Core-shell Structure Patents (Class 430/110.2)
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Publication number: 20140134532Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.Inventor: Syo SUMIOKA
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Publication number: 20140134533Abstract: The present disclosure describes toner comprising a portion of resin comprising a polyethylene terephthalate oligomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Guerino G. Sacripante, Shigang Qiu, Santiago Faucher
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Patent number: 8722298Abstract: To provide resin particles which are excellent in electrostatic properties, thermal resistance storage stability, and thermal properties and have uniform particle diameter. The invention is the resin particles (D) having a structure formed by depositing resin particles (A) comprising a first resin (a) having an initial softening temperature of 40 to 270° C., a glass transition temperature of 20 to 250° C., a flow temperature of 60 to 300° C., and difference of the glass transition temperature and the flow temperature in a range of 0 to 120° C. or a film (P) comprising the resin (a) on the surfaces of resin particles (B) comprising a second resin (b), wherein the surface coverage of the resin particles (B) with the resin particles (A) or the film (P) is 0.1 to 4.9%.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2006Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takao Mukai, Tsuyoshi Izumi
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Patent number: 8722299Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 15, 2009Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Guerino G. Sacripante, Maria Jimena Loureiro, Cuong Vong, Richard P. N. Veregin, Michael S. Hawkins, Edward Graham Zwartz
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Publication number: 20140127620Abstract: A toner particle has a core and a shell surrounding the core, wherein the shell contains a polymerized charge enhanced spacer particle, which is a copolymer of a charge control agent and a monomer. A method of making toner particles includes forming a slurry by mixing together a first emulsion containing a resin, optionally a wax, optionally a colorant, optionally a surfactant, optionally a coagulant, and one or more additional optional additive, heating the slurry to form aggregated particles in the slurry, forming a second emulsion containing a monomer and a charge control agent, polymerizing the second emulsion to form a copolymer of the monomer and the charge control agent, and incorporating the copolymer into the toner particles, wherein the aggregated particles form a core of the toner particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Robert D. BAYLEY, Maura A. SWEENEY, Grazyna E. KMIECIK-LAWRYNOWICZ
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Patent number: 8709696Abstract: A curable sublimation marking material including at least one curable component and at least one sublimation colorant. Also disclosed is a transfer printing method including applying a curable sublimation marking material in a desired pattern onto a transfer substrate to form an image on the transfer substrate at a first temperature which is below the sublimation temperature of the sublimation colorant; wherein the curable sublimation marking material comprises at least one curable component and at least one sublimation colorant; curing the image on the transfer substrate; and optionally, bringing the transfer substrate into contact with a final image-receiving substrate, optionally applying pressure, and heating to a second temperature which is sufficient to cause the sublimation colorant to sublime and form a permanent image on the final image-receiving substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Yulin Wang, Ke Zhou, Tie Hwee Ng, Marko Saban
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Patent number: 8703374Abstract: Toner particles include a shell and a core, wherein the shell includes charge control agent-treated spacer particles that cause protrusions from the toner particle surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2012Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Maura A. Sweeney, Robert D. Bayley, Grazyna E. Kmiecik-Lawrynowicz, Anne Marie Sweeney-Jones
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Patent number: 8703377Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Richard P. N. Veregin, Kimberly D Nosella, Cuong Vong, Abdisamed Sheik-Qasim, Melanie Davis, Suxia Yang, Majid Kamel-Kasmaei, Paul J Gerroir
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Patent number: 8697327Abstract: A process for producing a core-shell toner is provided in which the toner has core particles containing at least a binder resin (1), a colorant and a release agent and shell layers which contain at least a resin (2) and with which the core particles are covered; and the process including the steps of (A) mixing a binder resin-(1) dispersion, a colorant dispersion and a release agent dispersion, (B) adding to a mixed dispersion thus obtained an agglomerating agent to effect agglomeration, (C) adding to core agglomerated particles thus formed a mixture prepared by mixing the resin-(2) dispersion and a metal salt to make the resin (2) adhere to the surfaces of the core agglomerated particles, and (D) heating core-shell agglomerated particles thus formed to a temperature not lower than the glass transition temperatures of the binder resin (1) and resin (2) to effect fusion thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takaho Shibata, Masayoshi Kato, Ryuji Higashi, Takayuki Toyoda, Ryo Natori, Yuya Chimoto
