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20100068644 | TONER, AND DEVELOPER - The present invention provides a toner which contains at least a binder resin, and a colorant, wherein the binder resin contains a polyester resin (A) obtained by polycondensation of an alcohol component with a carboxylic acid component containing one of a purified rosin and a modified rosin, and a polyester resin (B) obtained by polycondensation of a carboxylic acid with an alcohol component containing a specific alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A, and wherein when the carboxylic acid component containing a purified rosin is used in the carboxylic acid component for the polyester resin (A), a mass ratio [(B)/(A)] of the polyester resin (B) to the polyester resin (A) is 2/8 to 6/4. | 03-18-2010 |
20100136471 | TONER AND DEVELOPER - A toner, wherein a binder resin contains a polyester resin (A) produced by polycondensing an alcohol component with a carboxylic acid component which contains a rosin compound in an amount of 5% by mass or more of the total amount by mass of the alcohol component and the carboxylic acid component, and a polyester resin (B) produced by polycondensing an alcohol component containing an alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A represented by General Formula (1) given below with a carboxylic acid component, and wherein the toner contains abietic acid in an amount of 0.01% by mass to 1% by mass: | 06-03-2010 |
20110086307 | CARRIER FOR TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER - A carrier, including a magnetic particulate core material and a resin layer on the core material, wherein the resin layer includes a resin obtained by heat treatment of a copolymer including a site derived from a monomer component having the following formula (1) and a site derived from a monomer component having the following formula (2), and includes a cross-linked material obtained by hydrolysis of the copolymer to produce a silanol group and condensation using an organotitanium compound: | 04-14-2011 |
20110091802 | CARRIER, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE CARRIER, DEVELOPER USING THE CARRIER, DEVELOPER CONTAINER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE DEVELOPER - The carrier is used for a two-component developer for developing an electrostatic latent image, and includes a particulate magnetic core material; and a cover layer located on a surface of the core material and including a crosslinked material and barium sulfate. The cover layer is formed by applying a coating medium including barium sulfate, a copolymer including a unit (A) having a specific acrylic siloxane structure including a tris(trialkylsiloxy)silanyl group and a unit (B) having a specific acrylic silicone structure having a crosslinking ability, and a condensation reaction catalyst, heating the applied medium to a temperature of from 100° C. to 230° C. so that the copolymer is hydrolyzed to produce a material having a silanol group, and the material and the catalyst are subjected to a condensation reaction to form the crosslinked material. | 04-21-2011 |
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20100291481 | TONER, DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND DEVELOPER TO BE SUPPLIED - A toner including: a binder resin containing at least a polyester resin (A) and a polyester resin (B) as main components; a colorant; a release agent; and a graft polymer containing a polyolefin resin and a vinyl resin, wherein the polyester resin (A) is a condensation product resulting from condensation polymerization between an alcohol component containing a dihydric alcohol compound, and a carboxylic acid component containing a rosin compound, and the rosin compound occupies 5% by mass or more of the total amount of the alcohol component and the carboxylic acid component, and wherein the polyester resin (B) is a condensation product resulting from condensation polymerization between an alcohol component containing a dihydric alcohol compound which includes at least an alkylene oxide adduct of a bisphenol compound represented by General Formula (1) below, and a carboxylic acid component: | 11-18-2010 |
20100316944 | TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER CONTAINER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrostatic image developing toner including a resin fine particle, and a toner material containing a polyester-based resin, wherein the electrostatic image developing toner is obtained by dissolving and/or dispersing the toner material containing the polyester-based resin in an organic solvent to prepare a toner material liquid, and dispersing the toner material liquid in an aqueous solvent containing the resin fine particle, and wherein the polyester-based resin contains a polyester resin obtained by polycondensation of an alcohol component with a carboxylic acid component containing a modified purified-rosin. | 12-16-2010 |
20110165508 | TONER AND DEVELOPER - A toner containing at least a binder resin, releasing agent, and colorant, wherein the binder resin contains polyester resin (A), polyester resin (B), and polyester resin (C), which is prepared by condensation-polymerizing (i) an alcohol component containing an alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol compound and (ii) a carboxylic acid component; at least one of the polyester resin (A) and polyester resin (B) is a polyester resin prepared by condensation-polymerizing (i) the alcohol component substantially composed of only aliphatic alcohol and containing 1,2-propanediol in an amount of 65 mole % or more of a divalent alcohol component and (ii) the carboxylic acid component; and a softening point Tm(A) of the polyester resin (A) is 10 C or more higher than Tm(B) of the polyester resin (B), and the absolute difference between Tm(C) of the polyester resin (C) and the Tm(B) is 5° C. or less. | 07-07-2011 |
20110229817 | CARRIER, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE CARRIER, DEVELOPER USING THE CARRIER, DEVELOPER CONTAINER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE DEVELOPER - The carrier is used for a two-component developer for developing an electrostatic latent image, and includes a particulate magnetic core material; and a cover layer located on a surface of the particulate magnetic core material and including a crosslinked material. The crosslinked material is formed by hydrolyzing a copolymer including at least a unit (A) having a specific acrylic siloxane structure including a tris(trialkylsiloxy)silanyl group and a unit (B) having a specific acrylic silicone structure to form a material having a silanol group, and subjecting the material having a silanol group to a condensation reaction using an organic zirconium-containing catalyst. | 09-22-2011 |
