Carboxylic Acid Or Ester Compound Adjuvant Patents (Class 430/108.4)
  • Patent number: 9811017
    Abstract: A low melt toner includes a core having a core polystyrene-butyl acrylate resin, a crystalline polyester resin, a pigment present in an amount from about 7% to about 20% by weight of the low melt toner, and a paraffin wax; a ratio of the polystyrene-butyl acrylate resin to crystalline polyester resin is in a range from about 5:1 to about 7:1; and a shell disposed over the core including a shell polystyrene-butyl acrylate resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher M. Wolfe, Padam K. Angra, Jacob W. Myers, II
  • Patent number: 9766564
    Abstract: Provided is a means that can improve performance such as high-speed fixability and fixable temperature range while securing low temperature fixability, in an electrostatic charge image developing toner concurrently using a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin as binder resins constituting toner base particles. An electrostatic charge image developing toner containing toner base particles containing an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin is constituted such that lamellar crystal structures and fibrous crystal structures are dispersed in the cross section of the toner base particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Natsuko Fujisaki, Tomomi Oshiba, Makoto Nomiya
  • Patent number: 9753387
    Abstract: A toner includes a base particle including a polyester resin and a colorant. A sea-island structure is observed by a transmission electron microscope (TEM) in a cross-sectional image of the toner. The island structure includes the colorant and has an average diameter of from 0.2 ?m to 1.0 ?m, and the number of the island structure is from 5 to 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Hideyuki Santo, Koh Ohnuma, Kohsuke Nagata, Suzuka Karato
  • Patent number: 9740130
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing carrier includes a core particle and a resin coating layer coated on the core particle, wherein the resin coating layer contains a cationic surfactant and an anionic surfactant and a total content of the cationic surfactant and the anionic surfactant in the resin coating layer is from 0.1% by weight to 6.0% by weight with respect to the entire resin coating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihito Fukushima, Takeshi Tanabe, Toshiaki Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 9599919
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin containing a styrene acrylic resin and a block polymer, wherein the block polymer has a polyester segment and a vinyl polymer segment and has a melting point of 55° C. to 90° C., the polyester segment has a specific structure and a solubility parameter (SP) value of 9.40 to 9.85, and the vinyl polymer segment has a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 4000 to 15000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoya Isono, Masatake Tanaka, Tsutomu Shimano, Shintaro Noji, Yu Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9594325
    Abstract: A two-component developer includes a toner and a carrier. The toner includes a plurality of toner particles. The carrier includes a plurality of carrier particles. Each of the toner particles includes a toner core and a shell layer disposed over the surface of the toner core. The toner has a charge decay constant of at least 0.020 and no greater than 0.050 as measured with the toner particles in an external additive-free state. The carrier has a volume resistivity of at least 1.0×1012 ?·cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Yusuke Kurano
  • Patent number: 9557665
    Abstract: A toner includes a polymeric resin, a colorant, and a small molecule crystalline aromatic monoester having a molecular weight less than 1,000 g/mol. The polymeric resin may be an amorphous resin and a mixture of the amorphous resin and the crystalline aromatic monoester may be characterized by a reduction in glass transition temperature from that of the resin and by the lack of a melting point for the crystalline aromatic monoester as determined by differential scanning calorimetry, the enthalpy of fusion for the crystalline aromatic monoester in the mixture being measured to be less than 10% of the enthalpy of fusion of the crystalline aromatic monoester in pure form. Furthermore, the toner may be configured to have a crease fix minimum fusing temperature (MFT) less than or equal to the crease fix MFT of a benchmark ultra-low-melt emulsion aggregation toner. Suitable crystalline aromatic monoesters may include 2-Naphthyl benzoate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ke Zhou, Jordan H. Wosnick, Kentaro Morimitsu, Edward G. Zwartz, Valerie M. Farrugia
