Patents by Inventor Soichiro Kitagawa

Soichiro Kitagawa 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: 8409776
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic image, contains a binder resin having an acid value of from approximately 10 mgKOH/g to approximately 20 mgKOH/g and carbon black having a surface carboxyl group density of from approximately 2×10?6 mol/m to approximately 8×10?6 mol/m2, and is prepared in an aqueous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Soichiro Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20120115080
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic image, contains a binder resin having an acid value of from approximately 10 mgKOH/g to approximately 20 mgKOH/g and carbon black having a surface carboxyl group density of from approximately 2×10?6 mol/m to approximately 8×10?6 mol/m2, and is prepared in an aqueous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Soichiro KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 8139982
    Abstract: The invention provides an image formation apparatus having at least a first toner image-forming unit that forms a first toner image which directly contacts a surface of a recording medium, a second toner image-forming unit that forms a second toner image which is disposed on the first toner image without directly contacting the recording medium, and a fixing unit. The invention further provides a printed item having at least a recording medium, a first toner image directly contacting a surface of the recording medium, and a second toner image residing on the first toner image without directly contacting the recording medium. A contact angle ?1 of the first toner and the first toner image with respect to an aqueous de-inking solution, is smaller than a contact angle ?2 of the second toner and the second toner image with respect to the aqueous de-inking solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Soichiro Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20100189964
    Abstract: The invention provides an image formation apparatus having at least a first toner image-forming unit that forms a first toner image which directly contacts a surface of a recording medium, a second toner image-forming unit that forms a second toner image which is disposed on the first toner image without directly contacting the recording medium, and a fixing unit. The invention further provides a printed item having at least a recording medium, a first toner image directly contacting a surface of the recording medium, and a second toner image residing on the first toner image without directly contacting the recording medium. A contact angle ?1 of the first toner and the first toner image with respect to an aqueous de-inking solution, is smaller than a contact angle ?2 of the second toner and the second toner image with respect to the aqueous de-inking solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Soichiro Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 7713669
    Abstract: A toner for developing electrostatic images, comprising a binder resin and a colorant, the binder resin including a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous resin. When, in differential scanning calorimetry of the toner according to ASTM D3418-8, the temperature of the endothermic peak derived from the crystalline polyester resin in a first heating process is defined as Tm1 (° C.), the endothermic quantity based on the endothermic peak in the first heating process is defined as ?H1 (mW/g), and the endothermic quantity based on the endothermic peak in a second heating process is defined as ?H2 (mW/g), Tm1 is 50 to 80° C., and ?H1 and ?H2 satisfy the relationship represented by the following Formula (1). When the softening temperature of the toner is defined as Tf1/2 (° C.), Tf1/2 is 85 to 135° C. Tm1 and Tf1/2 satisfy the relationship represented by the following Formula (2): 0.35??H2/?H1?0.95??Formula (1) Tf1/2?205?(1.4×Tm1)??Formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Mizutani, Hideo Maehata, Hirokazu Hamano, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Moegi Iguchi, Soichiro Kitagawa, Susumu Yoshino, Yuka Ishihara, Yosuke Tsurumi, Akira Matsumoto, Masaru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7642031
    Abstract: An electrophotographic toner that includes a colorant, a release agent, a non-crystalline resin and a crystalline resin, wherein the crystalline resin is a polyalkyl acrylate or polyalkyl methacrylate having an alkyl group of approximately 18 or more carbon atoms, and is produced by copolymerization with approximately 10 mol % or more, but no more than approximately 50 mol %, of a vinyl monomer having a carboxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Daimon, Yosuke Tsurmi, Yusuke Ikeda, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Satoshi Yoshida, Noriyuki Mizutani, Shinpei Takagi, Hideo Maehata, Soichiro Kitagawa, Masaru Takahashi, Susumu Yoshino
  • Patent number: 7432031
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic charge developing prepared by a production method including aggregating one or more kind of particles in a raw material dispersion including the particles to form aggregated particles, and coalescing the aggregated particles by heating. At least one kind of the particles is resin particles including an amorphous polyester resin synthesized by copolymerizing one or more polyvalent carboxylic acids and two or more polyhydric alcohols; at least one of the polyvalent carboxylic acids is polyvalent carboxylic acid having a sulfonic acid group; two of the polyhydric alcohols are an ethylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and a propylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A; and the following equation is satisfied: 10/90?BPA(EO)/BPA(PO)?90/10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Mizutani, Hideo Maehata, Hirokazu Hamano, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Soichiro Kitagawa, Moegi Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20070166636
    Abstract: An electrophotographic toner that includes a colorant, a release agent, a non-crystalline resin and a crystalline resin, wherein the crystalline resin is a polyalkyl acrylate or polyalkyl methacrylate having an alkyl group of approximately 18 or more carbon atoms, and is produced by copolymerization with approximately 10 mol % or more, but no more than approximately 50 mol %, of a vinyl monomer having a carboxyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Daimon, Yosuke Tsurumi, Yusuke Ikeda, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Satoshi Yoshida, Noriyuki Mizutani, Shinpei Takagi, Hideo Maehata, Soichiro Kitagawa, Masaru Takahashi, Susumu Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20060216627
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic charge developing prepared by a production method including aggregating one or more kind of particles in a raw material dispersion including the particles to form aggregated particles, and coalescing the aggregated particles by heating. At least one kind of the particles is resin particles including an amorphous polyester resin synthesized by copolymerizing one or more polyvalent carboxylic acids and two or more polyhydric alcohols; at least one of the polyvalent carboxylic acids is polyvalent carboxylic acid having a sulfonic acid group; two of the polyhydric alcohols are an ethylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and a propylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A; and the following equation (1) is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Mizutani, Hideo Maehata, Hirokazu Hamano, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Soichiro Kitagawa, Moegi Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20060204880
    Abstract: A toner for developing electrostatic images, comprising a binder resin and a colorant, the binder resin including a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous resin. When, in differential scanning calorimetry of the toner according to ASTM D3418-8, the temperature of the endothermic peak derived from the crystalline polyester resin in a first heating process is defined as Tm1 (° C.), the endothermic quantity based on the endothermic peak in the first heating process is defined as ?H1 (mW/g), and the endothermic quantity based on the endothermic peak in a second heating process is defined as ?H2 (mW/g), Tm1 is 50 to 80° C, and ?H1 and ?H2 satisfy the relationship represented by the following Formula (1). When the softening temperature of the toner is defined as Tf1/2 (° C.), Tf1/2 is 85 to 135° C. Tm1 and Tf1/2 satisfy the relationship represented by the following Formula (2): 0.35??H2/?H1?0.95??Formula (1) Tf1/2?205?(1.4×Tm1)??Formula (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Mizutani, Hideo Maehata, Hirokazu Hamano, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Moegi Iguchi, Soichiro Kitagawa, Susumu Yoshino, Yuka Ishihara, Yosuke Tsurumi, Akira Matsumoto, Masaru Takahashi