Patents by Inventor Yoshiki Nishimori

Yoshiki Nishimori 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: 7258960
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, is provided with an inlet section to receive a slurry containing toner particles, impure fine particles having a specific gravity smaller than that of the toner particles and aqueous medium; a centrifugal concentrating device for applying centrifugal force to the slurry and having a precipitating plate with which the toner particles are precipitated from the slurry and an accommodating section to accommodate a concentrated slurry containing the precipitated toner particles, and an outlet section to deliver impure fine particles and aqueous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Ohira, Masafumi Uchida, Yoshiki Nishimori, Shoichiro Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 7157198
    Abstract: Toner for electrostatic latent image development includes at least a resin, a coloring agent and a crystalline compound, wherein the toner particle has sea-island structure and the crystalline compound is n-paraffin of particular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc
    Inventors: Ken Ohmura, Asao Matsushima, Shiro Hirano, Yoshiki Nishimori
  • Publication number: 20050214665
    Abstract: Toner for electrostatic latent image development includes at least a resin, a coloring agent and a crystalline compound, wherein the toner particle has sea-island structure and the crystalline compound is n-paraffin of particular structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Ohmura, Asao Matsushima, Shiro Hirano, Yoshiki Nishimori
  • Patent number: 6921619
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner is disclosed. The toner has a domain-matrix structure; the average of the horizontal FERE diameter of the part corresponding to said domain is from 200 to 900 nm; and the variation coefficient of said horizontal FERE diameter is 40 percent or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Ohmura, Asao Matsushima, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Yoshiki Nishimori, Hiroyuki Yamada, Shiro Hirano
  • Patent number: 6821695
    Abstract: A toner for forming an electrophotographic image is disclosed. The toner particle contains at least two inorganic salts including an inorganic salt comprising a positive ion having a first valence and an inorganic salt comprising a positive ion having a second valence different from the first valence, a total amount of the inorganic salt having the first valence is greatest among the inorganic salts in the toner particle, and a total amount of the inorganic salt having the second valence is second greatest among the inorganic salts in the toner particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Asao Matsushima, Ken Ohmura, Takao Yamanouchi, Naohiro Hirose, Tomoe Kitani, Yoshiki Nishimori
  • Patent number: 6811941
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrostatic image developing toner comprising a coloring agent and toner particles, said toner particles have a matrix-domain structure, and the average of the area of a Voronoi polygon formed by the perpendicular bisecting line between the centers of gravity of domains adjacent to each other in said matrix-domain structure is from 20,000 to 120,000 nm2, and the variation coefficient of the area of said Voronoi polygon is less than or equal to 25 percent. Color image having, particularly good transparency and excellent color difference, can be obtained by the toner which is not affected by a residual material present on the surface of toner particles and does not result in variation of the amount of static charge at high temperature as well as at high humidity or after long leaving without operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Horiuchi, Tatsuya Nagase, Meizo Shirose, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Yamada, Ken Ohmura, Asao Matsushima, Shiro Hirano, Yoshiki Nishimori
  • Publication number: 20040043319
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrostatic image developing toner comprising a coloring agent and toner particles, said toner particles have a matrix-domain structure, and the average of the area of a Voronoi polygon formed by the perpendicular bisecting line between the centers of gravity of domains adjacent to each other in said matrix-domain structure is from 20,000 to 120,000 mm2, and the variation coefficient of the area of said Voronoi polygon is less than or equal to 25 percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Horiuchi, Tatsuya Nagase, Meizo Shirose, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Yamada, Ken Ohmura, Asao Matsushima, Shiro Hirano, Yoshiki Nishimori
  • Patent number: 6677097
    Abstract: A toner for developing a static image comprising at least a resin, colorant and crystalline substance is disclosed. The toner particle has a domain-matrix structure and the domain has an average of the ratio of the major axis to the minor axis of from 1.5 to 2.5 when the domain is approximated by an ellipse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Ohmura, Asao Matsushima, Shiro Hirano, Yoshiki Nishimori, Hiroyuki Yamada, Hiroshi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20030194629
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, is provided with an inlet section to receive a slurry containing toner particles, impure fine particles having a specific gravity smaller than that of the toner particles and aqueous medium; a centrifugal concentrating device for applying centrifugal force to the slurry and having a precipitating plate with which the toner particles are precipitated from the slurry and an accommodating section to accommodate a concentrated slurry containing the precipitated toner particles, and
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventors: Akira Ohira, Masafumi Uchida, Yoshiki Nishimori, Shoichiro Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 6617091
    Abstract: A method of preparing toner for developing an electrostatic image is disclosed. The method comprises process for adhering by fusing resin particles onto surface of colored particles (core particles) containing a resin particle and a colorant by salting-out/fusion-adhering to form the resin layer (shell).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Nishimori, Takao Yamanouchi, Shigenori Kohno, Meizo Shirose, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20030113647
