Patents by Inventor Shintaro Anno

Shintaro Anno 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: 20220382178
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes a toner particle including a binder resin and a colorant. The net intensity NS of sulfur included in the toner particle and the total net intensity NA of an alkali metal and an alkaline-earth metal included in the toner particle, which are measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis, satisfy 1.0<NS/NA<22.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Daisuke NOGUCHI, Yoshimasa FUJIHARA, Atsushi SUGAWARA, Shintaro ANNO, Satoshi MIURA
  • Publication number: 20220373904
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: a toner particle containing a binder resin; and an external additive including a silica particle having a circularity of more than 0.5 and. 0.9 or less and a volume average particle diameter of more than 100 nm and 300 nm or less, in which a total Net intensity NA of an alkali metal element and an alkaline earth metal element in the toner particle measured by fluorescence X-ray analysis is 0.10 kcps or more and 1.20 kcps or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shintaro ANNO, Yoshimasa FUJIHARA, Atsushi SUGAWARA, Daisuke NOGUCHI, Satoshi MIURA
  • Publication number: 20220373915
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: a toner particle containing a binder resin; and an external additive containing alumina particles having a volume average particle diameter of more than 5 nm and 80 nm or less and silica particles having a volume average particle diameter of 10 nm or more and 90 nm or less, and in the toner particle, a Net intensity NA of a total of an alkali metal element and an alkaline earth metal element, measured by fluorescence X-ray analysis, is 0.10 kcps or more and 1.30 kcps or less, and a ratio (Ws/Wa) of a content Ws of the silica particles to a content Wa of the alumina particles is more than 0.5 and less than 35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shintaro ANNO, Yoshimasa FUJIHARA, Atsushi SUGAWARA, Daisuke NOGUCHI, Satoshi MIURA
  • Publication number: 20220308489
    Abstract: A method for producing a carrier for electrostatic charge image development includes coating magnetic particles by adding the magnetic particles and a coating liquid containing a resin and a solvent to a mixer with a stirring blade to form a resin coating layer on surfaces of the magnetic particles and taking a carrier having the resin coating layer out of the mixer. In the coating, the stirring conditions after the solvent is evaporated and dried by heating in the mixer until the carrier is taken out of the mixer satisfy Formula 1 below and Formula 2 below: 0.2?peripheral speed ?Dn (m/s) of stirring blade?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takeshi TANABE, Shintaro ANNO
  • Publication number: 20220308490
    Abstract: A method for producing a recycled carrier includes: performing classification, the classification including separating a carrier having a coating layer from a collected developer by a centrifugal air classifier, the collected developer containing the carrier and being obtained by collecting an electrostatic charge image developer remaining after image formation; and performing recoating, the recoating including dissolving or thermally melting a coating resin of the separated and classified carrier and then coating the resulting carrier again to produce a recycled carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takeshi TANABE, Yosuke TSURUMI, Shintaro ANNO
  • Patent number: 11353803
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic image development includes toner particles containing an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin. The toner particles include first toner particles. When a cross section of each of the first toner particles is observed, at least two domains of the crystalline resin satisfy conditions (A), (B1), (C), and (D) below: condition (A): an aspect ratio of each of the at least two domains of the crystalline resin is from 5 to 40 inclusive; condition (B1): a length of a major axis of each of the at least two domains of the crystalline resin is from 0.5 ?m to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sugawara, Shintaro Anno, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Daisuke Noguchi, Satoshi Miura
  • Publication number: 20220091528
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic image development contains toner particles containing a binder resin. The binder resin includes an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin. In the toner particles, a Net intensity of elemental Mg measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is from 0.40 to 1.20 inclusive, and a Net intensity of elemental Cl measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is from 0.02 to 0.60 inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa FUJIHARA, Atsushi SUGAWARA, Shintaro ANNO, Daisuke NOGUCHI, Satoshi MIURA
  • Publication number: 20220091527
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes an amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline polyester resin, wherein a Net intensity NNa of a Na element and a Net intensity NCl of a Cl element, the Net intensities NNa and NCl being determined by X-ray fluorescence analysis, satisfy 2.5?NCl/NNa?260.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke NOGUCHI, Atsushi SUGAWARA, Yoshimasa FUJIHARA, Shintaro ANNO, Satoshi MIURA
  • Publication number: 20220091526
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains toner particles containing at least one binder resin; the Mg element in an amount such that in an x-ray fluorescence analysis of the toner, the net intensity of the peak for the Mg element is 0.10 kcps or more and 1.20 kcps or less; and at least one external additive including particles of at least one compound represented by formula (1), MTiO3??(1) where M represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro ANNO, Atsushi SUGAWARA, Yoshimasa FUJIHARA, Daisuke NOGUCHI, Satoshi MIURA
  • Publication number: 20220091525
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains toner particles containing at least one binder resin; the Mg element in an amount such that the net intensity of x-ray fluorescence from the Mg element in the toner is 0.10 kcps or more and 1.20 kcps or less; and at least one external additive including particles of a metal salt of a fatty acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Anno, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Atsushi Sugawara, Daisuke Noguchi, Satoshi Miura
  • Publication number: 20220091529
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains toner particles containing at least one binder resin; the Mg element in an amount such that the net intensity of x-ray fluorescence from the Mg element in the toner is 0.10 kcps or more and 1.20 kcps or less; and external additives including particles of at least one compound represented by formula (1) and particles of a metal salt of a fatty acid, MTiO3 ??(1) where M represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro ANNO, Yoshimasa FUJIHARA, Atsushi SUGAWARA, Daisuke NOGUCHI, Satoshi MIURA
