Patents by Inventor Shigenori Yaguchi
Shigenori Yaguchi 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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Patent number: 7813674Abstract: A toner for electrophotography containing at least a fixing resin, a coloring agent and a wax is a toner containing rice wax and carnauba wax as the wax constitutional component thereof. A cleaning unit employs the blade cleaning mode; and for the purposes of keeping the performance of the cleaning unit and preventing the generation of printing failure. The toner has a relationship between a charge amount X (i.e., an absolute value of charge amount of the toner, ?C/g) and a deposition amount Y (mg/cm2) satisfied with the following expression (1) or (2): X?21 ??(1) X>21 and Y??0.0329X+1.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2004Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Junji Kobayashi, Shigenori Yaguchi, Tomonari Hokkyo, Hirobumi Ouchi
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Patent number: 7570904Abstract: In the image forming apparatus by: visualizing an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrostatic charge carrying member; transferring a toner image, which is thus visualized, to a recording medium, or to a recording medium through an intermediate transfer material; and fixing the toner image, which is thus transferred to the recording medium, to obtain a recorded image, the toner includes at least a fixing resin, a colorant, a releasing agent, and an external additive, the toner has an average particle diameter in a range of from 4 to 12 ?m and including no particle having a diameter of 45 ?m or more, a ratio of a toner adhesion amount in a character part to a toner adhesion amount in a solid image part upon printing is more than 0.5 and less than 4, and the toner adhesion amount in a character part is 1.6 mg/cm2 or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2005Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Junji Kobayashi, Hirobumi Ouchi, Tomonari Hokkyo
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Publication number: 20090180810Abstract: In the image forming apparatus by: visualizing an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrostatic charge carrying member; transferring a toner image, which is thus visualized, to a recording medium, or to a recording medium through an intermediate transfer material; and fixing the toner image, which is thus transferred to the recording medium, to obtain a recorded image, the toner includes at least a fixing resin, a colorant, a releasing agent, and an external additive, the toner has an average particle diameter in a range of from 4 to 12 ?m and including no particle having a diameter of 45 ?m or more, a ratio of a toner adhesion amount in a character part to a toner adhesion amount in a solid image part upon printing is more than 0.5 and less than 4, and the toner adhesion amount in a character part is 1.6 mg/cm2 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2009Publication date: July 16, 2009Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Junji Kobayashi, Hirobumi Ouchi, Tomonari Hokkyo
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Patent number: 7459252Abstract: An electrophotographic toner for visualizing an electrostatic latent image formed by an electrophotographic process, an electrostatic printing process, an electrostatic recording process, etc., which is produced in consideration of the environment and safety. The electrophotographic toner includes a fixing resin and a colorant. The electrophotographic toner is a black toner using a titanium compound containing no carbon black as the colorant. The electrophotographic toner may be an electrophotographic two-component black toner using magnetic iron oxide containing no carbon black as the colorant.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2007Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Hiroshi Ueno
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Patent number: 7435519Abstract: An electrophotographic toner comprising at least a fixing resin, a coloring agent, a release agent and a charge control agent, wherein the release agent is carnauba wax, the charge control agent is a boron complex of a salicylic acid derivative, and the fixing resin contains two kinds of polyester resins in ratio represented by the following equation (1); A ? ( T 1 / 2 ) - A ? ( T fb ) B ? ( T 1 / 2 ) - B ? ( T fb ) ? A ? ( T 1 / 2 ) × C B ? ( T 1 / 2 ) × D ? B ? ( T 1 / 2 ) - B ? ( T fb ) A ? ( T 1 / 2 ) - A ? ( T fb ) , ( 1 ) wherein in the above equation, A(T1/2)?A(Tfb)<B(T1/2)?B(Tfb), A(T1/2) represents a softening point (° C.) of the polyester A, A(Tfb) a flow-out start point (° C.) of the polyester A, B(T1/2) a softening point (° C.) of the polyester B, B(Tfb) a flow-out start point (° C.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2005Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Junji Kobayashi, Tomonari Hokkyo, Hirobumi Ouchi
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Patent number: 7327974Abstract: An electrophotographic toner for visualizing an electrostatic latent image formed by an electrophotographic process, an electrostatic printing process, an electrostatic recording process, etc., which is produced in consideration of the environment and safety. The electrophotographic toner includes a fixing resin and a colorant. The electrophotographic toner is a black toner using a titanium compound containing no carbon black as the colorant. The electrophotographic toner may be an electrophotographic two-component black toner using magnetic iron oxide containing no carbon black as the colorant.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2003Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Hiroshi Ueno
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Publication number: 20070134580Abstract: An electrophotographic toner for visualizing an electrostatic latent image formed by an electrophotographic process, an electrostatic printing process, an electrostatic recording process, etc., which is produced in consideration of the environment and safety. The electrophotographic toner includes a fixing resin and a colorant. The electrophotographic toner is a black toner using a titanium compound containing no carbon black as the colorant. The electrophotographic toner may be an electrophotographic two-component black toner using magnetic iron oxide containing no carbon black as the colorant.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2007Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: RICOH PRINTING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Hiroshi Ueno
