Core-shell Structure Patents (Class 430/110.2)
  • Patent number: 8999619
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic latent image development is comprised toner particles containing toner core particle containing at least a binder resin and a shell layer coating the toner core particle. The shell layer is smoothened to a predetermined level. The average particle diameter of the resin fine particles is from 45 nm to 300 nm. And, when cross-sections of the toner particles are observed using a transmission electron microscope, cracks approximately perpendicular to surfaces of the toner core particles are observable inside the shell layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Moriyama, Yukinori Nakayama, Takeo Mizobe, Takanori Tanaka, Hiroki Uemura
  • Patent number: 8999620
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic latent image development, containing toner particles composed of toner core particle containing at least a binder resin and a shell layer coating the toner core particle. Average circularities D4 to D7 of toner particles within predetermined particle diameter ranges are each no less than 0.960, the difference (Dmax?Dmin) between a maximum value Dmax among D4 to D7 and a minimum value Dmin among D4 to D7 is no greater than 0.015. The shell layer is smoothened to a predetermined level. And, cracks in a direction approximately perpendicular to a surface of the toner core particles are observable inside the shell layer when cross-section of the toner particle is observed using a transmission electron microscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takanori Tanaka, Yukinori Nakayama, Hiroaki Moriyama, Takeo Mizobe, Hiroki Uemura
  • Patent number: 8986916
    Abstract: A yellow toner including: a non-crystalline resin; C.I. Pigment Yellow 185; and a releasing agent, wherein the yellow toner has a glass transition temperature of more than 18° C. but less than 40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamashita, Masana Shiba, Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Yukari Fukuda, Daisuke Asahina, Rintaro Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 8986915
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a toner includes at least one encapsulated particle containing a color developable compound, color developer and a color eraser and polymeric particles. The at least one encapsulated particle and the polymeric particles being aggregated and fused in dispersion liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahito Kabai, Tsuyoshi Itou
  • Patent number: 8980515
    Abstract: A magnetic toner for electrostatic latent image development includes toner particles containing toner core particle containing at least a binder resin and a magnetic powder, and a shell layer coating the toner core particle. In the toner, in the case where the surfaces of the shell layers are observed using a scanning electron microscope, the magnetic powder is not observed, and approximately spherical particles derived from the resin fine particles are not observed on the surfaces of the shell layers for toner particles having a particle diameter in a specific range. In the toner, in the case where the cross-sectional surfaces of the toner particles are observed using a transmission electron microscope, cracks approximately perpendicular to surfaces of the toner core particles are observed inside the shell layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takeo Mizobe, Yukinori Nakayama, Hiroaki Moriyama, Takanori Tanaka, Hiroki Uemura
  • Patent number: 8980514
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic latent image development is comprised toner particles containing toner core particle containing at least a binder resin and a shell layer coating the toner core particle. The shell layer is smoothened to a predetermined level. And, when cross-sections of the toner particles are observed using a transmission electron microscope, cracks approximately perpendicular to surfaces of the toner core particles are observable inside the shell layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yukinori Nakayama, Hiroaki Moriyama, Takeo Mizobe, Takanori Tanaka, Hiroki Uemura
  • Patent number: 8980517
    Abstract: A toner having good development durability, storage stability, environmental stability, and low-temperature fixability is provided. The toner contains toner particles each including a surface layer that contains an organic silicon polymer. The organic silicon polymer contains a unit having a specific structure. The average thickness Dav. of the surface layers is a specific value and the silicon concentration determined by ESCA is 2.5% or more. The toner has a shape factor SF-2 of 140 or more and 260 or less and an average circularity of 0.970 or more and 0.990 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shintaro Kawaguchi, Katsuyuki Nonaka, Koji Abe, Naoya Isono, Yuhei Terui, Taiji Katsura, Akira Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 8980516
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image development toner contains a plurality of toner particles. The plurality of toner particles are each formed to have resin particulates in a surface layer. The resin particulates each include a particulate core and a coating layer covering the particulate core. The particulate core contains a quaternary ammonium salt functional group-containing resin. The coating layer contains one or more resins selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic resins and styrene-(meth)acrylic resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Seiji Kikushima
  • Publication number: 20150072283