  • Patent number: 9529293
    Abstract: Provided is a toner for electrostatic charge image development which satisfies both low temperature fixability and an excellent storage stability and realizes excellent chargeability, fixing separation property, and flowability. According to the present invention, there is provided a toner for electrostatic charge image development comprising toner particles which comprises a binder resin including a crystalline polyester resin and a release agent, in which the crystalline polyester resin has a lamellar structure and the lamellar structure is present only on the inside of the toner particle when a cross-section of the toner particle subjected to ruthenium staining is observed with a transmission electron microscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Natsuko Fujisaki, Tomomi Oshiba, Makoto Nomiya
  • Patent number: 9488925
    Abstract: A magenta toner for electrophotography, including: a polyester resin; and a colorant containing a naphthol-based pigment, wherein the magenta toner for electrophotography satisfies requirements <1> and <2> below: <1> [G?(100)(THF insoluble matter)] is 1.0×105 Pa to 1.0×107 Pa, and a ratio of [G?(40)(THF insoluble matter)] to the [G?(100)(THF insoluble matter)] is 3.5×10 or less, where the [G?(100)(THF insoluble matter)] is a storage modulus at 100° C. of THF insoluble matter of the toner and the [G?(40)(THF insoluble matter)] is a storage modulus at 40° C. of the THF insoluble matter of the toner; and <2> an X-ray diffraction pattern of the naphthol-based pigment in a crystalline state has a plurality of peaks in a range of 0°?2??35°, and a sum of half value widths of the peaks is 5° to 10°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuta Chiba, Shinya Nakayama, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Hiroshi Yamada, Susumu Chiba, Shinsuke Nagai, Hiroshi Yamashita, Masana Shiba
  • Patent number: 9434813
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polyester resin for toner, the polyester resin containing a monomer unit derived from isosorbide and a monomer unit derived from 1,2-propanediol, in which the proportion of the monomer unit derived from isosorbide is from 2 to 11% by mass with respect to the total mass of the polyester resin, and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the polyester resin for toner is from 56 to 70° C. According to the invention, it is possible to provide a polyester resin for toner from which toner excellent in storage stability, fixing property, hot offset resistance and image stability in the case of using isosorbide is obtained, and a method for producing the polyester resin for toner. In addition, the toner obtained from the polyester resin for toner of the invention is excellent in storage stability, fixing property, hot offset resistance and image stability in the case of using isosorbide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoko Tamura, Masaru Sugiura
  • Patent number: 9394400
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polyester resin for toner, the polyester resin containing a monomer unit derived from isosorbide and a monomer unit derived from 1,2-propanediol, in which the proportion of the monomer unit derived from isosorbide is from 2 to 11% by mass with respect to the total mass of the polyester resin, and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the polyester resin for toner is from 56 to 70° C. According to the invention, it is possible to provide a polyester resin for toner from which toner excellent in storage stability, fixing property, hot offset resistance and image stability in the case of using isosorbide is obtained, and a method for producing the polyester resin for toner. In addition, the toner obtained from the polyester resin for toner of the invention is excellent in storage stability, fixing property, hot offset resistance and image stability in the case of using isosorbide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoko Tamura, Masaru Sugiura
  • Patent number: 9366982
    Abstract: To provide a toner for developing an electrostatic image, the toner including toner particles, wherein the toner particles contain: a non-crystalline resin A; and a crystalline resin, wherein the crystalline resin contains a crystalline resin C containing a urethane bond, or a urea bond, or both thereof, and wherein the toner particles each have a sea-island structure, where the resin C is dispersed in the non-crystalline resin on a cross-section of the toner particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Yamada, Takamasa Hase, Kohsuke Nagata
  • Patent number: 9335647
