Using Identified Toner (e.g., Identified Colorant, Toner Property, Etc.) Patents (Class 430/123.5)
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Patent number: 8404424Abstract: Printed products, printing methods and methods for verifying authenticity of a printed product are provided. In one aspect, the printed product has a receiver and an image formed thereon by an electrophotographic process using toner particles, said image having at least one raised portion, wherein at least parts of said raised portion of said image comprise phosphorescent or fluorescent toner particles.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2011Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Detlef Schulze-Hagenest, Dinesh Tyagi
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Publication number: 20130059250Abstract: A method of forming an image on a substrate with an electrophotographic photoreceptor and a toner, wherein the electrophotographic photoreceptor has an electroconductive substrate; the electroconductive substrate has a surface roughness Ra of from 0.01 ?m to 0.3 ?m; the toner contains toner matrix particles formed in an aqueous medium, has a volume median diameter (Dv50) of from 4.0 ?m to 7.0 ?m; and the relationship between the volume median diameter (Dv50) and the percentage in number (Dns) of toner particles having a particle diameter of from 2.00 ?m to 3.56 ?m satisfies: Dns?0.233EXP(17.3/Dv50) (1) where Dv50 is the volume median diameter (?m) of the toner, and Dns is the percentage in number of toner particles having a particle diameter of from 2.00 ?m to 3.56 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventor: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
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Patent number: 8357481Abstract: An image forming method including forming an electrostatic latent image on a photoreceptor; developing the latent image with a developer including a toner using a center-feed developing device to form a toner image; transferring the toner image onto a receiving material; and fixing the toner image using a fixing member coated with silicone oil. The toner includes at least a binder resin; a colorant; and a quaternary ammonium salt having a specific formula, wherein when the toner is dispersed in ethanol using ultrasonic waves, the dispersion has a turbidity of from 0.4 to 1.0 when the turbidity is determined using a haze meter. An image forming apparatus including a photoreceptor; a center-feed developing device using a developer including the toner; a transferring device; a fixing device using a fixing member coated with silicone oil; and a cleaner for the photoreceptor.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2009Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Hiroyuki Kishida, Masahide Inoue, Hyo Shu, Yasutada Shitara
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Publication number: 20130004891Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Hiroshi NAGASAWA, Ken OHMURA
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Patent number: 8313878Abstract: A toner set has toners used in an image forming method by forming a toner image with toners of several colors and fixing the toner image onto a recording medium. The toners include first and second toners of different colors. The first and second toners contain toner base particles including a binding resin, a colorant and a wax. The colorant of the first toner contains a quinacridone pigment. The wax includes a carnauba wax and a wax other than the carnauba wax. The base particles of the first toner have a mass % Wq1 of carnauba wax and Wo1 of the other wax and the base particles of the second toner have a mass % Wq2 of carnauba wax and Wo2 of the other wax. These mass % values are selected to satisfy the following: Wq1/(Wq1+Wq2)<Wo1/(Wo1+Wo2) 3?Wo1+Wo2<Wq1+Wq2?10.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2010Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Kyocera Mita CorporationInventor: Koji Kuramashi
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Patent number: 8313879Abstract: A full-color toner set including a yellow component, a cyan component, and a magenta component, wherein in each of the color components, resin fine particles are added to a surface of base particles. Further, the yellow component may include a monoazo pigment serving as a colorant in the base particles. In addition, the following formulae (1) and (2) may be satisfied, where the amount of addition of the resin fine particles based on 100 parts by mass of base particles in the yellow component is represented by Wy, the amount of addition of the resin fine particles based on 100 parts by mass of base particles in the cyan component is represented by Wc, and the amount of addition of the resin fine particles based on 100 parts by mass of base particles in the magenta component is represented by Wm, Wy>Wc??(1) Wy>Wm??(2).Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2009Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Koji Kuramashi
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Publication number: 20120276476Abstract: Toner particles having high transcription efficiency and reducing toner toner consumption. The toner includes a binder resin and a colorant, wherein a particle diameter distribution of the toner particles satisfy the following conditions: GSD??GSD??GSD???(1) 0.80?GSD??0.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: SAMSUNG FINE CHEMICALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Bum Park, Young Jae Kwon