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a pigment of certain surface area for use in toner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin F. Marcell, Maria M. Barden, Kimberly Anne Stoll, Christopher M. Wolfe, Brian J. Andaya
  • Patent number: 8974993
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a toner design for a clear UV red fluorescence toner having a high lanthanide complex pigment loading, including methods of making the fluorescence toner using a saccharide or a sugar acid to avoid complexation of lanthanide ions from the pigment, with lower aggregation and coalescence temperatures in the preparation of toner particles, where the particles exhibit a narrow size distribution and good xerographic performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Roxan Richards-Johnson, Jordan H Wosnick, Karen A Moffat, Edward Graham Zwartz, Britawit Asfaw, Richard P N Veregin, Cuong Vong, Eric Rotberg
  • Patent number: 8968976
    Abstract: A method for regenerating a carrier core material for electrophotography, including: treating a carrier for electrophotography including a carrier core material for electrophotography and a coating layer on a surface of the carrier core material for electrophotography with an aqueous solution including an oxidant in a subcritical state or a supercritical state having a temperature of 280° C. or greater and a density of 0.20 g/cm3 or greater, wherein an amount of the oxidant in a total amount of the aqueous solution used in the treating is greater than 0.05 parts by mass with respect to 1 part by mass of the carrier for electrophotography to be treated in the treating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., National University Corporation Shizuoka University
    Inventors: Takayuki Shimizu, Kazumi Ohtaki, Shinichiro Yagi, Takeshi Sako, Idzumi Okajima
  • Publication number: 20150030978
    Abstract: A magnetic toner for developing an electrostatic latent image of the present disclosure includes toner particles each having a toner core containing a binder resin and a magnetic powder, and a shell layer coating a surface of the toner core. The shell layer contains a unit derived from a monomer of a thermosetting resin and a unit derived from a thermoplastic resin. The thermosetting resin is one or more resins selected from the group of amino resins consisting of a melamine resin, a urea resin, and a glyoxal resin. The amount of iron eluted from the toner core (iron concentration in a filtrate) measured by a specified method is 10 mg/L or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshio OZAWA, Toshiki TAKEMORI, Masanori SUGAHARA, Hiroaki MORIYAMA, Masashi TAMAGAKI
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8936895
    Abstract: To provide a toner, which contains: base particles each having a core-shell structure, where a core of the base particle contains crystalline polyester, non-crystalline polyester, a colorant, and a releasing agent, and a shell of the base particle contain a resin, wherein the toner has thermal hardness of 0.5 to 1.8, wherein the toner has a softening index of 80° C. to 95° C., and wherein the toner has thermal retentiveness of 30° C. to 50° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideki Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20150010861
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes hyperpigmented toner compositions containing a mixture of insulative color pigments, which toners exhibit reduced dielectric loss and improved tribo-charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Richard P.N. Veregin, Daryl W. Vanbesien, Suxia Yang, Majid Kamel, Cuong Vong
  • Patent number: 8916320
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Shigang Qiu, Richard P N Veregin, Kimberly D Nosella, Santiago Faucher, Cuong Vong, Enno E Agur
  • Publication number: 20140370430
    Abstract: A toner particle includes a core containing a styrene-based resin; a low melting point wax; optionally an additive package; and optionally a colorant, wherein the low melting point wax has a melting point of less than about 80° C. A method of making a toner particle includes forming a slimy by mixing together an emulsion containing a resin, a low melting point wax, optionally a colorant, optionally a surfactant, optionally a coagulant, and one or more additional optional additives; and heating the slurry to form aggregated particles in the slurry, wherein the aggregated particles form a core of the toner particles; and the low melting point wax has a melting point of less than about 80° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Grazyna E. KMIECIK-LAWRYNOWICZ, Samir KUMAR, Robert D. BAYLEY, Maura A. SWEENEY
  • Patent number: 8906588
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner is provided which includes a core particle that contains an amorphous polyester resin and a colorant; and a shell layer that covers the core particle and contains a polystyrene resin, wherein a softening temperature Ma of the shell layer and a softening temperature Mb of the core particle satisfy a relationship of 10° C.?Ma-Mb?45° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Shinya, Shinpei Takagi, Soichiro Kitagawa, Shinya Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20140356776
    Abstract: A toner particle includes a core including at least one resin, optionally a wax, and a colorant, and a shell comprising at least one charge control agent. The core is substantially free of the charge control agent. The toner particle has improved charging performance compared with core-shell toner particles having the charge control agent in the core of the toner particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: ROBERT D. BAYLEY, MAURA A. SWEENEY, GRAZYNA E. KMIECIK-LAWRYNOWICZ, SHIGANG STEVEN QIU, TIE HWEE NG
  • 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: 8889330