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Patent number: 7144667Abstract: The invention provides an electrostatic charge image developing toner containing a fixing resin and a wax, characterized in that in a DSC curve measured by a differential scanning calorimeter for the wax, a maximum endothermic peak of endothermic peaks at temperature up is less than 70° C., on-set temperature attributable to the maximum endothermic peak is above 50° C., and lowest on-set temperature of on-set temperatures attributable to endothermic peaks except the maximum endothermic peak is in a range of from 30° C. to 40° C.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2004Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Tsuneaki Kawanishi, Junji Kobayashi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Shigenori Yaguchi, Hirobumi Ouchi
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Patent number: 7022448Abstract: An electrophotographic toner containing: a fixing resin, a colorant, and wax. The wax at least contains hydrocarbon wax having a number-average molecular weight of not higher than 600, and polyethylene wax having a number-average molecular weight of not higher than 600, a melting viscosity of lower than 15 mPa·s at 140° C. and a crystallinity of lower than 95%. A ratio of the hydrocarbon wax to the polyethylene wax is in a range of from 1:10 to 2:1. A maximum of absorption peaks in a heat-up time absorption calorie curve in a DSC curve of the toner measured by a differential scanning calorimeter is at a temperature not higher than 75° C. An onset temperature in absorption of heat is not higher than 65° C.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2003Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Junji Kobayashi, Tadahiro Kaneko, Nobuyoshi Hoshi, Tsuneaki Kawanishi
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Publication number: 20050271428Abstract: In the image forming apparatus by: visualizing an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrostatic charge carrying member; transferring a toner image, which is thus visualized, to a recording medium, or to a recording medium through an intermediate transfer material; and fixing the toner image, which is thus transferred to the recording medium, to obtain a recorded image, the toner includes at least a fixing resin, a colorant, a releasing agent, and an external additive, the toner has an average particle diameter in a range of from 4 to 12 ?m and including no particle having a diameter of 45 ?m or more, a ratio of a toner adhesion amount in a character part to a toner adhesion amount in a solid image part upon printing is more than 0. 5 and less than 4, and the toner adhesion amount in a character part is 1.6 mg/cm2 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2005Publication date: December 8, 2005Applicant: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Junji Kobayashi, Hirobumi Ouchi, Tomonari Hokkyo
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Publication number: 20050164110Abstract: An electrophotographic toner comprising at least a fixing resin, a coloring agent, a release agent and a charge control agent, wherein the release agent is carnauba wax, the charge control agent is a boron complex of a salicyclic acid derivative, and the fixing resin contains two kinds of polyester resins in ratio represented by the following equation (1); A ? ( T 1 / 2 ) - A ? ( T fb ) B ? ( T 1 / 2 ) - B ? ( T fb ) ? A ? ( T 1 / 2 ) × C B ? ( T 1 / 2 ) × D ? B ? ( T 1 / 2 ) - B ? ( T fb ) A ? ( T 1 / 2 ) - A ? ( T fb ) , ( 1 ) wherein in the above equation, A(T1/2)?A(Tfb)<B(T1/2)?B(Tfb), A(T1/2) represents a softening point (° C.) of the polyester A, A(Tfb) a flow-out start point (° C.) of the polyester A, B(T1/2) a softening point (° C.) of the polyester B, B(Tfb) a flow-out start point (° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2005Publication date: July 28, 2005Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Junji Kobayashi, Tomonari Hokkyo, Hirobumi Ouchi
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Publication number: 20050158645Abstract: A toner for electrophotography containing at least a fixing resin, a coloring agent and a wax is a toner containing rice wax and carnauba wax as the wax constitutional component thereof. A cleaning unit employs the blade cleaning mode; and for the purposes of keeping the performance of the cleaning unit and preventing the generation of printing failure. The toner has a relationship between a charge amount X (i.e., an absolute value of charge amount of the toner, ?C/g) and a deposition amount Y (mg/cm2) satisfied with the following expression (1) or (2): X?21 ??(1) X>21 and Y??0.0329X+1.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2004Publication date: July 21, 2005Applicant: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Junji Kobayashi, Shigenori Yaguchi, Tomonari Hokkyo, Hirobumi Ouchi
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Publication number: 20040175640Abstract: The invention provides an electrostatic charge image developing toner containing a fixing resin and a wax, characterized in that in a DSC curve measured by a differential scanning calorimeter for the wax, a maximum endothermic peak of endothermic peaks at temperature up is less than 70° C., on-set temperature attributable to the maximum endothermic peak is above 50° C., and lowest on-set temperature of on-set temperatures attributable to endothermic peaks except the maximum endothermic peak is in a range of from 30° C. to 40° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2004Publication date: September 9, 2004Applicant: Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd.Inventors: Tsuneaki Kawanishi, Junji Kobayashi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Shigenori Yaguchi, Hirobumi Ouchi
