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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new light-emitting element capable of being made of an inexpensive silicon material in a simple manufacturing method and performing efficient light emission, and its manufacturing method. SOLUTION: The self-light-emitting element 1 has an electrode substrate 2, a thin-film electrode 3, and an electron acceleration layer 4 sandwiched between the electrode substrate 2 and the thin-film electrode 3 and including silicon fine particles 5 and at least either conductive fine particles 6 or basic dispersants 60. The self-light-emitting element 1 creates hot electron by accelerating electron in the electron acceleration layer 4 when voltage is impressed between the electrode substrate 2 and the thin-film electrode 3, and surfaces of the silicon fine particles 5 in the electron acceleration layer 4 are excited by the hot electron to emit light. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of manufacturing an electron emitter, capable of providing a stable and satisfactory electron emission quantity by forming a uniform electron acceleration layer free from an aggregate of insulator fine particles or an aggregate of conductive fine particles. SOLUTION: A step of forming the electron acceleration layer 4 of the electron emitter 1 includes a fine particle layer forming step of applying a dispersant in which insulator fine particles 5 are dispersed to form a fine particle layer including the insulator fine particles 5; and a conductive fine particle application step of applying to the formed fine particle layer a dispersant of conductive fine particles 6 smaller in average particle size than the insulator fine particles 5. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electron emission element which can restrain deterioration of an electron acceleration layer and effectively enables stable electron emission at atmospheric pressure as well as in a vacuum and is formed by raising mechanical strength. SOLUTION: The electron emission element 1 has the electron acceleration layer 4 between an electrode substrate 2 and a thin-film electrode 3. The electron acceleration layer 4 includes binder resin 15 wherein insulator fine particles 5 and conductive fine particles 6 are dispersed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooling device which is used in a transfer and fixing integral type image forming apparatus, completely cools an endless belt heated when transferring and fixing an image in a space saving and ozone-less state, more effectively prevents deterioration in an image recording part by heat than in the conventional manner, and prevents deterioration in a transfer belt. SOLUTION: An electron emission device 31 that is the belt cooling device includes: an electron emission element 30; a first power supply V1 applying voltage between an electrode substrate 301 and a thin film electrode 302 so as to accelerate electron in an electron acceleration layer 303 of the electron emission element 30 and emit the electron from the thin film electrode 302; and a second power supply V2 applying voltage between the thin film electrode 302 and an intermediate transfer belt 21. The thin film electrode 302 is arranged to be opposed to the intermediate transfer belt 21, and the electron acceleration layer 303 contains metal particulates having high anti-oxidant power and insulation particulates larger in size than the metal particulates. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide: toner of high transparency and high coloring power, and excellent in fluidity, electrification stability, preserving property, and durability, in spite of being low temperature fixability; a method of manufacturing the toner; a two-component developer; a developing device; and an image forming apparatus thereof. SOLUTION: In a melt kneading step, a melt kneaded object of coloring resin particles is obtained by melt kneading at least a binder resin and a coloring agent in a specific temperature range. In a coloring resin particles-scattering step, slurry of coloring resin particles is obtained by dispersing the melt kneaded object of the coloring resin particles into a liquid medium. In the capsulated mold-releasing agent particles-dispersing step, slurry of the capsulated mold-releasing agent particles is obtained. In the flocculating step, the slurry of the coloring resin particles and the slurry of the capsulated mold releasing agent particles are mixed and the coloring resin particles and the capsulated mold-releasing agent particles are made to flocculate. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing aggregated particles having a particle diameter in a single micron order (1 μm or more and less than 10 μm), a narrow grain size distribution and an aspheric figure, and having both of good cleaning property and good transfer property, and to provide aggregated particles manufactured by the method, a toner and a developer containing the aggregated particles, and a developing device and an image forming apparatus using the developer. SOLUTION: The aggregated particles are manufactured by the method for manufacturing aggregated particles including a dispersion liquid preparation step and an aggregation step. In the dispersion liquid preparation step, a liquid medium containing a polymer dispersant and an objective material to be processed is treated by use of a high-pressure machine having a gradual pressure release mechanism so as to atomize the objective material at a temperature higher by 100°C to 150°C than the outflow initiation temperature of the objective material measured by a flow tester, so as to prepare a dispersion liquid having fine particles of the objective material dispersed in the liquid medium. In the aggregation step, the fine particles contained in the dispersion liquid are aggregated. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide non-spherical particles in a uniform figure having a particle diameter of not more than 3 μm, the particles exhibiting good transfer property and good cleaning property in both of dry and wet processes when used as an electrophotographic developer, achieving formation of an image with high picture qualities, and being easily collected by a filter in an image forming apparatus when used in a dry process, which can suppress adverse influences on a human body by scattered particles out of an image forming apparatus, and to provide a toner and a developer containing the non-spherical particles, a developing device for developing an image by use of the developer, and an image forming apparatus equipped with the developing device. SOLUTION: The developer comprises non-spherical particles having a volume-average particle diameter of 0.1 μm or more and 3 μm or less, a shape factor SF-1 of 125 or more and 145 or less, and a shape factor SF-2 of 115 or more and 140 or less. An image is formed by an image forming apparatus 1, 201 equipped with a developing device 14, 214 charged with the above developer. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toner in which a low-melting release agent does not directly appear to the toner surface and which is excellent in fluidity, charge stability and durability, while having low-temperature fixability. SOLUTION: The toner 100 includes a main resin, a colorant and two or more release agents different in melting point, wherein the release agent having the lowest melting point among the two or more release agents is encapsulated with a resin and a foaming agent is included in the capsule. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing resin particles having particle diameters stably and efficiently controlled, by removing bubbles from the surface of a molten and kneaded material to be a raw material of resin particles and, as a results, fully insuring a working point for a surfactant on the surface of the molten and kneaded material. SOLUTION: The bubbles adhered to the molten kneaded material containing a synthetic resin are removed by pressurizing a mixture of the molten kneaded material containing the synthetic resin and an aqueous medium containing a surfactant by pressurizing under a pressure of 15 to 120 MPa in a roughly pulverizing step. In finely pulverizing step, an aqueous slurry containing coarse grains of the molten kneaded material being a state where the bubbles adhered to the surface are removed through passing a pressure nozzle at a roughly pulverizing step, and fine grains are formed by using a high pressure homogenizing method. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device capable of improving an S/N ratio of optical sensors without causing an increase in costs and a reduction in image quality.SOLUTION: A display device with optical sensors of the present invention includes: a display panel; a back light provided on a back side of the display panel, and radiates display light of the display panel; a transparent cover provided on a front side of the display panel; and optical sensors that are provided on a rear side of the transparent cover, and each receive reflection light of an indicator coming close to the surface of the transparent cover to detect a position of the indicator.