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Patent number: 8298741Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes plural developing units separately containing a toner A and a toner B that satisfy relationships (1) and (2) and have similar colors. The toner A and the toner B each contain a binder resin containing a polyester about 90 mass % or more of the binder resin, and about 90 mass % of the binder resin of the toner A and about 90 mass % of the binder resin of the toner B are the same resin. The polyester contains an amorphous polyester having an alkyl side chain and a crystalline polyester. The relationship (1) is Ta (toner A)>Tb (toner B) in terms of flow tester ½ effluent temperature. The relationship (2) is Aa (toner A)>Ab (toner B) in terms of an amount of an aluminum (with reference to net intensity) measured with fluorescent X-ray.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2010Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Yoshida, Eisuke Iwazaki, Shintaro Anno
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Patent number: 8293445Abstract: An electrostatic image developing carrier includes a ferrite particle that contains magnesium element in an amount of about 3.0 wt % or more and about 10.0 wt % or less and manganese element in an amount of about 0.2 wt % or more and less than about 1.0 wt %; and a resin layer that covers the ferrite particle.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2009Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Fuji Xerox, Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yosuke Tsurumi, Rieko Kataoka
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Patent number: 8241826Abstract: Disclosed is a full-color image forming method by which an image exhibiting comfortable image quality reliably suitable for a human visual system can be obtained in such a way that a halftone image exhibiting excellent granularity and evenness thereof is acquired.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2009Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shiro Hirano, Mikio Kouyama, Kenji Hayashi, Hiroyuki Yasukawa
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Patent number: 8241827Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner which is capable of obtaining highly chromatic full-color images of bright color without causing perceived color contamination and exhibits superior lightfastness is disclosed, wherein the toner comprises a binding resin and a colorant, and the colorant is tetraazaporphyrin or phthalocyanine compounds such as a compound represented by the following formula:Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2007Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hiroyuki Yasukawa, Mikio Kouyama, Kenji Hayashi, Tomoko Sakimura, Hiroaki Obata, Natsuko Kusaka
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Patent number: 8236472Abstract: Provided is a method for forming an image with a set of electrostatic charge image developing toners using a digital electrophotographic method, provided that the set of electrostatic charge image developing toners comprises a black toner and a light gray toner, the method comprising the steps of: forming an electrostatic latent image on an image support; developing the electrostatic latent image with the black toner to form a black toner image; developing the electrostatic latent image with the light gray toner to form a light gray toner image; and fixing the black toner image and the light gray toner image, wherein the black toner and the light gray toner each independently contains a wax having an endothermic peak in the range of 60 to 105° C.; and the light gray toner has a transmittance in the range of 40 to 90%.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2009Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tatsuya Fujisaki, Kaori Soeda, Shinya Obara, Natsuko Kusaka
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Patent number: 8211605Abstract: There is provided a toner which contains at least a binder resin, and filler including a layered inorganic compound, wherein the layered inorganic compound is cleaved to form particles in the toner, and the particles have a breadth of 0.5 nm to 4 nm, and a length of 10 nm to 90 nm.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2008Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Yamada, Satoshi Mochizuki, Fumihiro Sasaki, Yasuo Asahina, Hisashi Nakajima
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Patent number: 8187782Abstract: Disclosed is a process of forming a full color image according to electrophotography, employing a yellow toner, a magenta toner and a cyan colorant, the process comprising the step of forming a yellow toner image, a magenta toner image and a cyan toner image on a recording material, wherein the yellow toner image has reflectance (in terms of %) satisfying formulas (11) through (14) below, the magenta toner image has reflectance (in terms of %) satisfying formulas (21) through (24) below, and the cyan toner image has reflectance (in terms of %) satisfying formulas (31) through (34) below.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2009Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tatsuya Fujisaki, Mikio Kouyama, Kenji Hayashi, Hiroyuki Yasukawa, Natsuko Kusaka
