Polyester Backbone Binder (e.g., Condensation Reaction Product, Etc.) Patents (Class 430/109.4)
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20140170554
    Abstract: An electrophotographic toner contains an electron donating color former compound, an electron accepting color developing agent, and a binder resin, wherein a toluene insoluble content in the electrophotographic toner is 10% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less, and the toner is decolorized by heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayasu Aoki, Yasuhito Noda, Koji Imamiya, Tsuyoshi Itou, Noboru Furuyama
  • Patent number: 8750760
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a latent electrostatic image bearing member, a latent electrostatic image forming unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit and a fixing unit, wherein the fixing unit includes rotatable heating member heating the recording medium having the unfixed visible image, rotatable pressing member coming into contact with the rotatable heating member to form a nip portion, and an air separation member separating the recording medium from the rotatable heating member by air, the toner including toner base particles each including binder resin and releasing agent, the binder resin including crystalline polyester resin and non-crystalline resin, and ratio of W/R being 0.045 to 0.85, where W denotes peak height in spectrum of the crystalline polyester resin, R denotes peak height in spectrum of the non-crystalline resin, and each of the spectra is measured by total transmission method (KBr method) using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyo Shu
  • Patent number: 8748561
    Abstract: Provided is a dehydroabietic acid polymer including a skeleton of the following formula (A) as a repeating unit: wherein L represents a divalent organic group. Methods for producing the dehydroabietic acid polymer are also provided. The dehydroabietic acid polymer has high resistance against moisture and water and high impact resistance. The dehydroabietic acid polymer can also be produced from a rosin-derived natural product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Kozo Sato, Toshimitsu Sakuma
  • Patent number: 8741521
    Abstract: A toner containing toner particles, each toner particle containing: a releasing agent; a colorant; and a binder resin containing at least a crystalline polyester resin and a non-crystalline polyester resin, wherein in the case where a volume average particle diameter of the toner is defined as Dv, the toner contains a group of the toner particles having 4/5 Dv, and a group of the toner particles having 6/5 Dv, and wherein an endothermic value A of the crystalline polyester resin at a first temperature increase in DSC of the toner, an endothermic value B of the crystalline polyester resin at a first temperature increase in DSC of the group of the toner particle having 4/5 Dv, and an endothermic value C of the crystalline polyester resin at a first temperature increase in DSC of the group of the toner particles having 6/5 Dv satisfy the relation represented by the following formulas: 50<(B/A)×100<90, and 110<(C/A)×100<150.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Hozumi, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Naohiro Watanabe, Tomoyuki Satoh, Shinya Hanatani, Osamu Uchinokura, Kiwako Hirohara
  • Patent number: 8741529
    Abstract: An image forming method including forming an electrostatic latent image on an image bearing member; developing the electrostatic latent image using a color toner and a transparent toner to form a color toner image and a transparent toner image thereon; transferring the color toner image and the transparent toner image to a recording material; and fixing the color toner image and the transparent toner image on the recording material. The color toner includes a polyester resin and a colorant, and the loss tangent of the color toner has a maximum peak at a temperature of from 80° C. to 160° C., and is not greater than 3 at the maximum peak. The transparent toner includes a crystalline polyester resin, and the loss tangent of the transparent toner has a maximum peak at a temperature of from 80° C. to 160° C., and is not less than 3 at the maximum peak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Aoki, Hisashi Nakajima, Masashi Nagayama, Saori Yamada
  • 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: 8741522
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: a polyester resin that has a glass transition temperature of about 45° C. or higher and in which a proportion of repeating units derived from fumaric acid in repeating units derived from acid components is 10 mol % or greater and a proportion of repeating units derived from alkenylsuccinic acid in the repeating units derived from acid components is 10 mol % or greater; and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein a content of the photopolymerization initiator is from about 0.5% by weight to about 10% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Arima
  • Patent number: 8741518