    Abstract: A toner including a mother toner particle having a core-shell structure formed of a core containing a binder resin, a coloring agent, and an optional releasing agent, and a shell having a layer thickness of from 0.01 to 2.00 ?m, the core having a softening index of from 60 to 85° C. as measured by a flow tester, and the shell having a thermal hardness of from 0.7 to 1.8 m, and an optional external additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Sugiura, Yuka Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20140335451
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to toner particles having an increased surface hardness, and toners comprising said toner particles. More specifically, the present embodiments relate to toner particles having an average surface hardness of from about 130 mPa to about 250 mPa, comprising a core surrounded by a shell, wherein the shell comprises a crystalline resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joo T. Chung, Jay L. Schneider, Chieh-Min Cheng, Christopher Wolfe, Angela Schnuerch
  • Patent number: 8877414
    Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner including: a toner matrix particle having an adhering particle adhered onto the surface of a central particle, wherein a volume average value of a ratio X of a peripheral length PM to a circle-corresponding diameter D is from 3.6 to 5.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sugawara, Shinpei Takagi, Atsushi Sugitate, Daisuke Noguchi
  • Patent number: 8871417
    Abstract: To provide a toner comprising: a binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein the toner has a core shell structure, and wherein the core contains at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a hybrid resin and a polyester resin, where the hybrid resin is a resin in which a polyester resin and a vinyl resin are chemically bonded to each other, and the shell contains a resin prepared by polymerizing at least a styrene monomer and an ester monomer represented by the following General Formula (1): where, ‘n’ is 2 or 3, ‘X’ is any of 0 to 9, R1 is a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group, and R2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a phenyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoharu Miki, Takuya Kadota, Yoshihiro Mikuriya, Tsuyoshi Nozaki, Atsushi Yamamoto, Yoshimichi Ishikawa, Tomohiro Fukao
  • Patent number: 8871418
    Abstract: A toner containing: a core containing at least a first binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent; and a shell containing at least a second binder resin; wherein the toner has a core-shell structure, and has a softening index of 86° C. to 95° C. and a thermal hardness of 0.7 to 1.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Sugiura, Yuka Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 8865383
    Abstract: A toner comprising an amorphous polyester, a crystalline polyester that is forming domains in the toner, and a colorant that is being dispersed at least in the domains of the crystalline polyester. The toner may be obtained by dispersing an oil phase including the amorphous polyester or a precursor capable of producing the amorphous polyester, the crystalline polyester, the colorant, and an organic solvent, in an aqueous medium to prepare an O/W dispersion, the oil phase; and removing the organic solvent from the O/W dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumi Suzuki, Tatsuya Morita, Shingo Sakashita, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20140308611
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a toner capable of being fixed at low energy and forming an image with high resistance to external forces, such as rubbing and scratching. The object is achieved by a toner including toner particles that contain a binder resin and a colorant, a sea-island structure including a sea portion composed of the crystalline resin C serving as a main component and island portions composed of the amorphous resin A serving as a main component is observed at the observation of a cross section of each of the toner particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Tsutomu Shimano, Shintaro Noji, Hitoshi Itabashi
  • Publication number: 20140302435
    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: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicants: National Research Council of Canada ("NRC"), XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: RICHARD P. VEREGIN, Qingbin Li, Andriy Kovalenko, Sergey Gusarov, Darren Makeiff, Valerie Farrugia, Michael S. Hawkins
  • Patent number: 8846285
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a toner for developing electrostatic images, which prevents a decrease in toner charge amount in the environment of high temperature and high humidity, prevents occurrence of fog and has excellent flowability. Provided is a toner for developing electrostatic images, comprising an external additive and colored resin particles comprising a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the external additive is core-shell type complex fine particles in which resin fine particles are covered with at least one inorganic component selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, titania and zirconia, and the volume ratio of the inorganic component of the core-shell type complex fine particles is 45 to 75% by volume when the total volume of the core-shell type complex fine particles is 100% by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Zeon Corporation
    Inventors: Takeru Chiba, Hisashi Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20140272702
