Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Nakajima
Kazuhiko Nakajima 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).
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Publication number: 20230408941Abstract: An electrophotographic toner of the present invention includes a toner mother particle including a bright pigment and a resin layer coating the bright pigment. The bright pigment includes a bright portion and a coating layer coating the bright portion, and when the average thickness of the coating layer is A nm and the average thickness of the resin layer is B nm, the electrophotographic toner satisfies A+B?1.600 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Yohei MARUYAMA, Kazuhiko NAKAJIMA
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Publication number: 20230341791Abstract: Provided is a toner set for developing an electrostatic charge image, including a first toner and a second toner whose toner matrix particles contain different types of pigments, wherein the first toner matrix particles included in the first toner and the second toner matrix particles included in the second toner both contain at least the pigment and a crystalline resin; and the first toner and the second toner satisfy the following specific Expressions (1A) and (2A), 10?WP1?WP2 ??Expression (1A) ?HC1/?HC2?0.15.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Keisuke ASANO, Kazuhiko NAKAJIMA
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Patent number: 11320757Abstract: An image forming method includes forming an image by transferring and fixing white toner and color toner of at least one color to a recording medium, wherein when an endothermic peak top temperature and a toner softening point in a first temperature increasing process in differential scanning calorimetry of the white toner are Tmw (° C.) and Tspw (° C.), respectively, and an endothermic peak top temperature and a toner softening point in a first temperature increasing process in differential scanning calorimetry of the color toner are Tmc (° C.) and Tspc (° C.), respectively, Equations (1) and (2) below are satisfied: [Math.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Yuya Kubo, Kazuhiko Nakajima
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Publication number: 20220009220Abstract: The platemaking apparatus according to the present invention forms a pattern on an ink film-forming press plate that has a surface layer containing a stimulus-responsive compound whose physical property can reversibly change in response to an external stimulus. The platemaking apparatus includes: a first stimulator that applies, to a surface of the press plate, a first stimulus that changes the physical property of the surface from a first physical property to a second physical property to form the pattern, on the basis of image data; a second stimulator that applies, to the surface of the press plate, a second stimulus that changes the physical property of the surface from the second physical property to the first physical property, to erase the pattern; and a cleaning unit that removes an ink remained on the surface of the press plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Kouji SUGAMA, Kazuhiko NAKAJIMA, Kengo IKEDA
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Patent number: 11156933Abstract: Provided is an image forming method, including: transferring and fixing a toner onto a recording medium, and forming an image including a plurality of layers, in which an attachment amount of the toner on the recording medium is greater than or equal to 8 g/m2 and less than or equal to 40 g/m2, a toner forming a layer in contact with a fixing member contains at least a first mold release agent containing ester wax and a second mold release agent containing microcrystalline wax, and a special color toner is contained in any layer of the plurality of layers.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Keisuke Asano, Shiro Hirano, Kazuhiko Nakajima
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Publication number: 20200356020Abstract: Provided is an image forming method, including: transferring and fixing a toner onto a recording medium, and forming an image including a plurality of layers, in which an attachment amount of the toner on the recording medium is greater than or equal to 8 g/m2 and less than or equal to 40 g/m2, a toner forming a layer in contact with a fixing member contains at least a first mold release agent containing ester wax and a second mold release agent containing microcrystalline wax, and a special color toner is contained in any layer of the plurality of layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Keisuke ASANO, Shiro HIRANO, Kazuhiko NAKAJIMA
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Publication number: 20200285166Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic image includes toner base particles containing a binder resin and an inorganic pigment, and an external additive, wherein the external additive contains alumina particles, and the number average particle size of primary particles of the alumina particles is in the range of 5 nm to 60 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Masaharu MATSUBARA, Ikuko SAKURADA, Tomoko MINE, Kazuhiko NAKAJIMA