    Abstract: A toner includes toner particles each containing a binder resin, a colorant, and a carboxy-containing styrene-based resin, in which the toner particles are produced in an aqueous medium, each of the toner particles has a styrene-acrylic-based resin component content of 50.0% by mass or more, cyclohexane-insoluble matter A obtained by subjecting the toner to Soxhlet extraction with cyclohexane for 4 hours is 70.0% by mass or more, and cyclohexane-insoluble matter B obtained by subjecting the toner to Soxhlet extraction with cyclohexane for 24 hours is 40.0% by mass or less, and wherein when the z-average molecular weight and the weight-average molecular weight of tetrahydrofuran-soluble matter of the carboxy-containing styrene-based resin determined by gel permeation chromatography measurement are represented by Mz and Mw, respectively, Mz and Mw satisfy the following expressions: 10,000?Mw?30,000, and 1.62?Mz/Mw?5.00.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideki Kaneko, Shinya Yachi, Kenichi Nakayama, Takeshi Kaburagi, Shiro Kuroki
  • Patent number: 8735039
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic image development containing at least a resin binder, the resin binder being composed of a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin, wherein the crystalline resin contains a crystalline polyester obtained by polycondensing an alcohol component containing an aliphatic diol having 2 to 10 carbon atoms and a carboxylic acid component containing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid compound and an aromatic tricarboxylic or higher polycarboxylic acid compound, wherein the crystalline polyester has a weight-average molecular weight of from 20,000 to 150,000, and wherein the crystalline resin and the amorphous resin are in a weight ratio, i.e. crystalline resin/amorphous resin, of from 55/45 to 95/5. The toner for electrostatic image development of the present invention can be suitably used in, for example, the development or the like of latent image formed in electrophotography, an electrostatic recording method, an electrostatic printing method, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hidaka
  • Patent number: 8735037
    Abstract: A toner obtained by a method for producing a toner, which includes dissolving or dispersing in an organic solvent a toner material containing at least a binder resin, and a dispersion liquid of a crystalline polyester resin, so as to prepare a solution or dispersion liquid of the toner material, emulsifying or dispersing the solution or dispersion liquid of the toner material in an aqueous medium, so as to prepare an emulsion or dispersion liquid, and removing the organic solvent from the emulsion or dispersion liquid, wherein the crystalline polyester resin is localized near a surface of the toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamashita, Masaki Watanabe, Tomoki Murayama
  • Patent number: 8735040
    Abstract: To provide a toner including at least a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the binder resin has two glass transition temperatures Tg1 and Tg2 in a differential scanning calorimetry at a heating speed of 5° C./min, the glass transition temperature Tg1 is ?20° C. to 20° C., and the glass transition temperature Tg2 is 35° C. to 65° C., wherein the binder resin comprises a polyester skeleton and a ring-containing skeleton molecule at ends thereof, and wherein the binder resin is obtained by block copolymerization of: a polyester skeleton A which includes a structural unit obtained by dehydration condensation of a hydroxycarboxylic acid in a repeating structure; and a skeleton B which does not include a structural unit obtained by dehydration condensation of a hydroxycarboxylic acid in a repeating structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Suzuka Amemori, Masahide Yamada, Yoshihiro Moriya, Taichi Nemoto, Yukiko Nakajima, Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Daiki Yamashita, Keiji Makabe, Akiyoshi Sabu
  • Patent number: 8735034
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic image development containing toner matrix particles having at least a resin binder and a colorant, and an external additive, the external additive having composite oxide particles (an external additive A) that have titania and silica, wherein the external additive A has a core-shell structure in which a core portion has the titania and a shell portion has the silica, wherein the titania is present in the external additive A in an amount of from 75 to 95% by weight, and the resin binder comprising a polyester obtained by polycondensing a carboxylic acid component comprising an isophthalic acid compound and an alcohol component (a polyester A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Masahito Yamazaki, Satoshi Kunii
  • Patent number: 8735038