20120028183 | DEVELOPING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The developing method includes developing an electrostatic latent image on an image bearing member with a two-component developer including a toner and a carrier and born on at least one developer bearing member, whose surface moves at a linear speed of from 300 mm/sec to 2,000 mm/sec. The carrier includes a particulate core material; and a cover layer located on a surface of the core material and including a crosslinked material obtained by crosslinking a resin including a first unit having a specific tris(trialkylsiloxy) silyl group and a second unit having a specific alkoxysilyl group having a crosslinking ability. Each of the first unit and the second unit is included in the resin in a molar ratio of from 0.1 to 0.9 based on all the units included in the resin. | 02-02-2012 |
20120058423 | CONTACT DEVELOPING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A contact developing method including supplying a two-component developer to an electrostatic latent image on a rotating image bearing member by rotating a developing sleeve and a rotatable magnet having multiple magnetic poles provided inside the developing sleeve, to develop the electrostatic latent image into a toner image. The developing sleeve and the image bearing member rotate in the same direction while facing each other. The two-component developer comprises a non-magnetic toner and a carrier. The carrier comprises a magnetic core particle and a resin layer covering the magnetic core particle. The resin layer comprises a conductive particle and a resin. The conductive particle comprises an alumina-based material and a conductive layer covering the alumina-based material. The resin is obtained by heating a copolymer comprising a monomer A unit and a monomer B unit. | 03-08-2012 |
20120237868 | TONER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A toner including a binder resin, a colorant, and a release agent is provided. The toner has a peak loss tangent (tan δ) value of 3 or more within a temperature range of 80 to 160° C. Here, the loss tangent (tan δ) is a ratio (G″/G′) of a loss elastic modulus (G″) to a storage elastic modulus (G′). The toner provides a good combination of low-temperature fixability, hot offset resistance, storage stability, coloring power and/or opacifying power, and gloss. | 09-20-2012 |
20120251168 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An electrophotographic image forming method, including fixing one or more chromatic toner images on a recording medium; and fixing a transparent toner image on the chromatic toner image to partially or wholly increase glossiness of the recording medium, wherein the chromatic toner image has an average length (Sm) of concavities and convexities of from 50 to 350 μm. | 10-04-2012 |
20120251169 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming method including forming an electrostatic latent image on an image bearing member; developing the electrostatic latent image using a color toner and a transparent toner to form a color toner image and a transparent toner image thereon; transferring the color toner image and the transparent toner image to a recording material; and fixing the color toner image and the transparent toner image on the recording material. The color toner includes a polyester resin and a colorant, and the loss tangent of the color toner has a maximum peak at a temperature of from 80° C. to 160° C., and is not greater than 3 at the maximum peak. The transparent toner includes a crystalline polyester resin, and the loss tangent of the transparent toner has a maximum peak at a temperature of from 80° C. to 160° C., and is not less than 3 at the maximum peak. | 10-04-2012 |
20130244162 | TONER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A toner, including: a binder resin; and a colorant, wherein the binder resin contains: a crystalline polyester resin (A); a non-crystalline resin (B); and a composite resin (C), where the composite resin (C) contains a condensation polymerization resin unit and an addition polymerization resin unit, wherein the toner contains chloroform insoluble matter in an amount of 1% by mass to 30% by mass, wherein the toner has a molecular weight distribution having a main peak in a range of 1,000 to 10,000 and a half width of 15,000 or less, where the molecular weight distribution is obtained through gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of tetrahydrofuran soluble matter of the toner, and wherein the toner has an endothermic peak in a range of 90° C. to 130° C. in measurement through differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). | 09-19-2013 |
20130252160 | TONER FOR FORMING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TONER FOR FORMING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A toner for forming an electrophotographic image is provided, wherein the toner includes at least four types of binder resins,
| 09-26-2013 |
20130260299 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming method including steps of forming a latent electrostatic image on an image bearing member, developing the latent electrostatic image with a development agent containing toner to obtain a toner image; transferring the toner image onto a transfer medium; fixing the toner image thereon; wherein the fixing is executed by a fixing device containing a heating roller; a fixing roller; a toner heating medium and the fixing roller; and a pressure roller wherein the toner contains a toner binder containing a crystalline resin containing a polyester resin A; a non-crystalline resin containing a non-crystalline resin B and a non-crystalline resin C, and a complex resin, wherein the toner has a main peak in a range of from 1,000 to 10,000 in the molecule weight distribution as measured for a component soluble in tetrahydrofuran by gel permeation chromatography with a half value width of 15,000 or less. | 10-03-2013 |