    Abstract: A method of making toner particles that includes forming a pre-shell aggregate mixture by adding to a reactor pre-shell aggregate ingredients, the includes a latex resin, the reactor having a mixing impeller and a heating jacket; performing pre-shell aggregation while homogenizing the pre-shell aggregate mixture with the impeller at an initial tip speed to form pre-shell aggregates; decreasing the tip speed to a second tip speed when the pre-shell aggregates reach a target intermediate average particle diameter; and then decreasing the tip speed at one or more intervals between when the pre-shell aggregates reach the target intermediate average particle diameter and when the pre-shell aggregates reach a target final average particle diameter so that the tip speed meets the following formula: tip speed=1644ft/min?204.9(ft/(min*?m))*average particle diameter(?m).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juan A. MORALES-TIRADO, Mark A. JACKSON
  • Publication number: 20140272701
    Abstract: A toner composition includes toner particles containing a resin; an optional wax; and an optional colorant, wherein the resin is a three latex system including a latex core, a latex shell, and a latex gel; and a glass transition temperature Tg of the latex core is lower than a glass transition temperature Tg of the latex shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Grazyna E. KMIECIK-LAWRYNOWICZ, Maura A. SWEENEY, Daniel W. ASARESE, Robert D. BAYLEY
  • Publication number: 20140272697
    Abstract: A method of making a toner composition includes preparing raw toner particles, increasing a surface area of the raw toner particles by contacting the raw toner particles with a base to produce base-treated raw toner particles, and mixing the base-treated raw toner particles with at least one surface additive such that the at least one surface additive attaches to a surface of the base-treated raw toner particles to obtain blended toner particles. A toner composition includes blended toner particles containing base-treated raw toner particles, and at least one surface additive attached to a surface of the base-treated raw toner particles, wherein a ratio of a triboelectric charge of the blended toner composition to a triboelectric charge of the base-treated raw toner particles is from about 0.8 to about 1.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juan A. MORALES-TIRADO, Blaise LUZOLO
  • Patent number: 8828635
    Abstract: A toner including a resin particle (C) is provided. The resin particle (C) includes a resin particle (B) and a resin particle (A). The resin particle (B) includes a resin (b). The resin particle (A) or covering layer (P) includes a resin (a). The resin particle (A) or covering layer (P) is adhered to a surface of the resin particle (B). The resin (a) is a polyester resin. The resin (a) has a total acid value of 15 to 36 mgKOH/g. The resin particle (A) or covering layer (P) has a surface acid value of 10 to 27 mgKOH/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Moriya, Shinya Nakayama, Atsushi Yamamoto, Hideyuki Santo, Akiyoshi Sabu, Yukiko Nakajima, Daiki Yamashita
  • 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: 8822121
    Abstract: A toner to develop an electrostatic charge image, a toner supply device employing the toner, an apparatus to form an image employing the toner, and a method of forming an image using the toner are provided. The toner includes at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent. By using the binder resin including a combination of a reduced molar weight binder resin, an increased molar weight binder resin, and the releasing agent having an effecdtive compatibility with the binder resin together, the toner has accurately-controlled dynamic viscoelastic properties represented by a loss tangent. The toner to develop an electrostatic charge image according to an embodiment has development stability, development lifetime, fixability, charging stability, gloss, an anti-offset property, and heat storage ability at predetermined levels or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyeong Pang, Tae-hoe Koo, Su-bum Park, Yo-da Shin, Seung-jun Lee, Hae-ree Joo, Jun-young Lee
  • Patent number: 8805224
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: a heating member which heats a toner image on a recording medium using a decolorizable toner containing a coloring agent containing a color developable compound and a color developing agent and having a capsule structure covered with an outer shell; a pressing member which is in press contact with the heating member to form a nip portion and nips and conveys the recording medium in cooperation with the heating member; a temperature control section which controls the temperature of the heating member to a temperature not higher than the density maintaining threshold temperature and not lower than the melting threshold temperature; and a conveyance control section which controls the conveying speed of the recording medium such that a time required for the recording medium to pass through the nip portion is 100 msec or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koji Imamiya
  • Patent number: 8790857
    Abstract: Disclosed is a toner obtained by coating surfaces of core particles including at least a binder resin having a carboxyl group and a coloring agent with successive coatings of a water-soluble crosslinking agent capable of crosslinking with a carboxyl group and a water-soluble polymer having a carboxyl group, which have been successively applied on the core particles and crosslinked with each other. The thus-formed toner is provided with a good harmony of favorable fixability represented by a low lowest fixable temperature and favorable storage stability represented by little aggregation after standing at 50° C. for 8 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Itou, Motonari Udo, Kazuhisa Takeda, Takayasu Aoki, Masahiro Ikuta, Takafumi Hara
