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).

  • Patent number: 7813674
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junji Kobayashi, Shigenori Yaguchi, Tomonari Hokkyo, Hirobumi Ouchi
  • Patent number: 7570904
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Junji Kobayashi, Hirobumi Ouchi, Tomonari Hokkyo
  • Publication number: 20090180810
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Junji Kobayashi, Hirobumi Ouchi, Tomonari Hokkyo
  • Patent number: 7459252
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Hiroshi Ueno
  • Patent number: 7435519
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Junji Kobayashi, Tomonari Hokkyo, Hirobumi Ouchi
  • Patent number: 7327974
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Hiroshi Ueno
  • Publication number: 20070134580
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: RICOH PRINTING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Hiroshi Ueno
  • Patent number: 7144667
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneaki Kawanishi, Junji Kobayashi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Shigenori Yaguchi, Hirobumi Ouchi
  • Patent number: 7022448
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Junji Kobayashi, Tadahiro Kaneko, Nobuyoshi Hoshi, Tsuneaki Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20050271428
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Applicant: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Junji Kobayashi, Hirobumi Ouchi, Tomonari Hokkyo
  • Publication number: 20050164110
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Junji Kobayashi, Tomonari Hokkyo, Hirobumi Ouchi
  • Publication number: 20050158645
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Applicant: Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junji Kobayashi, Shigenori Yaguchi, Tomonari Hokkyo, Hirobumi Ouchi
  • Publication number: 20040175640
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneaki Kawanishi, Junji Kobayashi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Shigenori Yaguchi, Hirobumi Ouchi
  • Patent number: 6783909
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneaki Kawanishi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Shigenori Yaguchi, Junji Kobayashi, Tadahiro Kaneko, Nobuyoshi Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20040058259
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junji Kobayashi, Hirobumi Ouchi, Shigenori Yaguchi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Tsuneaki Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20040058265
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneaki Kawanishi, Junji Kobayashi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Shigenori Yaguchi
  • Publication number: 20040053153
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Hiroshi Ueno
  • Publication number: 20040043317
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Junji Kobayashi, Tadahiro Kaneko, Nobuyoshi Hoshi, Tsuneaki Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 6696210
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigenori Yaguchi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Junji Kobayashi, Tsuneaki Kawanishi, Nobuyoshi Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20030134216
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: HITACHI PRINTING SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuneaki Kawanishi, Ryuuichi Shimizu, Shigenori Yaguchi, Junji Kobayashi, Tadahiro Kaneko, Nobuyoshi Hoshi