Patents by Inventor Tomiaki Ito

Tomiaki Ito 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: 7250240
    Abstract: The toner according to the present invention may be produced from a toner raw composition which comprises a foaming agent, a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the colorant comprises a black metal compound, the foaming agent has a volume-average particle diameter of 2 ?m to 50 ?m, the toner raw composition turns into a porous mixture while the foaming agent expands at melting and kneading the toner raw composition, and the toner obtained through milling and classifying the porous mixture has a specific density of 1.0 g/cm3 to 1.3 g/cm3, wherein the specific density is determined as follows: 1 gram of toner is pressed at 400 kgf/cm2 for five minutes in a discal cavity having a diameter of 20 mm, then the discal toner is removed; the discal toner volume (V) is calculated from the diameter and height, measured at 10 minutes after releasing the pressure on the discal toner, and the discal toner mass (W) is measured; then the specific density is determined from the following formula: Specific Density (?T)=W/V.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hachiroh Tosaka, Tomiaki Ito, Yuji Natori
  • Patent number: 7090955
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, including toner particles each containing a black colorant and a binder resin, wherein the black colorant comprises a metal oxide having a number average particle diameter in the range of 20 to 100 nm in an amount of 10 to 40% by weight based on a total weight of the toner particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hachiro Tosaka, Tomiaki Ito, Yuji Natori
  • Patent number: 6969574
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, including toner particles each containing a black colorant and a binder resin, wherein the black colorant comprises a metal oxide having a number average particle diameter in the range of 20 to 100 nm in an amount of 10 to 40% by weight based on a total weight of the toner particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hachiro Tosaka, Tomiaki Ito, Yuji Natori
  • Publication number: 20050238981
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, including toner particles each containing a black colorant and a binder resin, wherein the black colorant comprises a metal oxide having a number average particle diameter in the range of 20 to 100 nm in an amount of 10 to 40% by weight based on a total weight of the toner particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Hachiro Tosaka, Tomiaki Ito, Yuji Natori
  • Publication number: 20050014081
    Abstract: The toner according to the present invention may be produced from a toner raw composition which comprises a foaming agent, a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the colorant comprises a black metal compound, the foaming agent has a volume-average particle diameter of 2 ?m to 50 ?m, the toner raw composition turns into a porous mixture while the foaming agent expands at melting and kneading the toner raw composition, and the toner obtained through milling and classifying the porous mixture has a specific density of 1.0 g/cm3 to 1.3 g/cm3, wherein the specific density is determined as follows: 1 gram of toner is pressed at 400 kgf/cm2 for five minutes in a discal cavity having a diameter of 20 mm, then the discal toner is removed; the discal toner volume (V) is calculated from the diameter and height, measured at 10 minutes after releasing the pressure on the discal toner, and the discal toner mass (W) is measured; then the specific density is determined from the following formula: Specific Density (?T)=W/V.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Hachiroh Tosaka, Tomiaki Ito, Yuji Natori
  • Patent number: 6838221
    Abstract: A continuous crushing method including at least feeding a toner block into a crusher through a screw feeder thereof having a crushing capacity while cyclically increasing and decreasing a feeding amount of the toner block; and crushing the toner block to prepare a toner, in which the feeding amount of the toner block in the increasing cycle is larger than the crushing capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomiaki Ito, Hidehiro Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 6821699
    Abstract: A toner having a half melting temperature not greater than 115° C. has good fixability without filming, even in an image forming method using a non-contact fixing method; has good fixability and color reproducibility, even in an image forming method reproducing multi-colored images by combining two or more toner layers of different color; has good heat resistance without impairing fixability and color reproducibility; and produces high quality images without impairing fixability and color reproducibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
    Inventors: Tomio Kondou, Hachiro Tosaka, Hitoshi Ueda, Tomiaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20030162113
    Abstract: An inorganic toner composition providing a chromatic color upon being calcined and comprising an inorganic coloring agent, and a binder resin, wherein the content of coarse particles having a diameter of 16 &mgr;m or more in said inorganic toner is not greater than 20% by weight. The toner is obtained by kneading a mixture containing an inorganic coloring agent and a binder resin, coarsely pulverizing the kneaded mixture such that the pulverized mixture has a volume average particle diameter of 20-150 &mgr;m, finely pulverizing the coarsely pulverized mixture, and sieving the ground mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventor: Tomiaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20030118932
    Abstract: A toner having a half melting temperature not greater than 115 ° C. has good fixability without filming, even in an image forming method using a non-contact fixing method; has good fixability and color reproducibility, even in an image forming method reproducing multi-colored images by combining two or more toner layers of different color; has good heat resistance without impairing fixability and color reproducibility; and produces high quality images without impairing fixability and color reproducibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Tomio Kondou, Hachiro Tosaka, Hitoshi Ueda, Tomiaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20030022091
    Abstract: A continuous crushing method including at least feeding a toner block into a crusher through a screw feeder thereof having a crushing capacity while cyclically increasing and decreasing a feeding amount of the toner block; and crushing the toner block to prepare a toner, in which the feeding amount of the toner block in the increasing cycle is larger than the crushing capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Tomiaki Ito, Hidehiro Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20010031415
    Abstract: An inorganic toner composition providing a chromatic color upon being calcined and comprising an inorganic coloring agent, and a binder resin, wherein the content of coarse particles having a diameter of 16 &mgr;m or more in said inorganic toner is not greater than 20% by weight. The toner is obtained by kneading a mixture containing an inorganic coloring agent and a binder resin, coarsely pulverizing the kneaded mixture such that the pulverized mixture has a volume average particle diameter of 20-150 &mgr;m, finely pulverizing the coarsely pulverized mixture, and sieving the ground mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventor: Tomiaki Ito