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Publication number: 20200285169Abstract: An image forming method includes forming an image by transferring and fixing white toner and color toner of at least one color to a recording medium, wherein when an endothermic peak top temperature and a toner softening point in a first temperature increasing process in differential scanning calorimetry of the white toner are Tmw (° C.) and Tspw (° C.), respectively, and an endothermic peak top temperature and a toner softening point in a first temperature increasing process in differential scanning calorimetry of the color toner are Tmc (° C.) and Tspc (° C.), respectively, Equations (1) and (2) below are satisfied: [Math.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Yuya Kubo, Kazuhiko Nakajima
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Publication number: 20190317419Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic image forming method using two or more electrostatic image developing toners including a charging step, an exposing step, a developing step, a transferring step, and a fixing step, wherein, among the two or more toners, at least one is an achromatic color toner or a clear toner, and at least one is a chromatic color toner which contains a crystalline resin and a releasing agent; in the fixing step, a recording material to which is transferred an unfixed image formed with the two or more electrostatic image developing toners is nipped and conveyed to a fixing nip portion provided between a heated fixing rotating body and a pressure member, and thermally fixed; and a residual toner component is cleaned by a cleaning rotating body which is in contact with the fixing rotating body and a cleaning member which is in contact with the cleaning rotating body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventor: Kazuhiko NAKAJIMA
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Patent number: 10409184Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a white pigment being acicular titanium oxide having an average aspect ratio within a range of 3 to 30.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Kazuhiko Nakajima, Miyuki Yamada
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Publication number: 20180074422Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a white pigment being acicular titanium oxide having an average aspect ratio within a range of 3 to 30.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Kazuhiko NAKAJIMA, Miyuki YAMADA
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Patent number: 8404419Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic image developing toner containing, (i) toner particles containing: a binder resin having a domain-matrix structure; and (ii) a colorant; wherein the toner particles have a volume-based median diameter of 4.3 to 7.0 ?m; a domain phase in the binder resin contains a polymer containing a structure unit derived from a diene monomer, the domain phase has a Feret diameter of 50 to 300 nm; and a glass transition temperature of the polymer composing the domain phase is ?85 to +35° C.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hiroyuki Konno, Kazuhiko Nakajima
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Publication number: 20110281211Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic image developing toner containing, (i) toner particles containing: a binder resin having a domain-matrix structure; and (ii) a colorant; wherein the toner particles have a volume-based median diameter of 4.3 to 7.0 ?m; a domain phase in the binder resin contains a polymer containing a structure unit derived from a diene monomer, the domain phase has a Feret diameter of 50 to 300 nm; and a glass transition temperature of the polymer composing the domain phase is ?85 to +35° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2011Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Hiroyuki KONNO, Kazuhiko NAKAJIMA
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Publication number: 20110081606Abstract: Disclosed is an electrostatic image developing toner comprised of toner particles containing a binding resin and a coloring agent, and the coloring agent contains a black color material and a cyan color material, the content of the black color material being 0.5 to 3 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the above binding resin, as well as the content of the cyan color material being 0.1 to 0.5 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the above binding resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2010Publication date: April 7, 2011Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Hidemasa SAWADA, Kazuhiko NAKAJIMA, Miyuki MURAKAMI
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Patent number: 7077570Abstract: A zipper tape is provided which can freely be used regardless of whether the zipper tape is made from a polypropylene-based resin or a polyethylene-based resin and also on which letters can be printed or any color can be given thereto. A method of producing the zipper tape with high productivity by means of extruding male strips and female strips in rows in a batch is provided. The zipper tape (2) with the mating section (3) (the male strip (3a) and the female strip (3b)) formed thereon has a three-layered structure comprising the heat-insulating film (6) as an intermediate layer, the thermally fused film (7) thermally fused and bonded to one side of the heat-insulating film (6) of the bag (5), and the thermally fused film (8) for formation of a mating section bonded to another side of the bag (5).Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2003Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: J.P.M. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotsugu Fukumori, Nobuyuki Kawai, Hirozo Amano, Nobuhiko Morikawa, Kazuhiko Nakajima, Satoshi Fujioka
