Patents by Inventor Tadashi Dojo

Tadashi Dojo 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: 20070072102
    Abstract: To provide a magnetic toner which: enables a stable image density to be obtained irrespective of a use environment; and exhibits excellent low-temperature fixability, little image deterioration upon fixation, high coloring power, and a reduced toner consumption. The present invention relates to a magnetic toner containing at least: a binder resin; and a magnetic body. The binder resin contains a polyester unit. The toner has a weight average particle size of 5.0 to 9.0 ?m, a true specific gravity of 1.3 to 1.7 g/cm3, and a saturated magnetization of 20 to 35 Am2/kg in a magnetic field of 796 kA/m. The dielectric loss tangent (tan ?) of the toner satisfies (tan ?H?tan ?L)/tan ?L?0.20 at 100 kHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: CANNON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadashi Dojo, Nene Dojo, Tomohisa Sano
  • Patent number: 7160660
    Abstract: In a magnetic toner having toner particles containing at least a binder resin and a magnetic material, the binder resin is chiefly composed of a resin having a polyester unit synthesized using as a catalyst a tin compound represented by the following Formula (1), and the magnetic material has a number-average particle diameter of form 0.1 ?m to 0.3 ?m: (RCOO)2Sn??Formula (1) wherein R represents an alkyl group having 5 to 15 carbon atoms. This magnetic toner can attain a stable image density without dependence on environment and enables formation of high-grade images over a long period of time without causing scratches of latent image bearing members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadashi Dojo, Nene Shibayama, Yuichi Mizoo, Yusuke Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 7123862
    Abstract: In an image forming apparatus having at least an amorphous silicon photosensitive member, a magnetic toner developing means and a color developer developing means, the magnetic toner has a weight-average particle diameter (D4) of from 4.0 ?m to 10.0 ?m and a ratio thereof to number-average particle diameter (D1), D4/D1, of from 1.0 to 2.0, and the number of magnetic particles not passing through a mesh with an opening of 34 ?m which are contained in the unit volume of the magnetic toner is from 3.5 to 105. This image forming apparatus can not easily cause faulty cleaning performance even in using the magnetic toner and the non-magnetic color toners in combination and has superior environmental stability and running stability even where toners made to have small particle diameter are used or process speed is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Hasegawa, Yuichi Mizoo, Tadashi Dojo, Nene Shibayama, Tomohisa Sano
  • Publication number: 20060121379
    Abstract: To provide a magnetic toner which: enables a stable image density to be obtained irrespective of a use environment; and exhibits excellent low-temperature fixability, little image deterioration upon fixation, high coloring power, and a reduced toner consumption. The present invention relates to a magnetic toner containing at least: a binder resin; and a magnetic body. The binder resin contains a polyester unit. The toner has a weight average particle size of 5.0 to 9.0 ?m, a true specific gravity of 1.3 to 1.7 g/cm3, and a saturated magnetization of 20 to 35 Am2/kg in a magnetic field of 796 kA/m. The dielectric loss tangent (tan ?) of the toner satisfies (tan ?H?tan ?L)/tan ?L?0.20 at 100 kHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadashi Dojo, Nene Dojo, Tomohisa Sano
  • Publication number: 20040229142
    Abstract: In a magnetic toner having toner particles containing at least a binder resin and a magnetic material, the binder resin is chiefly composed of a resin having a polyester unit synthesized using as a catalyst a tin compound represented by the following Formula (1), and the magnetic material has a number-average particle diameter of form 0.1 &mgr;m to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Tadashi Dojo, Nene Shibayama, Yuichi Mizoo, Yusuke Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20040223786
    Abstract: In an image forming apparatus having at least an amorphous silicon photosensitive member, a magnetic toner developing means and a color developer developing means, the magnetic toner has a weight-average particle diameter (D4) of from 4.0 &mgr;m to 10.0 &mgr;m and a ratio thereof to number-average particle diameter (D1), D4/D1, of from 1.0 to 2.0, and the number of magnetic particles not passing through a mesh with an opening of 34 &mgr;m which are contained in the unit volume of the magnetic toner is from 3.5 to 105. This image forming apparatus can not easily cause faulty cleaning performance even in using the magnetic toner and the non-magnetic color toners in combination and has superior environmental stability and running stability even where toners made to have small particle diameter are used or process speed is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Hasegawa, Yuichi Mizoo, Tadashi Dojo, Nene Shibayama, Tomohisa Sano
  • Patent number: 6803164
    Abstract: A magnetic black toner comprising magnetic black toner particles containing at least a binder resin and a magnetic material. The toner has a weight-average particle diameter of from 5 &mgr;m to 12 &mgr;m, and the toner has, in its particles of 3 &mgr;m or more in diameter, at least 90% by number of particles with a circularity of 0.900 or more and has an average circularity of from 0.940 to 0.970. The magnetic material comprises iron oxide particles which have an average particle diameter of from 0.10 &mgr;m to 0.30 &mgr;m, contain titanium or a titanium compound in an amount of from 0.3% by weight to 1.5% by weight in terms of titanium, based on the total weight of the iron oxide particles, and have the ratio of the proportion of FeO to the total Fe content in 10% by weight from the particle surface, A %, to the proportion of FeO to the total Fe content in the remainder 90% by weight, B %, which satisfies the expression: 0.7≦A/B≦1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichi Mizoo, Tadashi Dojo, Nene Shibayama, Yusuke Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 6703176