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Patent number: 8691486Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 28, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Ryota Inoue, Akihiro Kotsugai, Akiyoshi Sabu, Shingo Sakashita, Yukiko Nakajima, Keiko Osaka
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Patent number: 8685606Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Junya Onishi, Shiro Hirano, Satoshi Uchino, Noboru Ueda, Shinya Obara
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Patent number: 8685603Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developer includes a toner containing an external additive and a carrier comprising a resin-coated layer formed on a surface of a core material. The average shape factor SF1 of the toner is from 125 to 135, the number of particles having shape factor SF1 of less than 125 is from 5% to 30% by number with respect to the total number of toner particles, the number of particles having shape factor SF1 of greater than 135 is from 5% to 30% by number with respect to the total number of toner particles, the scratch line width in a scratch strength test of the resin used in the resin-coated layer is from 80 ?m to 200 ?m, and the scratch depth is from 60 ?m to 150 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2008Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fusako Kiyono, Taichi Yamada, Yosuke Tsurumi, Akira Matsumoto, Akihiro Iizuka
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Patent number: 8685605Abstract: Toners containing encapsulated crystalline resin have lower minimum fix temperatures without charge degradation.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorportionInventors: Guerino Sacripante, Ke Zhou, Jordan Wosnick, Edward Zwartz, Michael Hawkins
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Patent number: 8685607Abstract: The continuous process for manufacturing toners disclosed herein includes continuously feeding components of a toner composition into a feed section of a screw extruder at a controlled rate. The continuous process for manufacturing toners may include feeding the components of a toner composition into the feed section of a screw extruder without performing an external or secondary dispersion step. That is to say, the components of the toner composition may be fed directly into the extruder without using dispersions of individual components as used in batch processes. Rather, the toner components are added to the extruder in dry form, melt-mixed, and may be dispersed in aqueous form in the extruder. The process may produce micron-sized toner particles, thus no further size reduction may be necessary.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Joo T. Chung, Chieh-Min Cheng, Zhen Lai, Mark E. Mang, Eugene F. Young, Brian Andaya, Joseph Leonardo
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Publication number: 20140087300Abstract: Toner particles contained in a liquid developer have a core-shell structure that first resin particles containing a first resin are attached to or cover surfaces of second resin particles containing a second resin. The second resin satisfies Equations (1) to (2) below. In Equations (1) to (2) below, x represents a number average molecular weight of the second resin and y represents a urethane group concentration (mass %) in the second resin. ?0.00003x+2.03?y??0.00003x+6.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Yukiko UNO, Satoshi MATSUMOTO, Naoki YOSHIE, Kenji HAYASHI
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Patent number: 8679718Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 17, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Hideki Sugiura
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Patent number: 8679714Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Ryota Inoue, Akihiro Kotsugai, Yoshihiro Moriya, Akiyoshi Sabu, Shingo Sakashita, Keiko Osaka, Yukiko Nakajima, Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Daiki Yamashita
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Publication number: 20140072909Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a color erasable developing agent including preparing a dispersion containing a fine particle containing a leuco dye and a developer, a fine particle containing a color erasing agent, a toner binder resin fine particle and a medium, aggregating the fine particles in the medium, and heat fusing the aggregate to form a toner particle is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahito Kabai, Tsuyoshi Itoh, Takayasu Aoki
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Patent number: 8669035Abstract: A method for producing toner according to one example embodiment includes combining and agglomerating a first polymer emulsion with a colorant dispersion and a release agent dispersion to form toner cores. A borax coupling agent is added to the toner cores. A second polymer emulsion is combined and agglomerated with the toner cores having the borax coupling agent to form toner shells around the toner cores. The aggregated toner cores and toner shells are fused to form toner particles.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2011Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.Inventors: Jing X. Sun, Kofi Opare Diggs