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Patent number: 8137883Abstract: A toner is provided including a binder resin and a wax having primarily C—H and C—C bonds, and having a melting point of 50 to 90° C., wherein the wax is present in a surface portion of the toner in an amount of from 0.1 to 4.0% by weight, wherein the amount of the wax is determined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy attenuated total reflectance (FTIR-ATR); and the use of the toner in an image forming method, image forming apparatus, developer and toner cartridge containing the toner.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2011Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Ricoh Company LimitedInventors: Ryota Inoue, Shigeru Emoto, Naohiro Watanabe, Masahide Yamada, Akinori Saitoh, Masahiro Ohki, Tsunemi Sugiyama, Shinichi Wakamatsu, Takayuki Yoshii, Eiji Sawamura
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Patent number: 8133648Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes a binder resin that includes a polyester carbonate resin or a polyester amide resin, the polyester carbonate resin or the polyester amide resin containing a dodecenylsuccinic acid unit in an mount from about 0.5 mol % to about 30 mol % as a monomer unit; and a colorant.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2008Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Maehata, Hirotaka Matsuoka, Yasuo Matsumura
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Patent number: 8092970Abstract: A method and system for printing adjustable gloss image documents using a variety of toners where some toners have a relatively low melt viscosity and others have a relatively high melt viscosity. These toners are co-printed prior to fixing, on the receiver proximate to and overlying at least a portion of each other.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2008Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Dinesh Tyagi, Yee S. Ng, Mark C. Zaretsky
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Patent number: 8084179Abstract: A toner including: toner particles which include: a colorant, a releasing agent, and a binder resin. The number average particle diameter of the toner particles is in the range of from 3.5 ?m to 6.5 ?m, wherein the number average particle diameter is determined by the Coulter method, the variation coefficient of the number distribution of the toner particles is in the range of 22.0 to 35.0, wherein the variation coefficient is found by dividing the standard deviation of the number distribution by the number average particle diameter, and 40% by number to 59% by number of the toner particles are 4.0 ?m to 8.0 ?m in diameter.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2007Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Kumi Hasegawa
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Patent number: 8043782Abstract: A toner for electrophotography is provided including a binder resin, a coloring agent, a charge controlling agent, and a releasing agent, wherein when the temperature of the toner is in the range from a temperature 40° C. lower than a fixing temperature of the toner to a temperature 10° C. lower than the fixing temperature of the toner, the D Log ?*/DT absolute value is 0.02 or more, when the temperature of the toner is in the range from a temperature 10° C. lower than the fixing temperature of the toner to a temperature 10° C. higher than the fixing temperature of the toner, the D Log ?*/DT absolute value is 0.005 or less, and the complex viscosity (?*) of the toner at a fixing temperature and an angular velocity of a fixing heat roller is in the range from about 5.0×101 Pa·s to 1.0×102 Pa·s. The toner has excellent fixing properties so that the quality of an image can be stabilized, and cause less contamination.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2008Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jae-hyeuk Jeong
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Patent number: 7998647Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner comprising an amide ester represented by formula (1): wherein R1CO— and R2CO— each independently represents a saturated or unsaturated acyl group having a carbon number of 16 to 24, which may have a hydroxyl group; R3 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 3; and R4 represents a linear or branched alkylene group having a carbon number of 1 to 6 or a linear or branched alkenylene group having a carbon number of 2 to 6.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2006Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ryuichiro Maeyama
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Patent number: 7989131Abstract: A toner is provided including a binder resin and a wax having primarily C—H and C—C bonds, and having a melting point of 50 to 90° C., wherein the wax is present in a surface portion of the toner in an amount of from 0.1 to 4.0% by weight, wherein the amount of the wax is determined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy attenuated total reflectance (FTIR-ATR); and the use of the toner in an image forming method, image forming apparatus, developer and toner cartridge containing the toner.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2006Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Ricoh Company LimitedInventors: Ryota Inoue, Shigeru Emoto, Naohiro Watanabe, Masahide Yamada, Akinori Saitoh, Masahiro Ohki, Tsunemi Sugiyama, Shinichi Wakamatsu, Takayuki Yoshii, Eiji Sawamura
