Developing Composition Or Product Patents (Class 430/105)
  • Publication number: 20140134527
    Abstract: An external additive for toner that contains a resin particle and two or more kinds of particulates having different compositions present on the resin particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventor: Masayuki ISHII
  • Publication number: 20140134534
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes toner that is composed substantially of biodegradable and recycled materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Guerino G. Sacripante, Shigang Qiu, Santiago Faucher, Ke Zhou, John Abate, John Kallo
  • Publication number: 20140134526
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner is configured of a polycondensate of a polyol and a polycarboxylic acid including a trimellitic acid, includes a polyester resin with an ethylenic unsaturated bond, and has toner particles including a reaction product of the polyester resin and a compound having an imidazoline structure in a surface part, a molar ratio of the trimellitic acid is from 0.1 mol % to 10 mol % with respect to the entire polymerization components of the polyester resin, and a weight ratio of the compound having an imidazoline structure is from 0.1% by weight to 10% by weight with respect to the total weight of the toner particles excluding the compound having an imidazoline structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira MATSUMOTO, Yukiaki NAKAMURA, Satoshi KAMIWAKI
  • Patent number: 8722291
    Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic charge image developer including a first toner that contains a binder resin and a brilliant pigment, a second toner that contains a binder resin without a brilliant pigment, and a carrier, wherein the developer satisfies the following formulae, 5 ?m?A?30 ?m??(1): 1 ?m?B?15 ?m??(2): 3.0?C/A?5.0??(3): 5.0?C/B?20.0??(4): wherein A represents a volume average particle size of the first toner, B represents a volume average particle size of the second toner, and C represents a volume average particle size of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sugitate, Masaru Takahashi, Shotaro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140120467
    Abstract: A toner having charge control agents which impart excellent triboelectric charging characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Maura A. Sweeney, Robert D. Bayley, Grazyna E. Kmiecik-Lawrynowicz, Brian S. Wang
  • Publication number: 20140113226
    Abstract: Toner contains a mother toner particle containing a binder resin and a coloring agent and an external additive to cover the mother toner particle, wherein the external additive contains a resin particle, wherein the resin particle has an outer shell layer formed of silica or modified silica, wherein the resin particle has a non-spherical form with a shape factor (SF) of 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventors: Masayuki ISHII, Toyoshi Sawada
  • Patent number: 8703378
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing toner including mixing mother toner particles containing a binder resin and a coloring agent and first particles having an average primary particle diameter of from 100 nm to 1 ?m to using a mixer including a rotary shaft member, multiple stirring members provided to the surface of the shaft member, and a casing to cover the multiple stirring members, wherein the cross section of the inner periphery of the casing relative to a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis of the shaft member is circular around the rotation axis with a substantially constant distance between the inner periphery and the rotation axis. The casing covers the multiple stirring members and a cooling jacket is provided to at least part of the outer periphery of the casing. The weight ratio of the particles to the mother toner particles is from 1.5% to 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohsuke Satoh, Tetsuya Tanaka, Masahiro Kawamoto, Natsuko Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20140106270
    Abstract: A transparent electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a binder resin and a compound represented by the following Formula (1): wherein in Formula (1), R1 represents a methyl group or a trifluoromethyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom; R3 represents a methyl group, a trifluoromethyl group, a t-butyl group, a phenyl group, or a naphthyl group; and M represents a rare earth element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki TAKAMIYA, Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI, Eisuke IWAZAKI, Satoshi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20140106271