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Publication number: 20140065536Abstract: A toner for electrostatic-charge image development contains toner particles in which the surfaces of core particles, including a binder resin composed of a polyester resin, are coated with shell layers. The shell layer is formed of a resin composed of a copolymer of monomers including a monomer having a quaternary ammonium group and a (meth)acrylic copolymer. The molar ratio of units derived from a monomer having a quaternary ammonium group is 5 mol % or more and 35 mol % or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Seiji Kikushima
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Patent number: 8663890Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic charge image developing toner, each toner particle including a core portion, a first shell layer, and a second shell layer, wherein the core portion contains a first polyester resin, a colorant, and a release agent, the first shell layer contains a second polyester resin and covers the core portion, the second shell layer contains a polymer of an aromatic vinyl monomer and a third polyester resin having an ethylenic unsaturated double bond that is polymerizable with the aromatic vinyl monomer, and covers the first shell layer, and a total amount of the first shell layer and the second shell layer is within a range of from 16% by weight to 40% by weight of the toner particle.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinpei Takagi, Soichiro Kitagawa, Shinya Sakamoto, Tomohiro Shinya
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Patent number: 8663891Abstract: Disclosed are a toner for developing an electrostatic latent image and a method of preparing the same. The toner may include latex, a pigment and a releasing agent. The lowest crossover temperature of the toner at which the storage modulus (G?) and the loss modulus (G?) of the toner are substantially equal to each other may be in the range of about 65 to about 80° C. The weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the toner may be in the range of about 65,000 to about 75,000. The z-average molecular weight (Mz) of the toner may be in the range of about 110,000 to about 220,000.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2009Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun-Young Lee, Min-Young Cheong, Jae-Hwan Kim, Yo-Da Shin, Tae-Hoe Koo
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Patent number: 8658340Abstract: A toner containing a binder resin comprising a first binder resin A and a second binder resin B, a coloring agent, and a releasing agent, wherein the first binder resin A is formed by reacting a compound A1 having an active hydrogen group with a resin A2 having a portion reactive with the compound A1 in an organic solvent and the resin A2 is formed by reacting a non-crystalline polyester resin “a” having a polyhydroxy carboxylic acid skeleton in the main chain with a compound having the portion reactive with the compound A1 having an active hydrogen group.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2011Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Shingo Sakashita, Shinya Nakayama, Ryota Inoue, Yoshihiro Moriya, Akiyoshi Sabu, Yukiko Nakajima, Daiki Yamashita
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Publication number: 20140051022Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing carrier includes a core particle that has a BET specific surface area of from 0.15 m2/g to 0.30 m2/g; and a coating layer that contains a polycyclohexyl methacrylate resin and has a void ratio of from 2% to 10% and with which the core particle is coated, in which a content of a volatile organic compound is less than or equal to 500 ppm.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi SHOJI, Norihito FUKUSHIMA, Toshiaki HASEGAWA
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Patent number: 8652734Abstract: A toner composition includes toner particles including an average diameter ranging from about 3 ?m to about 10 ?m, an average particle density of about 1.4 g/cm3 or less, and for a given particle size configured to have a decreased mass and reduced particle momentum. The toner particle can include one of a solid core and a solid outer shell, a porous core and a porous outer shell, and a solid outer shell with a hollow core. The porous and solid cores can include a low density material.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: George Cunha Cardoso, Rachael McGrath, Dale Mashtare
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Patent number: 8652733Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes a core particle containing a binder resin and a coating layer on the core particle. The coating layer contains a resin having a crosslinked structure formed by using at least one of boric acid and derivatives thereof, and the resin having the crosslinked structure is obtained by polymerizing monomers in the presence of the core particle.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sumiaki Yamasaki, Kazuhiko Yanagida, Susumu Yoshino, Satoshi Hiraoka, Shigeru Seitoku, Hirofumi Shiozaki
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Publication number: 20140045114Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Takeo Mizobe, Yukinori Nakayama, Hiroaki Moriyama, Takanori Tanaka, Hiroki Uemura
