Patents by Inventor Yoritaka Tsubaki

Yoritaka Tsubaki 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: 11947313
    Abstract: The peak top molecular weight of the tetrahydrofuran-soluble component of the toner, as measured by gel permeation chromatography, is 4,000 or more and 6,500 or less. The tetrahydrofuran-insoluble component of the toner is 10% by weight or more and 30% by weight or less. When the endothermic peak temperature T1 in the heating process and the exothermic peak temperature T2 during the cooling process originating from the ester wax is measured using a differential scanning calorimeter, the value T1-T2 is 15° C. or more and 30° C. or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osamu Wada, Yoritaka Tsubaki
  • Patent number: 11899397
    Abstract: The peak top molecular weight of the tetrahydrofuran-soluble component of the toner, as measured by gel permeation chromatography, is 4,000 or more and 6,500 or less. The tetrahydrofuran-insoluble component of the toner is 10% by weight or more and 30% by weight or less. When the endothermic peak temperature T1 in the heating process and the exothermic peak temperature T2 during the cooling process originating from the ester wax is measured using a differential scanning calorimeter, the value T1-T2 is 15° C. or more and 30° C. or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osamu Wada, Yoritaka Tsubaki
  • Patent number: 11619889
    Abstract: A two-component developer 100 includes a carrier 200 and a toner 300. The carrier 200 satisfies the relationships 100???220 and 300???480 when a voltage is applied in 1 V steps by a bridge resistance measurement method, where ? (V) is a carrier voltage value obtained when a current value flowing through the carrier 200 reaches 1.0?7 (A), and ? (V) is a carrier voltage value obtained when the current value reaches 1.0?5 (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Maiko Nagaoka, Yoritaka Tsubaki, Takeshi Katoh, Keiichi Kikawa
  • Publication number: 20220171304
    Abstract: A toner contains toner particles that include a binding resin, a crystalline resin, an ester wax and a dispersant. The binding resin includes an amorphous polyester resin, and the dispersant includes an acrylic copolymer resin or a hybrid resin of the amorphous polyester resin and a styrene resin. When an endothermic peak temperature that is derived from the ester wax in a temperature rise is represented by T1, an exothermic peak temperature that is derived from the ester wax in cooling is represented by T2, a peak temperature of the crystalline resin is represented by Tc and the endothermic peak temperature, the exothermic peak temperature and the peak temperature are measured with a differential scanning calorimeter, T2<Tc<T1 is satisfied, and T1 is greater than 65° C. and less than 85° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Shinjiro HAYASHI, YORITAKA TSUBAKI
  • Publication number: 20220066338
    Abstract: A two-component developer 100 includes a carrier 200 and a toner 300. The carrier 200 satisfies the relationships 100???220 and 300???480 when a voltage is applied in 1 V steps by a bridge resistance measurement method, where ? (V) is a carrier voltage value obtained when a current value flowing through the carrier 200 reaches 1.0?7 (A), and ? (V) is a carrier voltage value obtained when the current value reaches 1.0?5 (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Maiko NAGAOKA, YORITAKA TSUBAKI, TAKESHI KATOH, KEIICHI KIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210325795
    Abstract: The peak top molecular weight of the tetrahydrofuran-soluble component of the toner, as measured by gel permeation chromatography, is 4,000 or more and 6,500 or less. The tetrahydrofuran-insoluble component of the toner is 10% by weight or more and 30% by weight or less. When the endothermic peak temperature T1 in the heating process and the exothermic peak temperature T2 during the cooling process originating from the ester wax is measured using a differential scanning calorimeter, the value T1-T2 is 15° C. or more and 30° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: OSAMU WADA, YORITAKA TSUBAKI
  • Publication number: 20210080845
    Abstract: A toner includes toner particles including an amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline polyester resin. In the toner, the toner particles include metallic soap, and SPa [(cal/cm3)1/2] being the SP value (solubility parameter) of the amorphous polyester resin and SPb [(cal/cm3)1/2] being the SP value of the crystalline polyester resin satisfy the relationship, 0.9?SPa?SPb?1.8. A two-component developer includes the toner and a carrier. An image forming apparatus is used with the two-component developer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: YUYA KONDO, YORITAKA TSUBAKI
