Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080286676 | MAGNETIC TONER - A magnetic toner having magnetic toner particles each containing at least a binder resin and a magnetic iron oxide particle, in which: when a solution is prepared by dissolving the magnetic iron oxide particles in an acidic aqueous solution and an Fe element amount in a solution in which all the magnetic iron oxide particles are dissolved is defined as a total Fe element amount, a ratio X of the amount of Fe(2+) in a solution in which the magnetic iron oxide particles are dissolved to a state where 10 mass % of the total Fe element amount is present in the solution (solution having an Fe element-dissolving ratio of 10 mass %) to an Fe element amount in the solution having a specific Fe element-dissolving ratio; and the dielectric loss tangents of the magnetic toner measured at a temperature of 40° C. satisfy specific conditions. | 11-20-2008 |
20090123859 | TONER - Provide is a toner including toner particles each containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, and an inorganic fine powder, in which the inorganic fine powder has a ratio (A/B) of a total pore volume A measured in a pore diameter range of from 1.9 nm or more and to 8.0 nm or less to a total pore volume B measured in a pore diameter range of from 1.9 nm or more and to 300.0 nm or less of from 0.20 or more and to 1.00 or less, and the total pore volume A is from 1.00×10 | 05-14-2009 |
20090257788 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A developing apparatus is provided which can suppress a fluctuation in image density in a discontinuous printing mode provided with a pause period. The developing apparatus includes a developer for developing an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive drum, a developer bearing member for carrying and conveying the developer and a developer layer thickness-regulating unit placed close to the developer bearing member for regulating the amount of the developer carried and conveyed by the developer bearing member, the developer layer thickness-regulating unit being. As the developer, a negatively chargeable, one-component, magnetic toner is used having magnetic toner particles containing a binder resin and a magnetic iron oxide particle, and has a specific saturation magnetization, specific weight-average particle diameter and specific composition. The developer bearing member includes a surface layer containing a binder resin, a quaternary ammonium salt, graphitized particles, and conductive, spherical resin particles, and has a specific surface shape. | 10-15-2009 |
20110097655 | IMAGE-FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image-forming method, the method including: forming an electrostatic image on an electrostatic image bearing member which has been charged; developing the electrostatic image to form a toner image; transferring the toner image on the electrostatic image bearing member with or without mediating an intermediate transferring member onto a transfer material; and fixing the toner image on the transfer material, in which: the electrostatic image hearing member is a photosensitive member obtained by sequentially laminating a photoconductive layer and a surface layer formed of hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbide, and a sum of an atomic density of silicon atoms and an atomic density of carbon atoms in the surface layer of the photosensitive member is 6.60×10 | 04-28-2011 |
20130244166 | TONER - A toner is provided which is superior in the long-term storage stability and has high low-temperature fixing properties. In a DSC curve as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter, the toner has a glass transition temperature of not less than 50° C. and not more than 60° C.; and the toner has, in regard to a resin composition contained therein, a difference of not less than 0.060 W/g in heat flow between a point on the curve at a temperature of 40° C. and a baseline in the range exceeding the glass transition temperature; and in viscoelastic characteristics measured at a frequency of 6.28 rad/sec, the toner has a storage elastic modulus (G′40) at a temperature of 40° C. of not less than 7.0×10 | 09-19-2013 |
20130252167 | TONER - A toner comprising toner particles, each of which contains a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the binder resin includes a resin having an endothermic peak at a temperature of 55° C. to 120° C. in a DSC curve; the toner has a softening point Tm of 90° C. to 140° C.; in the viscoelastic characteristic of the toner measured at a frequency of 6.28 rad/sec, the storage elastic modulus at a temperature of 180° C. is 1.0×10 | 09-26-2013 |
20130302730 | TONER - To provide a toner that can keep its melt-sticking to sleeve from occurring and, even in double-sided printing, can keep high-temperature offset from occurring and obtain high-quality images on both the surface and the back. The toner comprises toner particles each of which contains a binder resin containing a resin formed by the reaction of i) a resin (A) having a softening point TA (° C.) of 70° C. to 105° C. and having a peak top of endothermic peaks at 55° C. to 120° C. with ii) a resin (B) having a softening point TB (° C.) of 120° C. to 160° C. and having a peak top of endothermic peaks at 55° C. to 120° C., and, in its viscoelasticity characteristics, has a storage elastic modulus at temperature 180° C. (G′180) of 3.0×10 | 11-14-2013 |
20140004460 | TONER | 01-02-2014 |
20150037721 | TONER - Provided is a toner that has excellent low-temperature fixability and is capable of obtaining an image having a stable image density, in which the occurrence of image defects is suppressed. The toner includes toner base particles, each of which contains a binder resin and a magnetic material, and organic-inorganic composite fine particles on each of the toner base particles. Each of the organic-inorganic composite fine particles comprises a vinyl resin particle, and inorganic fine particles which are embedded in the vinyl resin particle, and at least a part of which are exposed. The volumetric specific heat of the organic-inorganic composite fine particles and the volumetric specific heat of the toner base particles satisfy a predetermined provision. | 02-05-2015 |
20150037722 | TONER - The present invention provides a toner that exhibits an excellent low-temperature fixability and an excellent ejected paper adhesiveness during high-speed printing, without affecting the long-term storage stability, in which the toner has a toner particle that contains a resin component, wherein the toner has, in a DSC curve measured with a differential scanning calorimeter, a glass transition temperature of at least 50° C. and not more than 65° C. and a cold crystallization peak during cooling of at least 40° C. and not more than 70° C., and has an endothermic peak in a DSC curve measured with a differential scanning calorimeter for the resin component of at least 70° C. and not more than 95° C. | 02-05-2015 |
20150037723 | TONER - A toner excellent in end-portion hot offset properties is provided. A toner including toner particles and an external additive, wherein the toner particles contain a binder resin, and organic-inorganic composite fine particles dispersed in the binder resin, and the organic-inorganic composite fine particles (1) have a number-average particle diameter of 70 nm or more and 500 nm or less, (2) have a structure in which inorganic fine particles are embedded in a resin particle, convexes derived from the inorganic fine particles being present on surfaces of the organic-inorganic composite fine particles, (3) have a shape factor SF-2 of 103 or more and 120 or less, and (4) contain a resin component in which a proportion of THF-insoluble matter based on a mass of the resin component is 95% by mass or more. | 02-05-2015 |
20150037726 | TONER - The toner comprises: toner particles each containing a binder resin and a releasing agent; and an organic-inorganic composite fine particle, wherein: the organic-inorganic composite fine particle comprises: a vinyl resin particle containing a vinyl resin, the vinyl resin containing THF-insoluble matter in an amount of 95% by mass or more; and inorganic fine particles which are exposed at surfaces of the respective organic-inorganic composite fine particles, the organic-inorganic composite fine particle 1) has a plurality of convexes derived from the inorganic fine particles on the surfaces thereof, 2) has a number average particle size of 70-500 nm, and 3) has a shape factor SF-2 as measured at a magnification of 200,000 times of 103-120, and an absolute value of difference between an SP value of the releasing agent and an SP value of the vinyl resin is 0.50 (cal/cm | 02-05-2015 |
20150037729 | TONER - The toner includes a resin component containing a crystalline polyester resin and a polyester-type resin that has a long-chain monomer bonded by condensation at a terminal, the toner having, in a total heat flow measured by a temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimeter, an endothermic peak resulting from the crystalline polyester resin in a specific temperature range, and the percentage of the endothermic quantity of the endothermic peak in a reversing heat flow with respect to the endothermic quantity of the endothermic peak in the total heat flow being at least 20.0%. | 02-05-2015 |