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Patent number: 8647803Abstract: A method for producing colored resin particles including: dissolving or dispersing at least binder resin and colorant in organic solvent to prepare oil phase; dissolving resin A and basic compound in aqueous medium to prepare aqueous phase, the resin A having solubility <2.0 g/100 g water having temperature 25° C. and pH 3.0 and solubility ?2.0 g/100 g water having temperature 25° C. and pH 10.0; dispersing the oil phase in the aqueous phase to prepare core particle dispersion liquid; dispersing resin particles in aqueous medium to prepare resin particle dispersion liquid, and adding the resin particle dispersion liquid to the core particle dispersion liquid so that the resin particles are attached onto the core particles, to prepare dispersion liquid containing particles each having the core particle and the resin particles attached thereonto; removing the organic solvent from the dispersion liquid; washing the particles; and drying the particles.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2012Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Takuya Kadota, Yoshihiro Mikuriya, Tsuyoshi Nozaki, Yoshimichi Ishikawa, Kazuoki Fuwa, Tomohiro Fukao, Tomoharu Miki
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Publication number: 20140038097Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Takanori Tanaka, Yukinori Nakayama, Hiroaki Moriyama, Takeo Mizobe, Hiroki Uemura
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Patent number: 8642242Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing toner by which the toner capable of forming high quality images and reproducing high density gradation, which exhibits an excellent high-temperature offsetting property together with excellent low-temperature fixability, and provides appropriate gloss with respect to images to be formed, can be stably prepared; and also provided is the toner. After conducting a step in which particles made of at least a crystalline polyester resin are coagulated to form core coagulated particles, and an unsaturated amorphous polyester resin particle is attached onto the surface of each of the core coagulated particles to form core-shell type coagulated particles, radical polymerization reaction is conducted by acting a radical polymerization initiator on the foregoing core-shell type coagulated particles to conduct a step in which a layer made of a crosslinking amorphous polyester resin is formed on the surface of each of the core coagulated particles.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Saburou Hiraoka, Mikihiko Sukeno, Hajime Tadokoro, Ken Ohmura, Tatsuya Nagase, Tomomi Oshiba, Kenji Hayashi, Tomoko Mine
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Patent number: 8642239Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes a core layer including a first binder resin, a colorant and a releasing agent; and a shell layer coating the core layer and including a second binder resin. The first binder resin of the core layer includes a low molecular weight amorphous polyester resin having a weight-average molecular weight of about 6000 g/mol to about 20000 g/mol, a high molecular weight amorphous polyester resin having a weight-average molecular weight of about 25000 g/mol to about 100000 g/mol, and a crystalline polyester resin having a weight-average molecular weight of about 8000 g/mol to about 30000 g/mol. The second binder resin of the shell layer includes the low and high molecular weight amorphous polyester resins.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2012Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin-mo Hong, Takeshi Yoshida, Sung-jin Park
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Publication number: 20140030648Abstract: In a toner for electrostatic latent-image development that includes toner core particles including at least a binder resin, and shell layers with which the entire surfaces of the toner core particles are coated, an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer is present at the interface between the toner core particle and the shell layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Hidetoshi Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20140030649Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Yukinori Nakayama, Hiroaki Moriyama, Takeo Mizobe, Takanori Tanaka, Hiroki Uemura
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Publication number: 20140030647Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Hiroaki Moriyama, Yukinori Nakayama, Takeo Mizobe, Takanori Tanaka, Hiroki Uemura
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Patent number: 8639166Abstract: A developer supply device is provided, which includes a casing including a developer storage section at a bottom portion therein and an opening formed at an end thereof away from the developer storage section, development agent chargeable with a predetermined polarity, stored in the developer storage section, and a transfer board that is disposed in the casing and configured to transfer the development agent stored in the developer storage section when a multi-phase alternating-current voltage is applied to transfer electrodes of the transfer board. The development agent includes a mother particle having, around an outer surface thereof, an electrically insulating layer without a polar group having a charge polarity identical to the predetermined polarity, and an external additive, absorbed to around the mother particle in an easily desorbable manner, which is an electrically insulating fine particle having a charge polarity identical to the predetermined polarity.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2012Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takanori Uno, Mitsukiyo Okamura, Keisuke Takahashi, Suzue Onoda
