Dry Toner Having Chemically Identified Binder Patents (Class 430/109.1)
  • Patent number: 8940467
    Abstract: A toner is provided that, even in a small amount thereof, gives a satisfactory image density and that is free of image problems, e.g., fogging and offset resistance, even during long-term use and in a high-temperature, high-humidity environment. The toner contains a binder resin, a pigment, and a prescribed azo compound wherein, designating as (A) the solubility of the azo compound in a toluene-hexane solubility test and as (B) the solubility of the binder resin constituting the toner in the toluene-hexane solubility test, the (A) and the (B) satisfy the relationship |(B)?(A)|?60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Takayuki Toyoda, Masashi Kawamura, Naotaka Ikeda, Hidekazu Fumita, Emi Watanabe, Yuhei Terui
  • Publication number: 20150024316
    Abstract: A part material for printing three-dimensional parts with an electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system, the part material including a composition having an engineering-grade thermoplastic material and a charge control agent. The part material is provided in a powder form having a controlled particle size, and is configured for use in the electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system having a layer transfusion assembly for printing the three-dimensional parts in a layer-by-layer manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: James E. Orrock, Steven A. Chillscyzn, Trevor I. Martin
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20150024317
    Abstract: A part material for printing three-dimensional parts with an electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system, the part material including a composition having a high-performance thermoplastic material and a charge control agent. The part material is provided in a powder form having a controlled particle size, and is configured for use in the electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system having a layer transfusion assembly for printing the three-dimensional parts in a layer-by-layer manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: James E. Orrock, Steven A. Chillscyzn, Trevor I. Martin
  • Patent number: 8936897
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Dinesh Tyagi, Louise Granica, Chung-Hui Kuo
  • Publication number: 20150017583
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a toner for development of electrostatic images (hereinafter referred to as toner) which, while preventing dust during fixation, secures improved hot offset resistance and is excellent in providing good image quality. The invention relates to the toner that comprises a binder resin, a colorant and a wax, wherein the wax has, while in a state of being contained in the toner, a melting point of from 55° C. to 90° C., and the value Dt of the toner satisfies a specific formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaya OTA, Shiho Sano
  • Patent number: 8932789
    Abstract: To provide a toner, which contains: a non-crystalline polyester resin A obtained through a reaction between a non-linear chain reactive precursor and a curing agent, and having a glass transition temperature of ?60° C. to 0° C.; a non-crystalline polyester resin B having a glass transition temperature of 40° C. to 70° C.; and a crystalline polyester resin C, wherein the toner has a glass transition temperature Tg1st of 20° C. to 40° C. as measured with first heating in differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Hiroshi Yamashita, Daisuke Asahina, Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Rintaro Takahashi, Masana Shiba, Yukari Fukuda, Saki Konno
  • Publication number: 20150010862
    Abstract: According to one implementation, a two-component developer for developing an electrostatic latent image includes a toner particle and a carrier particle. The toner particle includes an external additive on a surface of a toner mother particle including at least a binding resin. The carrier particle includes a resin covering layer on a surface of a carrier core material particle. The resin covering layer includes a covering resin obtained by polymerizing at least an isobutyl methacrylate monomer and includes a nitrogen atom as an atom composing the covering resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu MATSUMOTO, Kosuke NAKAMURA, Satoshi UCHINO, Hidehito HARUKI, Hiroyuki KOZURU
  • Publication number: 20140370433
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a polymerized toner prepared by suspension polymerization. Particularly, this disclosure relates to a polymerized toner that comprises a binder resin, and a pigment, a charge control agent, and wax, which are dispersed in the binder resin, and maintains peak molecular weight (Mn) of the binder resin, the ratio of number average molecular weight/peak molecular weight (Mn/Mp), and gel content (Gel %), and thereby, can realize high glossiness and excellent off set property when printing, and a method for preparing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Wook Jang, Chang-Soon Lee, Joo-Yong Park, Woo-Cheul Jung
