Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080227002 | TONER, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - To provide a toner including a binder resin and colorant and is granulated in aqueous medium, wherein the binder resin is a polymer having a polyester skeleton, the polyester skeleton is obtained by block copolymerization of a polyester skeleton A in which at least a constituent unit in which CH | 09-18-2008 |
20080233496 | TONER FOR DEVELOPING LATENT ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a toner which, despite its spherical shape, makes it possible to prevent an external additive from being embedded in the toner easily or by a load generating low stress, reduce variation in image density, maintain cleaning ability and transfer ability throughout its long-term use and obtain excellent image quality, and further, provides a two-component developer, an image forming method and an image forming apparatus with the use of the toner. There is a toner including: base particles including a colorant and a resin, and hard fine particles, wherein the base particles and the hard fine particles are mixed together, and protruding portions formed of fine organic resin particles which are different in composition from a resin contained as a main component in the base particles are provided on surfaces of the base particles. | 09-25-2008 |
20080280218 | TONER, AS WELL AS IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME - To provide a toner produced by emulsifying or dispersing in an aqueous medium particles containing at least polyester resin particles and by aggregating the polyester resin particles, wherein the polyester resin particles contain a polyester resin, the polyester resin is produced by condensation polymerization of an alcohol component containing 65 mol % or more 1,2-propanediol in a dihydroxy alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component containing purified rosin, and the softening point of the polyester resin is 80° C. or more and less than 120° C., and wherein the toner comprises a colorant and a releasing agent. | 11-13-2008 |
20080280219 | TONER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE TONER - The present invention provides a toner containing at least a binder resin, a releasing agent, and a colorant, wherein the binder resin contains at least a polyester resin (A) having a softening point Tm(A) of 120° C. to 160° C., a polyester resin (B) having a softening point Tm(B) of 80° C. or more and less than 120° C. and a composite resin (C) containing a condensation polymerization monomer and an addition polymerization monomer, at least any one of the polyester resins (A) and (B) is a polyester resin prepared by condensation-polymerizing an alcohol component substantially composed of only aliphatic alcohol with a carboxylic acid component, and 65% or more of the alcohol component is 1,2-propanediol. | 11-13-2008 |
20080318144 | TONER, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - To provide a toner including: a toner material that contains at least a binder resin, a pigment, and a pigment dispersant, wherein the pigment dispersant has an acid value of 20 mgKOH/g to 50 mgKOH/g and an amine value of 1 mgKOH/g to 50 mgKOH/g, and wherein the pigment contains at least aluminum phthalocyanine. | 12-25-2008 |
20080318148 | TONER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND DEVELOPER - A toner containing base particles produced by dissolving and/or dispersing a toner material in an organic solvent so as to prepare a toner material solution, and emulsifying and/or dispersing the toner material solution in an aqueous medium, wherein the toner material contains a binder resin and a releasing agent, the binder resin contains a polyester resin, and the releasing agent is a hydrocarbon wax which is modified with a carboxylic acid or carboxylic anhydride. | 12-25-2008 |
20090003885 | TONER, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner including a colorant and a binder resin is provided. The binder resin includes a first resin comprising a block X comprising a resin comprising a racemic mixture of optically active monomers of a D-form compound and an L-form compound, and a block Y comprising another resin. The weight ratio of the D-form compound to the L-form compound is from 48/52 to 52/48, and the weight ratio of the block Y to the block X is from 1/3 to 3/1. The toner is obtained by dispersing or emulsifying a toner constituent liquid, in which the colorant and the binder resin are dissolved or dispersed in an organic solvent, in an aqueous medium. | 01-01-2009 |
