Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Morita

Tatsuya Morita 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: 20150234304
    Abstract: A toner including a crystalline resin wherein the crystalline resin contains a crystalline resin having a urethane bond, a urea bond or both thereof, and wherein the crystalline resin has an average crystallite diameter of 20 nm to 70 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Kousuke Nagata, Masahide Yamada, Shinya Nakayama, Akiyoshi Sabu, Tatsuya Morita, Takamasa Hase, Suzuka Amemori, Rintaro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20150220011
    Abstract: Provided is a toner, including: a crystalline resin; and a colorant, wherein the toner has a sea island structure in which a crystal region containing the crystalline resin is formed as a sea, and a non-crystalline region containing the colorant is formed as an island.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Azumi Miyaake, Kazumi Suzuki, Masana Shiba, Tatsuya Morita, Yoshitaka Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20150153671
    Abstract: A resin composition for a toner including a polyester resin and a colorant, wherein the polyester resin has A(10)-A(180) of 70 or greater, where A(10) (%) is a transmittance of light having a wavelength of 500 nm through a mixture of 20 parts by mass of the polyester resin added to 80 parts by mass of ethyl acetate and stirred at 25° C. for 10 minutes, and A(180) (%) is the transmittance after the mixture is left to stand for 3 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Kazumi Suzuki, Tatsuya Morita, Hiroshi Yamashita, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Daisuke Asahina
  • Patent number: 9012113
    Abstract: White toner contains a binder resin, a white pigment, and a releasing agent, wherein the white pigment is coated with the releasing agent and dispersed in the binder resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumi Suzuki, Tatsuya Morita, Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Masana Shiba, Azumi Miyaake
  • Publication number: 20150037718
    Abstract: A toner, including: a crystalline resin; a non-crystalline resin; and a colorant, wherein the toner has a sea-island structure which includes a sea containing the crystalline resin and an island containing the non-crystalline resin and the colorant, wherein the island is 1.0 ?m or less in domain diameter, and wherein the toner is 1.7×104 Pa or less in storage elastic modulus at 160° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Tatsuya Morita, Kazumi Suzuki, Shingo Sakashita, Masana Shiba, Taichi Nemoto, Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Azumi Miyaake, Rintaro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8916324
    Abstract: The present invention provides a toner containing base particles formed by emulsifying or dispersing, in an aqueous medium, a toner composition liquid which is obtained by dissolving or dispersing, in an organic solvent, at least a binder resin soluble in the organic solvent and a colorant masterbatch containing a colorant and a colorant dispersion resin, wherein the colorant dispersion resin is a resin having sparing solubility defined below: where the “sparing solubility” means that when 4 parts by mass of the colorant dispersion resin are added to and mixed with 10 parts by mass of the organic solvent, the mixture becomes white turbid at 25° C. or becomes a transparent solution once at 25° C. and then becomes white turbid within 12 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumi Suzuki, Tatsuya Morita
  • Patent number: 8865383
    Abstract: A toner comprising an amorphous polyester, a crystalline polyester that is forming domains in the toner, and a colorant that is being dispersed at least in the domains of the crystalline polyester. The toner may be obtained by dispersing an oil phase including the amorphous polyester or a precursor capable of producing the amorphous polyester, the crystalline polyester, the colorant, and an organic solvent, in an aqueous medium to prepare an O/W dispersion, the oil phase; and removing the organic solvent from the O/W dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumi Suzuki, Tatsuya Morita, Shingo Sakashita, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 8859179
    Abstract: A developer, including a toner including a binder resin comprising a crystalline resin; and a colorant, and a resin carrier comprising a resin; a magnetic particulate material having a magnetic anisotropy, dispersed in the resin, and having a saturated magnetization of from 16 to 30 emu/g, a coercive force of from 15 to 40 kA/m and an average particle diameter not less than 15 ?m and less than 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Santo, Masahide Yamada, Kazumi Suzuki, Shinya Nakayama, Atsushi Yamamoto, Tatsuya Morita, Shingo Sakashita, Yukiko Nakajima, Keiji Makabe, Daiki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20140213754