  • Publication number: 20140363209
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic image, which contains: resin particles (C), wherein the resin particles (C) each contain a resin particle (B) and resin particles (A) or a coating film (P) deposited on a surface of the resin particle (B), where the resin particle (B) contains a second resin (b) and a filler (f), wherein the resin particles (A) or the coating film (P) contains a first resin (a), wherein the second resin (b) contains a crystalline resin, and wherein the resin particle (B) contains the filler (f) in an amount of 15% by mass or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Ryota Inoue, Yoshitaka Sekiguchi, Hiroaki Katoh, Shun Saito
  • Publication number: 20140356774
    Abstract: A toner including: a core particle containing at least a binder resin, a colorant and a releasing agent; and a shell on a surface of the core particle, wherein the toner gives a supernatant having a transmittance of 50% to 95% with respect to light having a wavelength of 800 nm, where the supernatant is formed after 3 g of the toner is added to 40 g of ion-exchange water containing 0.5% by mass of sodium dodecyl sulfate, followed by stirring for 90 min and by irradiating with ultrasonic waves of 20 kHz and 80 W for 5 min, and a liquid containing the toner dispersed therein is centrifugated at 3,000 rpm for 5 min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Tomoharu Miki, Takuya Kadota, Yoshihiro Mikuriya, Tsuyoshi Nozaki, Yoshimichi Ishikawa, Kazuoki Fuwa, Tomohiro Fukao
  • Publication number: 20140348539
    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: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shotaro TAKAHASHI, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Sakiko HIRAI, Atsushi SUGITATE, Shuji SATO
  • Publication number: 20140342282
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a toner, including at least: dissolving or dispersing a toner material including at least any one of a binder resin and a precursor of a binder resin in an organic solvent which is dispersed in a dispersant-including aqueous medium; forming particles by removing the organic solvent; washing the particles; forming voids in the particles by heating to a temperature T while or after dispersing the particles in an aqueous medium; forming toner base particles by adding a charge controlling agent; and adding an external additive to the toner base particles to obtain toner particles, wherein the T is between a glass transition temperature Tg of the toner particles and Tg+25° C., and the toner has a cross-sectional void fraction Sp/St of 0.1% to 15.0%, where St is a cross-sectional area of the toner particles, and Sp is a cross-sectional area of the voids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Keisuke Tada, Kenichi Uehara, Daisuke Misawa, Ayumi Oikawa, Hiroshi Endoh
  • Patent number: 8889326
    Abstract: A toner including a colorant, a resin, and a volatile organic compound in an amount from 1 to 200 ?g/g is provided. The toner has a softening index Ct within a range from 70 to 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideki Sugiura
  • Patent number: 8883386
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a toner for use in an electronic photograph-duplicating process or in an electrostatic printing process, and a polyester resin included in the toner as a binder. The polyester resin comprises lactic acids (D or L-lactic acids) or lactides (D or L-lactides) which are derivative compounds thereof, and dianhydrohexitols which are bio-derived sugar derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: SK Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Man Yoo, Kye Yune Lee, Tae Woong Lee, Jong Wook Shin
  • Patent number: 8883387
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner of the exemplary embodiment of the invention contains an amorphous first polyester resin of a polycondenzation product of at least a carboxylic acid component and an alcohol component containing rosin, and a second polyester resin having the difference (absolute value) in parameter of solubility relative to the first polyester resin of from about 0.3 (cal/cm3)1/2 to about 3 (cal/cm3)1/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Emi Miyata, Sumiaki Yamasaki, Satoshi Hiraoka, Yuki Sasaki, Susumu Yoshino, Hirotaka Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 8877415
    Abstract: A toner including a resin particle (C) is provided. The resin particle (C) includes a resin particle (B) and; a resin particle (A) or covering layer (P) that is adhered to a surface of the resin particle (B). The resin particle (B) includes a resin (b) having a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton. The resin particle (A) or covering layer (P) includes a resin (a). The resin (a) is a polyester resin having a polybasic acid unit and a polyol unit and has a weight average molecular weight within a range from 9,500 to 100,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiki Yamashita, Shinya Nakayama, Atsushi Yamamoto, Yukiko Nakajima, Akiyoshi Sabu, Yoshihiro Moriya, Hideyuki Santo