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin containing a polyester resin, a particle of at least one selected from a styrene-(meth)acrylic resin particle and an acrylic resin particle, and a brilliant pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Noguchi, Masaru Takahashi, Atsushi Sugitate, Shuji Sato
  • Patent number: 9329507
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner containing a plurality of toner particles, each including a binder resin and a release agent, is provided. The surface hardness of the toner particle, measured by a nanoindentation method, satisfies the following conditions (1) and (2): (1) The surface hardness of the toner particle attained with a displacement of 10 nm is 1 GPa or more and 3 GPa or less; and (2) the surface hardness of the toner particle attained with a displacement of 100 nm is 1 GPa or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Yoichiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9310703
    Abstract: A violet toner includes toner particles that contain a binder resin including an amorphous polyester resin composed of a polycondensate of a polyol and a polyvalent carboxylic acid including a trimellitic acid, and C.I. Pigment Violet 37, wherein a molar ratio of the trimellitic acid is from 0.1 mol % to 10 mol % with respect to the entire polymerization components of the amorphous polyester resin, and a content of C.I. Pigment Violet 37 is from 1% by weight to 20% by weight with respect to the total weight of the toner particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Matsumoto, Yukiaki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9285694
    Abstract: A toner includes a polymeric resin, a colorant, and a small molecule crystalline aromatic monoester having a molecular weight less than 1,000 g/mol. The polymeric resin may be an amorphous resin and a mixture of the amorphous resin and the crystalline aromatic monoester may be characterized by a reduction in glass transition temperature from that of the resin and by the lack of a melting point for the crystalline aromatic monoester as determined by differential scanning calorimetry, the enthalpy of fusion for the crystalline aromatic monoester in the mixture being measured to be less than 10% of the enthalpy of fusion of the crystalline aromatic monoester in pure form. Furthermore, the toner may be configured to have a crease fix minimum fusing temperature (MFT) less than or equal to the crease fix MFT of a benchmark ultra-low-melt emulsion aggregation toner. Suitable crystalline aromatic monoesters may include 2-Naphthyl benzoate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ke Zhou, Jordan H. Wosnick, Kentaro Morimitsu, Edward G. Zwartz, Valerie M. Farrugia
  • Patent number: 9274445
    Abstract: A toner set, including: a transparent toner including a binder resin a, a releasing agent a and no colorant; and one or more color toners, each including a binder resin b, a colorant b and a releasing agent b, wherein the binder resin a includes a non-crystalline resin ? and a crystalline resin ?, the binder resin b includes a non-crystalline resin ? and a crystalline resin ?, the releasing agent a has an average particle diameter as a long diameter of 0.2 ?m to 2.0 ?m, and there is a relationship of 1<A/B<1.5, where A is an area of the releasing agent a in a transparent toner cross-section from a surface thereof to a ?-depth of a volume-average particle diameter, and B is an area of the releasing agent b in a color-toner cross-section from a surface thereof to a ?-depth of a volume-average particle diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Awamura, Teruki Kusahara, Satoshi Ogawa, Daisuke Ito, Daisuke Inoue, Osamu Uchinokura, Satoshi Kojima, Tsuneyasu Nagatomo, Mamoru Hozumi, Syouko Satoh
  • Patent number: 9260589
    Abstract: The present invention is an aqueous pigment dispersion liquid for inkjet comprising a pigment and a pigment dispersant. The pigment dispersant is at least any one of a graft copolymer and a block copolymer each comprising a polymer chain A and a polymer chain B, wherein the polymer chain A comprises 20 to 60 mass % of a constituent unit derived from a first cycloalkyl group-containing (meth)acrylate, 10 to 35 mass % of a constituent unit derived from (meth)acrylic acid, and 5 to 70 mass % of a constituent unit derived from another (meth)acrylate and the polymer chain B comprises at least any one of a constituent unit derived from a second cycloalkyl group-containing (meth)acrylate and a constituent unit derived from a vinyl monomer or (meth)acrylate having an aromatic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: DAINICHISEIKA COLOR & CHEMICALS MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shimanaka, Shinichiro Aoyagi, Yoshikazu Murakami, Katsuhiko Kanou