20090074467 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member to bear a latent electrostatic image, a charging device to charge the image bearing member, an irradiating device to irradiate the image bearing member with light to form the latent electrostatic image, a developing device to develop the latent electrostatic image with toner to form a visualized image, a transfer device to transfer the visualized image to a recording medium, a lubricant application device to apply a lubricant to the surface of the image bearing member, a cleaning device to clean the surface of the image bearing member, wherein the toner has a ratio A of from 0.3 to 1.7 obtained by the following Relationship (1), particulates P comprising resin particulates and inorganic particulates are added to the toner and the resin particulates P1 have an average primary particle diameter of from 60 to 600 nm, ratio A=Mother toner BET specific surface area/Mother toner volume average particle diameter Relationship (1). | 03-19-2009 |
20090092917 | TONER, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A toner including a binder resin including a polyester resin, a colorant, and a release agent including a polyglycerin ester having a melt viscosity of from 1.0 to 40 mPa·sec at 120° C. and a hydroxyl value of from 0 to 100 mgKOH/g is provided. The polyglycerin ester is an ester of a polyglycerin having an average polymerization degree of from 2 to 10 and an aliphatic acid having 16 to 24 carbon atoms in average. | 04-09-2009 |
20090104555 | TONER, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides a toner containing at least a binder resin and a pigment, wherein the amount of the pigment in the toner is 3.0% by mass to 8.5% by mass, the volume average particle diameter of the toner is 2.0 μm to 6.0 μm, and a monochrome image, which has been fixed on a recording medium so that the amount of the toner adhered onto the recording medium is 0.25 mg/cm | 04-23-2009 |
20090155711 | TONER COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE TONER COMPOSITION - A toner composition including toner particles, wherein the toner particles are prepared by a method in which toner constituents including at least a binder resin and a colorant are kneaded upon application of heat to prepare a toner constituent mixture; the toner constituent mixture is dissolved or swelled in an organic solvent capable of dissolving or swelling at least the binder resin to prepare an oil phase liquid; the oil phase liquid is emulsified in an aqueous liquid to prepare an emulsion; the emulsion is coagulated; and then the coagulated emulsion is dried to prepare the toner particles. | 06-18-2009 |
20090162780 | DRY TONER AND METHOD OF PREPARING SAME - A dry toner for developing an electrostatic image, including a toner binder containing a urea-modified polyester. The toner has an average sphericity of 0.96 or more and contains no more than 30% by weight of particles having a sphericity of less than 0.95. | 06-25-2009 |
20090214973 | TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER CONTAINER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - 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. | 08-27-2009 |
20090233204 | TONER FOR IMAGE FORMATION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER, CONTAINER CONTAINING TONER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is a toner for image formation, granulated by dispersing, emulsifying, or both dispersing and emulsifying an oil phase containing toner constituting materials in an aqueous medium. The toner constituting materials contain a binder resin, a colorant and a pigment dispersant which is a polyester derivative having an acid value of 28 to 50 mgKOH/g and an amine value of 1 to 50 mgKOH/g, and satisfy the following Expressions 1 and 2, where Expression 1 represents a mass ratio, α is a glass transition temperature of the binder resin, and β is a glass transition temperature of a mixture of the binder resin and the pigment dispersant in the ratio of Expression 1. | 09-17-2009 |
20090325099 | TONER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A toner produced by a method including dissolving or dispersing toner components comprising a colorant and at least one of a binder resin and a precursor thereof in an organic solvent to prepare a toner components liquid, dispersing the toner components liquid in an aqueous medium including a surfactant, a particulate resin A having the same polarity as the surfactant and a volume average particle diameter of from 5 to 50 nm, and a particulate resin B having a volume average particle diameter of from 10 to 500 nm to form liquid droplets, and removing the organic solvent from the liquid droplets. The particulate resin B is incompatible with the binder resin and swells in the organic solvent. | 12-31-2009 |
20100035170 | TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER CONTAINER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A toner according to the present invention contains at least a polyester resin as a binder resin, a colorant, a releasing agent, a fixing-assisting component, and a fatty acid, wherein the fixing-assisting component has a melting point of 60° C. to 120° C. and contains at least one of an esterified compound obtained by esterification of the fatty acid and an amide compound obtained by amidation of the fatty acid. | 02-11-2010 |