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a polymer, which contains: bringing an intermediate polymer, which has been obtained through ring-opening polymerization of a ring-opening polymerizable monomer, into contact with, and melting the intermediate polymer in a compressive fluid having a density of 230 kg/m3 or greater, at temperature lower than a melting point of the intermediate polymer, at a ratio of 0.05 to 10, to dissolve a low-molecular-weight compound contained in the intermediate polymer in the compressive fluid, to thereby extract the low-molecular-weight compound, wherein the ratio is a ratio of a mass of the intermediate polymer to a mass of the compressive fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Taichi NEMOTO, Chiaki Tanaka, Satoshi Izumi, Yoko Arai, Yasuo Kamada, Tatsuya Morita
  • Patent number: 8778578
    Abstract: A toner set for electrophotography, including a black toner; a yellow toner; a magenta toner; a cyan toner; and a bright yellow toner, wherein the magenta toner includes a magenta colorant mainly including C.I. Pigment Red 122, the yellow toner has a hue angle of from 93 to 100° and the bright yellow toner has a hue angle of from 60 to 85° in L*a*b* color system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumi Suzuki, Tatsuya Morita, Shingo Sakashita
  • Publication number: 20140080047
    Abstract: To provide an electrophotographic toner, which contains a crystalline resin, a non-crystalline resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein the toner has a storage elastic modulus of 5.0×104 Pa to 5.0×106 Pa at 80° C., and a storage elastic modulus of 2.0×102 Pa to 2.0×103 Pa at 140° C., and wherein the toner has a ratio (C)/((C)+(A)) of 0.10 or greater, where (C) is an integrated intensity of a diffraction spectrum derived from a crystalline structure, (A) is an integrated intensity of a diffraction spectrum derived from a non-crystalline structure, and the diffraction spectrum is a diffraction spectrum of the toner as measured by an X-ray diffraction spectrometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Rintaro TAKAHASHI, Kazumi SUZUKI, Masana SHIBA, Tatsuya MORITA, Yoshitaka YAMAUCHI, Azumi MIYAAKE
  • Publication number: 20140080051
    Abstract: To provide a toner (X), which contains toner particles, each toner particle contains: a core phase (Q) containing a crystalline resin (A); and a shell phase (S) provided on a surface of the core phase (Q), where the shell phase (S) contains a crystalline polyurethane resin (B), wherein maximum peak temperature (Ta) of heat of melting of the crystalline resin (A) is 40° C. to 70° C., and maximum peak temperature (Tu) of heat of melting of the crystalline polyurethane resin (B) is 50° C. to 90° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Toyoshi SAWADA, Masahide YAMADA, Atsushi YAMAMOTO, Tatsuya MORITA, Satoyuki SEKIGUCHI, Keiji MAKABE, Kousuke NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20140051019
    Abstract: Toner contains a binder resin containing a crystalline resin having a urethane and/or urea bonding; and a colorant, wherein in a diffraction spectrum of the toner as measured by an X-ray diffraction instrument, a ratio {C/(C+A)} of an integral intensity C of the spectrum derived from the crystalline structure to an integral intensity A of the spectrum derived from the non-crystalline structure is 0.12 or greater, wherein the toner satisfies the following relation 1: T1?T2?30° C. (Relation 1), where T1 represents the maximum endothermic peak in the first temperature rising from 0° C. to 100° C. at the temperature rising rate of 10° C./min and T2 represents the maximum exothermic peak in the first temperature falling from 100° C. to 0° C. at the temperature falling rate of 10° C./min as T1 and T2 are measured by diffraction scanning calorimetry (DSC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Yamashita, Minoru Masuda, Susumu Chiba, Tatsuya Morita, Atsushi Yamamoto, Shinya Nakayama, Masahide Yamada, Kohsuke Nagata, Keiji Makabe, Toyoshi Sawada
  • Publication number: 20130330522
    Abstract: White toner contains a binder resin, a white pigment, and a releasing agent, wherein the white pigment is coated with the releasing agent and dispersed in the binder resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Kazumi SUZUKI, Tatsuya MORITA, Yoshitaka YAMAUCHI, Masana SHIBA, Azumi MIYAAKE
  • Patent number: 8603718
