Patents by Inventor Masana Shiba

Masana Shiba 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: 20150220011
    Abstract: Provided is a toner, including: a crystalline resin; and a colorant, wherein the toner has a sea island structure in which a crystal region containing the crystalline resin is formed as a sea, and a non-crystalline region containing the colorant is formed as an island.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Azumi Miyaake, Kazumi Suzuki, Masana Shiba, Tatsuya Morita, Yoshitaka Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 9023570
    Abstract: A toner contains a binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein the toner contains toner particles, and wherein a proportion of the toner particles containing one or more voids having diameters D1 of larger than 0.0 ?m but 0.5 ?m or smaller is more than 5.0% to 60%, and a proportion of the toner particles containing one or more voids having diameters D2 of 1.0 ?m or larger is 10% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masana Shiba, Ryuta Chiba, Tsuneyasu Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 9012113
    Abstract: White toner contains a binder resin, a white pigment, and a releasing agent, wherein the white pigment is coated with the releasing agent and dispersed in the binder resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumi Suzuki, Tatsuya Morita, Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Masana Shiba, Azumi Miyaake
  • Patent number: 8986916
    Abstract: A yellow toner including: a non-crystalline resin; C.I. Pigment Yellow 185; and a releasing agent, wherein the yellow toner has a glass transition temperature of more than 18° C. but less than 40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamashita, Masana Shiba, Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Yukari Fukuda, Daisuke Asahina, Rintaro Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20150037718
    Abstract: A toner, including: a crystalline resin; a non-crystalline resin; and a colorant, wherein the toner has a sea-island structure which includes a sea containing the crystalline resin and an island containing the non-crystalline resin and the colorant, wherein the island is 1.0 ?m or less in domain diameter, and wherein the toner is 1.7×104 Pa or less in storage elastic modulus at 160° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Tatsuya Morita, Kazumi Suzuki, Shingo Sakashita, Masana Shiba, Taichi Nemoto, Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Azumi Miyaake, Rintaro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20150024312
    Abstract: A toner, including: a binder resin; and a colorant, wherein the toner has a storage modulus of 1.0×107 Pa or more at 50° C., a loss modulus of 8.0×104 Pa to 2.0×105 Pa at 80° C., and a loss modulus of 2.0×102 Pa to 1.0×103 Pa at 160° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Masana Shiba, Hiroshi Yamashita, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Daisuke Asahina, Yukari Fukuda, Rintaro Takahashi, Satoyuki Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 8932789
    Abstract: To provide a toner, which contains: a non-crystalline polyester resin A obtained through a reaction between a non-linear chain reactive precursor and a curing agent, and having a glass transition temperature of ?60° C. to 0° C.; a non-crystalline polyester resin B having a glass transition temperature of 40° C. to 70° C.; and a crystalline polyester resin C, wherein the toner has a glass transition temperature Tg1st of 20° C. to 40° C. as measured with first heating in differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Hiroshi Yamashita, Daisuke Asahina, Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Rintaro Takahashi, Masana Shiba, Yukari Fukuda, Saki Konno
  • Publication number: 20140348545
    Abstract: A toner housing container includes: a container body housing a toner; a conveying portion; a pipe receiving port; and an uplifting portion. Flow rate index of the toner measured by powder rheometer and represented by “flow rate index=(total energy at a rotation speed of 10 mm/s)/(total energy at a rotation speed of 100 mm/s)” is in a range of “1.8?flow rate index?6.5”. Container body includes protruding portion protruding from container body interior side of container opening portion toward one end of container body. Uplifting portion includes: uplifting wall surface extending from container body internal wall surface toward protruding portion; and curving portion curving to conform to protruding portion. When the toner housing container is mounted on the toner conveying device, the protruding portion is present between the curving portion and the toner receiving port of the conveying pipe being inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Masana Shiba, Shingo Sakashita, Junichi Awamura, Tomoki Murayama, Chihiro Kikuchi, Masaya Fukuda, Hiroshi Hosokawa, Shunji Katoh, Shinji Tamaki, Hiroshi Ikeguchi, Kenji Kikuchi, Michiharu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8846289
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing toner including melting, mixing, and kneading a releasing agent and a coloring agent with at least part of a polyester binder resin, and suspending and granulating an oil phase comprising the binder resin, the coloring agent, and the releasing agent in an aqueous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ogawa, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Naohito Shimota, Hiroshi Yamashita, Masana Shiba, Junichi Awamura
  • Publication number: 20140272689
    Abstract: A magenta toner includes a binder resin including an amorphous resin; a magenta pigment comprising a naphthol pigment; and a release agent. The magenta toner has a glass transition temperature of from 19 to 40° C. The naphthol pigment has an X-ray diffraction pattern having plural peaks in the following range: 0°?2??35° wherein ? is a Bragg angle. The sum of half widths of the respective peaks is from 5 to 10°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Masana SHIBA, Tsuyoshi SUGIMOTO, Daisuke ASAHINA, Susumu CHIBA, Satoyuki SEKIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8835086