  • Patent number: 8865384
    Abstract: An electrophotographic toner, including: a binder resin; a colorant; and an organically-modified layered inorganic mineral, wherein the binder resin contains 50% by mass or more of a crystalline resin relative to the binder resin, and the crystalline resin contains a resin having a sulfonic acid group, and wherein an amount of the sulfonic acid group is 0.1% by mass to 2.0% by mass relative to the resin having the sulfonic acid group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahide Yamada, Shinya Nakayama, Atsushi Yamamoto, Hideyuki Santo, Shingo Sakashita, Yukiko Nakajima, Suzuka Amemori, Akiyoshi Sabu
  • Patent number: 8859179
    Abstract: A developer, including a toner including a binder resin comprising a crystalline resin; and a colorant, and a resin carrier comprising a resin; a magnetic particulate material having a magnetic anisotropy, dispersed in the resin, and having a saturated magnetization of from 16 to 30 emu/g, a coercive force of from 15 to 40 kA/m and an average particle diameter not less than 15 ?m and less than 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Santo, Masahide Yamada, Kazumi Suzuki, Shinya Nakayama, Atsushi Yamamoto, Tatsuya Morita, Shingo Sakashita, Yukiko Nakajima, Keiji Makabe, Daiki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8846284
    Abstract: Provided is a toner comprising toner particles, wherein each of the toner particles has a core-shell structure composed of a core and a shell phase formed on the core, the shell phase contains a resin (B), and the core contains a binder resin (A), a colorant and a wax, wherein the toner particles contain the resin (B) in a specific amount with respect to the core, and wherein the solubility parameter (SP value) of the binder resin (A) is denoted by SP(A), the SP value of the resin (B) is denoted by SP(B), the SP value of a repeating unit with the smallest SP value from among repeating units constituting the resin (B) is denoted by SP(C), and the SP value of the wax is denoted by SP(W), each of the SP(A), SP(B), SP(C) and SP(W) satisfy specific relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kinumatsu, Atsushi Tani, Kenji Aoki, Shuntaro Watanabe, Takaaki Kaya, Ayako Okamoto, Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Toshifumi Mori, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 8841055
    Abstract: An emulsion aggregation toner composition is disclosed that includes toner particles with at least one small crystalline molecule, such as a trans-cinnamic diester, at least one amorphous resin, optional waxes, coagulants, pigments, and combinations thereof. In other embodiments, the small crystalline molecule is biodegradable and can be made using raw materials derived from renewable resources. Such small crystalline molecules are also compatible with amorphous binder resins, to provide toner compositions with reduced minimum fusing temperatures without sacrificing electrical performance. Processes for preparing emulsion aggregation toner compositions are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ke Zhou, Adela Goredema, Karen Moffat, Edward G. Zwartz, Mike Hawkins, Rosa Duque, Guerino G. Sacripante
  • Publication number: 20140272698
    Abstract: Toner contains a binder resin containing two or more kinds of crystalline resins; and a coloring agent, wherein the two or more kinds of crystalline resins have at least two endothermic peak temperatures in a set of endothermic peak temperatures of the two or more kinds of crystalline resins as measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Masahide YAMADA, Atsushi Yamamoto, Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Keiji Makabe, Kohsuke Nagata, Toyoshi Sawada
  • Publication number: 20140272696
    Abstract: Toner contains a mother toner particle that contains a crystalline resin; and wax; and a coloring agent, wherein the area of endothermic peak derived from the crystalline resin during a first temperature rising as measured by differential scanning calorimetry is at least 20 J/g, wherein the ratio of the area of endothermic peak derived from the wax during a second time temperature rising as measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to the area of endothermic peak derived from the wax during a first time temperature rising as measured by differential scanning calorimetry is at least 0.50, wherein the ratio of the area of endothermic peak derived from the wax during a first time temperature rising as measured by differential scanning calorimetry to the area of endothermic peak derived from the crystalline resin during a first temperature rising as measured by differential scanning calorimetry is at least 0.10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Toyoshi Sawada, Hideyuki Santo
  • Patent number: 8835088
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes toner comprising a portion of resin comprising a polyethylene terephthalate oligomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Guerino G Sacripante, Shigang Qiu, Santiago Faucher