20100075243 | TONER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY, AND TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING THE TONER - A toner for electrophotography, including a release agent; a binder resin; a colorant; and an external additive, wherein the binder resin is a polyester resin, and wherein the toner has a loss on heat not greater than 0.40% by weight at 165° C. and a difference between a loss on heat at 200° C. and the loss on heat at 165° C. not greater than 0.50% by weight, and includes a n-paraffin in an amount not less than 3% by weight. | 03-25-2010 |
20100075245 | RESIN PARTICLE, TONER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a resin particle having a volume average particle diameter of 10 nm to 500 nm, obtained by polymerizing an addition polymerizable monomer containing a silsesquioxane (a) represented by Formula (I) or by copolymerizing the silsesquioxane (a) with an addition polymerizable monomer (b), | 03-25-2010 |
20100081075 | MAGENTA TONER AND DEVELOPER - A magenta toner, produced by a method including suspending an oily liquid comprising a binder resin and a colorant in an aqueous medium, wherein the colorant comprises a naphthol pigment and a quinacridone pigment, and the quinacridone pigment comprises a pigment having a specific formula. | 04-01-2010 |
20100310980 | TONER, AND DEVELOPER, DEVELOPER CONTAINER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING THE TONER - A toner, including a colorant; a binder resin; a release agent; and a fixing supplemental component, wherein the toner has a storage elastic modulus G′ (Pa) satisfying the following conditions: | 12-09-2010 |
20110033203 | TONER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE TONER, DEVELOPER INCLUDING THE TONER, CONTAINER CONTAINING THE TONER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE TONER - An image forming method including forming an electrostatic latent image on an image bearing member; developing the electrostatic latent image with a developer including a toner to prepare a toner image on the image bearing member; transferring the toner image onto a receiving material; and cleaning the surface of the image bearing member with a cleaning blade; wherein a surface of the image bearing member has a friction coefficient of from 0.10 to 0.40, and wherein the toner has an average circularity of from 0.97 to 1.00 and includes toner particles and a particulate material having an average particle diameter of from 0.03 to 1 μm, wherein the particulate material is externally added to the toner particles by a wet method. | 02-10-2011 |
20110045403 | TONER COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE TONER COMPOSITION - A toner composition including toner particles, wherein the toner particles are prepared by a method in which toner constituents including at least a binder resin and a colorant are kneaded upon application of heat to prepare a toner constituent mixture; the toner constituent mixture is dissolved or swelled in an organic solvent capable of dissolving or swelling at least the binder resin to prepare an oil phase liquid; the oil phase liquid is emulsified in an aqueous liquid to prepare an emulsion; the emulsion is coagulated; and then the coagulated emulsion is dried to prepare the toner particles. | 02-24-2011 |
20110076610 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TONER AND TONER MANUFACTURED BY THE METHOD - A method of manufacturing toner including melting, mixing, and kneading a releasing agent and a coloring agent with at least part of a polyester binder resin, and suspending and granulating an oil phase comprising the binder resin, the coloring agent, and the releasing agent in an aqueous medium. | 03-31-2011 |
20110086305 | TONER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TONER, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A toner including a mother toner comprising a binder resin and a calixarene having a halogen group, and a charge controlling agent having a halogen group that is present on a surface of the mother toner. The ratio of halogen ion to carbon ion on a surface of the toner is from 0.01 to 0.5, when determined by TOF-SIMS. The toner can be prepared by preparing a first liquid by dissolving or dispersing toner components including a calixarene having a halogen group and a binder resin and/or a precursor of the binder resin in an organic solvent; preparing a second liquid by emulsifying or dispersing the first liquid in an aqueous medium; removing the organic solvent from the second liquid; preparing a third liquid by washing the second liquid from which the organic solvent is removed; and adding a charge controlling agent having a halogen group to the third liquid. | 04-14-2011 |