Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080241728 | Methods for reducing plasticization and blocking in toner compositions - Use of a wax in a toner, such as carnauba wax, to give an increase in charge control agent in a toner, such as a magenta toner, to give an increased glass transition temperature is disclosed. The toner may contain a resin comprising amorphous and crystalline polyesters to provide good low melt characteristics. | 10-02-2008 |
20090081577 | Toner compositions - The present disclosure provides processes for producing toners which include an annealing step and toners produced by these processes. The process includes a continuous annealing step, which increases the glass transition temperature of the resulting toner. | 03-26-2009 |
20090123862 | TONER COMPOSITIONS - The present disclosure provides toners including amorphous resins and crystalline resins. Toners with high glass transition temperatures and little plasticization may be obtained in accordance with the present disclosure. | 05-14-2009 |
20110020744 | METHODS FOR REDUCING PLASTICIZATION AND BLOCKING IN TONER COMPOSITIONS - Use of a wax in a toner, such as carnauba wax, to give an increase in charge control agent in a toner, such as a magenta toner, to give an increased glass transition temperature is disclosed. The toner may contain a resin comprising amorphous and crystalline polyesters to provide good low melt characteristics. | 01-27-2011 |
20110086306 | TONER COMPOSITIONS - A toner having charge control agents which impart excellent triboelectric charging characteristics. In embodiments, the charge control agents include copolymers formed by an emulsion polymerization process. | 04-14-2011 |
20110091801 | TONER COMPOSITIONS - The present disclosure provides toners and methods for their production. In embodiments, the amount of coagulant utilized in producing those toners may be less than amounts currently in use, which may have a beneficial effect by reducing the time for coalescence. Modified waxes may also be utilized which provide excellent gloss and charging characteristics. | 04-21-2011 |
20110262855 | TONER COMPOSITIONS - The present disclosure relates to a binder resin system suitable for use in forming toner compositions. In embodiments, the binder resin system includes at least one amorphous resin, at least one crystalline resin, and at least one fatty acid salt. The presence of the fatty acid salt reduces plasticization which may otherwise occur upon combining the amorphous and crystalline resins, thereby increasing the glass transition temperature of the binder resin, as well as any toner produced with such binder resin. Toners produced with the disclosed binder resin may also include one or more optional ingredients such as optional colorants, optional waxes, and combinations thereof. | 10-27-2011 |
20120021351 | CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TONER USING AN OSCILLATORY FLOW CONTINUOUS REACTOR - The present disclosure provides for oscillatory flow continuous reactors suitable for use in forming emulsion aggregation toners. The reactor may include at least one receptacle being a flexible, tubular member. The reactor may also include a plurality of baffles disposed, at spaced apart intervals, along an interior space of the tubular member, each of the plurality of baffles including one or more orifices. Additionally, one or more fluids may flow through the tubular member. The oscillatory flow continuous reactor may be used in an emulsion aggregation process to produce toner particles. | 01-26-2012 |
20130157188 | Colored Toners - 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. | 06-20-2013 |
20140065537 | CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING TONERS - 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. | 03-06-2014 |
20140099575 | BIO-BASED TONER COMPOSITIONS - Use of a resin blend of a petroleum based resin and a bio-derived polyester resins having low glass transition (Tg) values in a toner composition is disclosed. The resulting novel bio-based toner exhibits desirable characteristics such as good blocking performance and excellent fusing latitude. | 04-10-2014 |
20140162181 | Black Toner - The present disclosure describes a black single component toner with desirable fusing performance. | 06-12-2014 |
20140162184 | Color Toner - The present disclosure describes a color single component toner with desirable fusing performance. | 06-12-2014 |
20150044606 | POROUS TONER AND PROCESS FOR MAKING THE SAME - A process includes forming a filter cake from a slurry of emulsion aggregation toner particles and washing the filter cake with an alcohol to create porous toner particles. | 02-12-2015 |
20150086916 | SELF-CLEANING TONER COMPOSITION - Toner compositions that having spherical particles and provide stable density. The toner compositions also comprise and deliver a silicone oil to the cleaning subsystem in the image forming apparatus by incorporating an inorganic fine powder additive package that has been mixed with silicone oil in a manner such that the toner is blended with the inorganic fine powder and silicone oil. | 03-26-2015 |
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20090316578 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A WEIGHTED BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION FOR A NETWORK - A method and apparatus for providing bandwidth allocation for a network are disclosed. For example, the method receives data from a plurality of subscribers for transmission, and allocates a minimum reserved bandwidth to each of the plurality of subscribers. The method then allocates a portion of a shareable bandwidth to at least one of the plurality of subscribers in accordance with a weight factor. | 12-24-2009 |
20100067519 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRIORITIZING VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL SIGNALING MESSAGES - A method and apparatus for enabling prioritization of signaling messages in a communication network are disclosed. For example, the method receives at least one signaling message, and classifies each of the at least one signaling message. The method schedules each of the at least one signaling message for processing, and discards selectively one or more signaling messages that have been scheduled under an overload condition. | 03-18-2010 |