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Patent number: 7935470Abstract: A toner for electrophotography is provided including a binder resin, a colorant, a charge control agent, and a release agent, wherein a glass transition temperature (Tg) is over 55° C., a molecular weight distribution (MWD) is in the range of about 4.5 to 5.5 when a weight average molecular weight is in the range of about 45,000 to 55,000, and a compression elastic modulus is about 750 MPa or higher at room temperature. Mechanical properties of toner can be obtained at room temperature by controlling rheological properties of toner. The developing properties and fixing properties of toner for electrophotography can be improved by lowering viscosity at a high temperature, and thus image quality can be stabilized.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2007Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-hyeuk Jeong, Kyung-yol Yon, Min-young Cheong, Kyeong Pang, Yo-da Shin, Hae-ree Joo
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Patent number: 7910273Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming method is disclosed. In the method electrostatic latent image is developed by a non-magnetic single-component developing system, in which a non-magnetic single-component developer is conveyed by a developer carrying member, the developer carrying member is contacted with a developer layer regulation member for regulating an amount of the developer at the surface of the developer carrying member, and a binder resin of the developer comprises a vinyl polymer having an acid value of from about 5 to about 30 mgKOH/g and a ratio of hydroxyl group value/acid values from about 0.3 to about 0.8.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2007Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Masahiko Nakamura, Masahiro Anno, Kaori Soeda, Tomoko Mine, Kenichi Onaka, Eiichi Yoshida
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Patent number: 7892716Abstract: A method of preparing a toner, includes: preparing a core by mixing a polyester resin and a colorant with at least one material selected from the group consisting of a macromonomer having hydrophilic group, hydrophobic group, and at least one reactive functional group and a reactive emulsifying agent. A shell is formed on the core by polymerizing the exterior surface of the core with one or more polymerizable monomers and an initiator, wherein at least one material selected from the group consisting of the macromonomer and the reactive emulsifying agent participate in the polymerization reaction. Also, provided are a toner prepared using the method, an image forming method using the toner, and an image forming apparatus employing the toner.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2006Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Min-young Cheong, Kyung-yol Yon, Chang-kook Hong, Jun-young Lee
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Patent number: 7867685Abstract: An image forming method, including charging a photoreceptor with a charger contacting thereto; irradiating the photoreceptor to form an electrostatic latent image thereon; developing the electrostatic latent image with a toner to form a toner image on the photoreceptor; transferring the toner image onto a recording material directly or through an intermediate transferer; and fixing the toner image on the recording material, wherein the toner includes a binder resin; a colorant; a composition having a low softening point; and an external additive, and wherein a surface resistivity Rse [?] of the charger and a volume resistivity Rsw [?·cm] of the composition having a low softening point satisfy the following relationship: 0.8×10?1Rse<Rvw<1.5×10Rse.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2007Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Hiroyuki Murakami, Masahide Inoue, Chiyoshi Nozaki, Tsuyoshi Nozaki, Atsushi Yamamoto, Takuya Kadota, Mitsuyo Matsumoto, Katsunori Kurose, Yoshimichi Ishikawa
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Patent number: 7820350Abstract: A toner containing a colorant, and a binder resin, wherein the toner is prepared by dissolving or dispersing a colorant, a precursor of the binder resin having a site capable of reacting with an active hydrogen group-containing compound, the active hydrogen group-containing compound, in an organic solvent, to prepare a toner constituent mixture liquid, dispersing or emulsifying the toner constituent mixture liquid, in an aqueous medium while subjecting the precursor to a reaction with the active hydrogen group-containing compound, to prepare a toner dispersion, and removing the organic solvent from the toner dispersion; the binder resin contains a modified polyester having an isocyanate-derived binding site; the Sn content in the toner is 800 ppm or less; the content of a metal which is non Sn and derived from a polyesterified catalyst is 10 ppm to 200 ppm; and the content of a metal which is non Sn and derived from an isocyanated catalyst is 10 ppm to 200 ppm.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2007Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masahide Yamada, Shigeru Emoto, Naohiro Watanabe, Masahiro Ohki, Akinori Saitoh, Shinichi Wakamatsu