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Patent number: 6808666Abstract: A zipper tape is provided which can freely be used regardless of whether the zipper tape is made from a polypropylene-based resin or a polyethylene-based resin and also on which letters can be printed or any color can be given thereto. A method of producing the zipper tape with high productivity by means of extruding male strips and female strips in rows in a batch is provided. The zipper tape with the mating section formed thereon has a three-layered structure. The male strips and female strip for forming a mating section together are extruded from a miscellaneous extrusion molding machine onto a surface of the thermally fused film for forming a mating section in rows in the state where adjoining male and female strips form pairs respectively and are thermally fused and bonded to the base tape.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2002Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignee: J.P.M. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotsugu Fukumori, Nobuyuki Kawai, Hirozo Amano, Nobuhiko Morikawa, Kazuhiko Nakajima, Satoshi Fujioka
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Publication number: 20040128805Abstract: A zipper tape is provided which can freely be used regardless of whether the zipper tape is made from a polypropylene-based resin or a polyethylene-based resin and also on which letters can be printed or any color can be given thereto. A method of producing the zipper tape with high productivity by means of extruding male strips and female strips in rows in a batch is provided. The zipper tape (2) with the mating section (3) (the male strip (3a) and the female strip (3b)) formed thereon has a three-layered structure comprising the heat-insulating film (6) as an intermediate layer, the thermally fused film (7) thermally fused and bonded to one side of the heat-insulating film (6) of the bag (5), and the thermally fused film (8) for formation of a mating section bonded to another side of the bag (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Applicant: J.P.M Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotsugu Fukumori, Nobuyuki Kawai, Hirozo Amano, Nobuhiko Morikawa, Kazuhiko Nakajima, Satoshi Fujioka
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Publication number: 20040130058Abstract: A zipper tape is provided which can freely be used regardless of whether the zipper tape is made from a polypropylene-based resin or a polyethylene-based resin and also on which letters can be printed or any color can be given thereto. A method of producing the zipper tape with high productivity by means of extruding male strips and female strips in rows in a batch is provided. The zipper tape (2) with the mating section (3) (the male strip (3a) and the female strip (3b)) formed thereon has a three-layered structure comprising the heat-insulating film (6) as an intermediate layer, the thermally fused film (7) thermally fused and bonded to one side of the heat-insulating film (6) of the bag (5), and the thermally fused film (8) for formation of a mating section bonded to another side of the bag (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Applicant: J.P.M Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotsugu Fukumori, Nobuyuki Kawai, Hirozo Amano, Nobuhiko Morikawa, Kazuhiko Nakajima, Satoshi Fujioka
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Publication number: 20040098845Abstract: A zipper tape is provided which can freely be used regardless of whether the zipper tape is made from a polypropylene-based resin or a polyethylene-based resin and also on which letters can be printed or any color can be given thereto. A method of producing the zipper tape with high productivity by means of extruding male strips and female strips in rows in a batch is provided. The zipper tape (2) with the mating section (3) (the male strip (3a) and the female strip (3b)) formed thereon has a three-layered structure comprising the heat-insulating film (6) as an intermediate layer, the thermally fused film (7) thermally fused and bonded to one side of the heat-insulating film (6) of the bag (5), and the thermally fused film (8) for formation of a mating section bonded to another side of the bag (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2003Publication date: May 27, 2004Applicant: J.P.M Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotsugu Fukumori, Nobuyuki Kawai, Hirozo Amano, Nobuhiko Morikawa, Kazuhiko Nakajima, Satoshi Fujioka
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Publication number: 20030014849Abstract: A zipper tape is provided which can freely be used regardless of whether the zipper tape is made from a polypropylene-based resin or a polyethylene-based resin and also on which letters can be printed or any color can be given thereto. A method of producing the zipper tape with high productivity by means of extruding male strips and female strips in rows in a batch is provided. The zipper tape (2) with the mating section (3) (the male strip (3a) and the female strip (3b)) formed thereon has a three-layered structure comprising the heat-insulating film (6) as an intermediate layer, the thermally fused film (7) thermally fused and bonded to one side of the heat-insulating film (6) of the bag (5), and the thermally fused film (8) for formation of a mating section bonded to another side of the bag (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2002Publication date: January 23, 2003Inventors: Hirotsugu Fukumori, Nobuyuki Kawai, Hirozo Amano, Nobuhiko Morikawa, Kazuhiko Nakajima, Satoshi Fujioka