Patents by Inventor Masanobu Ninomiya

Masanobu Ninomiya 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: 9182689
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes a binder resin; and a pigment having a complementary relationship with a color hue of the binder resin, the pigment being contained in an amount of about 1 ppm or greater but not greater than about 20 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kamiwaki, Susumu Yoshino, Masanobu Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 9081317
    Abstract: There is provided a positively chargeable toner including toner mother particles containing a binder resin having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, wherein the amine value of a component extracted with a water phase by the addition of ion exchanged water after mixing the toner with methyl ethyl ketone is from 600 to 1,250 and the weight average molecular weight of the component extracted with the water phase is from 1,000 to 200,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sugawara, Masanobu Ninomiya, Noriyuki Mizutani, Akira Matsumoto, Yusuke Ikeda, Satoshi Kamiwaki, Yukiaki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8859175
    Abstract: The invention provides a transparent toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, including a binder resin and a release agent, the difference between the endothermic peak Tm of the release agent in a temperature increasing process and the exothermic peak Tc of the release agent in a temperature decreasing process being from about 10° C. to about 50° C., where Tm and Tc are measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) according to the ASTM method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sugawara, Masaru Takahashi, Yasuo Kadokura, Masanobu Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 8852838
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles that contain a binder resin having a carboxyl group, in which the carboxyl group in the binder resin present on the surfaces of the toner particles forms an alkaline earth metal salt, and an amount of the alkaline earth metal which is detected through ion chromatography of the toner particles is in a range of from 1.00×10?10 mol/g to 0.90×10?6 mol/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kamiwaki, Akira Matsumoto, Yukiaki Nakamura, Masanobu Ninomiya, Yusuke Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8785098
    Abstract: The invention provides a transparent toner for electrostatic latent image development, containing a polyester resin and a release agent, the difference between an endothermic peak Tm of the release agent in a temperature increasing process and an exothermic peak Tc of the release agent in a temperature decreasing process when measured by an ASTM method with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) is from about 40° C. to about 50° C., and the degree of exposure of the release agent at the surface of the toner as determined quantitatively by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is about 10% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Takahashi, Atsushi Sugawara, Yasuo Kadokura, Masanobu Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 8771911
    Abstract: A magenta toner for electrophotography, including: toner particles containing, a polyester resin, a coloring agent containing a solid solution of C.I. Pigment Violet 19 and C.I. Pigment Red 122, a release agent, and inorganic particles; and an external additive, wherein an average particle diameter of the inorganic particle is 0.75 times or more the average particle diameter of the coloring agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kamiwaki, Akira Matsumoto, Yusuke Ikeda, Yukiaki Nakamura, Masanobu Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 8770589
    Abstract: A shaft-seal device for high-temperature fluid including a seal case (2) formed as a metallic cylindrical structure of a single unit and comprised of a main body portion (2a, 2b, 2c), first and second holding portions (2d, 2e), first and second partition portions (2f, 2h), a channel formation portion (2g) forming a minute annular channel (27) with the outer circumference surface of a rotary shaft (1), and an o-ring holding portion (2i). The seal case is installed in an apparatus housing (8) with first and second o-rings (2m, 2n) in between. The intra-seal case region (A1), in which sealing rings (31, 32, 41, 42, 51, 52) of mechanical seals (3, 4, 5) are provided, and the high-temperature fluid region, which is an intra-apparatus housing region (A), are partitioned by a cooling chamber (28) into and from which coolant (82) is supplied and discharged via feed/discharge coolant paths (80, 81).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignees: Nippon Pillar Packaging Co., Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taiji Hashimoto, Tao Hu, Eiji Okumachi, Masanobu Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 8758967
    Abstract: A transparent toner for developing an electrostatic latent image includes toner particles containing a binder resin; and an external additive containing cerium oxide, in which a content of cerium in all toner particles is from 0.05% by weight to 0.20% by weight, the cerium oxide contains a praseodymium, and a content of praseodymium in all toner particles is from 0.001% by weight to 0.050% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Koji Sasaki, Masanobu Ninomiya, Tetsuya Taguchi, Atsushi Sugawara, Yukiaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20140106273
    Abstract: There is provided a positively chargeable toner including toner mother particles containing a binder resin having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, wherein the amine value of a component extracted with a water phase by the addition of ion exchanged water after mixing the toner with methyl ethyl ketone is from 600 to 1,250 and the weight average molecular weight of the component extracted with the water phase is from 1,000 to 200,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi SUGAWARA, Masanobu NINOMIYA, Noriyuki MIZUTANI, Akira MATSUMOTO, Yusuke IKEDA, Satoshi KAMIWAKI, Yukiaki NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 8652727
    Abstract: A transparent toner for developing an electrostatic latent image includes toner particles containing a binder resin; and an external additive containing cerium oxide, in which the content of cerium in all toner particles is in the range of 0.05% by weight to 0.20% by weight, and the cerium oxide contains neodymium and the content of neodymium in all toner particles is in the range of 0.001% by weight to 0.015% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sugawara, Masanobu Ninomiya, Tetsuya Taguchi, Yukiaki Nakamura, Koji Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8592112