20100098233 | METHODS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING CALLED PARTY INITIATED PRIORITY MARKING - Methods, computer program products, and systems for providing called party initiated priority marking are provided. The method includes receiving a request from a called party to mark a telephone call currently in session as a priority telephone call. The telephone call is initiated by a calling party and received by the called party. It is determined if the called party has authorization to mark the telephone call as a priority telephone call. The telephone call is marked as a priority telephone call if it is determined that the called party has authorization to mark the telephone call as a priority telephone call. | 04-22-2010 |
20100151837 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING PREEMPTIVE BASED RADIO CHANNEL ACCESS CONTROL - Methods and systems for facilitating preemptive based radio access control are provided. The methods and systems include receiving queue data corresponding to a set of requests for highly prioritized communications included on a prioritized queue and utilizing the queue data to determine whether a set of conditions for involuntarily terminating a radio communication session has been met. Session data corresponding to characteristics for each of a plurality of radio communication sessions are also received and utilized to determine which of the plurality of radio communication sessions to terminate if the set of conditions for involuntarily terminating a radio communication session have been met. | 06-17-2010 |
20100165838 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING DATA THROUGHPUT IN A NETWORK - A method and apparatus for improving data throughput in a network are disclosed. For example, the method receives at least one packet from a first device, and generates an acknowledgement message for verifying a receipt of the at least one packet, wherein the acknowledgement message comprises a precedence value that indicates that the acknowledgement message is to be handled with a priority in accordance with the precedence value. The method sends the acknowledgement message to the first device. | 07-01-2010 |
20110051731 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO REASSIGN QUALITY OF SERVICE PRIORITIES IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Methods and apparatus to reassign quality of service (QoS) priorities in a communication network are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises performing a temporary QoS priority reassignment for network traffic between a first network element associated with a first user of a communication network and a second network element associated with a second user of the communication network without intervention by a service provider providing the communication network to the first and second users, the first user authorized by the service provider to temporarily reassign a QoS priority associated with the second user, and terminating the temporary QoS priority reassignment based on a monitored termination criteria. | 03-03-2011 |
20110116367 | Systems, Methods And Computer Readable Media For Utilizing Spare Capacity Of Links Within A Network - Systems, methods and computer-readable media for utilizing spare link capacities of links within a communications network are described. According to one aspect, a method for utilizing spare network capacity on a communications network includes determining a spare capacity of a plurality of links within the communications network. Upon determining the spare capacity of the plurality of links, a portion of the plurality of links according to the spare capacity of the plurality of links is selected. A standby network including the selected portion of the plurality of links is established, and traffic is routed through the standby network. | 05-19-2011 |
20130016611 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRIORITIZING VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL SIGNALING MESSAGES - A method and apparatus for enabling prioritization of signaling messages in a communication network are disclosed. For example, the method receives at least one signaling message, and classifies each of the at least one signaling message. The method schedules each of the at least one signaling message for processing, and discards selectively one or more signaling messages that have been scheduled under an overload condition. | 01-17-2013 |
20140016473 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING BANDWIDTH FOR A NETWORK - A method and apparatus for performing traffic engineering, e.g., allocating bandwidth, on a wireless access network are disclosed. For example, the method determines a number of subscriber stations (SSs) that a Base Station (BS) is capable of supporting in accordance with at least one performance objective for voice traffic, wherein the at least one performance objective for voice traffic comprises a type of codec. The method then allocates bandwidth by the base station in accordance with the number of subscriber stations that the base station is capable of supporting. | 01-16-2014 |
20140120939 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING PREEMPTIVE BASED RADIO CHANNEL ACCESS CONTROL - Preemptive based radio access control is facilitated. Queue data is received, wherein the queue data corresponds to a set of requests for highly prioritized communications included on a prioritized queue. The queue data is used to determine whether a set of conditions for involuntarily terminating a radio communication session has been met. Session data corresponding to characteristics for each of a plurality of radio communication sessions are also received and utilized to determine which of the plurality of radio communication sessions to terminate if the set of conditions for involuntarily terminating a radio communication session have been met. | 05-01-2014 |
20150099526 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING PREEMPTIVE BASED RADIO CHANNEL ACCESS CONTROL - Preemptive based radio access control is facilitated. Queue data is received, wherein the queue data corresponds to a set of requests for highly prioritized communications included on a prioritized queue. The queue data is used to determine whether a set of conditions for involuntarily terminating a radio communication session has been met. Session data corresponding to characteristics for each of a plurality of radio communication sessions are also received and utilized to determine which of the plurality of radio communication sessions to terminate if the set of conditions for involuntarily terminating a radio communication session have been met. | 04-09-2015 |