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Patent number: 7771910Abstract: An image forming method is disclosed, comprising (a) forming a toner image on an image forming body, (b) transporting the image forming body to a transfer region, (c) overlapping an image supporting body onto the image forming body, (d) radiating ultrasonic waves onto the image forming body and the image supporting body by an ultrasonic radiation means with applying an electric field between the image forming body and the image supporting body to transfer the toner image onto the image supporting body and (e) subjecting the toner image on the image supporting body to contact heat-fixing to fix the toner image, wherein a toner is comprised of toner particles containing a resin, a colorant and a releasing agent, and the toner particles exhibiting a coefficient of variation of shape factor of not more than 16% and a coefficient of variation of number particle size distribution of not more than 27%.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2004Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Hiroshi Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Yamada, Tomoe Kitani
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Patent number: 7759035Abstract: An object is to provide an electrostatic charge image developing toner and an image forming method using the same capable of maintaining image properties for a long duration, which exhibit not only sufficient transparency and chromaticness, accompanied with high color reproduction and excellent charging characteristic, but also excellent heat resistance, together further with excellent light fastness and sufficient image holding ability. Disclosed is an electrostatic charge image developing toner of the present invention comprising a binder resin for toner particle formation and colorant particles dispersed in the binder resin, wherein the colorant particles comprise a dye and an antioxidant. Further, the electrostatic charge image developing toner wherein a volume-based median particle diameter of the colorant particles is preferably 10-100 nm, and also the dye contained in the colorant particles is preferably an oil-soluble dye or a metal chelate dye.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2006Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hidetaka Ninomiya, Mikio Kouyama, Takato Chiba, Kenji Hayashi, Hiroyuki Yasukawa
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Patent number: 7741000Abstract: Disclosed is a method for forming color image, in which one of the yellow, magenta, cyan and black toners is a high water content toner, and one of the yellow, magenta, cyan and black toners is a toner low water content toner, water content of the high water content toner is 1.2 to 2.5% by weight based on the high water content toner, and water content of the low water content toner is 0.1 to 1.2% by weight based on the low water content toner.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2004Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tatsuya Nagase, Meizo Shirose, Naohiro Hirose, Asao Matsushima, Yoshiyasu Matsumoto, Shiro Hirano
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Publication number: 20100143833Abstract: A magnetic carrier is provided which uses a toner having high coloring power and enables development to be performed at low electric field intensity and can form high quality images while keeping gradation characteristics. The magnetic carrier includes magnetic carrier particles including at least porous magnetic core particles and a resin. The electric field intensity just before the break-down of the magnetic carrier is 1,300 V/cm or more and 5,000 V/cm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2010Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshinobu Baba, Koh Ishigami, Tomoko Endo, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Kunihiko Nakamura, Nozomu Komatsu, Chika Inoue, Takayuki Itakura
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Patent number: 7727698Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming method comprising developing a latent electrostatic image formed on the surface of a latent electrostatic image bearing body by a developer borne and conveyed by a developer bearing body which is brought into contact with a developer layer control member to control an amount of the developer on the surface of the developer bearing body through a nonmagnetic single-component development system, wherein an acid value (SAV) of the surface of the developer and a total acid value (TAV) of the developer meet the following requirements: 1<SAV/TAV?5 and 5?TAV?25, and a ratio of a mass average particle size (d50, ?m) of the developer to a surface roughness (Ra, ?m), d50/Ra being in a range of 0.5 to 3.0 and an average spacing (Sm) between protruding peaks of the developer bearing body being in a range of 20 to 200 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Eiichi Yoshida, Masahiko Nakamura, Masahiro Anno, Kaori Soeda, Tomoko Mine, Kenichi Onaka
