Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of manufacturing carrier, which can remove an organic solvent in a resin coated layer without causing the degradation and deterioration of strength in a resin of the resin coated layer and without causing the carrier aggregation due to the fusion of the resin coated layer, when forming the resin coated layer on a surface of a carrier core material by a wet-coating method, to provide a carrier manufactured by the method, to provide a two-component developer that can prevent flowability from degrading by containing the carrier, and to provide a development device and image forming apparatus using the two-component developer. SOLUTION: In the carrier, the resin coated layer is formed which contains a charge control agent on the surface of the carrier core material. The method of manufacturing the carrier includes a resin coating step and a heating step. In the resin coating step, the surface of the carrier core material is coated with a coating resin solution, thereby obtaining the resin coated carrier. In the heating step, the resin coated carrier is heated in an atmosphere of superheated steam. In the heating step, the temperature in the atmosphere of the superheated steam is set at a range of 200 to 300°C. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a carrier by which a carrier having a uniform resin coating layer can be obtained by eliminating a temperature difference between the surface side and the inner side of the resin coating layer even when the resin coating layer is thick, upon forming the resin coating layer on the surface of a carrier core, and to provide a carrier manufactured by the above method, a two-component developer containing the carrier, and a developing device and an image forming apparatus using the two-component developer. SOLUTION: The method for manufacturing a carrier having a resin coating layer formed on the surface of a carrier core includes a resin particle adhering step and a resin coating layer forming step. In the resin particle adhering step, resin particles are mechanically adhered to the surface of the carrier core to obtain a resin particle adhered carrier. In the resin coating layer forming step, the resin particle adhered carrier is heated in a superheated steam atmosphere to form a resin coating layer on the carrier core surface. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coated carrier for suppressing decrease in a conveyance amount caused by changes in a carrier shape with lapse of time, and maintaining high quality image output for a long period of time. SOLUTION: The carrier 1 is a coated carrier having wear resistance and comprising a carrier core material 6 and a coating layer 7 coating the carrier core material 6, in which the surface of the carrier core 6 is partially exposed. When a shape factor (SF-2) of the carrier core material 6 is denoted as a first shape factor, that of the initial carrier 1 is denoted as a second shape factor, and that of the coated carrier changed by wear of the carrier core material 6 and the coating layer 7 of the initial carrier 1 is denoted as a third shape factor, respectively, the first shape factor ranges from 120 to 150, and a ratio of the third shape factor to the second shape factor is not less than 90%. Thereby, as a wear balance in the resin coated portion where a concave portion is formed can be optimized and decrease in the shape factor with time can be prevented, decrease in a conveyance amount of the developer can be suppressed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT