Patents by Inventor Masami Fujimoto

Masami Fujimoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20160091813
    Abstract: Provided is a toner that uses a crystalline resin, and demonstrates favorable dispersibility of the crystalline resin in the toner, demonstrates superior low-temperature fixability, and is able to inhibit fogging. The toner has a toner particle comprising a resin A, which has a long-chain alkyl group having an average number of carbon atoms of 27 to 50, and a crystalline resin, wherein the SP value (cal/cm3)1/2 of the crystalline resin is 9.00 to 12.00, and in a GC/MS analysis of components that volatize when the toner is heated for 10 minutes at 200° C., the amount of volatile components of saturated hydrocarbons having 30 to 37 carbon atoms is 90 ppm to 260 ppm of toluene equivalent, based on mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Daisuke Yoshiba, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Koji Nishikawa, Shotaro Nomura, Hiroki Akiyama, Masami Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 9261804
    Abstract: The present invention provides a toner that exhibits an excellent low-temperature fixability and an excellent ejected paper adhesiveness during high-speed printing, without affecting the long-term storage stability, in which the toner has a toner particle that contains a resin component, wherein the toner has, in a DSC curve measured with a differential scanning calorimeter, a glass transition temperature of at least 50° C. and not more than 65° C. and a cold crystallization peak during cooling of at least 40° C. and not more than 70° C., and has an endothermic peak in a DSC curve measured with a differential scanning calorimeter for the resin component of at least 70° C. and not more than 95° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Daisuke Yoshiba, Koji Nishikawa, Shotaro Nomura, Hiroki Akiyama, Masami Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20160041484
    Abstract: Provided is a toner having good endurance stability and good low-temperature fixability in high-speed printing, and having good resistance to the adhesion of printed paper. The toner is a magnetic toner having, on the surface of toner particle containing a binder resin and an ester compound as a releasing agent, inorganic fine particle “a” and organic-inorganic composite fine particle having a volumetric specific heat of from 2,900 kJ/(m3·° C.) to 4,200 kJ/(m3·° C.), in which a coverage A of the surface of the toner particle with the inorganic fine particle “a” is 45.0% or more and 70.0% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Shohei Tsuda, Yojiro Hotta, Koji Nishikawa, Masami Fujimoto, Katsuhisa Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20160041482
    Abstract: A toner having compatibility between transfer properties and cleaning properties is provided. A toner wherein a fine particle A containing a primary particle having a number average particle diameter (D1) of 80 nm or more and 400 nm or less is present on the surface of a toner particle at a coverage ratio of 5 to 40%, a fixing rate of 30 to 90% by mass, and a variation coefficient of 0.1 to 0.5 in a region of 0.5 ??m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuo Terauchi, Yojiro Hotta, Takeshi Naka, Motohide Shiozawa, Shohei Tsuda, Masami Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 9250548
    Abstract: The toner comprises: toner particles each containing a binder resin and a releasing agent; and an organic-inorganic composite fine particle, wherein: the organic-inorganic composite fine particle comprises: a vinyl resin particle containing a vinyl resin, the vinyl resin containing THF-insoluble matter in an amount of 95% by mass or more; and inorganic fine particles which are exposed at surfaces of the respective organic-inorganic composite fine particles, the organic-inorganic composite fine particle 1) has a plurality of convexes derived from the inorganic fine particles on the surfaces thereof, 2) has a number average particle size of 70-500 nm, and 3) has a shape factor SF-2 as measured at a magnification of 200,000 times of 103-120, and an absolute value of difference between an SP value of the releasing agent and an SP value of the vinyl resin is 0.50 (cal/cm3)1/2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shotaro Nomura, Masami Fujimoto, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Koji Nishikawa, Daisuke Yoshiba, Hiroki Akiyama
  • Patent number: 9201323
    Abstract: A toner excellent in end-portion hot offset properties is provided. A toner including toner particles and an external additive, wherein the toner particles contain a binder resin, and organic-inorganic composite fine particles dispersed in the binder resin, and the organic-inorganic composite fine particles (1) have a number-average particle diameter of 70 nm or more and 500 nm or less, (2) have a structure in which inorganic fine particles are embedded in a resin particle, convexes derived from the inorganic fine particles being present on surfaces of the organic-inorganic composite fine particles, (3) have a shape factor SF-2 of 103 or more and 120 or less, and (4) contain a resin component in which a proportion of THF-insoluble matter based on a mass of the resin component is 95% by mass or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Nishikawa, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Daisuke Yoshiba, Shotaro Nomura, Hiroki Akiyama, Masami Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 9128400
    Abstract: To provide a toner that can keep its melt-sticking to sleeve from occurring and, even in double-sided printing, can keep high-temperature offset from occurring and obtain high-quality images on both the surface and the back. The toner comprises toner particles each of which contains a binder resin containing a resin formed by the reaction of i) a resin (A) having a softening point TA (° C.) of 70° C. to 105° C. and having a peak top of endothermic peaks at 55° C. to 120° C. with ii) a resin (B) having a softening point TB (° C.) of 120° C. to 160° C. and having a peak top of endothermic peaks at 55° C. to 120° C., and, in its viscoelasticity characteristics, has a storage elastic modulus at temperature 180° C. (G?180) of 3.0×103 Pa to 3.0×104 Pa, where the loss tangent tan ? has at least one peak having a peak top within the range of 50° C. to 70° C. and, when peak top temperature of the peak is represented by T(° C.), the loss tangent at T+10(° C.) [tan ?(T+10)] is 1.0 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Shuhei Moribe, Daisuke Yoshiba, Daisuke Tsujimoto, Masami Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20150220013
    Abstract: Provided is a toner that shows both developability and electrostatic offset resistance. The toner includes a charge controlling agent that is represented by the following formula (1), and that has peaks at 15.000°±0.150° and 20.100°±0.150° in CuK? X-ray diffraction spectrum obtained in 2? range of 10° or more to 40° or less where ? represents Bragg angle, one of the peaks being a peak having a maximum intensity and the other being a peak having a second maximum intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Koji Nishikawa, Daisuke Yoshiba, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Shigeto Tamura, Naohiko Tsuchida, Masami Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 9097998
    Abstract: A toner is provided which is superior in the long-term storage stability and has high low-temperature fixing properties. In a DSC curve as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter, the toner has a glass transition temperature of not less than 50° C. and not more than 60° C.; and the toner has, in regard to a resin composition contained therein, a difference of not less than 0.060 W/g in heat flow between a point on the curve at a temperature of 40° C. and a baseline in the range exceeding the glass transition temperature; and in viscoelastic characteristics measured at a frequency of 6.28 rad/sec, the toner has a storage elastic modulus (G?40) at a temperature of 40° C. of not less than 7.0×108 Pa and not more than 2.0×109 Pa, and a storage elastic modulus (G?70) at a temperature of 70° C. of not less than 1.0×105 Pa and not more than 1.0×107 Pa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Shuhei Moribe, Daisuke Yoshiba, Toru Takahashi, Daisuke Tsujimoto, Masami Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20150037729
    Abstract: The toner includes a resin component containing a crystalline polyester resin and a polyester-type resin that has a long-chain monomer bonded by condensation at a terminal, the toner having, in a total heat flow measured by a temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimeter, an endothermic peak resulting from the crystalline polyester resin in a specific temperature range, and the percentage of the endothermic quantity of the endothermic peak in a reversing heat flow with respect to the endothermic quantity of the endothermic peak in the total heat flow being at least 20.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Daisuke Yoshiba, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Koji Nishikawa, Shotaro Nomura, Hiroki Akiyama, Masami Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20150037722
    Abstract: The present invention provides a toner that exhibits an excellent low-temperature fixability and an excellent ejected paper adhesiveness during high-speed printing, without affecting the long-term storage stability, in which the toner has a toner particle that contains a resin component, wherein the toner has, in a DSC curve measured with a differential scanning calorimeter, a glass transition temperature of at least 50° C. and not more than 65° C. and a cold crystallization peak during cooling of at least 40° C. and not more than 70° C., and has an endothermic peak in a DSC curve measured with a differential scanning calorimeter for the resin component of at least 70° C. and not more than 95° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Daisuke Yoshiba, Koji Nishikawa, Shotaro Nomura, Hiroki Akiyama, Masami Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20150037721
    Abstract: Provided is a toner that has excellent low-temperature fixability and is capable of obtaining an image having a stable image density, in which the occurrence of image defects is suppressed. The toner includes toner base particles, each of which contains a binder resin and a magnetic material, and organic-inorganic composite fine particles on each of the toner base particles. Each of the organic-inorganic composite fine particles comprises a vinyl resin particle, and inorganic fine particles which are embedded in the vinyl resin particle, and at least a part of which are exposed. The volumetric specific heat of the organic-inorganic composite fine particles and the volumetric specific heat of the toner base particles satisfy a predetermined provision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Shotaro Nomura, Masami Fujimoto, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Kouji Nishikawa, Daisuke Yoshiba, Hiroki Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20150037726
    Abstract: The toner comprises: toner particles each containing a binder resin and a releasing agent; and an organic-inorganic composite fine particle, wherein: the organic-inorganic composite fine particle comprises: a vinyl resin particle containing a vinyl resin, the vinyl resin containing THF-insoluble matter in an amount of 95% by mass or more; and inorganic fine particles which are exposed at surfaces of the respective organic-inorganic composite fine particles, the organic-inorganic composite fine particle 1) has a plurality of convexes derived from the inorganic fine particles on the surfaces thereof, 2) has a number average particle size of 70-500 nm, and 3) has a shape factor SF-2 as measured at a magnification of 200,000 times of 103-120, and an absolute value of difference between an SP value of the releasing agent and an SP value of the vinyl resin is 0.50 (cal/cm3)1/2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Shotaro Nomura, Masami Fujimoto, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Kouji Nishikawa, Daisuke Yoshiba, Hiroki Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20150037720
    Abstract: Provided is magnetic toner capable of favorably maintain fluidity of the magnetic toner in a developing unit even after a large number of image formation. The magnetic toner to which an external additive that has 1) a number average particle diameter of 70 or more and 200 or less, 2) a shape factor SF-1 of 100 or more and 250 or less, and 3) a shape factor SF-2 of 105 or more and 250 or less, is added, and a covering rate by silica on the surfaces of toner particles is 40.0% or more and 70.0% or less, and the magnetic toner has specific fluidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Shohei Tsuda, Yojiro Hotta, Kouji Nishikawa, Shotaro Nomura, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Masami Fujimoto, Takayuki Itakura
  • Publication number: 20150037723
    Abstract: A toner excellent in end-portion hot offset properties is provided. A toner including toner particles and an external additive, wherein the toner particles contain a binder resin, and organic-inorganic composite fine particles dispersed in the binder resin, and the organic-inorganic composite fine particles (1) have a number-average particle diameter of 70 nm or more and 500 nm or less, (2) have a structure in which inorganic fine particles are embedded in a resin particle, convexes derived from the inorganic fine particles being present on surfaces of the organic-inorganic composite fine particles, (3) have a shape factor SF-2 of 103 or more and 120 or less, and (4) contain a resin component in which a proportion of THF-insoluble matter based on a mass of the resin component is 95% by mass or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Koji Nishikawa, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Daisuke Yoshiba, Shotaro Nomura, Hiroki Akiyama, Masami Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20140004460
    Abstract: A toner is provided in which low-temperature fixing properties and high-temperature offset resistance can be compatible, and the environmental stability of image density can also be obtained. A toner obtained by condensation polymerization of an alcohol component containing not less than 70 mol % of an aliphatic polyalcohol with a carboxylic acid component, and including a polyester resin having a concentration of an ester group of not less than 25% by mass and not more than 55% by mass, and a compound represented by the following formula (1) as a charge-controlling agent: (wherein A1, A2, and A3 each independently represent H, a nitro group, or a halogen atom; B1 represents H or an alkyl group; M represents an Fe atom, a Cr atom, or an Al atom; X+ represents a H ion, an alkali metal ion, a NH4 ion, an alkylammonium ion, or mixed ions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Yoshiba, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Kouji Nishikawa, Shigeto Tamura, Naohiko Tsuchida, Masami Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20130309603
    Abstract: A toner having toner particles, each of which contains a binder resin and a colorant, wherein in viscoelastic properties of the toner as measured with a rotating flat plate rheometer at a frequency of 6.28 rad/sec: a storage elastic modulus at the temperature of 60° C. (G?60) is in a range from 1.0×107 to 1.0×109 (Pa), and a maximal value (G?p) exists for the storage elastic modulus in a temperature range from 110° C. to 140° C., with this G?p being in a range from 5.0×104 to 5.0×106 (Pa).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Shuhei Moribe, Daisuke Tsujimoto, Yosuke Iwasaki, Masami Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20130302730
    Abstract: To provide a toner that can keep its melt-sticking to sleeve from occurring and, even in double-sided printing, can keep high-temperature offset from occurring and obtain high-quality images on both the surface and the back. The toner comprises toner particles each of which contains a binder resin containing a resin formed by the reaction of i) a resin (A) having a softening point TA (° C.) of 70° C. to 105° C. and having a peak top of endothermic peaks at 55° C. to 120° C. with ii) a resin (B) having a softening point TB (° C.) of 120° C. to 160° C. and having a peak top of endothermic peaks at 55° C. to 120° C., and, in its viscoelasticity characteristics, has a storage elastic modulus at temperature 180° C. (G?180) of 3.0×103 Pa to 3.0×104 Pa, where the loss tangent tan ? has at least one peak having a peak top within the range of 50° C. to 70° C. and, when peak top temperature of the peak is represented by T(° C.), the loss tangent at T+10(° C.) [tan ?(T+10)] is 1.0 to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Shuhei Moribe, Daisuke Yoshiba, Daisuke Tsujimoto, Masami Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20130252167
    Abstract: A toner comprising toner particles, each of which contains a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the binder resin includes a resin having an endothermic peak at a temperature of 55° C. to 120° C. in a DSC curve; the toner has a softening point Tm of 90° C. to 140° C.; in the viscoelastic characteristic of the toner measured at a frequency of 6.28 rad/sec, the storage elastic modulus at a temperature of 180° C. is 1.0×102 Pa to 1.0×104 Pa; in a chart with the temperature on the x-axis and tan ? on the y-axis, tan ? has a peak having a peak top in the range of 50° C. to 70° C.; tan ? (P) at the peak top temperature is 2.0 to 10.0; the ratio of the tan ? (P) at the peak top temperature to tan ? (Tm) at a temperature of Tm (tan ? (P)/tan ? (Tm)) is in the range of 2.5 to 8.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuhei Moribe, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Daisuke Yoshiba, Toru Takahashi, Daisuke Tsujimoto, Masami Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20130244166
    Abstract: A toner is provided which is superior in the long-term storage stability and has high low-temperature fixing properties. In a DSC curve as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter, the toner has a glass transition temperature of not less than 50° C. and not more than 60° C.; and the toner has, in regard to a resin composition contained therein, a difference of not less than 0.060 W/g in heat flow between a point on the curve at a temperature of 40° C. and a baseline in the range exceeding the glass transition temperature; and in viscoelastic characteristics measured at a frequency of 6.28 rad/sec, the toner has a storage elastic modulus (G?40) at a temperature of 40° C. of not less than 7.0×108 Pa and not more than 2.0×109 Pa, and a storage elastic modulus (G?70) at a temperature of 70° C. of not less than 1.0×105 Pa and not more than 1.0×107 Pa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Shuhei Moribe, Daisuke Yoshiba, Toru Takahashi, Daisuke Tsujimoto, Masami Fujimoto