    Abstract: An anisotropic magnetic material-dispersed resin carrier including: fine magnetic particles; and a binder resin in which at least the fine magnetic particles are dispersed, wherein the anisotropic magnetic material-dispersed resin carrier has a magnetic anisotropy where magnetic fields of the fine magnetic particles are orientated in the same direction, and wherein the anisotropic magnetic material-dispersed resin carrier has a saturation magnetization of 16 emu/g to 30 emu/g, a coercive force of 15 kA/m to 40 kA/m, and a number average particle diameter of 15 ?m or more but less than 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumi Suzuki, Masaki Yoshino, Hisao Kurosu, Tatsuya Morita, Tomoko Kino, Shingo Sakashita
  • Patent number: 8592118
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a toner including a first binder resin, a release agent, a release agent dispersing resin, and a colorant is provided. The first binder resin includes an amorphous polyester resin (a) having a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton in its main chain. The polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton comprises optically-active monomers having an optical purity X of 80% by mole or less. The optical purity X is represented by the following formula: X(% by mole)=|X(L-form)?X(D-form)| wherein X(L-form) and X(D-form) represent ratios (% by mole) of L-form and D-form optically-active monomers, respectively. The release agent includes an ester of a fatty acid having an average carbon number of 18 to 24 with glycerin or a polyglycerin having an average polymerization degree of 2 to 10. The ester has a melting point of 55 to 80° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Sakashita, Kazumi Suzuki, Tatsuya Morita
  • Publication number: 20130236826
    Abstract: A toner for electrophotography, which is prepared by a method including dissolving or dispersing a toner composition including at least a binder resin, or binder resin and a binder resin precursor as a resin component; and a colorant in an organic solvent to form an oil phase; emulsifying or dispersing the oil phase in an aqueous medium to form an emulsion dispersion comprising emulsified particles; converging the emulsified particles to granulate mother toner particles, including controlling a temperature of the emulsion dispersion to control a circularity of the mother toner particles; and removing the organic solvent, wherein the resin component includes a crystalline resin in an amount not less than 50% by weight, and the mother toner particles have an average circularity of from 0.940 to 0.980.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: Keiji MAKABE, Masahide Yamada, Shinya Nakayama, Atsushi Yamamoto, Hideyuki Santo, Yukiko Nakajima, Daiki Yamashita, Kazumi Suzuki, Tatsuya Morita, Shingo Sakashita
  • Publication number: 20130157183
    Abstract: A developer, including a toner including a binder resin comprising a crystalline resin; and a colorant, and a resin carrier comprising a resin; a magnetic particulate material having a magnetic anisotropy, dispersed in the resin, and having a saturated magnetization of from 16 to 30 emu/g, a coercive force of from 15 to 40 kA/m and an average particle diameter not less than 15 ?m and less than 100 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Hideyuki Santo, Masahide Yamada, Kazumi Suzuki, Shinya Nakayama, Atsushi Yamamoto, Tatsuya Morita, Shingo Sakashita, Yukiko Nakajima, Keiji Makabe, Daiki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20130017480
    Abstract: A toner set for electrophotography, including a black toner; a yellow toner; a magenta toner; a cyan toner; and a bright yellow toner, wherein the magenta toner includes a magenta colorant mainly including C.I. Pigment Red 122, the yellow toner has a hue angle of from 93 to 100° and the bright yellow toner has a hue angle of from 60 to 85° in L*a*b* color system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Kazumi SUZUKI, Tatsuya MORITA, Shingo SAKASHITA
  • Publication number: 20120288791
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a toner including a first binder resin, a release agent, a release agent dispersing resin, and a colorant is provided. The first binder resin includes an amorphous polyester resin (a) having a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton in its main chain. The polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton comprises optically-active monomers having an optical purity X of 80% by mole or less. The optical purity X is represented by the following formula: X (% by mole)=|X(L-form)?X(D-form)| wherein X(L-form) and X(D-form) represent ratios (% by mole) of L-form and D-form optically-active monomers, respectively. The release agent includes an ester of a fatty acid having an average carbon number of 18 to 24 with glycerin or a polyglycerin having an average polymerization degree of 2 to 10. The ester has a melting point of 55 to 80° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Shingo Sakashita, Kazumi Suzuki, Tatsuya Morita