  • Patent number: 9239530
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Asahina, Hiroshi Yamashita, Masana Shiba, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Yukari Fukuda, Rintaro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9235148
    Abstract: Electrostatic latent image developing toner includes at least a binder resin and a releasing agent. In the electrostatic latent image developing toner, a maximum thermal expansion coefficient difference (Swmax?Srmax), which is a difference between a maximum value (Swmax) of a thermal expansion coefficient of the releasing agent and a maximum value (Srmax) of a thermal expansion coefficient of the binder resin, is 1 or more, and a temperature at which the thermal expansion coefficient of the releasing agent reaches a maximum is 60° C. or more to 75° C. or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Masanori Sugahara, Toshiki Takemori
  • Patent number: 9213250
    Abstract: Disclosed is a toner which enables a stable image density to be obtained, regardless of the service environment, throughout use in durability tests, and which is able to suppress the occurrence of faulty cleaning. The toner contains both toner particles, which include a binder resin and a colorant, and also silica fine particles. The toner has an average circularity of at least 0.950, a static friction coefficient, with respect to a polycarbonate resin substrate, of at least 0.100 and not more than 0.200, and a coverage ratio X1 of the toner surface by the silica fine particles, as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (ESCA), of at least 50.0 area %, and not more than 75.0 area %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shotaro Nomura, Yusuke Hasegawa, Takashi Matsui, Shuichi Hiroko, Yoshitaka Suzumura, Atsuhiko Ohmori
  • Patent number: 9201326
    Abstract: A toner including: a binder resin containing a non-crystalline resin and a crystalline resin; a colorant; and, a releasing agent, wherein the releasing agent has a melting point of 55° C. to 80° C., and wherein the toner satisfies the following Expressions 1 and 2: (Expression 1): 20,000 Pa·s?G1?50,000 Pa·s; and (Expression 2): (G4/G2)/(G3/G1) 1.00, where G1 is a storage modulus, G2 is a loss modulus, G3 is a storage modulus and G4 is a loss modulus, and the storage modulus G1 and the loss modulus G2 are measured at 80° C. when the toner is heated from 70° C. to 150° C. and the storage modulus G3 and the loss modulus G4 are measured at 80° C. when the toner heated to 150° C. is cooled to 70° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuuta Yoshida, Takahiro Honda, Junichi Awamura, Osamu Uchinokura, Masaki Watanabe, Daisuke Inoue, Tomoki Murayama, Mamoru Hozumi
  • Patent number: 9188920
    Abstract: Provided is a fixing device including a heating section that is arranged to be out of contact with a recording medium which is transported, and heats a developer image on the recording medium, a contact member that is arranged on a downstream side from the heating section in a transport direction of the recording medium, and is in contact with an image surface on a developer image side of the recording medium, and a folding member that is arranged between the heating section and the contact member, and folds a transport path of the recording medium from the heating section to the contact member to a side opposite to an image surface side from an extended line so that the contact member is positioned on the opposite side of the heating section from an extended line of the transport path which faces the heating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Kawahata
  • Patent number: 9170514
    Abstract: A polymerizable monomer is provided which is represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; A represents —CO— or —SO2—; and the moiety represented by the formula (1) is, at the part shown by an asterisk *, linked to a moiety represented by the following formula (2), at any position of a, b, c or d thereof; wherein the sites among a, b, c and d at which the moiety represented by the formula (2) is not linked to the moiety represented by the formula (1) each has a hydrogen atom or a substituent selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an alkoxy group and a sulfonic acid group, or any of which may connect at mutually adjoining positions to form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuaki Murai, Kei Inoue, Ryuji Murayama, Kazuyuki Sato, Masashi Hirose
  • Patent number: 9141014