  • Publication number: 20140255839
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a binder resin and a release agent, and when a peak temperature during a first temperature increase and a peak temperature during a second temperature increase, that are obtained by differential scanning calorimetry including performing the first temperature increase at 10° C./min after holding at 10° C., performing cooling at ?10° C./min, performing a heat treatment for 24 hours at 50° C., and performing the second temperature increase at 10° C./min, are represented by Tt1 and Tt2(50° C.), respectively, the following Expression (1) is satisfied: Tt1<Tt2(50° C.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Satoshi YOSHIDA, Shinya NAKASHIMA, Shinya SAKAMOTO, Kosaku YOSHIMURA, Emi MIYATA
  • Patent number: 8828637
    Abstract: Toner particles are provided which may include a core and a shell, one or both of which may include a polyester gel. The gel in the shell and/or core may prevent a crystalline resin in the core from migrating to the toner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ke Zhou, Karen Ann Moffat, Maria N V McDougall, Edward G Zwartz, Paul J Gerroir
  • Patent number: 8828633
    Abstract: To obtain a toner which has excellent charge rise and stability, tends to have a sharp charge distribution, has excellent pigment dispersion properties, exhibits no disarray in an image even during a high-speed copying operation, and can stably output high-resolution images. A toner comprising toner particle containing a binder resin, a colorant, resin PA, and resin PB, wherein the resin PA has unit A represented by Formula (1), the resin PB has unit B represented by Formula (2), a content “a” of the unit A in the toner particle is 2.00 ?mol/g or more, and a molar ratio b/a of the content “a” and a content “b” of the unit B in the toner particle is 0.10 or more and 10.00 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hitoshi Itabashi, Takashi Kenmoku, Harumi Takada
  • Publication number: 20140242509
    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: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Yoichiro WATANABE
  • Patent number: 8815483
    Abstract: A magenta toner includes a binder resin containing a polyester resin having a dodecenylsuccinic acid structure as a constituent unit, and a solid solution of C.I. Pigment Violet 19 and C.I. Pigment Red 122, the magenta toner having an amount of the solid solution of from 2% by mass to 30% by mass based on the total mass of the toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Matsumoto, Yusuke Ikeda, Eiji Nakai
  • Publication number: 20140234768
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a toner including: aggregating colorant particles and release agent particles, thereby forming aggregates containing the colorant particles and the release agent particles; aggregating binder resin particles and the obtained aggregates containing the colorant particles and the release agent particles, thereby forming toner particle precursors; and aggregating and fusing the obtained toner particle precursors, thereby forming toner particles, wherein when the average circularity of the toner particles is represented by Rt, Rt satisfies the following formula (1): 0.85?Rt?0.92 (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takafumi Hara, Masahiro Ikuta, Tsuyoshi Itou, Motonari Udo, Kazuhisa Takeda
  • Patent number: 8795939
    Abstract: A toner, including a lactone compound having not less than 14-membered rings; and a resin including a crystalline polyester unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Shinya Nakayama, Masahide Yamada, Hideyuki Santo, Suzuka Amemori
  • Publication number: 20140212805
    Abstract: Provided is a decolorizable toner including a binder resin and colorant particles which contain a color developable compound, a color developing agent, and a decolorizing agent, and have a capsule structure coated with an outer shell, wherein the binder resin is contained in an amount of 60 to 80% by mass with respect to the total amount of the toner components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takafumi Hara, Masahiro Ikuta, Tsuyoshi Itou, Motonari Udo, Kazuhisa Takeda
  • Patent number: 8785097
    Abstract: Disclosed is a decolorable toner produced by aggregating dispersed fine particles of a color material containing at least a color-forming compound, a color-developing agent and a decoloring agent with dispersed fine particles containing at least a binder resin having a carboxyl group, then adding a compound having a carbodiimide group or an epoxy group reactive with the carboxyl group of the binder resin, and thereafter fusing the aggregate particles, respectively in an aqueous medium. The thus obtained decolorable toner can suppress the generation of fine powder by the release of erasable color material fine particles from the toner particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayasu Aoki, Motonari Udo, Tsuyoshi Itou, Masahiro Ikuta, Takafumi Hara