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Patent number: 7718340Abstract: To provide an image forming apparatus, image forming method and process cartridge, which are excellent in low-temperature fixation properties, storage stability, durability and filming resistance, can reduce generation of odor, and are capable of forming an extremely high quality image. The apparatus includes: a latent electrostatic image bearing member; a charging unit; an exposing unit; a developing unit; a transferring unit; and a fixing unit; wherein the toner comprises a binder resin and coloring agent, and the binder resin comprises a polyester-based resin (A) and polyester-based resin (B) having a melting point at least 10° C. higher than that of the polyester-based resin (A), and at least one of the polyester-based resins (A) and (B) is a resin derived from a (meth)acrylic acid modified rosin and includes a polyester unit obtained by condensation polymerization of an alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component containing a (meth)acrylic acid modified rosin.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2007Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuaki Iwamoto, Yohichiroh Watanabe, Yasutada Shitara
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Patent number: 7713672Abstract: To provide an image forming apparatus including a latent electrostatic image bearing member; a charging unit; an exposing unit; a developing unit; a transferring unit; and a fixing unit, wherein the binder resin of a toner comprises a polyester-based resin (A) and a polyester-based resin (B) having a melting point which is at least 10° C. higher than that of the polyester-based resin (A), the polyester-based resins (A) is a resin which is derived from a (meth)acrylic acid-modified rosin and which has a polyester unit obtained by condensation polymerization of an alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component containing a (meth)acrylic acid-modified rosin, and the polyester-based resin (B) is a resin derived from a fumaric acid/maleic acid-modified rosin and has a polyester unit obtained by condensation polymerization of an alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component containing any one of a fumaric acid-modified rosin and a maleic acid-modified rosin.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2007Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yohichiroh Watanabe, Yasuaki Iwamoto, Yasutada Shitara
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Patent number: 7695885Abstract: A negatively-chargeable non-magnetic one-component developer for developing an electrostatic latent image using a contact DC-bias development method, having a capacitance of 1.05×10?12 to 1.25×10?12 F, a volume resistivity of 5.0×1010 to 5.0×1012 ?·cm and a dielectric loss tangent of 1.0×10?3 to 2.0×10?2. In a contact DC-bias development method, the developer has a capacitance of 1.30×10?12 to 1.60×10?12 F, a resistivity of 5.0×109 to 5.0×1010 ?·cm and a dielectric loss tangent of 1.0×10?3 to 2.0×10?2. In a non-contact DC/AC-bias development method, the developer has a capacitance of 1.45×10?12 to 1.60×10?12 F, a resistivity of 5.0×109 to 1.0×1010 ?·cm and a dielectric loss tangent of 1.0×10?3 to 2.0×10?2.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2007Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Ricoh Company LimitedInventors: Hideaki Yasunaga, Minoru Nakamura, Masayuki Hagi, Takuya Kadota, Hiroaki Katoh, Yoshihiro Mikuriya, Katsunori Kurose, Atsushi Yamamoto, Masahide Inoue
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Patent number: 7687214Abstract: A two-component developer and an image formation method for two-component development type are provided. With this developer and this method, even if toners have a small grain diameter and a high density of pigments for economizing the toner consumption, cracking and toner spent caused by the stress from carriers are suppressed, so that less deteriorated and stabler images can be obtained throughout a long time period. The two-component developer includes toner particles containing at least a binding resin and a pigment. A mean volume particle diameter of the toner particles is between 5.5 ?m and 7 ?m. A number percent of the toner particles with a mean volume particle diameter of 5 ?m or below, and a volume percent of the toner particles with a mean volume particle diameter between 8 ?m and 12.7 ?m, with respect to the total toner particles, respectively, are set to be within a predetermined range. Density of the pigment in the toner particles is between 8 weight percent and 20 weight percent.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2005Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhiro Shibai, Yoritaka Tsubaki, Keiichi Kikawa
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Patent number: 7678522Abstract: A toner is provided prepared by a wet granulation method, comprising a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the toner adsorbs ammonia (NH3) in an amount of from 70 to 400 ?mol/m2 per unit of specific surface area and carbon dioxide (CO2) in an amount of not greater than 10 ?mol/m2 per unit of specific surface area.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2007Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Ricoh Company LimitedInventors: Minoru Nakamura, Chiyoshi Nozaki, Tsuyoshi Nozaki, Atsushi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7666564Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming method employing an apparatus comprising a plurality of toner image forming units, which forms a plurality of toner images and transfer them onto an intermediate transferring member in sequence, and the transferred images is transferred onto a recording sheet. The developer is a non-magnetic single component toner and turbidity of toners of each color is less than 60; and the maximum turbidity difference among the toners is 5-45.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2004Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Masao Asano, Tomoe Kitani
