Patents by Inventor Yasushige Nakamura

Yasushige Nakamura 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: 7941073
    Abstract: The toner cartridge is provided with: a toner storing container of a rectangular shape having a toner feeding opening in an angular portion of the toner storing container; a stirring conveying member that is disposed so as to rotate in a predetermined rotation direction in the toner storing container and stirs and conveys toner in the toner storing container toward the toner feeding opening; a waste toner storing container that stores reclaimed toner; and a partition member that is held by the toner storing container, partitions between the toner storing container and the waste toner storing containers and has a bearing portion axially supporting a rotating shaft of the stirring conveying member and extending into inside of the waste toner storing container. The toner stored in the toner storing container has an average value of a shape factor (SF1) of about 130 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Takagi, Yasushige Nakamura, Takashi Hino, Tsutomu Uezono, Masanori Murase, Koichi Tanaka, Kazuhiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20110070539
    Abstract: An electrostatic-image-developing toner includes a polyester resin; two or more pigments; a polyethylene wax; and a polyolefin-polyvinyl-based graft copolymer, and satisfies the relationship represented by the following equation (1): 0.2?wd/wp?5.0 ??(1) wherein wp represents a total content (wt. %) of the pigments, and wd represents a content (wt. %) of the polyolefin-polyvinyl-based graft copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke ISHIZUKA, Shinichi YAOI, Yasushige NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20110045394
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner set includes two or more toners different in hue, wherein a difference between maximum and minimum values of an absorption rate ? in a range of from 380 nm to 1,500 nm of each of the two or more toners is about 0.1 or less, the absorption rate ? being represented by the following equation (1): Absorption ? ? rate ? ? ? = { ? ? = 380 1500 ? e ? ? ( 1 - 1 10 A ? ) } / { ? ? = 380 1500 ? e ? } ( 1 ) wherein e? represents an emission intensity of a light source at a wavelength ?, and A? represents an absorbance of a toner at a wavelength ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD
    Inventors: Noriyuki MIZUTANI, Shinichi YAOI, Yasushige NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 7820349
    Abstract: The invention provides a toner for electrostatic latent image development comprising a first component and a second component which are isolated from each other and capable of forming a color when the first component and the second component are brought into reaction with each other, and a photo-curable composition containing either the first component or the second component, the photo-curable composition not being capable of forming a color when the photo-curable composition is not cured, that is irreversibly controlled to a state of being capable of forming a color by irradiating light having a specific wavelength at which the photo-curable composition is cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Takagi, Takashi Imai, Susumu Yoshino, Katsumi Daimon, Emi Takahashi, Toyofumi Inoue, Yasushige Nakamura, Isao Ito
  • Patent number: 7745080
    Abstract: The present invention provides a color image forming developer comprising yellow, magenta, and cyan toners each containing an infrared absorber, wherein the cyan toner has a maximum infrared absorbance in the infrared region lower than that of the magenta toner and that of the yellow toner, to simultaneously attain sufficient fixation capacity and sufficient resistance to void formation, and also provides an improved image forming method and an image forming device using the developer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushige Nakamura, Satoshi Takezawa
  • Patent number: 7678521
    Abstract: There are disclosed an electrophotographic toner including a compound represented by formula (1) and a compound represented by formula (2). In Formula (1), R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aromatic group, and X? represents a molybdate anion or a tungstate anion. In Formula (2), R5+ and R6+ each independently represent a hydrogen ion, an ammonium ion, an iminium ion, or a phosphonium ion, and R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, and R14 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiko Kimura, Yasushige Nakamura, Shinichi Yaoi
  • Patent number: 7592115
    Abstract: A carrier for electrostatic latent image developer, including a core material and at least two or more resin-coated layers formed on the surface of the core material, wherein the resin-coated layers include a siloxane bond-containing coating resin containing an organic metal compound and a conductive material, the metal contained in the organic metal compound in the innermost resin-coated layer has an ionization potential of less than 7 eV, and the metal contained in the organic metal compound in the outermost resin-coated layer has an ionization potential of 7 eV or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushige Nakamura, Sadaaki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7585605
    Abstract: The invention discloses an electrostatic latent image developer including a toner and a carrier. The carrier has cores and a coating resin including an electrically conductive material on the surface of each of the cores. The coating resin has an inner portion and an outermost portion, and the outermost portion is made of a cross-linked resin. The content of the electrically conductive material in the outermost portion is lower than that in the inner portion. The toner has toner mother particles, and, on the surface of each of the toner mother particles, inorganic particles and resin particles, and the resin particles are made of a non-cross-linking resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushige Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7553432
    Abstract: The present invention provides an infrared absorbent having a light absorption peak in the infrared region and a crystallinity of 20 to 80%, an electrophotographic toner including the infrared absorbent, and an image forming apparatus having an electrophotographic image forming unit for forming a toner image on a recording medium with the electrophotographic toner and a fixing unit for fixing the toner image on the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Yasushige Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20090162771
    Abstract: The invention provides an electrophotographic toner having at least: a binder resin, a coloring agent, and an alkali metal salt of polyethylene oxide. The invention further provides an electrophotographic developer having the electrophotographic toner, a process cartridge having a developer bearing body which accommodates the electrophotographic developer, and an image forming apparatus having a toner image forming member that forms a toner image on a recording medium by using the electrophotographic developer and a fixing member that fixes the toner image by heating and pressurizing or by photoirradiation. The processing speed in image formation using the image forming apparatus can be about 1,000 mm/sec or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushige NAKAMURA, Shinichi YAOI