  • Patent number: 8785101
    Abstract: Provided is a toner containing toner particles, each of which includes a binder resin containing a polyester as a main component, a colorant, and a wax, in which the binder resin includes a block polymer in which a segment capable of forming a crystalline structure and a segment incapable of forming a crystalline structure are bonded, the toner has a maximum endothermic peak from the binder resin, as determined by differential scanning calorimetry measurement, with a peak temperature in a specific range and with an endothermic quantity in a specific range, and the wax is an ester wax having a functionality of 3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takaaki Kaya, Tetsuya Kinumatsu, Toshifumi Mori, Ayako Okamoto, Kenji Aoki, Shuntaro Watanabe, Atsushi Tani, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 8771912
    Abstract: There is provided an emulsion coloring material which can be used on ordinary paper, has good color developability, and can be used for conventional erasable pens or printing inks of black or blue color, having sufficiently high densities. When use is made of an erasable emulsion coloring material capable of controlling color development and decolorization by the presence or absence of the interaction between a chromatic material and a color developer, the colored emulsion comprising a copolymer resin of at least one unit selected from styrene and styrene derivatives and at least one unit selected from an acrylic acid ester and a methacrylic acid ester having a substituent which comprises a carbon chain having 4 or more carbon atoms, coloring ability can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenji Sano, Satoshi Takayama, Takeshi Gotanda, Yumiko Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 8758968
    Abstract: To provide a toner, containing: a binder resin; a crystalline polyester resin; a colorant; and wax, wherein the toner has a fluidized powder characteristic value of 35% to 45%, and a BET specific surface area of 2.8 m2/g to 4 m2/g, and wherein the toner has an intensity ratio P2850/P828 of 0.10 to 0.20, where P2850 is an intensity of a peak at 2850 cm?1 which is attributed from the wax and the crystalline polyester resin, and P828 is an intensity of a peak at 828 cm?1 which is attributed from the binder resin, as measured by total reflectance infrared spectroscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiro Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Shinya Hanatani, Mamoru Hozumi, Osamu Uchinokura
  • Patent number: 8741520
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image forming toner including at least a linear polyester resin (b1) as a binder resin, wherein the linear polyester resin (b1) is obtained by reacting a polyester diol (b11) having a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton, with a polyester diol (b12) other than the polyester diol (b11) in the presence of a chain extending agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyoshi Sawada, Akihiro Kotsugai, Akiyoshi Sabu
  • Patent number: 8741517
    Abstract: A toner includes a binder including two different weight molecular weight resins, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein a gel permeation chromatogram (GPC) molecular weight distribution curve of the toner has a major peak (Mp) present in a range of about 1.0×104 to about 3.0×104 g/mol and a shoulder curve starting at 1.0×105 g/mol or more, and a storage modulus (G?) curve of the toner with respect to temperature has Ts, which is a temperature at which a storage modulus value begins to decrease, in a temperature range of about 50 to about 67° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyeong Pang, Jun-young Lee, Tae-hoe Koo, Su-bum Park, Ju-yeon Lee
  • Patent number: 8741532
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a toner process in which portion-wise addition of colorant(s) during particle formation is used to control the distribution of colorant within the toner particle, thereby enhancing A zone charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ke Zhou, Shigang Qiu, Kimberly Nosella, Cuong Vong
  • Patent number: 8741519
    Abstract: Provided is a toner having an excellent low-temperature fixability and hot offset resistance, a broad fixing temperature latitude in low-temperature areas to high-temperature areas, and a high heat-resistant storage stability. The toner includes toner particles having a core-shell structure in which a shell phase containing a resin A is formed on a core containing a binder resin, a colorant and a wax. In measurement of resin A by a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), the peak temperature TpA (° C.) of a maximum endothermic peak in the first temperature rise is at least 55° C. but not more than 80° C. In measurement of a viscoelasticity of resin A, the loss elastic modulus at TpA?10 (° C.) is at least 1×107 Pa but not more than 1×108 Pa. In measurement of the viscoelasticity of resin A, the loss elastic moduli at TpA (° C.), TpA+10 (° C.) and TpA+25 (° C.) satisfy specific conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuntaro Watanabe, Kenji Aoki, Tetsuya Kinumatsu, Takaaki Kaya, Atsushi Tani, Ayako Okamoto, Toshifumi Mori, Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Takashige Kasuya