    Abstract: A toner for forming an electrophotographic image is disclosed. The toner particle contains at least two inorganic salts including an inorganic salt comprising a positive ion having a first valence and an inorganic salt comprising a positive ion having a second valence different from the first valence, a total amount of the inorganic salt having the first valence is greatest among the inorganic salts in the toner particle, and a total amount of the inorganic salt having the second valence is second greatest among the inorganic salts in the toner particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Asao Matsushima, Ken Ohmura, Takao Yamanouchi, Naohiro Hirose, Tomoe Kitani, Yoshiki Nishimori
  • Publication number: 20030049554
    Abstract: A toner for developing a static image comprising at least a resin, colorant and crystalline substance is disclosed. The toner particle has a domain-matrix structure and the domain has an average of the ratio of the major axis to the minor axis of from 1.5 to 2.5 when the domain is approximated by an ellipse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Ken Ohmura, Asao Matsushima, Shiro Hirano, Yoshiki Nishimori, Hiroyuki Yamada, Hiroshi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20030027072
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrostatic image developing toner comprising a coloring agent and toner particles, said toner particles have a matrix-domain structure, and the average of the area of a Voronoi polygon formed by the perpendicular bisecting line between the centers of gravity of domains adjacent to each other in said matrix-domain structure is from 20,000 to 120,000 mm2, and the variation coefficient of the area of said Voronoi polygon is less than or equal to 25 percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Horiuchi, Tatsuya Nagase, Meizo Shirose, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Yamada, Ken Ohmura, Asao Matsushima, Shiro Hirano, Yoshiki Nishimori
  • Publication number: 20020136976
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner is disclosed. The toner has a domain-matrix structure; the average of the horizontal FERE diameter of the part corresponding to said domain is from 200 to 900 nm; and the variation coefficient of said horizontal FERE diameter is 40 percent or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Ken Ohmura, Asao Matsushima, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Yoshiki Nishimori, Hiroyuki Yamada, Shiro Hirano
  • Patent number: 6440630
    Abstract: A toner image forming method by developing an electrostatic latent image on a photoreceptor to form a toner image employing a developer comprising toner, transferring the toner image onto an image forming material, and fixing the transferred toner image employing a fixing unit, is disclosed. The fixing unit is comprised of a heating roller and a pressure roller which is brought into contact with said heating roller, the heating roller is constituted of a cylinder having an interior diameter of from 10 to 70 mm and a wall thickness of from 0.1 to 2 mm comprised of a metal or a metal alloy, and a heating member being incorporated in the interior, a surface of the cylinder being covered with a fluorine resin at a thickness of from 10 to 500 &mgr;m, the pressure roller is constituted of a metal cylinder whose surface is covered with an elastic material having an Asker hardness C of less than 80 degrees at a thickness of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Isobe, Yoshiaki Kobayashi, Yoshiki Nishimori, Meizo Shirose, Hiroshi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20020039699
    Abstract: A method of preparing toner for developing an electrostatic image is disclosed. The method comprises process for adhering by fusing resin particles onto surface of colored particles (core particles) containing a resin particle and a colorant by salting-out/fusion-adhering to form the resin layer (shell).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshiki Nishimori, Takao Yamanouchi, Shigenori Kohno, Meizo Shirose, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20010033986
    Abstract: A toner image forming method by developing an electrostatic latent image on a photoreceptor to form a toner image employing a developer comprising toner, transferring the toner image onto an image forming material, and fixing the transferred toner image employing a fixing unit, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: Kazuya Isobe, Yoshiaki Kobayashi, Yoshiki Nishimori, Meizo Shirose, Hiroshi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 6255029
    Abstract: A process for preparing a color toner for developing an electrostatic image comprising a step of polymerizing monomers to obtain resin particles, wherein the color toner comprises primary particles or secondary particles of resin particles, and a metal complex dye represented by the following formula (1) or formula (2), wherein, X1 and X3 each are a group of atoms bonding with each other which can form at least bidentate coordination bond with a metal ion; Y1 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring or —L4═Y2; Y2 and Y3 each represent an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring; L1 and L4 each represent a substituted or an unsubstituted methine group or a nitrogen atom; L2 and L3 each represent a substituted or an unsubstituted methine group; M represents a metal ion which can form at least a bidentate coordination bond with said group of atoms bonding with each other represented by X1 and X3; m represents an integer of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Naohiro Hirose, Mikio Kohyama, Kenji Hayashi, Tomoe Kitani, Yoshiki Nishimori
  • Patent number: 6033820
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic image is disclosed. The toner is composed of association of a plurality of fine polymer particles, and the total volume of pores having a diameter of not more than 0.1 .mu.m on the toner surfaces is not more than 30 percent of the total toner volume. An image forming method employing the same is also disclosed. A toner which does not result in an unstable charge amount over an extended period of use can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Hayashi, Naohiro Hirose, Yoshiki Nishimori, Tomoe Kitani, Mikio Kohyama
  • Patent number: 5888686
    Abstract: Disclosed is a toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, the toner containing polymer particles having a carboxyl group on the surface thereof in the range of5.times.10.sup.-11 mol/cm.sup.2 .ltoreq.A.ltoreq.3.times.10.sup.-9 mol/cm.sup.2wherein A represents an amount of the carboxyl group obtained using a conductometric titration method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Naohiro Hirose, Tomoe Kikuchi, Kenji Hayashi, Yoshiki Nishimori, Mikio Kohyama