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Patent number: 7652128Abstract: A composition including an initiator and an unsaturated sulfopolyester amine resin, and processes for preparing and using thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2004Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Guerino Sacripante, Ke Zhou
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Patent number: 7638250Abstract: A toner is provided including a colorant; a binder resin (A) which is a polyester resin having no tetrahydrofuran insoluble component, and having a molecular weight distribution such that components having a molecular weight of not greater than 500 are included in an amount of not greater than 4% by weight and a peak is present in a molecular weight range of from 3,000 to 9,000 when measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC); and a binder resin (B) which is a polyester resin having no tetrahydrofuran insoluble component, and including units of a polycarboxylic acid and a diol having the specific formula; wherein at least one of the binder resins (A) and (B) is prepared in the presence of the specific titanium-containing catalyst, and wherein a weight ratio ((A)/(B)) of the binder resin (A) to the binder resin (B) is from 60/40 to 85/15.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2007Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Ricoh Company LimitedInventors: Takahiro Honda, Hiroyuki Fushimi, Osamu Uchinokura
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Patent number: 7632619Abstract: A toner including a binder resin, a wax, and a colorant, wherein particles of the wax having a particle diameter of less than 1.00 ?m are included in the toner in an amount of not less than 35% by number and less than 55% by number, and wherein the wax has a particle diameter distribution property such that when particle diameters of particles of the wax are classified into ranges having a width of 0.05 ?m, the wax has a particle diameter mode value that is not less than 0.75 ?m and less than 1.00 ?m; and a fixing method and an image forming method using the above toner.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2006Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Ricoh Company LimitedInventors: Yoshihiro Mikuriya, Atsushi Yamamoto, Hiroaki Katoh, Takuya Kadota, Masayuki Hagi, Katsunori Kurose, Masahide Inoue
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Patent number: 7629099Abstract: A toner is provided manufactured by a method having the steps: dispersing toner constituents including a resin, in an aqueous medium containing a particulate resin, wherein the resin has a polyester skeleton formed by a ring-opening addition reaction of a cyclic ester with a first compound having an active hydrogen group; and a developer and an image forming method using the toner, and a toner container containing the toner.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2006Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: Ricoh Company LimitedInventors: Hiroshi Yamashita, Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Hiroto Higuchi, Yohichiroh Watanabe, Yasuhiro Shindo
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Patent number: 7625685Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetic mono-component toner which can suppress a selection development on a latent image carrier and can maintain favorable image properties for a long period by using a toner having the coarse powder distribution (S) within a given range in a jumping developing method and an image forming method which uses the toner. In the toner used in the jumping developing method which develops an electrostatic latent image formed on a latent image carrier using a developer carrier, the toner includes toner particles which contain at least a binding resin and a magnetic powder, and the coarse powder distribution (S) of the toner particles satisfies a following formula (1). Coarse powder distribution (S)=(50?A)/2?17 (volume %/?m)??(1) (wherein, A is a volume % of the coarse powder having particle sizes larger than D50 based on volume by 2 ?m or more).Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2008Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: Kyocera Mita CorporationInventor: Hideaki Kawata
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Patent number: 7622233Abstract: A toner composition includes a styrene-based polymer resin, a crystalline polyester wax, a second wax different from the crystalline polyester wax, a colorant, and a coagulant.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2006Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Raj D. Patel, Edward G. Zwartz, T. Brian McAneney, Edward C. Hanzlik, Alan R. Kuntz