    Abstract: Provided is a polyester being a polymer including a dicarboxylic acid, a rosin diol, and an epoxy compound, the rosin diol being represented by general formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen or methyl; L1, L2, and L3 are independently a divalent linking group selected from the group consisting of carbonyl, ester, ether, sulfonyl, optionally substituted chain alkylenes, optionally substituted cyclic alkylenes, optionally substituted arylenes, and combinations thereof; L1 and L2 or L1 and L3 are optionally joined together to form a ring; and A1 and A2 are rosin ester groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiori CHONAN, Sumiaki YAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20140099576
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes toner particles obtained by dissolving or dispersing a binder resin and an additive in an organic solvent to prepare an oil phase component, and dispersing and granulating the oil phase component in an aqueous medium containing an inorganic dispersant dispersed therein. The binder resin is a polyester resin obtained from a material containing from 6.5 to 7.5 mol % of a long-chain alkyl group represented by a formula (1), the polyester resin having an acid value of from 4.9 to 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Manami HIRAIDE
  • Publication number: 20140099575
    Abstract: Use of a resin blend of a petroleum based resin and a bio-derived polyester resins having low glass transition (Tg) values in a toner composition is disclosed. The resulting novel bio-based toner exhibits desirable characteristics such as good blocking performance and excellent fusing latitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Mark E. Mang, Timothy L. Lincoln, Brian J. Andaya, Deborah M. Hudson
  • Patent number: 8679721
    Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a toner that is capable of keeping a photoreceptor drum in satisfactory condition for a long period of time and preventing the occurrence of pinholes on the photoreceptor drum, which plays a key role in forming images. The present disclosure provides an electrostatic charge image developing toner in which an external additive is added to toner base particles, wherein the external additive includes inorganic fine particles attached with conductive fine particles, and the conductive fine particles are attached to the inorganic fine particles with certain strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventor: Seiji Kikushima
  • 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: 20140080046
    Abstract: To provide a toner, which contains a colorant, a binder resin, and a releasing agent, wherein the toner satisfies the following (a) to (c); (a) the toner contains at least a polyester resin as the binder resin; (b) the toner has Tg1st of 25° C. to 50° C.; and (c) the toner has a TMA compressive deformation rate (TMA %) of 10% or lower at 50° C. under a condition having relative humidity of 70%, wherein the Tg1st is glass transition temperature of the toner for first heating, as the toner is measured by a DSC system (a differential scanning calorimeter).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Daisuke ASAHINA, Hiroshi Yamashita, Masana Shiba, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Yukari Fukuda, Rintaro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140080045
    Abstract: A method of preparing a developer includes mixing a carrier and a powder with each other while falling with gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Kousuke Suzuki, Yuuki Mizutani, Shinichiro Yagi
  • Publication number: 20140065534
    Abstract: A toner, including: a crystalline resin containing a urethane bond, a urea bond, or both thereof; and a compound represented by the following General Formula (1), wherein an amount of the compound represented by the General Formula (1) is 0.01% by mass to 0.25% by mass: CnH2n+1R??General Formula (1) where n is 8 to 22 and R is COOH, NH2 or OH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Suzuka AMEMORI, Atsushi Yamamoto, Masahide Yamada, Yukiko Nakajima, Shinya Nakayama, Hideyuki Santo
  • Patent number: 8663888
    Abstract: The present invention provides a toner including: a colorant, and a binder resin, wherein the toner is fixed on a recording medium using a fixing liquid containing a softening agent for softening the toner, and wherein a weight average molecular weight of a THF soluble fraction of the toner in a molecular weight distribution measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is 3,000 to 8,300; and a glass transition temperature of the toner measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is 50° C. to 70° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutada Shitara, Yohichiroh Watanabe, Yasuo Katano, Shinya Nakayama, Ryota Inoue, Yoshihiro Moriya, Akiyoshi Sabu, Shingo Sakashita, Yukiko Nakajima
  • Patent number: 8663885