    Abstract: A toner for non-contacting fusing containing toner matrix particles containing a resin binder and an external additive having an average particle size of from 10 to 100 nm, wherein the external additive is externally added to the toner matrix particles, wherein the resin binder contains one or more polyesters, wherein a carboxylic acid component of the polyester contains one or more isophthalic acid compounds and one or more fumaric acid/maleic acid compounds, wherein the isophthalic acid compound is contained in an amount of from 10 to 35% by weight, the fumaric acid/maleic acid compound is contained in an amount of from 1 to 15% by weight, and the isophthalic acid compound and the fumaric acid/maleic acid compound are contained in a total amount of from 20 to 36% by weight, of a total amount of the entire raw material monomers of the polyester in the resin binder, and wherein the toner has a softening point of from 90° to 120° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Kunii, Masahito Yamazaki, Takashi Kubo
  • 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: 20140141369
    Abstract: A resin composed of a particular polymer, the particular polymer including a repeating unit containing a structure derived from a dehydroabietic acid, a specific structural unit, and a specific aromatic ring-containing structural unit in the main chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi HOSOKAWA, Kiyotaka FUKAGAWA
  • 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: 20140134532
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a toner core including at least a binder resin and a shell layer configured to cover the toner core. The shell layer includes an inner layer and an outer layer. A difference obtained by subtracting a SP value of a material for the inner layer from a SP value of the binder resin, ?SP1, is 0.3 or larger and 1.4 or lower. A difference obtained by subtracting a SP value of a material for the outer layer from the SP value of the material for the inner layer, ?SP2, is 0.5 or larger and 1.6 or lower. The ?SP1 is below the ?SP2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Syo SUMIOKA
  • 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: 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: 8722299
    Abstract: Processes for producing emulsion aggregation toners are provided. In embodiments, methods of the present disclosure may be utilized to produce toners suitable for low melt applications, including use in flexible packaging applications, where low pile height is desired for low cost and flexibility. In embodiments, the EA toners may include small particles having a shell with a high amount of resin, which optimizes the charging characteristics of the toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Guerino G. Sacripante, Maria Jimena Loureiro, Cuong Vong, Richard P. N. Veregin, Michael S. Hawkins, Edward Graham Zwartz
  • Patent number: 8722296
    Abstract: The invention provides a toner for electrostatic image development having a binder resin containing a amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline polyester resin, and a coloring agent, and satisfying the following relationship (1): SP(L)>SP(H)>SP(C)??(1) wherein SP(H) is the solubility parameter of a resin contained in an elution fraction F (0-10) from the beginning of elution of W1 until 10% of elution of W1 when W1 is the whole area of an elution curve on a gel permeation chromatograph measured for an acetone-soluble fraction; SP(L) is the solubility parameter of a resin contained in an elution fraction F (80-100) from 80% to 100% of the elution of W1; and SP(C) is the solubility parameter of the crystalline polyester resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Mizutani, Shinya Nakashima, Takeshi Iwanaga, Takafumi Koide, Susumu Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20140127621
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polyester resin containing the polycondensation product of (a) at least one diacid, acid ester, or diester, and (b) at least two diols. The at least two diols include a disproportionated rosin diol and 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane. Also disclosed is a toner composition having particles which include the disclosed polyester resin. Further disclosed is a method of preparing the disclosed polyester resin, and a method of forming toner particles that includes the disclosed polyester resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ke ZHOU, Guerino G. SACRIPANTE, Yulin WANG, Michael D'AMATO
  • Patent number: 8715898
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developer includes a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image, containing toner particles including a polyester resin having a rosin skeleton and an external additive, and a carrier having core material particles and a coating resin layer which coats the surface of the core material particles, in which the hardness of the coating resin layer is from 1.2 times to 2.0 times that of the toner particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Yanagida
  • Publication number: 20140120465
    Abstract: A method for producing a toner for electrostatic image development including the step of melt-kneading a mixture containing a resin binder and a wax, wherein the resin binder contains an amorphous polyester (A) obtained by polycondensing an alcohol component containing an aliphatic diol (a) having 3 or 4 carbon atoms, the aliphatic diol having a hydroxyl group bonded to a secondary carbon atom, and an aliphatic diol (b) containing one or more ?,?-linear alkanediols having 2, 4, 6 or 8 carbon atoms, and a carboxylic acid component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Shogo WATANABE, Takeshi ASHIZAWA, Takashi KUBO, Norihiro HIRAI