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Patent number: 8628852Abstract: Disclosed are core-shell resin particles (C2) each comprising one or more film-like shell layers (P) comprising a resin (a) which is a polyurethane resin and a core layer (Q) comprising a resin (b). A core-shell resin particle (C2) is characterized in that the weight ratio between (P) and (Q) is from 0.1:99.9 to 70:30, the volatile content in the resin particle (C2) is not more than 2 weight %, and the content of vinyl resins in the resin (b) is not more than 30 weight %. Such resin particles have a uniform particle diameter and are excellent in electrostatic properties, thermal and storage stability and thermal characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2006Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Akutagawa, Tsuyoshi Izumi
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Publication number: 20140011131Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Ke Zhou, Karen Ann Moffat, Maria N.V. McDougall, Edward G. Zwartz, Paul J. Gerroir
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Publication number: 20130344431Abstract: The carrier core particles for electrophotographic developer have a volume size distribution with a median particle size ranging from 30 ?m to 40 ?m, the ratio of the carrier core particles having a diameter of 22 ?m or lower in the volume size distribution is from 1.0% to 2.0%, the ratio of the carrier core particles having a diameter of 22 ?m or lower in a number size distribution is 10% or lower, and the magnetization of the carrier core particles in an external magnetic field of 1000 Oe is from 50 emu/g to 75 emu/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2012Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicants: DOWA IP CREATION CO., LTD., DOWA ELECTRONICS MATERIALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohide Iida, Tomoya Yamada, Takashi Fujiwara
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Patent number: 8614043Abstract: A toner including a core particle, an inner shell layer covering the core, and an outer shell layer covering the inner shell layer is provided. The core particle includes a resin P. The inner shell layer includes fine particles of a resin A. The outer shell layer includes fine particles of a resin B. The toner satisfies the following formulae (1) to (3): 4.5?T½(P)?Tfb(P)?14??(1) 20?T½(A)?Tfb(A)?40??(2) 23.5?T½(B)?Tfb(B)?40??(3) wherein T½(P), T½(A), and T½(B) represent ½ method temperatures of the resins P, A, and B, respectively, and Tfb(P), Tfb(A), and Tfb(B) represent flow beginning temperatures of the resins P, A, and B, respectively, and wherein the ½ method temperatures and the flow beginning temperatures are measured by a flowtester.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2012Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Watanabe, Osamu Uchinokura, Junichi Awamura, Takahiro Honda, Satoshi Ogawa, Tsuneyasu Nagatomo, Hiroshi Yamashita
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Patent number: 8609316Abstract: A method for manufacturing a capsule toner having improved preservability with no deterioration in low-temperature fixability is provided. The method for manufacturing a capsule toner includes a mixed fine resin particle adhering step of adhering mixed fine resin particles including crystalline polyester fine resin particles and amorphous fine resin particles to surfaces of toner base particles to form mixed fine resin particle-adhered particles, a spraying step of spraying a mixed solution of a liquid for plasticizing the toner base particles and the mixed fine resin particles and a crystal nucleating agent, while fluidizing the mixed fine resin particle-adhered particles, and a film-forming step of making a film of the mixed fine resin particles by impact force so that the film is a resin coating layer on the surfaces of the toner base particles.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2011Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Hara, Yoshiaki Akazawa, Yoshitaka Kawase, Yoritaka Tsubaki, Yoshinori Mutoh, Keiichi Kikawa
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Publication number: 20130330667Abstract: The present invention relates to a toner for electrophotography which is excellent in low-temperature fusing ability and heat-resistant storage property as well as charging stability under high-temperature and high-humidity conditions and smear resistance (rubbing fixability), and a process for producing the toner. The toner for electrophotography according to the present invention includes core-shell particles each including a core containing a amorphous resin (A) obtained by polycondensing an alcohol component containing an aliphatic diol having 2 to 6 carbon atoms with a carboxylic acid component and a shell containing a amorphous composite resin (B) which contains a segment (B1) formed of a polyester resin and a segment (B2) formed of a styrene-containing addition polymer as a constitutional unit thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Inventor: Norihiro FUKURI
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Patent number: 8603715Abstract: A toner including a core particle and projections at a surface of the core particle is provided. The core particle includes a binder resin and a colorant. The binder resin includes a crystalline resin as a major component. Each of the projections consists of a fine resin particle. An average length of long sides of the projections is not less than 0.15 ?m and less than 0.5 ?m. A standard deviation of lengths of the long sides of the projections is 0.2 or less. A surface coverage of the toner with the projections is within a range of 30 to 90%.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2012Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Suzuka Amemori, Atsushi Yamamoto, Masahide Yamada, Shinya Nakayama, Hideyuki Santo, Daiki Yamashita