    Abstract: In a positively chargeable toner, calcium carbonate fine particles having a certain average primary particle diameter are attached to the surface of toner base particles. The toner base particles contain at least a binder resin and a colorant. The calcium carbonate fine particles are ones which had been subjected to a surface treatment with a positively chargeable surface treating agent and a silicone oil. A mass ratio of the positively chargeable surface treating agent to the silicone oil attached to the surface of the calcium carbonate fine particles is set to be 7:3 to 3:7 in terms of the positively chargeable surface treating agent:the silicone oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Toru Takatsuna
  • Patent number: 8658338
    Abstract: A toner includes a resin having an unsaturated double bond, a thiol compound having a bi- or more-functional thiol group, and a polymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Horiba, Takahiro Ishizuka, Yoshihiro Inaba, Akira Imai, Ryosaku Igarashi, Takako Kobayashi, Daisuke Yoshino, Masahiro Oki
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8652718
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition containing a pyrylium-based squarylium compound represented by the following Formula (I) and a resin, wherein in Formula (I), each of R1, R2, R3, and R4 independently represents an alkyl group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minquan Tian, Takahiro Ishizuka, Shinji Hasegawa, Makoto Furuki
  • Publication number: 20140045113
    Abstract: Provided is a brilliant toner containing a brilliant metallic pigment of which the surface is covered with at least one kind of metal oxides selected from a group consisting of silica, alumina, and titania, wherein the brilliant toner has a dielectric loss factor of from 10×10?3 to 60×10?3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru TAKAHASHI, Sakiko HIRAI, Shotaro TAKAHASHI, Atsushi SUGITATE, Shuji SATO
  • Publication number: 20140044654
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to molecules, including conjugated fused polycyclic molecules, that may receive excited state energy from other molecules (e.g., light-absorbing molecules) or directly from the irradiation sources. According to some embodiments, the disclosure relates to molecules, including conjugated fused polycyclic molecules, that may resolve (e.g., quench, dissipate) excited state energy, normally by way of releasing it as heat. (e.g., as heat). Conjugated fused polycyclic molecules of various structures are disclosed including Formula III: The disclosure further relates to methods of use and/or therapy using molecules of Formulas I, II, and/or III.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: HALLSTAR INNOVATIONS CORP.
    Inventors: Craig A. Bonda, Shengkui Hu, Qing Jean Zhang, Zhihui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140038095
    Abstract: A toner including: toner particles each including a toner base particle and an external additive attached thereon, where the toner base particle includes a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the toner base particles each have protrusions on a surface thereof, an average of lengths of long sides of the protrusions is 0.10 ?m or more but less than 0.50 ?m, a standard deviation of the lengths of the long sides of the protrusions is 0.2 or less, a coverage rate of the protrusions on the surface of the toner base particle is 10% to 90%, and the external additive includes fine inorganic particles whose surfaces have been treated with an amino group-containing silane coupling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Ishikawa, Takuya Kadota, Yoshihiro Mikuriya, Tsuyoshi Nozaki, Kazuoki Fuwa, Tomohiro Fukao, Tomoharu Miki
  • Publication number: 20140038096
    Abstract: Provided is a charge control agent that gives toner a practical level of negative chargeability, is colorless or a light color and can be used in a color toner, has an electrostatic charge from charging of a resin powder, such as the toner used, that is stable against environmental change, and has the characteristics of: excellent temporal stability of charge control characteristics, i.e., storage stability; excellent stability of charge control characteristics when repeatedly used a number of times, i.e., durability; and high stability without containing toxic heavy metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: ORIENT CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Kuroda
  • Patent number: 8637217
    Abstract: Disclosed is an decolorizable electrophotographic toner, containing a binder resin, an electron-donating color-developable agent, and a wax having a color-developing action and having an acid value of 60 mgKOH/g or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayasu Aoki, Takahito Kabai, Tsuyoshi Itou
  • Publication number: 20140023964
    Abstract: Provided is a toner set including at least a first brilliant toner that contains a brilliant pigment, and a second brilliant toner that contains a brilliant pigment and exhibits a different color from the first brilliant toner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sakiko HIRAI, Shotaro TAKAHASHI, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Atsushi SUGITATE, Shuji SATO