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Patent number: 7601474Abstract: An electrostatic developer is provided that contains toner-containing image-forming particles and an uncrosslinked, linear hydrocarbon based homopolymer wax component, wherein the wax has a total number of branches in each of one or more chains that is less than 0.5%, relative to total number of carbons in said wax; wherein the wax is further characterized by having a set of endotherms as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) run at a maximum rate of 10° C. per minute, these endotherms being characterized by a primary endotherm and at least a secondary endotherm, the primary endotherm exhibiting a temperature range of between 70° C. and 90° C., and the secondary endotherm exhibiting a temperature range of between 95° C. and 110° C., and wherein the wax has a crystallinity of from 75% to 90% as determined by small angle X-ray diffraction analysis.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2003Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Kagaku Imaging CorporationInventors: Kenzo Ogata, Shinichi Saiki
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Patent number: 7588875Abstract: A toner having at least one binder, at least one colorant and external additives. The external additives include at least one fluoropolymer. An electrophotographic image forming machine and method includes the toner with at least one fluoropolymer.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2008Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Nan-Xing Hu, Cuong Vong, John F. Graham, Richard P. N. Veregin
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Publication number: 20090214973Abstract: A toner is provided that includes a release agent, a colorant, a binder resin including a polyester resin, and a fixing auxiliary component including an ester compound of a fatty acid with an alcohol. The fatty acid includes stearic acid and behenic acid in a total amount of 80% by weight or more. The alcohol includes ethylene glycol in an amount of 80% by weight or more. The ester compound has a hydroxyl value of 10 to 100 mgKOH/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2009Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Hiroshi Yamashita, Naohiro Watanabe, Shinichi Wakamatsu, Masaki Watanabe
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Patent number: 7566521Abstract: To provide a toner that can provide long-term removability and high-definition images with reduced image layer thickness and densely-packed toner particles, a developer capable of forming high-quality images using the toner, a toner container for containing the toner, a process cartridge using the toner, an image forming apparatus using the toner, and an image forming method using the toner. The toner of the present invention is a toner having a substantially spherical shape with irregularities on its surface and containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, wherein a surface factor SF-1 that represents the sphericity of toner particles is 105 to 180, a surface factor SF-2 that represents the degree of surface irregularities of the toner particles is correlated with the volume-average diameter of the toner particles, and the toner particles have an inorganic oxide particle-containing layer within 1 ?m from their surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2007Date of Patent: July 28, 2009Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro Kotsugai, Satoshi Mochizuki, Hisashi Nakajima, Yasuo Asahina, Osamu Uchinokura, Masayuki Ishii, Tomoyuki Ichikawa, Shinya Nakayama, Koichi Sakata, Tomoko Utsumi, Hitoshi Iwatsuki, Yasuaki Iwamoto, Hideki Sugiura, Masami Tomita
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Patent number: 7563551Abstract: A charged toner particle for use in printing a light emitting device, the particle comprising: a polymer; and electroluminescent particles dispersed in the polymer, wherein when the toner is printed the electroluminescent particles in the printed toner are spatially substantially static.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2005Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Tomer Spector, Yaron Grinwald
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Patent number: 7560216Abstract: An image-fixing method contains: passing a recording medium bearing an image through a nip between two or more fixing members to fix the image onto the recording medium; and ejecting the recording medium along with the fixing member contacting with a non-image-bearing surface of the recording medium, wherein the fixing member contacting with an image-bearing surface of the recording medium has a lower surface hardness than that of the fixing member contacting with the non-image-bearing surface, the image is comprised of a toner containing toner particles, each toner particle contains wax having an aliphatic hydrocarbon chain, and polyester resin having an aromatic ring, a total amount of the wax in the toner particle is 1 to 20 mass %, determined by DSC, an amount of the wax located in the specific region of the toner particle is 0.05 to 0.40 that is an intensity ratio (P2850/P828) determined by FTIR-ATR, and the wax is partially or entirely encapsulated in the toner particle as dispersed particles.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2005Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tsunemi Sugiyama, Yohichiroh Watanabe, Hiroshi Yamashita
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Patent number: 7553595Abstract: A toner composition includes toner particles including a polymeric resin, a colorant, a wax, and an optional coagulant, and a coagulant applied as a surface additive to a surface of the toner particles to alter a triboelectric charge of the toner particles.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2006Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Valerie M. Farrugia, Raj D. Patel, Michael S. Hawkins