and 10 to 30 mol % of trimellitic acid or anhydride thereof. The polyester has improved toughness, abrasion resistance and flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1983
    Assignee: Kao Soap Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Yasuda, Eiji Morimoto, Atsushi Sonobe