    Abstract: A toner contains at least a bonding resin and a coloring agent, and has a weight mean particle size from 5 &mgr;m to 12 &mgr;m; not less than 90% by number of particles not less than 3 &mgr;m have a circularity “a” not less than 0.900; a cut ratio Z and a weight mean size X of the toner are related as: cut ratio Z≦5.3×X; and a relationship of particles Y having a circularity of not less than 0.950 and a weight mean size X is Y≧e5.51×X−0.645 where X is 5 to 12 &mgr;m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Naka, Yuichi Mizoo, Satoshi Matsunaga, Masami Azuma, Takashige Kasuya, Tadashi Dojo, Tsuneo Nakanishi, Nene Shibayama, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Yusuke Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 6593052
    Abstract: A toner containing toner particles and an inorganic fine powder; the toner particles containing at least a binder resin, a colorant, a sulfur-containing resin, and a wax; the binder resin containing a hybrid resin component containing a vinyl type polymer unit and a polyester unit, and the sulfur-containing resin being a resin selected from the group consisting of sulfur-containing polymers and sulfur-containing copolymers
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junko Yoshikawa, Yuichi Mizoo, Satoshi Matsunaga, Tadashi Dojo, Nene Shibayama, Ryota Kashiwabara
  • Publication number: 20030122911
    Abstract: A magnetic black toner comprising magnetic black toner particles containing at least a binder resin and a magnetic material. The toner has a weight-average particle diameter of from 5 &mgr;m to 12 &mgr;m, and the toner has, in its particles of 3 &mgr;m or more in diameter, at least 90% by number of particles with a circularity of 0.900 or more and has an average circularity of from 0.940 to 0.970. The magnetic material comprises iron oxide particles which have an average particle diameter of from 0.10 &mgr;m to 0.30 &mgr;m, contain titanium or a titanium compound in an amount of from 0.3% by weight to 1.5% by weight in terms of titanium, based on the total weight of the iron oxide particles, and have the ratio of the proportion of FeO to the total Fe content in 10% by weight from the particle surface, A%, to the proportion of FeO to the total Fe content in the remainder 90% by weight, B%, which satisfies the expression: 0.7≦A/B≦1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Yuichi Mizoo, Tadashi Dojo, Nene Shibayama, Yusuke Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 6586151
    Abstract: A toner manufacturing method includes grinding and classification to produce a toner containing a binder resin and a colorant with a weight mean particle size of 5 microns to 12 microns and sharp particle density distribution. The toner has a specific circularity, relationship between cut ratio and weight mean size, and relationship between circularity and weight mean size as disclosed in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Naka, Yuichi Mizoo, Satoshi Matsunaga, Masami Azuma, Takashige Kasuya, Tadashi Dojo, Tsuneo Nakanishi, Nene Shibayama, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Yusuke Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 6537715
    Abstract: A toner has toner particles containing at least a binder resin, a colorant and a sulfur-containing compound selected from the group consisting of a sulfur-containing polymer and a sulfur-containing copolymer. The toner has a weight-average particle diameter of from 5 &mgr;m to 12 &mgr;m, and the toner has, in its particles of 3 &mgr;m or larger in diameter, at least 90% by number of particles with a circularity of 0.900 or higher, and has a specific relationship between the cut rate Z and the toner weight-average particle diameter X and a specific relationship between the number-based cumulative value Y of particles with a circularity of 0.950 or higher and the toner weight-average particle diameter X. Also disclosed are an image-forming method and a process cartridge which make use of the toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichi Mizoo, Takeshi Naka, Masami Azuma, Takashige Kasuya, Tadashi Dojo, Tsuneo Nakanishi, Nene Shibayama, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Yusuke Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20030054278
    Abstract: A toner contains at least a bonding resin and a coloring agent, and has the following characteristics (i) to (iv):
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Takeshi Naka, Yuichi Mizoo, Satoshi Matsunaga, Masami Azuma, Takashige Kasuya, Tadashi Dojo, Tsuneo Nakanishi, Nene Shibayama, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Yusuke Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20020072006
    Abstract: A toner has toner particles containing at least a binder resin, a colorant and a sulfur-containing compound selected from the group consisting of a sulfur-containing polymer and a sulfur-containing copolymer. The toner has a weight-average particle diameter of from 5 &mgr;m to 12 &mgr;m, and the toner has, in its particles of 3 &mgr;m or larger in diameter, at least 90% by number of particles with a circularity of 0.900 or higher, and has a specific relationship between the cut rate Z and the toner weight-average particle diameter X and a specific relationship between the number-based cumulative value Y of particles with a circularity of 0.950 or higher and the toner weight-average particle diameter X. Also disclosed are an image-forming method and a process cartridge which make use of the toner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Yuichi Mizoo, Takeshi Naka, Masami Azuma, Takashige Kasuya, Tadashi Dojo, Tsuneo Nakanishi, Nene Shibayama, Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Yusuke Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20020045120
    Abstract: A toner containing toner particles and an inorganic fine powder; the toner particles containing at least a binder resin, a colorant, a sulfur-containing resin, and a wax; the binder resin containing a hybrid resin component containing a vinyl type polymer unit and a polyester unit, and the sulfur-containing resin being a resin selected from the group consisting of sulfur-containing polymers and sulfur-containing copolymers
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Junko Yoshikawa, Yuichi Mizoo, Satoshi Matsunaga, Tadashi Dojo, Nene Shibayama, Ryota Kashiwabara