  • Patent number: 8709692
    Abstract: A polyester resin for a toner is a polycondensate of a carboxylic acid component and an alcohol component including rosin diol that is represented by the following formula (1) and has an alicyclic structure (alicyclic alcohol), wherein R1 and R2 each independently represents hydrogen or a methyl group, L1 represents a divalent linking group having an alicyclic structure, L2 and L3 each independently represents a divalent linking group selected from a group consisting of a carbonyl group, a carboxyl group, an ether group, a sulfonyl group, a chain-like alkylene group which may have a substituent, a cyclic alkylene group, a phenylene group, and combinations thereof, and A1 and A2 represent a rosin ester group, provided that a divalent linking group having the alicyclic structure represented by L1 may be a divalent linking group having an alicyclic structure formed through linking with any of R1, R2, L2 or L3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Emi Miyata, Sumiaki Yamasaki, Yuki Sasaki, Satoshi Hiraoka, Hirofumi Shiozaki
  • Patent number: 8709693
    Abstract: A polyester resin for a toner is a polycondensate of a dicarboxylic acid component and an alcohol component including rosin diol that is represented by the following formula (1), and has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from 40000 to 150000, and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of from 12 to 25: wherein, R1 and R2 each independently represents hydrogen or a methyl group; L1, L2, and L3 each independently represents a divalent linking group selected from a group consisting of a carbonyl group, a carboxyl group, an ether group, a sulfonyl group, a chain-like alkylene group which may have a substituent, a cyclic alkylene group which may have a substituent, an arylene group which may have a substituent, and combinations thereof, and L1 and L2 or L1 and L3 may form a ring; and A1 and A2 represent a rosin ester group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sumiaki Yamasaki, Yuki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8709691
    Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes an aliphatic polyester resin and a polyester resin having a repeating unit derived from rosin diol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Matsuoka, Yuki Sasaki, Sumiaki Yamasaki, Satoshi Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 8703377
    Abstract: Disclosed is a toner which comprises particles comprising: (a) a core comprising: (1) a first resin; and (2) a first conductive colorant; and (b) a shell comprising: (1) a second resin; and (2) a second conductive colorant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Richard P. N. Veregin, Kimberly D Nosella, Cuong Vong, Abdisamed Sheik-Qasim, Melanie Davis, Suxia Yang, Majid Kamel-Kasmaei, Paul J Gerroir
  • Patent number: 8703380
    Abstract: A process comprising: contacting at least one bio-based amorphous polyester resin with an optional plasticizer to form a pre-blend mixture; neutralizing the pre-blend mixture with a neutralizing agent; contacting the pre-blend mixture with a surfactant; melt-mixing the pre-blend mixture; contacting the melt-mixed mixture with de-ionized water to form an oil in water emulsion possessing a latex; and recovering the latex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Coporation
    Inventors: Shigang S Qiu, Santiago Faucher, Fumii Higuchi, Guerino G Sacripante
  • Patent number: 8703376
    Abstract: A toner, wherein a binder resin contains a polyester resin (A) produced by polycondensing an alcohol component with a carboxylic acid component which contains a rosin compound in an amount of 5% by mass or more of the total amount by mass of the alcohol component and the carboxylic acid component, and a polyester resin (B) produced by polycondensing an alcohol component containing an alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A represented by General Formula (1) given below with a carboxylic acid component, and wherein the toner contains abietic acid in an amount of 0.01% by mass to 1% by mass: where R1 and R2 each represent C2-C4 alkylene; R3 and R4 are each any one of a hydrogen atom, C1-C6 straight-chain alkyl, and C1-C6 branched-chain alkyl; and x and y each represent a positive integer and the sum of x and y is 1 to 16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Saori Yamada, Shinya Nakayama, Hisashi Nakajima, Mitsuo Aoki, Hyo Shu, Hiroyuki Kishida
  • Patent number: 8703375
    Abstract: To provide a toner A containing: base particles, each containing polyester, microcrystalline wax, and a colorant; and spherical silica particles having an average primary particle diameter of 100 nm to 150 nm, wherein the microcrystalline wax has an onset temperature of 45° C. to 60° C. as determined by DSC, and a carbon number distribution of 25 to 55.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohito Shimota, Takahiro Honda, Tsuneyasu Nagatomo, Ryuta Chiba