  • Patent number: 10732531
    Abstract: A toner contains at least a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous linear polyester resin that uses diethylene glycol as an alcohol component, and a monoester wax and a montan ester wax as release agent components, wherein 6???8 and 14?mw/?<30 are satisfied, where ? represents an amount of the crystalline polyester resin added relative to 100 parts by weight of the amorphous linear polyester resin and mw represents an amount of the montan ester wax added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiichi Kikawa, Yoritaka Tsubaki, Takeshi Katoh, Osamu Wada, Tadanori Kano, Yuya Kondo, Shoji Nakai, Hiroki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20190317418
    Abstract: A toner contains at least a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous linear polyester resin that uses diethylene glycol as an alcohol component, and a monoester wax and a montan ester wax as release agent components, wherein 6???8 and 14?mw/?<30 are satisfied, where ? represents an amount of the crystalline polyester resin added relative to 100 parts by weight of the amorphous linear polyester resin and mw represents an amount of the montan ester wax added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: KEIICHI KIKAWA, YORITAKA TSUBAKI, TAKESHI KATOH, OSAMU WADA, TADANORI KANO, YUYA KONDO, SHOJI NAKAI, HIROKI MAEDA
  • Patent number: 9885968
    Abstract: The toner including a crystalline polyester resin dispersed in an amorphous polyester resin obtained by polymerizing a bivalent alcohol component and a dicarboxylic component, the crystalline polyester resin containing a linear saturated aliphatic polyester unit and being dispersed by a monoester-based wax added as a detaching agent, wherein the crystalline polyester resin in the toner has a dispersion diameter of 100 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and the monoester-based wax has a dispersion diameter of 200 nm or more and 1,000 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuya Kondo, Osamu Wada, Yoritaka Tsubaki
  • Publication number: 20170115586
    Abstract: The toner including a crystalline polyester resin dispersed in an amorphous polyester resin obtained by polymerizing a bivalent alcohol component and a dicarboxylic component, the crystalline polyester resin containing a linear saturated aliphatic polyester unit and being dispersed by a monoester-based wax added as a detaching agent, wherein the crystalline polyester resin in the toner has a dispersion diameter of 100 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and the monoester-based wax has a dispersion diameter of 200 nm or more and 1,000 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Yuya KONDO, Osamu WADA, Yoritaka TSUBAKI
  • Publication number: 20170115589
    Abstract: The two-component developer constituted of a toner and carriers, wherein the toner contains a crystalline polyester resin, constituted of a linear saturated aliphatic polyester unit, dispersed in an amorphous polyester resin obtained by polymerizing a bivalent alcohol component monomer and a dicarboxylic acid as an acid component monomer; wherein the carriers have a magnetic property and have core particles covered with a covering layer containing at least a binder resin and aminopropyltriethoxysilane; and wherein an image of the magnetic carriers photographed by a scanning electron microscope shows the following features: a percentage of a total area of high-brightness parts derived from a metal oxide on the one magnetic carrier particle to a total projected area is 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Shoji NAKAI, Takeshi KATOH, Yoritaka TSUBAKI
  • Patent number: 9535350
    Abstract: Toner of one aspect of the present invention has a weight average molecular weight Mw of 30,000?Mw?95,263 as determined from a molecular weight distribution based on GPC, includes a THF-insoluble gel component at a weight proportion of less than 5%, and includes components each having a molecular weight of 500 to 1500 which components have an area occupancy of 4% to 10% on a chart of the molecular weight distribution based on GPC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiichi Kikawa, Tadayuki Sawai, Yoritaka Tsubaki, Keigo Mitamura, Yui Kawano, Shintaro Fukuoka
  • Publication number: 20160357121