    Abstract: The present invention is a toner for developing electrostatic charge image containing a wax derived from a plant cholesterol, an electric charge-controlling agent, a coloring agent and a binding resin. The toner is suited for use in the electromagnetic induction-heated fixing system which is capable of heating the heating member up to a predetermined fixing temperature in a short period of time, makes it possible to maintain images free of irregular luster or fouling for extended periods of time and is, further, suited for being fixed at a low temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Okubo, Tatsuji Orita, Hideyuki Otsuka, Kenichi Sato, Kanae Hiraishi
  • Patent number: 9134637
    Abstract: The toner of the present invention includes toner particles containing polyester resins A and B and a colorant, the A has a polyester portion including a portion capable of forming a crystal structure and a crystal nucleating agent portion, which is bonded to an end of the polyester portion, the B is free from any portions capable of forming a crystal structure, in a chart obtained as a result of GPC of a THF-soluble matter of the B, a ratio of a component having a molecular weight of 1500 or less in the B is 5.0 to 15.0% by area, and when an SP value of the polyester portion of the A is represented by Sa ((cal/cm3)1/2) and an SP value of the B is represented by Sb ((cal/cm3)1/2), the SP values Sa and Sb satisfy the following relationships: 9.50?Sa?11.00 ?0.65?Sb?Sa?0.70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yojiro Hotta, Shuhei Moribe, Kosuke Fukudome, Satoshi Mita, Kazuo Terauchi, Tetsuya Ida
  • Patent number: 9128399
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a toner for electrophotography including core-shell particles as a resin binder each including a core portion containing an amorphous resin (A) having a softening point of 105° C. or lower which is obtained by polycondensing a carboxylic acid component containing an alkenyl succinic acid with an alcohol component; and a shell portion containing an amorphous resin (B) obtained by polycondensing an alcohol component containing an aliphatic diol having 2 to 6 carbon atoms with a carboxylic acid component containing a trivalent or higher-valent polycarboxylic acid compound in an amount of 20 mol % or less. The toner for electrophotography according to the present invention is excellent in heat resistant storage property, low-temperature fusing property and durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiro Fukuri, Osamu Yamashita, Hiroki Kubo, Shoichi Murata, Takahiro Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 9102777
    Abstract: Disclosed is an emulsion binder containing an A-B block copolymer. The A-B block copolymer has a number average molecular weight of 5,000 to 100,000, and a polydispersity index (weight average molecular weight/number average molecular weight) of not greater than 1.7. The polymer block A has an acid value of 0 to 30 mgKOH/g and a glass transition point of not higher than 60° C. The polymer block B has an acid value of 75 to 250 mgKOH/g. The A-B block copolymer has been neutralized with an alkaline material, and has been allowed to self-emulsify in an aqueous medium to form emulsion particles having an average particle size of 30 to 300 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignees: DAINICHISEIKA COLOR & CHEMICALS MFG. CO., LTD., KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shimanaka, Yoshikazu Murakami, Shinichio Aoyagi, Atsushi Goto, Hironori Kaji
  • Patent number: 9098002
    Abstract: A toner including toner particles, each of which comprising a charging component, a polymer having a partial structure represented by the following formula (1) as the side chain, and a colorant: (R1 represents a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, or an alkoxyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, or an alkoxyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms; m represents an integer of 0 to 3; if m is 2 or 3, R1 can be each independently selected; n represents an integer of 1 to 3; and * represents a coupling site in the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Kenmoku, Hitoshi Itabashi, Akane Masumoto
  • Patent number: 9098003
    Abstract: A toner including toner particles containing a binder resin, a colorant and a charge controlling agent, wherein the charge controlling agent is a polymer A having a structure “a” represented by formula (1), and the polymer A has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 1,000 to 100,000: wherein R1 represents a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, or an alkoxyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, or an alkoxyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and g represents an integer of 1 to 3 and h represents an integer of 0 to 3, wherein when h is 2 or 3, R1 can be each independently selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akane Masumoto, Hitoshi Itabashi, Takashi Kenmoku