  • Publication number: 20140023965
    Abstract: Toner contains a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the binder resin contains a resin having a polyhydroxy carboxylic acid skeleton, wherein the toner has a half effusion temperature of from 80° C. to 120° C. as measured by a temperature rising method using a flow tester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Susumu CHIBA, Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Daisuke ASAHINA, Tsuyoshi SUGIMOTO, Taichi NEMOTO, Satoyuki SEKIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8628900
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: toner particles; and an external additive. The external additive contains sol-gel silica having a volume average particle diameter of from about 70 nm to about 400 nm and an average circularity of from about 0.5 to about 0.9, and a dielectric loss factor of the toner is from about 5×10?3 to about 30×10?3 when the toner is kept for 24 hours under the environment of a temperature of 28° C. and a humidity of 85%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Kadokura, Shunsuke Nozaki, Hideaki Yoshikawa, Shinichiro Kawashima, Sakae Takeuchi, Yuka Zenitani, Sakon Takahashi, Hiroyoshi Okuno
  • Patent number: 8623580
    Abstract: To provide a toner including: a resin particle (C) containing a first resin (a1), a second resin (a2), and a resin particle (B) to a surface of which the first resin (a1) and the second resin (a2) are attached, wherein the first resin (a1) and the second resin (a2) have mutually different glass transition temperatures, and wherein the resin particle (B) contains a third resin (b) having an amorphous polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukiko Nakajima, Akihiro Kotsugai, Ryota Inoue, Akiyoshi Sabu, Shingo Sakashita, Keiko Osaka
  • Publication number: 20140004457
    Abstract: A polymerization toner having superior chargeability and storage stability is provided. The polymerization toner includes a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the binder resin has a dielectric constant ranging from 2.8 to 3.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG FINE CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Bum Park, Young Jae Kwon, Dong Woo Kim, Dae Woong Choi
  • Publication number: 20130344427
    Abstract: To provide a toner, which contains a binder resin, a colorant, and a silicone oil-treated external additive, wherein the silicone oil-treated external additive contains free silicone oil, and a total amount of the free silicone oil is 0.2% by mass to 0.5% by mass relative to the toner, and wherein the toner has the average circularity of 0.96 to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Takuya Kadota, Yoshihiro Mikuriya, Tsuyoshi Nozaki, Yoshimichi Ishikawa, Kazuoki Fuwa, Tomohiro Fukao, Tomoharu Miki, Masayuki Hagi, Hidekazu Shono, Manabu Hamada, Tetsushi Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20130344426
    Abstract: A method for preparing a colored toner. The method includes: 1) providing surface-treated colorant, polymerizing the colorant by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) to produce polymer-grafted colorant particles and dispersing the colorant particles in an aqueous solution including a surfactant to yield a first emulsion; 2) providing surface-treated wax, polymerizing the wax by ATRP to produce polymer-grafted wax particles, and dispersing the wax particles in the aqueous solution including the surfactant to yield a second emulsion; and 3) agglutinating the first emulsion and the second emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: HUBEI DINGLONG CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunquan ZHU, Guilin XIAO
  • Publication number: 20130337374
    Abstract: To provide a toner including a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the toner has a glass transition temperature by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of 20° C. or greater and less than 50° C., an endothermic peak temperature by DSC of 50° C. or greater and less than 80° C. and an amount of compressive deformation at 50° C. by a thermomechanical analysis of 5% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Susumu CHIBA, Satoyuki SEKIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8603713
    Abstract: A toner including a colorant, a thermoplastic resin (a) comprising an amorphous polyester resin having a main chain having a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton, and a thermoplastic resin (b) is provided. The toner is manufactured by a method including mixing the colorant with the thermoplastic resin (a) to prepare a preliminary mixture, and mixing the preliminary mixture with the thermoplastic resin (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akihiro Kotsugai, Toyoshi Sawada, Ryota Inoue, Akiyoshi Sabu, Shingo Sakashita, Keiko Osaka, Yukiko Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20130323635