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20140199623
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a process to produce toner with tunable gloss levels comprising a stabilizer to freeze particle growth following aggregation, where the stabilizer does not chelate metal ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yulin Wang, Ke Zhou, Tie Hwee Ng, Edward Graham Zwartz, Cuong Vong, Shigang Qiu
  • Patent number: 8778586
    Abstract: A toner used for electrostatic latent image development which is excellent in fixing separability with maintaining sufficient low temperature fixability even in a high-speed machine and is also superior in crashing resistance, comprising toner particles, each comprising a core particle and a shell layer provided on the surface of the core particle, wherein the core particle comprises a binder resin containing a styrene-acrylic resin and a first styrene-acrylic modified polyester, and the shell comprises a second styrene-acrylic modified polyester resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Obara, Tatsuya Nagase, Noboru Ueda, Junya Onishi, Tatsuya Fujisaki, Kenshi Miyajima
  • Patent number: 8765218
    Abstract: The presently disclosed embodiments are directed generally to methods for making the core-shell fluorinated particles which are incorporated into the overcoat layers of an electrophotographic imaging member to reduce torque and cleaning failures during the photoreceptor cleaning process. The core-shell fluorinated particles are core-shell fluorinated nano- or micro-particles encapsulated in a melamine shell. The present embodiments also pertain to processes for making the overcoat layer comprising the core-shell fluorinated particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Woo Soo Kim, Nan-Xing Hu, Jennifer A. Coggan, Yvan Gagnon
  • Patent number: 8765344
    Abstract: An electrophotographic toner and a method of preparing the same, the electrophotographic toner including a binder that includes two kinds of resin having different weight average molecular weights, a colorant, and a releasing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-young Lee, Kyeong Pang, Tae-hoe Koo, Su-bum Park, Ju-yeon Lee
  • Publication number: 20140170555
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a polyester toner resin comprising a polyhydroxylated cardanol derivative, that may be used in manufacturing an emulsion aggregation (EA) toner for imaging devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jordan H. Wosnick, Guerino G. Sacripante, Ke Zhou, Edward G. Zwartz, Michael S. Hawkins
  • Patent number: 8748073
    Abstract: A toner comprising a modified polyester resin containing a structure represented by Formula (1a) or (1b), wherein, in Formula (1a) and (1b), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group, R2 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon which may be branched, or an aromatic hydrocarbon, and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a phenyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagasawa, Ken Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20140154622
    Abstract: A carrier coating comprising a metal core and a polymeric coating that may be used to form toner. The carrier coating, through how it is made, exhibits improved coating abilities that may be used to completely coat carrier particles, and thus provide excellent aging performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: VALERIE FARRUGIA, Paul J. Gerroir, Michael S. Hawkins, Richard P. Veregin, Karen Moffat
  • Publication number: 20140154623
    Abstract: The carrier core particles for electrophotographic developer include a core composition expressed by a general formula Fe3O4 as a main ingredient and 30 ppm to 400 ppm Na. Such carrier core particles can reduce environmental dependency thereof, while optimizing the resistivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicants: DOWA IP CREATION CO., LTD., DOWA ELECTRONICS MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi KAWAUCHI
  • 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: 8741524
    Abstract: A toner containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the toner has a core-shell structure composed of a core, and a shell having a thickness of 0.01 ?m to 2 ?m on a surface of the core, and wherein the toner satisfies the following relation: 1.1?ST/CT?2.0 where ST is a softening temperature of the shell, and CT is a softening temperature of the core, both measured by a SPM probe with an integrated heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideki Sugiura
  • 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: 8735041
    Abstract: A method for producing a low density resin-coated carrier having a small resin amount to a carrier core material and having a uniform resin coating layer formed on the carrier core material is provided. A resin-coated carrier has a carrier core material and a resin coating layer formed on the surface of the carrier core material. The carrier core material has pores and an apparent density of 1.6 g/cm3 to 2.0 g/cm3 and a remanent magnetization of 10 emu/g of less. The resin coating layer is formed by a dry process of adhering resin particles to a surface of the carrier core material and applying heat and impact force to the resin particles. A volume average particle size of the resin particles is less than 1 ?m. A two-component developer containing the resin-coated carrier is charged in a developing device in an image forming apparatus, and an image is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanori Kamoto, Takayuki Yamanaka, Osamu Wada, Tadashi Iwamatsu, Nobuyuki Yoshioka