  • Publication number: 20140106275
    Abstract: An electrostatic-image developing toner contains an amorphous polyester resin that has repeating units having a backbone derived from dehydroabietic acid in a main chain thereof and that has a weight average molecular weight of about 30,000 to about 80,000; and at least one of a crystalline polyester resin containing a dicarboxylic acid (C10) and a diol (C9) as polymerization components and a crystalline polyester resin containing a dicarboxylic acid (C9) and a diol (C10) as polymerization components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shigeru SEITOKU
  • Publication number: 20140106274
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a toner resin comprising a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane moiety that may be used in manufacturing an emulsion aggregation (EA) toner for imaging devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Valerie Farrugia, Kimberly Nosella
  • 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
  • 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: 20140099578
    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: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yojiro Hotta, Shuhei Moribe, Kosuke Fukudome, Satoshi Mita, Kazuo Terauchi, Tetsuya Ida
  • Publication number: 20140099579
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles having a core that includes a block copolymer of a crystalline polyester block and an amorphous polyester block, and a shell that covers the core and includes an amorphous polyester resin having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, and of which a surface layer part includes a crosslinked product of the amorphous polyester resin having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Shinpei TAKAGI, Soichiro KITAGAWA, Shinya SAKAMOTO, Tomohiro SHINYA
  • Patent number: 8691487
    Abstract: An electrophotographic toner contains an electron donating color former compound, an electron accepting color developing agent, and a binder resin, wherein a toluene insoluble content in the electrophotographic toner is 10% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less, and the toner is decolorized by heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayasu Aoki, Yasuhito Noda, Koji Imamiya, Tsuyoshi Itou, Noboru Furuyama
  • Patent number: 8691486
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner including a toner particle (C), wherein the toner particle (C) has a structure in which a resin particle (A) containing at least a first resin (a) or a coated film (P) containing the first resin (a) is attached to a surface of a resin-containing particle (B) containing a second resin (b), and wherein the resin (b) includes a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton, and the resin (a) is a polyester resin containing a polybasic acid and a polyhydric alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Inoue, Akihiro Kotsugai, Akiyoshi Sabu, Shingo Sakashita, Yukiko Nakajima, Keiko Osaka
  • Patent number: 8685602
    Abstract: There is provided a toner for electrophotography containing at least a binder resin, a colorant and a barium compound, and having a relaxation modulus G(t) of from about 2.0×102 Pa to about 3.0×103 Pa in a relaxation time of t=10×Dt (wherein Dt is the heating time taken during fixing) as determined by the measurement of dynamic viscoelasticity, and a barium content of from about 0.1% to about 0.5% with respect to the total amount of constituent atoms in the toner as determined by X-ray fluorescence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuka Ishihara, Emi Takahashi, Masahiro Okita
  • Patent number: 8685604
    Abstract: A toner including a colorant and a first binder resin is provided. The first binder resin has first and second glass transition points at a temperature Tg1 of ?20 to 20° C. and a temperature Tg2 of 35 to 65° C., respectively, measured by a differential scanning calorimeter at a heating rate of 5° C./min. A ratio h1/h2 of a baseline displacement h1 observed in the first glass transition point to a baseline displacement h2 observed in the second glass transition point is less than 1.0. The first binder resin has a structure in which a first phase is dispersed in a second phase. The first and second phases consist of portions having larger and smaller phase difference values, respectively, than an intermediate value between maximum and minimum phase difference values in a binarized phase image obtained by an atomic force microscope with a tapping mode method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Moriya, Masahide Yamada, Taichi Nemoto, Yukiko Nakajima, Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Daiki Yamashita, Keiji Makabe, Akiyoshi Sabu, Suzuka Amemori
  • Patent number: 8685606