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing resin particles uses a microreactor to mix first and second stock solutions, and to aggregate resin fine-particles to obtain resin particles. The microreactor includes stationary and rotating discs that are two discoid discs and that are disposed so that a gap is formed between circular surfaces of the two discs when the resin particles are manufactured, a first stock solution feed part that feeds the first stock solution from an end of the gap into the gap, and one or more second stock solution feed parts that are formed at the opposite side of the first stock solution feed part based on the center of the circular surface of the stationary disc by spatially connecting top and bottom surfaces of the stationary disc, and that feed the second stock solution containing an aggregating agent from the top surface side of the stationary disc to the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Seishi Ojima
  • Publication number: 20130323634
    Abstract: To provide a toner, which contains: base particles each having a core-shell structure, where a core of the base particle contains crystalline polyester, non-crystalline polyester, a colorant, and a releasing agent, and a shell of the base particle contain a resin, wherein the toner has thermal hardness of 0.5 to 1.8, wherein the toner has a softening index of 80° C. to 95° C., and wherein the toner has thermal retentiveness of 30° C. to 50° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventor: Hideki Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20130323633
    Abstract: A brilliant toner includes toner particles which at least contain a brilliant pigment, a binder resin, and a release agent; and an external additive, wherein a ratio (X/Y) of a specific surface area X (m2/g), calculated from a projected image of the toner particles, to a BET specific surface area Y (m2/g) of the toner particles is from 0.3 to 1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shotaro TAKAHASHI, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Sakiko HIRAI, Atsushi SUGITATE, Shuji SATO
  • Publication number: 20130316280
    Abstract: A toner set, including: at least one chromatic toner containing a colorant; and a transparent toner containing no colorant, wherein the chromatic toner and the transparent toner each include a releasing agent and a binder resin, and wherein an amount of a tetrahydrofuran insoluble matter in the transparent toner is smaller than an amount of a tetrahydrofuran insoluble matter in the chromatic toner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Ryuuta YOSHIDA, Satoshi OGAWA, Masaki WATANABE, Hyo SHU, Naohiro WATANABE
  • Patent number: 8592122
    Abstract: The invention provides a developer for developing an electrostatic latent image, the developer having at least: a transparent toner; and a carrier. The carrier contains at least: a magnetic particle; and a resin coating layer. The resin coating layer coats the surface of the magnetic particle and has cyan color. The invention further provides a developer cartridge storing the developer. The invention further provides a process cartridge storing the developer. The invention further provides an image formation apparatus having at least a color toner image-forming unit, a transparent toner image-forming unit that uses the developer to form a transparent toner image, and a fixing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Matsumoto, Yukiaki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8580474
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing carrier includes a core particle and a coating layer on the core particle. The coating layer contains a resin having a crosslinked structure formed by using at least one compound selected from boric acid and boric acid derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Yoshino, Sumiaki Yamasaki, Satoshi Hiraoka, Shigeru Seitoku, Hirofumi Shiozaki, Kazuhiko Yanagida
  • Publication number: 20130295499
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a toner for electrophotography which includes the step of fusing aggregated particles containing resin particles (A) and releasing agent particles in an aqueous mixed solution containing the aggregated particles and an anionic surfactant having a polyalkylene glycol moiety with an average molar number of addition of an alkylene oxide having 2 to 3 carbon atoms of from 5 to 100 after and/or while adjusting a pH value of the aqueous mixed solution to 2.0 to 6.0 as measured at 25° C., and a toner for electrophotography obtained by the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoichi Murata, Takayuki Ikenaga, Takashi Okuno, Hiroshi Mizuhata, Keishi Yokota, Koji Shimokusa, Koji Kameyama
  • Publication number: 20130295498