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner including: a binder resin; a colorant; and a wax, wherein the intensity ratio of an absorbance at 2,850 cm?1 derived from the wax to an absorbance at 828 cm?1 derived from the binder resin, represented by “absorbance derived from the wax/absorbance derived from the binder resin”, is in the range of 0.1 to 0.5, where the absorbances are measured by FTIR-ATR, and the intensity ratio serves as a value for determining the amount of the wax present within 0.3 ?m in depth from surfaces of particles of the toner after the toner has been heated to 140° C. and then cooled, and wherein the toner has a storage elastic modulus of 5,000 Pa or greater at 140° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiro Watanabe, Naohito Shimota, Yasuaki Iwamoto, Masana Shiba, Satoshi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20140080046
    Abstract: To provide a toner, which contains a colorant, a binder resin, and a releasing agent, wherein the toner satisfies the following (a) to (c); (a) the toner contains at least a polyester resin as the binder resin; (b) the toner has Tg1st of 25° C. to 50° C.; and (c) the toner has a TMA compressive deformation rate (TMA %) of 10% or lower at 50° C. under a condition having relative humidity of 70%, wherein the Tg1st is glass transition temperature of the toner for first heating, as the toner is measured by a DSC system (a differential scanning calorimeter).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Daisuke ASAHINA, Hiroshi Yamashita, Masana Shiba, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Yukari Fukuda, Rintaro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140080047
    Abstract: To provide an electrophotographic toner, which contains a crystalline resin, a non-crystalline resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein the toner has a storage elastic modulus of 5.0×104 Pa to 5.0×106 Pa at 80° C., and a storage elastic modulus of 2.0×102 Pa to 2.0×103 Pa at 140° C., and wherein the toner has a ratio (C)/((C)+(A)) of 0.10 or greater, where (C) is an integrated intensity of a diffraction spectrum derived from a crystalline structure, (A) is an integrated intensity of a diffraction spectrum derived from a non-crystalline structure, and the diffraction spectrum is a diffraction spectrum of the toner as measured by an X-ray diffraction spectrometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Rintaro TAKAHASHI, Kazumi SUZUKI, Masana SHIBA, Tatsuya MORITA, Yoshitaka YAMAUCHI, Azumi MIYAAKE
  • Patent number: 8673528
    Abstract: A toner including at least one polyester resin serving as a binder resin, a colorant, a releasing agent, and a fixing aid, wherein the fixing aid includes a fatty acid amide-based compound, and the fatty acid amide-based compound is at least one of a fatty acid amide compound having a mono- or higher valent amide bond and a fatty acid amide-based compound having a mono- or higher valent amino group or a hydroxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Hiroshi Yamashita, Naohiro Watanabe, Shinichi Wakamatsu, Masaki Watanabe, Satoshi Ogawa, Masana Shiba, Junichi Awamura, Naohito Shimota
  • Publication number: 20130330522
    Abstract: White toner contains a binder resin, a white pigment, and a releasing agent, wherein the white pigment is coated with the releasing agent and dispersed in the binder resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Kazumi SUZUKI, Tatsuya MORITA, Yoshitaka YAMAUCHI, Masana SHIBA, Azumi MIYAAKE
  • Publication number: 20130216944
    Abstract: A toner contains a binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein the toner contains toner particles, and wherein a proportion of the toner particles containing one or more voids having diameters D1 of larger than 0.0 ?m but 0.5 ?m or smaller is more than 5.0% to 60%, and a proportion of the toner particles containing one or more voids having diameters D2 of 1.0 ?m or larger is 10% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Masana Shiba, Ryuta Chiba, Tsuneyasu Nagatomo
  • Publication number: 20130171554
    Abstract: A yellow toner including: a non-crystalline resin; C.I. Pigment Yellow 185; and a releasing agent, wherein the yellow toner has a glass transition temperature of more than 18° C. but less than 40° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Masana Shiba, Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Yukari Fukuda, Daisuke Asahina, Rintaro Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20130059247
    Abstract: To provide a toner, which contains: a non-crystalline polyester resin A obtained through a reaction between a non-linear chain reactive precursor and a curing agent, and having a glass transition temperature of ?60° C. to 0° C.; a non-crystalline polyester resin B having a glass transition temperature of 40° C. to 70° C.; and a crystalline polyester resin C, wherein the toner has a glass transition temperature Tg1st of 20° C. to 40° C. as measured with first heating in differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Hiroshi Yamashita, Daisuke Asahina, Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Rintaro Takahashi, Masana Shiba, Yukari Fukuda, Saki Konno
  • Publication number: 20120264043
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner including: a binder resin; a colorant; and a wax, wherein the intensity ratio of an absorbance at 2,850 cm?1 derived from the wax to an absorbance at 828 cm?1 derived from the binder resin, represented by “absorbance derived from the wax/absorbance derived from the binder resin”, is in the range of 0.1 to 0.5, where the absorbances are measured by FTIR-ATR, and the intensity ratio serves as a value for determining the amount of the wax present within 0.3 ?m in depth from surfaces of particles of the toner after the toner has been heated to 140° C. and then cooled, and wherein the toner has a storage elastic modulus of 5,000 Pa or greater at 140° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Naohiro Watanabe, Naohito Shimota, Yasuaki Iwamoto, Masana Shiba, Satoshi Kojima
  • Patent number: 8227164
    Abstract: A toner, including a colorant; a binder resin; a release agent; and a fixing supplemental component, wherein the toner has a storage elastic modulus G? (Pa) satisfying the following conditions: 5.0×104<G?<5.0×105 at 80° C. 1.0×104<G?<1.0×105 at 90° C. 5.0×103<G?<5.0×104 at 100° C. 1.0×103<G?<1.0×104 at 120° C. 1.0×103<G?<1.0×104 at 150° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Naohito Shimota, Hiroshi Yamashita, Satoshi Ogawa, Masana Shiba, Junichi Awamura, Tsuneyasu Nagatomo, Masaki Watanabe