    Abstract: An orange toner including a binder resin containing a polyester resin having a dodecenyl succinic acid structure as a constituent unit; and C.I. Pigment Orange 38 in a blending amount of from 5% by mass to 18% by mass relative to the whole mass of the toner and a toner storage container for storing the same, an orange developer and a process cartridge for storing the same, a color toner set, and an image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshida, Akira Matsumoto, Masanobu Ninomiya, Yusuke Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8563208
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes: an amorphous polyester resin; a crystalline polyester resin; and a releasing agent, an amount of the releasing agent in the toner being from 5 to 15% by weight; an amount of the releasing agent present at a surface of the toner being from 10 to 35% by weight; and the toner showing at least one endothermic peak in each of a temperature range from 45 to 60° C., a temperature range from 65 to 80° C., and a temperature range from 85 to 100° C. in a temperature-rise process of differential scanning calorimetry of the toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakazawa, Masanobu Ninomiya, Hirokazu Hamano
  • Publication number: 20130252156
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles that contain a binder resin having a carboxyl group, in which the carboxyl group in the binder resin present on the surfaces of the toner particles forms an alkaline earth metal salt, and an amount of the alkaline earth metal which is detected through ion chromatography of the toner particles is in a range of from 1.00×10?10 mol/g to 0.90×10?6 mol/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi KAMIWAKI, Akira MATSUMOTO, Yukiaki NAKAMURA, Masanobu NINOMIYA, Yusuke IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20130224640
    Abstract: A transparent toner for developing an electrostatic latent image includes toner particles containing a binder resin; and an external additive containing cerium oxide, in which the content of cerium in all toner particles is in the range of 0.05% by weight to 0.20% by weight, and the cerium oxide contains neodymium and the content of neodymium in all toner particles is in the range of 0.001% by weight to 0.015% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi SUGAWARA, Masanobu NINOMIYA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Yukiaki NAKAMURA, Koji SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20130216793
    Abstract: A transparent toner for developing an electrostatic latent image includes toner particles containing a binder resin; and an external additive containing cerium oxide, in which a content of cerium in all toner particles is from 0.05% by weight to 0.20% by weight, the cerium oxide contains a praseodymium, and a content of praseodymium in all toner particles is from 0.001% by weight to 0.050% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji SASAKI, Masanobu NINOMIYA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Atsushi SUGAWARA, Yukiaki NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20130164667
    Abstract: A magenta toner for electrophotography, including: toner particles containing, a polyester resin, a coloring agent containing a solid solution of C.I. Pigment Violet 19 and C.I. Pigment Red 122, a release agent, and inorganic particles; and an external additive, wherein an average particle diameter of the inorganic particle is 0.75 times or more the average particle diameter of the coloring agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi KAMIWAKI, Akira MATSUMOTO, Yusuke IKEDA, Yukiaki NAKAMURA, Masanobu NINOMIYA
  • Patent number: 8465894
    Abstract: A red toner for electrostatic image development, includes: a binder resin; a coloring agent; and a release agent, wherein the red toner for electrostatic image development satisfies the following formulae: 0.3<ID<1.2 5°<A<35° wherein ID represents an image density when a first image is formed on a recording material with a toner loaded amount of 4.0 g/m2 of the red toner; and A represents a hue angle of the first image expressed by an L*a*b* color coordinate space, provided that a hue angle of 0° is on the a*+ axis and a hue angle of 90° is on the b*+ axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Yamanaka, Satoshi Yoshida, Masanobu Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 8431301
    Abstract: There is provided a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image including a binder resin, a colorant and a releasing agent, wherein the content ratio of particles having a number particle diameter of 4.5 ?m or more and less than 7.5 ?m and a circularity degree of 0.980 or more is in a range from about 5 number % to about 15 number %, and the content ratio of particles having a number particle diameter of not 7.5 ?m or more and less than 15 ?m and a circularity degree of 0.900 or more and less than 0.940 is about 5 number % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanobu Ninomiya, Kiyohiro Yamanaka, Hirokazu Hamano, Eisuke Iwazaki, Hiroshi Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 8389187
    Abstract: A transparent toner for electrostatic latent image developing, including a binder resin and a release agent, the difference between Tm and Tc being from about 30° C. to about 50° C., wherein Tm is an endothermic peak temperature of the release agent determined in a temperature rising process and Tc is an exothermic peak temperature of the release agent determined in a temperature decreasing process, in a measurement by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) according an ASTM method, and the toner having a weight average molecular weight of from about 35,000 to about 70,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Kadokura, Atsushi Sugawara, Masaru Takahashi, Yusuke Ikeda, Masanobu Ninomiya
  • Publication number: 20120326394
    Abstract: A shaft-seal device for high-temperature fluid including a seal case (2) formed as a metallic cylindrical structure of a single unit and comprised of a main body portion (2a, 2b, 2c), first and second holding portions (2d, 2e), first and second partition portions (2f, 2h), a channel formation portion (2g) forming a minute annular channel (27) with the outer circumference surface of a rotary shaft (1), and an o-ring holding portion (2i). The seal case is installed in an apparatus housing (8) with first and second o-rings (2m, 2n) in between. The intra-seal case region (A1), in which sealing rings (31, 32, 41, 42, 51, 52) of mechanical seals (3, 4, 5) are provided, and the high-temperature fluid region, which is an intra-apparatus housing region (A), are partitioned by a cooling chamber (28) into and from which coolant (82) is supplied and discharged via feed/discharge coolant paths (80, 81).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicants: Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd., Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taiji Hashimoto, Tao Hu, Eiji Okumachi, Masanobu Ninomiya