20130260302 | TONER FOR FORMING IMAGE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner, including: crystalline resin; non-crystalline resin; and a composite resin, wherein the crystalline resin is crystalline polyester resin (A), the non-crystalline resin comprises: non-crystalline resin (B) containing chloroform insoluble matter; and non-crystalline resin (C) having a softening temperature (T½) lower than that of the non-crystalline resin (B) by 25° C. or more, an absolute value |Tgc−Tgb| of a difference between a glass transition temperature (Tgc) of non-crystalline resin (C) and a glass transition temperature (Tgb) of non-crystalline resin (B) is 10° C. or lower, wherein the composite resin is composite resin (D) containing a condensation polymerization resin unit and an addition polymerization resin unit, and the toner has a molecular weight distribution having a main peak in 1,000 to 10,000 and a half width of 15,000 or less, where the molecular weight distribution is obtained by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of tetrahydrofuran (THF) soluble matter of the toner. | 10-03-2013 |
20130260307 | TONER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A toner including a crystalline polyester resin (A), an amorphous resin (B), and a composite resin (C) having a condensation polymerization resin unit and an addition polymerization resin unit is provided. A molecular weight distribution of the toner based on THF-soluble contents thereof has a main peak within a molecular weight range from 1,000 to 10,000 and a half bandwidth of the main peak is 15,000 or less. The molecular weight distribution is determined by gel permeation chromatography. The toner includes chloroform-insoluble contents. A ratio C/R of the toner is within a range from 0.03 to 0.55. C and R represent heights of spectrum peaks specific to the crystalline polyester resin (A) and the amorphous resin (B), respectively, determined by a Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic attenuation total reflection method after the toner is stored in a thermostatic chamber at 45° C. for 12 hours. | 10-03-2013 |
20140255840 | TONER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE TONER - A toner is provided. The toner includes a crystalline polyester resin (A); and a non-crystalline resin (B). The toner has a viscoelastic property such that the loss tangent (tan δ) defined as a ratio (G″/G′) of loss elastic modulus (G″) to storage elastic modulus (G′) has at least an inflection point or a local maximal point at a temperature α in a temperature range of from 65° C. to 80° C. while having a local maximal point at a temperature β in a temperature range of from 75° C. to 90° C., wherein the loss tangent at the temperature α is from 1.2 to 2.0, and the loss tangent at the temperature β is from 1.0 to 2.5, wherein the temperature α is lower than the temperature β. | 09-11-2014 |
20140348550 | TONER HOUSING CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Toner housing container includes: container body housing a toner; conveying portion conveying the toner from longer direction one end of container body to its other end at which container opening portion is provided; pipe receiving port receiving a conveying pipe fixed to toner conveying device; and uplifting portion moving the toner toward toner receiving port of conveying pipe. Toner has molecular weight distribution having a peak in a range of 10 | 11-27-2014 |
20150030819 | TONER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - Toner contains a binder resin, a releasing agent, and a tri- or higher metal salt, wherein the toner has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from 7,000 to 10,000, a ratio of the weight average molecular weight (Mw) to a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 5 or less, and an acid value of from 6 mgKOH/g to 12 mgKOH/g, wherein the binder resin is a polyester resin, wherein the releasing agent is a monoester wax. | 01-29-2015 |
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20090098475 | TONER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There are provided a toner, a method of manufacturing the toner, a two-component developer, a developing device, and an image forming apparatus, which are excellent in a charge rising property, environmental stability, and life stability during printing and which cause less fogging. The toner contains a core particle containing binder resin and colorant, and a coating layer which contains resin and a charge control agent and is formed on a surface of the core particle. At least a part of the resin contained in the coating layer is melt-bonded to the core particle, and the charge control agent is dispersed and immobilized in the coating layer. The dispersed charge control agent has a dispersion diameter of less than 1 μm. | 04-16-2009 |
20090297224 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TONER, TONER, DEVELOPER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method for manufacturing a toner is provided. The method for manufacturing a toner uses a rotary stirring apparatus that includes a circulating section for repeatedly performing circulation in a powder passage having a rotary stirring chamber and a circulation tube to return to the rotary stirring chamber by a rotary stirring section having a rotary disc around which rotary blades are installed and a rotary shaft, and a temperature adjusting section provided at least on a part of the powder passage for adjusting temperatures in the powder passage and of the rotary stirring section to a predetermined temperature, and includes a temperature adjusting step; a fine resin particle adhering step; a spraying step; and a film-forming step. The temperature in the powder passage is adjusted to the predetermined temperature by the temperature adjusting section at the fine resin particle adhering step, the spraying step, and the film-forming step. | 12-03-2009 |
20090297225 | TONER, DEVELOPER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner whose flowability, chargeability and fixing property are enhanced, a developer, a developing device and an image forming apparatus are provided. The toner comprises a toner particle in which a shell layer is formed on a surface of a core particle, and external additive, where (1) the shell layer is formed in a film on the surface of the core particle, (2) a shape factor SF-2 is 120 or more and 140 or less, and (3) a BET specific surface area measured by the BET method is 1.2 m | 12-03-2009 |