  • Publication number: 20090087767
    Abstract: The invention provides a color toner for flash fusing containing at least: a binder resin, a colorant, a leuco dye, a developer and a decolorizer. An absorbance of the color toner after photoirradiation at a wavelength of about 900 nm is smaller than an absorbance of the color toner before the photoirradiation at the wavelength of about 900 nm. The invention further provides a method for producing the color toner, a electrostatic image developer comprising the color toner, a process cartridge comprising a developer bearing body which accommodates the electrostatic image developer, and an image forming apparatus to form a toner image by the electrostatic image developer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushige NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20080260441
    Abstract: The toner cartridge is provided with: a toner storing container of a rectangular shape having a toner feeding opening in an angular portion of the toner storing container; a stirring conveying member that is disposed so as to rotate in a predetermined rotation direction in the toner storing container and stirs and conveys toner in the toner storing container toward the toner feeding opening; a waste toner storing container that stores reclaimed toner; and a partition member that is held by the toner storing container, partitions between the toner storing container and the waste toner storing containers and has a bearing portion axially supporting a rotating shaft of the stirring conveying member and extending into inside of the waste toner storing container. The toner stored in the toner storing container has an average value of a shape factor (SF1) of about 130 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichi TAKAGI, Yasushige NAKAMURA, Takashi HINO, Tsutomu UEZONO, Masanori MURASE, Koichi TANAKA, Kazuhiro SAITO
  • Patent number: 7427461
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, including toner particles that include at least a binder resin and a quinacridone pigment. The quinacridone pigment includes quinacridone represented by the following structural formula which has a ?-type crystal structure and quinacridone represented by the following structural formula which has a ?-type crystal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushige Nakamura, Satoshi Takezawa
  • Patent number: 7416826
    Abstract: A color toner for electrophotography having excellent fixability and void resistance is capable of forming a high-quality image. The color toner for electrophotography comprises a binder resin and is a magenta toner, and used in combination with at least any of yellow toner and cyan toner. The storage modulus (G?100) (100° C.) of the binder resin is (1/1.1) to (1/10) times the storage modulus (G?100) (100° C.) of a binder resin contained in the yellow toner and the cyan toner. In addition, the color toner for electrophotography comprises a binder resin, C.I. pigment Violet 19, and an infrared absorbent. The color toner is a magenta toner used in combination with at least any of an yellow toner and a cyan toner. The content of the infrared absorbent in the magenta toner is higher than the content of an infrared absorbent in the yellow toner and the cyan toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushige Nakamura, Tomoaki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7410739
    Abstract: The present invention provides a color image forming developer comprising yellow, magenta, and cyan toners each containing an infrared absorber, wherein the cyan toner has a maximum infrared absorbance in the infrared region lower than that of the magenta toner and that of the yellow toner, to simultaneously attain sufficient fixation capacity and sufficient resistance to void formation, and also provides an improved image forming method and an image forming device using the developer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushige Nakamura, Satoshi Takezawa
  • Publication number: 20080182187
    Abstract: The present invention provides a color image forming developer comprising yellow, magenta, and cyan toners each containing an infrared absorber, wherein the cyan toner has a maximum infrared absorbance in the infrared region lower than that of the magenta toner and that of the yellow toner, to simultaneously attain sufficient fixation capacity and sufficient resistance to void formation, and also provides an improved image forming method and an image forming device using the developer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushige NAKAMURA, Satoshi TAKEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20080101832
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided and includes: an image forming section that forms an image on a recording material with an image forming material; a first irradiating section that irradiates the recording material with a first light; and a second irradiating section that irradiates the recording material with a second light different from the first light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Shinichi Yaoi, Yasushige Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7316882
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image forming method for obtaining excellent color fixed images with a smaller amount of light energy. This image forming method includes the steps of: forming a toner layer of a color toner containing at least a binder resin, a coloring agent, and an infrared absorbent, on a recording medium; and fixing the toner layer by flashlight emission, where the relationship among the PAS level S of the color toner that is obtained by integrating an infrared PAS spectrum obtained through PAS (photoacoustic spectroscopy) analysis in the range of 800 nm to 2000 nm, the melt viscosity ? of the color toner at a reference temperature, and the energy E of the flashlight, is expressed by the following relational expression: 1000??/E·S?5500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Katagiri, Yasushige Nakamura, Katsuji Ebisu, Yuzo Horikoshi, Takahiro Kashikawa
  • Patent number: 7316879
    Abstract: In an imaging color toner employing a photofixing system, a binder resin, which contains, as a principal component, a polyester resin obtained by mixing a first polyester resin having a softening point Tsp of not lower than 120° C. and lower than 170° C. with a second polyester resin having a softening point Tsp of not lower than 80° C. and lower than 110° C. in a weight ratio of 80:20 to 20:80, is used. The color toner is used in an electrophotographic process and other imaging processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushige Nakamura, Shinichi Yaoi, Tomoaki Tanaka, Yoshimichi Katagiri
  • Publication number: 20070287089
    Abstract: There are disclosed an electrophotographic toner including a compound represented by formula (1) and a compound represented by formula (2). In Formula (1), R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aromatic group, and X? represents a molybdate anion or a tungstate anion. In Formula (2), R5+ and R6+ each independently represent a hydrogen ion, an ammonium ion, an iminium ion, or a phosphonium ion, and R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, and R14 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akiko Kimura, Yasushige Nakamura, Shinichi Yaoi