  • Patent number: 8735042
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes: a release agent; a pigment; and a binder resin. The content of the pigment is from about 10% by weight to about 50% by weight, the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the toner is in the range of from about ?60° C. to about 20° C., and the Young's modulus at 20° C. is in the range of from about 1×100 MPa to about 1×103 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kamiwaki, Kiyohiro Yamanaka, Yusuke Ikeda, Koji Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20140141368
    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: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Masanori SUGAHARA, Toshiki TAKEMORI
  • Patent number: 8728696
    Abstract: A toner including a binder resin, a colorant, and a release agent is provided. The toner has a peak loss tangent (tan ?) value of 3 or more within a temperature range of 80 to 160° C. Here, the loss tangent (tan ?) is a ratio (G?/G?) of a loss elastic modulus (G?) to a storage elastic modulus (G?). The toner provides a good combination of low-temperature fixability, hot offset resistance, storage stability, coloring power and/or opacifying power, and gloss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Saori Yamada, Mitsuo Aoki, Hisashi Nakajima, Masashi Nagayama, Shigenori Yaguchi
  • Publication number: 20140134530
    Abstract: Two-component developer includes positively chargeable toner and a carrier. The carrier is formed of a carrier core and a coating layer that covers the carrier core. The coating layer includes one or more types of fluorine-containing resin selected from the group consisting of fluorine containing polyimide resin and fluorine containing polyamide-imide resin. The positively chargeable toner includes binder resin and a charge control agent. A content of the charge control agent is 1.0% by mass or higher and 5.0% by mass or lower relative to a mass of the toner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Noriaki SAKAMOTO
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8722294
    Abstract: A baroplastic includes a first resin with a first Tg; and a second resin with a second Tg that is lower than the first Tg by 20° C. or more, and has a photoreactive group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Hirakata, Fumiaki Mera, Hirofumi Shiozaki
  • Patent number: 8722301
    Abstract: A transparent electrostatic charge image developing toner satisfies the relationships of the following Formulas (1), (2), and (3) wherein Dt (?m) is a volume average particle diameter, upper GSDv is an upper volume particle size distribution index, and lower GSDp is a lower number particle size distribution index: 18?Dt?30;??Formula (1): 1.05?upper GSDv?1.20;??Formula (2): 1.29?lower GSDp?1.50??Formula (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Murakami, Satoshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8722297
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin binder for toners which contains a crystalline polyester which is produced by polycondensing at least an alcohol component containing an aliphatic diol having 2 to 12 carbon atoms and a carboxylic acid component containing an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid compound having 8 to 12 carbon atoms in an amount of from 70 to 100 mol %, wherein a content of a methyl ethyl ketone soluble component (at 20° C.) in the crystalline polyester is from 0.5 to 7% by weight on the basis of a weight of the crystalline polyester, and a difference between a melting point of the crystalline polyester and a peak top temperature observed in DSC measurement of the methyl ethyl ketone soluble component (“melting point of the crystalline polyester”?“peak top temperature observed in DSC measurement of the methyl ethyl ketone soluble component”) is within the range of from 1 to 15° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Shirai, Hiroki Kakiuchi
  • Patent number: 8697324
    Abstract: Environmentally friendly toner particles are provided which may include a bio-based amorphous polyester resin including camphoric acid, optionally in combination with a crystalline resin. Methods for providing these toners are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jordan H Wosnick, Valerie M Farrugia, Guerino G Sacripante
  • Patent number: 8691485
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides toners and methods for their production. In embodiments, the toner may include a core/shell configuration, with a non-crosslinked resin and a crosslinked resin in the core, with a second non-crosslinked resin in the shell, pigment/pigments and a wax possessing both branched and linear carbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel W. Asarese, Grazyna E. Kmiecik-Lawrynowicz, Samir Kumar, Maura A. Sweeney, Siddhesh N. Pawar, Robert D. Bayley