  • Patent number: 9090791
    Abstract: The disclosure provides amorphous materials comprising mixtures of ester of tartaric acid and ester of citric acid, which are suitable for phase change inks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Morimitsu, Adela Goredema, Naveen Chopra
  • Patent number: 9069275
    Abstract: The disclosure generally describes carrier resins, and in particular, resins used for carrier coatings which include at least one ester functional group and at least one cyclic aliphatic group containing at least one nitrogen atom in the cyclic ring structure. Carriers having such resins in the coating exhibit high charge and excellent relative humidity (RH) sensitivity of charge to changing environmental conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignees: XEROX CORPORATION, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
    Inventors: Richard P. Veregin, Qingbin Li, Andriy Kovalenko, Sergey Gusarov, Darren Makeiff, Valerie Farrugia, Michael S. Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20150132693
    Abstract: An emulsion aggregation (EA) toner includes an amorphous polymeric resin, optionally a colorant, and a small molecule crystalline organic compound having molecular weight less than 1,000 g/mol and melting point less than the fusing temperature of the EA toner, wherein a mixture of the resin and the small molecule compound is characterized by a reduction in glass transition temperature from that of the resin and by the lack of a significant solid to liquid phase transition peak for the small molecule compound as determined by differential scanning calorimetry, the enthalpy of fusion for the small molecule compound in the mixture being measured to be less than 10% of the enthalpy of fusion of the compound in pure form. Furthermore, the EA toner may be configured to have a crease fix minimum fusing temperature (MFT) less than or equal to the crease fix MFT of a benchmark ultra-low-melt emulsion aggregation toner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: JORDAN H. WOSNICK, Ke Zhou, Valerie M. Farrugia, Kentaro Morimitsu, Edward G. Zwartz
  • Publication number: 20150132695
    Abstract: A toner includes a polymeric resin, a colorant, and a small molecule crystalline aromatic monoester having a molecular weight less than 1,000 g/mol. The polymeric resin may be an amorphous resin and a mixture of the amorphous resin and the crystalline aromatic monoester may be characterized by a reduction in glass transition temperature from that of the resin and by the lack of a melting point for the crystalline aromatic monoester as determined by differential scanning calorimetry, the enthalpy of fusion for the crystalline aromatic monoester in the mixture being measured to be less than 10% of the enthalpy of fusion of the crystalline aromatic monoester in pure form. Furthermore, the toner may be configured to have a crease fix minimum fusing temperature (MFT) less than or equal to the crease fix MFT of a benchmark ultra-low-melt emulsion aggregation toner. Suitable crystalline aromatic monoesters may include 2-Naphthyl benzoate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: KE ZHOU, Jordan H. Wosnick, Kentaro Morimitsu, Edward G. Zwartz, Valerie M. Farrugia
  • Publication number: 20150132694
    Abstract: A toner includes a polymeric resin, optionally a colorant, and a small molecule crystalline diester having an aromatic core and a molecular weight less than 1,000 g/mol. The polymeric resin may be an amorphous resin and a mixture of the amorphous resin and the crystalline aromatic diester may be characterized by a reduction in glass transition temperature from that of the resin and by the lack of a significant solid to liquid phase transition peak for the small molecule compound as determined by differential scanning calorimetry, the enthalpy of fusion for the small molecule compound in the mixture being measured to be less than 10% of the enthalpy of fusion of the compound in pure form. Furthermore, the toner may be configured to have a crease fix minimum fusing temperature (MFT) less than or equal to the crease fix MFT of a benchmark ultra-low-melt emulsion aggregation toner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: KE ZHOU, Jordan H. Wosnick, Kentaro Morimitsu, Karen A. Moffat, Biritawit Asfaw, Edward G. Zwartz, Valerie M. Farrugia
  • Patent number: 9023567