    Abstract: A composite color toner image can be enhanced by applying a separate fluorescing toner image over it to provide an enhanced color toner image having a “pinkish” fluorescing effect. This separate fluorescing toner image is obtained using visible fluorescing dry magenta toner particles. Each of these toner particles consists essentially of a polymeric binder phase and a visible fluorescing colorant that emits at one or more peak wavelengths of at least 510 nm and up to and including 590 nm and that is dispersed within the polymeric binder phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Dinesh Tyagi, Louise Granica, Chung-Hui Kuo
  • Publication number: 20130288172
    Abstract: The invention relates to a toner for developing a toner image, the toner comprising a binder resin, an inorganic component and a wax. The wax is finely dispersed within the toner and has a melting transition, wherein the lower temperature limit of the melting transition is between 110° C. and 140° C. at the time of temperature rise in the DSC curve measured using a differential scanning calorimeter. The invention further relates to a printing system for applying the toner according to the present invention on an image receiving medium. The invention further relates to a method for preparing the toner according to the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Roelof H. EVERHARDUS, Michael T. J. VERHEGGEN, Henricus P. M. TIMMERMANS
  • Publication number: 20130280651
    Abstract: A toner having charge control agents which impart excellent triboelectric charging characteristics. In embodiments, the toner particles are made by a process in which charge control agent is added and adhered to the particle surface through washing steps and is maintained through the drying steps. The process of the present embodiments impart desirable charging characteristics to the toner particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert D. Bayley, Maura A. Sweeney, Grazyna E. Kmiecik-Lawrynowicz, Daniel W. Asarese
  • Patent number: 8563205
    Abstract: Provided is a magenta toner containing toner particles that contain a colorant and a binder resin, wherein the colorant contains C.I. Pigment Red 57:1 and C.I. Pigment Yellow 180, a mass ratio between the C.I. Pigment Red 57:1 and the C.I. Pigment Yellow 180 being 99:1 to 10000:1, and wherein the binder resin contains a polyester resin that has a repeating unit derived from bisphenol A ethylene oxide represented by formula (1): wherein each of m and n independently represents an integer of 2 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eisuke Iwazaki, Shinya Sakamoto, Tsuyoshi Murakami, Satoshi Yoshida, Satoshi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20130273466
    Abstract: Provided is a toner particle having excellent environmental resistance, fluidity, and chargeability for developing an electrostatic image. The toner particle comprises a coupling resin, a release agent, and a coloring agent, and satisfies Formula (1) below: 8.5?SMF?10.5??(1), wherein the surface morphology factor (SMF) of the formula can be represented by following Formula (2): SMF=?log(4/3×?×D3×RD×B×C) [m2/ea]??(2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG FINE CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Woong Choi, Jae Bum Park, Dong Woo Kim, Young Jae Kwon
  • Publication number: 20130273465
    Abstract: A magnetic single-component developer includes a spherical toner containing at least a magnetic powder and not containing a release agent in a binder resin, and a nonspherical toner containing at least a magnetic powder and a release agent in a binder resin. According to measurements taken from a scanning electron microscope image taken from 100 toner particles in the magnetic single-component developer, the spherical toner has a circularity of 0.980 or more, the nonspherical toner has a circularity of 0.960 or less, and a particle number ratio (A)/(B) of the number (A) of particles of the spherical toner to the number (B) of particles of the nonspherical toner is 3/7 or more and 5/5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takanori Tanaka, Hiroki Uemura
  • Publication number: 20130260296
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developer contains: an electrostatic-latent-image-developing toner that has toner particles formed by aggregating and fusing particles of a polyester resin, particles of a styrene resin and particles of a coloring agent in a starting material dispersion liquid of those particles dispersed in an aqueous solvent; and a carrier having a core particle and a resin coating layer to coat the surface of the core particle, wherein the ratio of the exposed area of the core particle to the surface of the carrier is about 7% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihito FUKUSHIMA, Manabu SERIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20130260301
    Abstract: A main object of the invention is to provide a taggant particle group that has a plurality of authentication steps and an excellent anti-counterfeit effect and can be applied to various anti-counterfeit media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yamauchi, Mitsuru Kitamura, Manabu Yamamoto, Akiko Kitamura, Yoko Sekine