  • Publication number: 20220091523
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic image development contains toner particles containing a binder resin. The binder resin includes an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin. In the toner particles, a Net intensity of elemental Mg measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is from 0.02 to 0.15 inclusive, and a Net intensity of elemental Cl measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is from 0.02 to 0.60 inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa FUJIHARA, Atsushi Sugawara, Shintaro Anno, Daisuke Noguchi, Satoshi Miura
  • Publication number: 20220091524
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes an amorphous polyester resin, a crystalline polyester resin, and C.I. Pigment Red 57:1, wherein a Net intensity NMg of an Mg element, the Net intensity NMg of being determined by X-ray fluorescence analysis, is 0.10 kcps or more and 0.40 kcps or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Miura, Shintaro Anno, Daisuke Noguchi, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Atsushi Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20220091521
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic image development includes toner particles containing an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin. The toner particles include first toner particles. When a cross section of each of the first toner particles is observed, at least two domains of the crystalline resin satisfy conditions (A), (B1), (C), and (D) below: condition (A): an aspect ratio of each of the at least two domains of the crystalline resin is from 5 to 40 inclusive; condition (B1): a length of a major axis of each of the at least two domains of the crystalline resin is from 0.5 ?m to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi SUGAWARA, Shintaro ANNO, Yoshimasa FUJIHARA, Daisuke NOGUCHI, Satoshi MIURA
  • Patent number: 11181847
    Abstract: A carrier for electrostatic image development includes: a core material; and a coating resin layer that contains inorganic particles and covers the core material. The content of the inorganic particles is 10% by mass or more and 60% by mass or less based on the total mass of the coating resin layer. The volume average diameter D (?m) of the inorganic particles and the thickness T (?m) of the coating resin layer satisfy the following relational expression (1): 0.007?D/T?0.24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shintaro Anno, Takuro Watanabe, Yasuaki Hashimoto, Yasuo Kadokura, Kazutsuna Sasaki, Jumpei Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20210278773
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing carrier includes: magnetic particles; and a resin layer coating the magnetic particles and containing inorganic particles, in which an average particle diameter of the inorganic particles is 5 nm or more and 90 nm or less, an average thickness of the resin layer is 0.6 ?m or more and 1.4 ?m or less, and a ratio B/A of a surface area B of the electrostatic charge image developing carrier to a plan view area A of the electrostatic charge image developing carrier is 1.020 or more and 1.100 or less when a surface of the electrostatic charge image developing carrier is three-dimensionally analyzed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jumpei IWASAKI, Yasuo Kadokura, Shintaro Anno, Kazutsuna Sasaki, Satoshi Miura
  • Publication number: 20210271180
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing carrier includes: magnetic particles; and a resin layer coating the magnetic particles and containing inorganic particles, in which an exposed area ratio of the magnetic particles is 0.1% or more and 4.0% or less, an average particle diameter of the inorganic particles is 5 nm or more and 90 nm or less, and a ratio B/A of a surface area B of the electrostatic charge image developing carrier to a plan view area A of the electrostatic charge image developing carrier is 1.020 or more and 1.100 or less when a surface of the electrostatic charge image developing carrier is three-dimensionally analyzed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutsuna SASAKI, Yasuo KADOKURA, Shintaro ANNO, Satoshi MIURA, Jumpei IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 11048183
    Abstract: An electrostatic-image developing toner includes toner particles, aggregated silica particles A treated with an oil, and aggregated or non-aggregated silica particles B rendered hydrophobic with a hydrophobizing agent other than an oil. The average particle size Da of the aggregated silica particles A and the average particle size Db of the silica particles B satisfy Da?Db. The electrostatic-image developing toner does not include any external additive other than the aggregated silica particles A or the silica particles B, or the electrostatic-image developing toner includes an external additive other than the aggregated silica particles A or the silica particles B, the other external additive having an average particle size smaller than the average particle size Da.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takuro Watanabe, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Daisuke Noguchi, Shintaro Anno, Satoshi Miura
  • Publication number: 20210088924
    Abstract: A carrier for electrostatic image development includes: a core material; and a coating resin layer that contains inorganic particles and covers the core material. The content of the inorganic particles is 10% by mass or more and 60% by mass or less based on the total mass of the coating resin layer. The volume average diameter D (?m) of the inorganic particles and the thickness T (?m) of the coating resin layer satisfy the following relational expression (1): 0.007?D/T?0.24.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro ANNO, Takuro WATANABE, Yasuaki HASHIMOTO, Yasuo KADOKURA, Kazutsuna SASAKI, Jumpei IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210072657
    Abstract: An electrostatic-image developing toner includes toner particles, aggregated silica particles A treated with an oil, and aggregated or non-aggregated silica particles B rendered hydrophobic with a hydrophobizing agent other than an oil. The average particle size Da of the aggregated silica particles A and the average particle size Db of the silica particles B satisfy Da?Db. The electrostatic-image developing toner does not include any external additive other than the aggregated silica particles A or the silica particles B, or the electrostatic-image developing toner includes an external additive other than the aggregated silica particles A or the silica particles B, the other external additive having an average particle size smaller than the average particle size Da.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro Watanabe, Yoshimasa Fujihara, Daisuke Noguchi, Shintaro Anno, Satoshi Miura