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Patent number: 6783909Abstract: Electrostatic image developing toner includes fixing resin; and wax. The wax is hydrocarbon-based wax. The wax is containing, as its constitutional components, first wax and second wax. The first wax is higher than 1.5 in ratio of weight average molecular weight (Mw) to number average molecular weight (Mn), lower than 10 mPa·s in melt viscosity at 140° C. and higher than 75% and not higher than 85% in degree of crystallinity. The second wax is not higher than 1.5 in ratio of weight average molecular weight (Mw) to number average molecular weight (Mn), lower than 10 mPa·s in melt viscosity at 140° C. and higher than 85% and not higher than 95% in degree of crystallinity.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2003Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd.Inventors: Tsuneaki Kawanishi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Shigenori Yaguchi, Junji Kobayashi, Tadahiro Kaneko, Nobuyoshi Hoshi
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Publication number: 20040058259Abstract: In an electrostatic charge image developing toner containing at least a fixing resin and a wax, assume that the wax is used as one type wax or a mixed system of K types (K is an integer in excess of 2) waxes, Tn (°C.) is an onset temperature of an absorbed heat quantity curve of a wax constitutive component N in a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), and Wn (wt %) is a compound rate occupied in an overall wax, the toner that satisfies predetermined relationships among them is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2003Publication date: March 25, 2004Applicant: Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd.Inventors: Junji Kobayashi, Hirobumi Ouchi, Shigenori Yaguchi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Tsuneaki Kawanishi
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Publication number: 20040058265Abstract: In an electrostatic charge image developing toner that contains a hydrocarbon wax whose crystallinity is less than 93%, an amount of maximum change in a quantity of charge of the toner is smaller than 20 &mgr;C/g and an amount of contamination of a carrier by the toner is less than 0.4 wt % when a developer which is formed by mixing the toner into the carrier is stirred for 24 hours at an atmospheric temperature that is lower than a glass transition point of the toner and is higher than 45 ° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2003Publication date: March 25, 2004Applicant: Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd.Inventors: Tsuneaki Kawanishi, Junji Kobayashi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Shigenori Yaguchi
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Publication number: 20040053153Abstract: An electrophotographic toner for visualizing an electrostatic latent image formed by an electrophotographic process, an electrostatic printing process, an electrostatic recording process, etc., which is produced in consideration of the environment and safety. The electrophotographic toner includes a fixing resin and a colorant. The electrophotographic toner is a black toner using a titanium compound containing no carbon black as the colorant. The electrophotographic toner may be an electrophotographic two-component black toner using magnetic iron oxide containing no carbon black as the colorant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2003Publication date: March 18, 2004Applicant: Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd.Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Hiroshi Ueno
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Publication number: 20040043317Abstract: An electrophotographic toner containing: a fixing resin, a colorant, and wax. The wax at least contains hydrocarbon wax having a number-average molecular weight of not higher than 600, and polyethylene wax having a number-average molecular weight of not higher than 600, a melting viscosity of lower than 15 mPa·s at 140° C. and a crystallinity of lower than 95%. A ratio of the hydrocarbon wax to the polyethylene wax is in a range of from 1:10 to 2:1. A maximum of absorption peaks in a heat-up time absorption calorie curve in a DSC curve of the toner measured by a differential scanning calorimeter is at a temperature not higher than 75° C. An onset temperature in absorption of heat is not higher than 65° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2003Publication date: March 4, 2004Applicant: Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd.Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Junji Kobayashi, Tadahiro Kaneko, Nobuyoshi Hoshi, Tsuneaki Kawanishi
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Patent number: 6696210Abstract: Electrostatic charge developing toner contains at least fixing resin, a coloring agent and wax. Wax having number average molecular weight of not higher than 600 is contained as a component of the wax. A volume average particle size of the toner is in a range of from 5 &mgr;m to 10 &mgr;m. Toner particles each having a particle size of not larger than 4 &mgr;m are contained by 10% or lower by number of the total number of toner particles.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2002Date of Patent: February 24, 2004Assignee: Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd.Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Junji Kobayashi, Tsuneaki Kawanishi, Nobuyoshi Hoshi
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Publication number: 20030134216Abstract: Electrostatic image developing toner includes fixing resin; and wax. The wax is hydrocarbon-based wax. The wax is containing, as its constitutional components, first wax and second wax. The first wax is higher than 1.5 in ratio of weight average molecular weight (Mw) to number average molecular weight (Mn), lower than 10 mPa·s in melt viscosity at 140° C. and higher than 75% and not higher than 85% in degree of crystallinity. The second wax is not higher than 1.5 in ratio of weight average molecular weight (Mw) to number average molecular weight (Mn), lower than 10 mPa·s in melt viscosity at 140° C. and higher than 85% and not higher than 95% in degree of crystallinity.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2003Publication date: July 17, 2003Applicant: HITACHI PRINTING SOLUTIONS, LTD.Inventors: Tsuneaki Kawanishi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Shigenori Yaguchi, Junji Kobayashi, Tadahiro Kaneko, Nobuyoshi Hoshi