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Publication number: 20130323633Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shotaro TAKAHASHI, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Sakiko HIRAI, Atsushi SUGITATE, Shuji SATO
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Publication number: 20130316281Abstract: Disclosed are a toner and a preparation method thereof. The toner of the invention has honeycomb-shaped core-shell structured particles. The honeycomb-shaped core-shell structured particles comprise two or more core layers. Each core layer is completely covered by a shell layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2011Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: ICMI (CHINA) LIMITEDInventors: Lanlan Cheng, Xiushan Zhang, Fugen Tang
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Patent number: 8592116Abstract: A toner to develop an electrostatic charge image, a method of preparing the toner, 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 a binder resin including a first type of binder resin having a first weight-average molecular weight and a second type of binder resin having a second weight-average molecular weight different than the first weight-average molecular weight, a colorant, and a releasing agent.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2012Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyeong Pang, Tae-hoe Koo, Su-bum Park, Ju-yeon Lee, Jun-young Lee
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Patent number: 8592119Abstract: A toner particle having a core and a shell, and a method for making the toner particle. The core includes a crystalline resin and the shell includes an amorphous resin. The shell is substantially to completely free of the crystalline resin. The toner particle permits inclusion of greater amounts of crystalline resin materials in the core, thereby lowering the minimum fusing temperature of the toner formed from the particles.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2012Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jordan H. Wosnick, Richard P. N. Veregin, Edward G. Zwartz, Michael S. Hawkins
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Publication number: 20130302732Abstract: Provided is a method for producing core-shell structured resin particles, comprising the steps of: providing a dispersion liquid of hydrophobic resin particles in which the hydrophobic resin particles are dispersed into an aqueous medium containing an anionic surfactant A and an anionic surfactant B; providing a dispersion liquid of resin microparticles in which resin microparticles are dispersed into an aqueous medium; mixing the dispersion liquid of hydrophobic resin particles and the dispersion liquid of resin microparticles; adhering the resin microparticles to surfaces of the hydrophobic resin particles by adding a water soluble metal salt to a mixture resulting from above step, wherein the surfactant A and the surfactant B satisfy the specific conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventors: Hayato Ida, Takashi Hirasa, Ryo Natori, Junichi Tamura, Yuya Chimoto, Takaho Shibata
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Patent number: 8580469Abstract: Disclosed is a toner composition comprising: (a) a resin; and (b) a colorant which comprises: (1) Pigment Red 269; (2) Pigment Red 185; and (3) Pigment Red 122.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Grazyna E. Kmiecik-Lawrynowicz, Maura A. Sweeney, Mark E. Mang, Kirk L. Stamp, Robert D. Bayley
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Patent number: 8574804Abstract: Toners are provided, which possess low melt properties capable of producing a low gloss finish. The toners include a core and a shell. The shell includes a crystalline resin. The core may include at least one amorphous resin, an optional crystalline resin, an optional wax, and an optional colorant.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2010Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Allan K. Chen, Santiago Faucher, Edward Graham Zwartz, Kimberly D. Nosella, Daryl W. Vanbesien
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Patent number: 8568951Abstract: A toner including a main body particle, a layer B located overlying the main body particle, and a layer A located overlying the layer B is provided. The binder resin includes an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin. The layer B is comprised of particles of a resin B. The layer A is comprised of particles of a resin A. A method of manufacturing the above toner is also provided. The method includes dissolving or dispersing toner components in an organic solvent to prepare a toner components liquid. The toner components include the binder resin. The method further includes emulsifying the toner components liquid in an aqueous medium to prepare an emulsion. The aqueous medium contains the particles of the resins A and B. The method further includes removing the organic solvent from the emulsion and heating the emulsion.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Watanabe, Hiroshi Yamashita, Satoyuki Sekiguchi