Patents by Inventor Isao Niimura

Isao Niimura 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: 5928826
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner, characterized by containing at least a resin, a coloring agent and a compound of the formula (1), ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are respectively independently a C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl group or an aralkyl group which may have a substituent, and X is a halogen ion, an aromatic sulfonic acid ion which may have a substituent or an aromatic carboxylic acid ion which may have a substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuji Matsuura, Isao Niimura, Rie Murakami, Mikiko Kanasugi
  • Patent number: 5679489
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrophotographic toner free of metal such as chromium. A novel electrostatic image developing toner is provided, comprising as a charge-controlling agent one or more selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formulae (I) and (II): ##STR1## wherein A, B and R are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Mukudai, Yuuji Matsuura, Isao Niimura, Kayoko Watanabe, Keiko Iwasa
  • Patent number: 5164283
    Abstract: An electrophotographic developing powder comprising a resin, a coloring agent and a compound of the following formula, as a charge-controlling agent: ##STR1## wherein X is sodium or potassium, and M is a chromium or cobalt atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Niimura, Mitsutoshi Anzai, Hiroyoshi Yamaga, Noboru Akuzawa
  • Patent number: 4908225
    Abstract: Use of a resin powder composition for electrostatic coating, wherein said resin powder composition comprises (1) a thermosetting or thermoplastic resin and (2) an electric charge-increasing agent incorporated in the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1990
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Niimura, Hideo Nagasaka, Manabu Takeuchi, Toshiyuki Nita, Susumu Suzuka
  • Patent number: 4624907
    Abstract: An electrophotographic toner capable of being electrified negatively comprising:(a) a binder resin; and(b) a charge-controlling and coloring agent comprising at least one 2:1 type metal complex of the formula (I): ##STR1## where each of X.sub.1 and X.sub.2, which may be the same or different, is a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkoxy group, a nitro group or a halogen atom, each of m and m' is an integer of 1 to 3, each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be the same or different, is a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkoxy group, a halgen atom, a nitro group, a sulfonamide group, a methylsulfonyl group, an ethylsulfonyl group, an acetyl amino group or a benzoyl amino group, each of n and n' is an integer of 1 to 3, Y.sup..sym. is an ammonium ion, an aliphatic ammonium ion, an alicyclic ammonium ion or a heterocyclic ammonium ion, and M is a chromium atom, a cobalt atom or an iron atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1986
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Niimura, Katsuichi Motohashi, Hiroyoshi Yamaga, Noboru Akuzawa
  • Patent number: 4507237
    Abstract: There are disclosed azo compounds represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is hydrogen or halogen. The azo compounds are useful as precursors of disperse dyes and basic dyes and are effective for therapeutic treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1985
    Assignees: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd., Mochida Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao Niimura, Shigeo Maeda, Hideo Okazaki
  • Patent number: 4433040
    Abstract: An electrophotographic toner effective for producing clear visible images, comprises a binder resin, and a charge-controlling and coloring agent comprising at least one 2:1 type metal complex of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein M is Cr or Co, n is 1 or 2, Y is H or a radical of the formula (II): ##STR2## wherein X is H, a halogen, a lower alkyl, a lower alkoxy or a nitro and m is 1, 2 or 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1984
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Niimura, Hiroshi Imagome, Hiroyoshi Yamaga, Noboru Akuzawa, Kenji Yuta, Takeo Kurahashi