Patents by Inventor Francisco E. Torres

Francisco E. Torres 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: 6365675
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a thermoplastic resin, or thermoplastic resins comprising: forming, or providing a miniemulsion comprised of a mixture of an oligomeric compound of the formula R—SFR, wherein R is an oligomeric compound comprised of from about 1 to about 30 monomer units and optionally a covalently bonded free radical initiator compound, —SFR is a covalently bound stable free radical end group, and at least one free radical polymerizable monomer compound, and a surfactant; and heating the miniemulsion wherein there results a latex thermoplastic resin or a latex of thermoplastic resins with a high monomer to polymer conversion of about 85 to about 100 percent and a narrow polydispersity of from about 1.1 to about 2.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Paula J. MacLeod, Peter G. Odell, Francisco E. Torres, Michael K. Georges
  • Publication number: 20020019505
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a thermoplastic resin, or thermoplastic resins comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Paula J. MacLeod, Peter G. Odell, Francisco E. Torres, Michael K. Georges
  • Patent number: 6335818
    Abstract: A display media and display apparatus with a substrate, and bichromal beads having an electrolyte and a polymer, wherein the bichromal beads are dispersed or contained in the substrate are set forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Francisco E. Torres
  • Patent number: 6124376
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process which comprises incorporating into an ink jet printing apparatus an ink composition which comprises water, a colorant, and a polymer of the formula ##STR1## wherein m, n, x, and y are each integers representing the number of repeat monomer units, and wherein the ratio of x:y is from about 10:90 to about 90:10, and causing droplets of the ink to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto a recording sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Garland J. Nichols, Min-Hong Fu, Gary R. Fague, James P. Bareman, Francisco E. Torres
  • Patent number: 6121397
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a thermoplastic resin, or thermoplastic resins comprising:forming, or providing a miniemulsion comprised of a mixture of an oligomeric compound of the formula R-SFR, wherein R is an oligomeric compound comprised of from about 1 to about 30 monomer units and optionally a covalently bonded free radical initiator compound, -SFR is a covalently bound stable free radical end group, and at least one free radical polymerizable monomer compound, and a surfactant; andheating the miniemulsion wherein there results a latex thermoplastic resin or a latex of thermoplastic resins with a high monomer to polymer conversion of about 85 to about 100 percent and a narrow polydispersity of from about 1.1 to about 2.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Paula J. MacLeod, Peter G. Odell, Francisco E. Torres, Michael K. Georges
  • Patent number: 5962179
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of toner comprising mixing a colorant dispersion in water, which dispersion is comprised of a colorant and an ionic surfactant with a resin latex; heating the resulting flocculent mixture with stirring at a temperature of from about 25.degree. C. to about 1.degree. C. below the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the latex resin to effect formation of toner sized aggregates; heating the resulting aggregate suspension in the presence of additional anionic surfactant, and which heating is at a temperature of from about 10.degree. C. to about 55.degree. C. above the Tg of the resin; cooling; adding a base component to the resulting slurry; filtering; and thereafter drying said toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Enno E. Agur, Francisco E. Torres, T. Hwee Ng, Allan K. Chen, Arthur Helbrecht, Maria N. V. McDougall, Richard P. N. Veregin
  • Patent number: 5650255
    Abstract: An in situ chemical process for the preparation of toner comprised of(i) the provision of a latex, which latex is comprised of polymeric resin particles, an ionic surfactant and a nonionic surfactant;(ii) providing a pigment dispersion, which dispersion is comprised of a pigment solution, a counterionic surfactant with a charge polarity of opposite sign to that of said ionic surfactant, and optionally a charge control agent;(iii) mixing said pigment dispersion with said latex with a stirrer equipped with an impeller, stirring at speeds of from about 100 to about 900 rpm for a period of from about 10 minutes to about 150 minutes;(iv) heating the above resulting blend of latex and pigment mixture to a temperature below about the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the resin to form electrostatically bound toner size aggregates;(v) adding further aqueous ionic surfactant or stabilizer in the range amount of from about 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: T. Hwee Ng, Arthur Helbrecht, Raj D. Patel, Grazyna E. Kmiecik-Lawrynowicz, David Kurceba, Francisco E. Torres, David J. Sanders
  • Patent number: 5650256
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of toner comprising:(i) preparing a pigment dispersion, which dispersion is comprised of a pigment, and an ionic surfactant;(ii) shearing said pigment dispersion with a latex or emulsion blend comprised of resin, a counterionic surfactant with a charge polarity of opposite sign to that of said ionic surfactant and a nonionic surfactant, and wherein said resin contains an acid functionality;(iii) heating the above sheared blend below about the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the resin to form electrostatically bound toner size aggregates;(iv) adding anionic surfactant to stabilize the aggregates obtained in (iii);(v) coalescing said aggregates by heating said bound aggregates above about the Tg of the resin;(vi) reacting said resin of (v) with acid functionality with a base to form an acrylic acid salt, and which salt is ion exchanged in water with a base or a salt, optionally in the presence of metal oxide particles, to control the toner triboelectrical charge, which toner i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Richard P. N. Veregin, Maria N. V. McDougall, Francisco E. Torres, Raj D. Patel, Grazyna E. Kmiecik-Lawrynowicz, T. Hwee Ng, Arthur Helbrecht
  • Patent number: 5604076
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of toner compositions comprising:(i) preparing a latex or emulsion resin comprised of a polyester core encapsulated within a styrene based resin shell by heating said polyester emulsion containing an anionic surfactant with a mixture of monomers of styrene and acrylic acid, and with potassium persulfate, ammonium persulfate, sodium bisulfite, or mixtures thereof;(ii) adding a pigment dispersion, which dispersion is comprised of a pigment, a cationic surfactant, and optionally a charge control agent, followed by the sharing of the resulting blend;(iii) heating the above sheared blend below about the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the resin to form electrostatically bound toner size aggregates with a narrow particle size distribution; and(iv) heating said electrostatically bound aggregates above about the Tg of the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Raj D. Patel, Guerino G. Sacripante, Grazyna E. Kmiecik-Lawrynowicz, Michael A. Hopper, Francisco E. Torres
  • Patent number: 5561025
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of polymer latex particles which comprises the emulsion polymerization of a mixture of monomer, polar comonomer, water, surfactant, initiator, and a water phase termination agent, and wherein the water phase termination agent is selected from the group consisting of butanethiol, pentanethiol, hexanethiol, heptanethiol, octanethiol, and carbon tetrabromide (CBr.sub.4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Francisco E. Torres, Raj D. Patel, Michael A. Hopper, Grazyna E. Kmiecik-Lawrynowicz