    Abstract: Disclosed is a toner for electrostatic image development that satisfies both low-temperature fixing ability and excellent high-temperature storage stability, achieves excellent charge property and shatter resistance, and consequently can form a high-quality image even by a high-performance machine such as a high-speed machine. The toner is composed of toner particles obtained by forming a shell layer containing a styrene-acryl-modified polyester resin on the surface of each of core particles comprising a binder resin containing at least a styrene-acrylic resin. The styrene-acryl-modified polyester resin is obtained bonding a styrene-acrylic polymer segment to a terminal of a polyester segment, and the content of the styrene-acrylic polymer segment in the styrene-acryl-modified polyester resin is 5% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Junya Onishi, Shiro Hirano, Satoshi Uchino, Noboru Ueda, Shinya Obara
  • Patent number: 8685608
    Abstract: A two-component developer includes: a toner; a carrier having a surface energy of from about 23 dyne/cm to about 37 dyne/cm; and an external additive having a shape factor SF1 of from about 130 to about 150 and a number-average particle diameter of from about 80 nm to about 1 ?m; and an existence ratio A of the external additive on a surface of the toner and an existence ratio B of the external additive on a surface of the carrier satisfying the relationship of the following Expression 1: 0.04?B/A?0.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sakon Takahashi, Motoko Sakai, Yutaka Saito, Katsuyuki Kitajima
  • Patent number: 8679714
    Abstract: A toner including: a first binder resin; a colorant; a releasing agent; and a crystalline organic compound, wherein the first binder resin contains an amorphous polyester resin (a) having a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton derived from optically active monomers in a part of a main chain of the amorphous polyester resin, and the polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton has an optical purity X, calculated on the monomer basis, of 80% or less, and the optical purity X is determined from the equation, Optical Purity X (%)=|X(L-form)?X(D-form)| wherein the crystalline organic compound is any one of a crystalline polyester resin (b) and a crystalline low molecular compound having a melting point of 60° C. to 100° C., and being selected from a group consisting of fatty acid having 16 to 24 carbon atoms, alcohol having 16 to 24 carbon atoms, a fatty acid ester compound, and aliphatic carboxylic acid amide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Inoue, Akihiro Kotsugai, Yoshihiro Moriya, Akiyoshi Sabu, Shingo Sakashita, Keiko Osaka, Yukiko Nakajima, Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Daiki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8679717
    Abstract: A binder resin for a toner containing a vinyl resin (A), a non-crystalline polyester resin (SN) and a saturated crystalline polyester resin (SC), in which the content of the vinyl resin (A) is equal to or more than 65 mass % and equal to or less than 95 mass %, based on the total content of 100 mass % of (A), (SN) and (SC), (A) is composed of a carboxyl group-containing vinyl resin (C), a glycidyl group-containing vinyl resin (E) and a reaction product of the vinyl resins, the ester group concentration of (SC) is equal to or more than 10.0 mmol/g and equal to or less than 13.5 mmol/g, (SN) is dispersed in an island form in (A) and (SC) is contained in the island phase of (SN), and the metal component (M) containing at least one kind selected from the group consisting of Zn, Ca, Mg, Al and Ba (excluding metal oxide) is contained at least in (SC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsuoka, Hiroyuki Takei, Linwood Blanton Muire, III
  • Patent number: 8679718
    Abstract: A toner including a mother particle and an external additive is provided. The mother particle includes a core including a crystalline polyester, an amorphous polyester, a colorant, and a release agent; and a shell including resin particles. A deformation amount H1 of the toner compressed by a pressure of 0.5 mN under a temperature of 25° C. is between 0.2 and 1.5 ?m. A difference D between the deformation amount H1 and a deformation amount H2 of the toner compressed by a pressure of 0.5 mN under a temperature of 50° C. is between 0.0 and 1.0 ?m. A surface roughness Ra of the toner melted at 90° C. is between 0.02 and 0.40 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideki Sugiura
  • 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: 20140080050
    Abstract: Toner contains a binder resin, wherein the binder resin contains a block copolymer A containing a crystalline segment X and a non-crystalline segment Y, wherein the toner has a thermo-mechanical analysis (TMA) compressive deformation amount (TMA %) of 10% or less at 50° C. and a relative humidity of 90%, wherein the toner has a spin-spin relaxation time (t130) of 10 ms or greater at 130° C. as measured by pulse nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), wherein the toner has a spin-spin relaxation time (t?70) of 1 ms or less at 70° C. as measured by pulse NMR when descending from 130° C. to 70° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Daisuke Asahina, Hiroshi Yamashita, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Taichi Nemoto, Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Susumu Chiba