    Abstract: A toner particle has a core and a shell surrounding the core, wherein the shell contains a polymerized charge enhanced spacer particle, which is a copolymer of a charge control agent and a monomer. A method of making toner particles includes forming a slurry by mixing together a first emulsion containing a resin, optionally a wax, optionally a colorant, optionally a surfactant, optionally a coagulant, and one or more additional optional additive, heating the slurry to form aggregated particles in the slurry, forming a second emulsion containing a monomer and a charge control agent, polymerizing the second emulsion to form a copolymer of the monomer and the charge control agent, and incorporating the copolymer into the toner particles, wherein the aggregated particles form a core of the toner particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert D. Bayley, Maura A. Sweeney, Grazyna E. Kmiecik-Lawrynowicz
  • Patent number: 9017911
    Abstract: In the present invention, provided is an electrophotographic toner in which low temperature fixing is achieved, and high storage stability is obtained without generating tacking with respect to fixed images to be formed. It is a feature that this electrophotographic toner possesses at least a binder resin, a colorant and a releasing agent, wherein the releasing agent comprises an ester compound and an aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikio Kouyama, Yasuhiko Muramatsu, Kenji Hayashi, Hiroaki Obata, Noriyuki Kimpara, Hiroshi Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20150111141
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a sustainable toner with favorable hot offset and gloss mottle comprising a bioresin, where the toner surface has a carbon to oxygen ratio higher than found in existing bio-based toners comprising a bioresin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Richard PN Veregin, Edward G Zwartz, Guerino G Sacripante, Yulin Wang, Cuong Vong
  • Publication number: 20150104743
    Abstract: A process for making a latex emulsion including contacting at least one amorphous polyester resin with at least two organic solvents to form a resin mixture, adding a neutralizing agent, and deionized water to the resin mixture, removing the solvent from the formed latex, and separating the solvent from water. Further, the process is carried out above the resin Tg for making the latex, which drives the latex particle size under 100 nm, where toners made from the latex show improved charging performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Shigang Qiu, Richard PN Veregin, Kimberly D Nosella, Santiago Faucher, Cuong Vong, Enno E Agur
  • Publication number: 20150099221
    Abstract: For at least 80% of toner particles in a toner, along at least 80% of circumferential length of a toner particle cross-section, a shell layer has a thickness of at least 5 nm and satisfies a condition that a ratio of an intensity INc relative to an intensity INs is no greater than 0.2. For at least 80% of the toner particles in the toner, along at least 80% of the circumferential length of the toner particle cross-section, the shell layer has a thickness of at least 5 nm and satisfies a condition that a ratio of an intensity ISc relative to an intensity ISs is no greater than 0.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Masami TSUJIHIRO, Ryotaro KOMADA
  • Patent number: 9000101
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a neat, one-pot scheme for reacting a hydroxyl propagating end of a polymer with a cyclic acid anhydride to form a free acid terminus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew J. Myles, Jordan H. Wosnick, Karen A. Moffat, Valerie M. Farrugia
  • 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: 20150064616
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes a toner base particle which contains at least a binder resin, and has a domain-matrix structure, in which a matrix contains a styrene-acrylic resin, a domain contains an amorphous resin which is formed by combining a vinyl-based polymerized segment and a polyester-based polymerized segment, and the domain containing the amorphous resin and having a diameter of 100 nm or larger has a number-average domain diameter which falls in the range from 150 to 1000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Kouji SEKIGUCHI, Tatsuya NAGASE, Shiro HIRANO, Junya ONISHI, Kenshi MIYAJIMA, Tatsuya FUJISAKI
  • Publication number: 20150064617