    Abstract: Toner of one aspect of the present invention has a weight average molecular weight Mw of 30,000?Mw?95,263 as determined from a molecular weight distribution based on GPC, includes a THF-insoluble gel component at a weight proportion of less than 5%, and includes components each having a molecular weight of 500 to 1500 which components have an area occupancy of 4% to 10% on a chart of the molecular weight distribution based on GPC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Keiichi KIKAWA, Tadayuki SAWAI, Yoritaka TSUBAKI, Keigo MITAMURA, Yui KAWANO, Shintaro FUKUOKA
  • Patent number: 9274447
    Abstract: A two-component color developer containing a toner and a resin-coated carrier, the toner containing at least a polyester resin as a binding resin, an organic pigment as a colorant and inorganic fine particles as an external additive, wherein the inorganic fine particles have a negative polarity, the toner has a volume resistivity of 40×109 to 220×109 ?cm and a negative polarity, and the carrier has a coat durability of 90% or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadayuki Sawai, Yoritaka Tsubaki, Keiichi Kikawa, Keigo Mitamura, Yui Kawano, Shintaro Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 9250549
    Abstract: Toners of respective colors of a full-color toner set each contain a binder resin which is polyester resin; and a release agent dispersing aid which is styrene acrylic copolymer resin having at least one of an ?-methylstyrene structure and a styrene structure. The styrene acrylic copolymer resin is contained in an amount of 7 parts by weight to 14 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polyester resin. The full-color toner set has a sum of resistivities of the toners of the respective colors of 410×109 to 510×109 (?·cm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shintaro Fukuoka, Tadayuki Sawai, Yoritaka Tsubaki, Keigo Mitamura, Yui Kawano, Keiichi Kikawa
  • Publication number: 20150104740
    Abstract: Toners of respective colors of a full-color toner set each contain a binder resin which is polyester resin; and a release agent dispersing aid which is styrene acrylic copolymer resin having at least one of an ?-methylstyrene structure and a styrene structure. The styrene acrylic copolymer resin is contained in an amount of 7 parts by weight to 14 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polyester resin. The full-color toner set has a sum of resistivities of the toners of the respective colors of 410×109 to 510×109 (?·cm).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shintaro Fukuoka, Tadayuki Sawai, Yoritaka Tsubaki, Keigo Mitamura, Yui Kawano, Keiichi Kikawa
  • Publication number: 20150079513
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic image development is configured such that: a binder resin is polyester resin; a release agent dispersing aid is styrene acrylic copolymer resin having at least one of an ?-methylstyrene structure and a styrene structure, and is contained in an amount of 5.5 parts by weight to 12 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polyester resin; and the styrene acrylic copolymer resin has an acid value of 3 KOHmg/g to 9 KOHmg/g, and the toner for electrostatic image development has an acid value of 14 KOHmg/g to 19 KOHmg/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Shintaro Fukuoka, Tadayuki Sawai, Yoritaka Tsubaki, Keiichi Kikawa, Keigo Mitamura, Yui Kawano
  • Publication number: 20150024311
    Abstract: Toner of one aspect of the present invention has a weight average molecular weight Mw of 30,000?Mw?95,263 as determined from a molecular weight distribution based on GPC, includes a THF-insoluble gel component at a weight proportion of less than 5%, and includes components each having a molecular weight of 500 to 1500 which components have an area occupancy of 4% to 10% on a chart of the molecular weight distribution based on GPC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Keiichi Kikawa, Tadayuki Sawai, Yoritaka Tsubaki, Keigo Mitamura, Yui Kawano, Shinaro Fukuoka
  • Publication number: 20140242510
    Abstract: A two-component color developer containing a toner and a resin-coated carrier, the toner containing at least a polyester resin as a binding resin, an organic pigment as a colorant and inorganic fine particles as an external additive, wherein the inorganic fine particles have a negative polarity, the toner has a volume resistivity of 40×109 to 220×109 ?cm and a negative polarity, and the carrier has a coat durability of 90% or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadayuki Sawai, Yoritaka Tsubaki, Keiichi Kikawa, Keigo Mutamura, Yui Kawano, Shintaro Fukuoka