    Abstract: A toner has toner particles including a binder resin, a colorant, an ester wax and a hydrocarbon wax; and inorganic fine particles. The ester wax includes an ester compound having a structure represented by formula (1): R1—CO—O—(CH2)x—O—OC—R2; or formula (2): R3—O—OC—(CH2)x—CO—O—R4. The ester wax includes an ester compound having a highest abundance rate in an amount of 40% to 80% by mass with respect to a total amount of the ester wax in a composition distribution. The ester wax has, in differential scanning calorimetry, a peak top temperature of an endothermic peak of 65° C. to 80° C. In differential scanning calorimetry, the toner has only one endothermic peak derived from the waxes. A relationship: 3.0?(Tw?Tt)?8.0 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Michihisa Magome, Tomohisa Sano, Kozue Uratani
  • Patent number: 8962228
    Abstract: A low melt or ultra low melt toner includes at least one amorphous polyester of an alkoxylated bisphenol based polyester, a crystalline polyester derived from the reaction of an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid or aromatic dicarboxylic acid with an aliphatic diol, at least one colorant and at least one fluorescence agent. Methods of authentication of the toner, of authentication of documents formed from the toner, of embedding information in documents, and the like are also set forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Gabriel Iftime, Karen A. Moffat, Jordan H. Wosnick, Eric Rotberg, Cuong Vong, Richard P. N. Veregin, Peter M. Kazmaier
  • Publication number: 20150037722
    Abstract: The present invention provides a toner that exhibits an excellent low-temperature fixability and an excellent ejected paper adhesiveness during high-speed printing, without affecting the long-term storage stability, in which the toner has a toner particle that contains a resin component, wherein the toner has, in a DSC curve measured with a differential scanning calorimeter, a glass transition temperature of at least 50° C. and not more than 65° C. and a cold crystallization peak during cooling of at least 40° C. and not more than 70° C., and has an endothermic peak in a DSC curve measured with a differential scanning calorimeter for the resin component of at least 70° C. and not more than 95° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Yamazaki, Daisuke Yoshiba, Koji Nishikawa, Shotaro Nomura, Hiroki Akiyama, Masami Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20150030819
    Abstract: Toner contains a binder resin, a releasing agent, and a tri- or higher metal salt, wherein the toner has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from 7,000 to 10,000, a ratio of the weight average molecular weight (Mw) to a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 5 or less, and an acid value of from 6 mgKOH/g to 12 mgKOH/g, wherein the binder resin is a polyester resin, wherein the releasing agent is a monoester wax.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Yu Naito, Kazumi Suzuki, Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Masashi Nagayama, Hisashi Nakajima, Saori Yamada
  • Patent number: 8940468
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for production of a decolorable toner, including: aggregating dispersed fine particles of a color material comprising at least a color-forming compound, a color-developing agent and a decoloring agent with dispersed fine particles comprising at least a binder resin comprising a polyester resin to form aggregates in an aqueous medium, adding a reactive polymer having an oxazoline group in to the aqueous medium, and fusing the aggregates in the aqueous medium. As a result, it becomes possible to produce a decolorable toner which suppresses the generation of fine powder due to the release of fine particles of an erasable color material from the toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayasu Aoki, Takafumi Hara, Tsuyoshi Itou, Masahiro Ikuta, Motonari Udo, Koji Shimokusa, Hiroshi Mizuhata
  • Publication number: 20150024312
    Abstract: A toner, including: a binder resin; and a colorant, wherein the toner has a storage modulus of 1.0×107 Pa or more at 50° C., a loss modulus of 8.0×104 Pa to 2.0×105 Pa at 80° C., and a loss modulus of 2.0×102 Pa to 1.0×103 Pa at 160° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Masana Shiba, Hiroshi Yamashita, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Daisuke Asahina, Yukari Fukuda, Rintaro Takahashi, Satoyuki Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 8932788
    Abstract: The present invention provides a toner containing at least a binder resin and a pigment, wherein the amount of the pigment in the toner is 3.0% by mass to 8.5% by mass, the volume average particle diameter of the toner is 2.0 ?m to 6.0 ?m, and a monochrome image, which has been fixed on a recording medium so that the amount of the toner adhered onto the recording medium is 0.25 mg/cm2, has a reflection density of 1.2 to 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Wakamatsu, Hiroshi Yamashita, Naohiro Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto