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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide toner which is hardly flocculated and allows fixing at a low temperature, and also to provide a two-component developer containing the toner, and a developing device using the two-component developer. SOLUTION: The toner contains a first toner particle group and a second toner particle group. A volume average particle size of the first toner particle group is smaller than that of the second toner particle group. Only toner particles constituting the second toner particle group, out of toner particles constituting the first toner particle group and toner particles constituting the second toner particles group, contain a crystalline polyester resin. The two-component developer containing this toner is charged in the developing device to perform development. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a crystalline polyester resin fine particle dispersion at high production efficiency, while stably maintaining the dispersion state of the crystalline polyester resin fine particle in an aqueous medium and accelerating uniform crystallization of the crystalline polyester resin fine particle to prevent decrease in a crystallization degree. SOLUTION: The method includes a step of preparing a fine particle dispersion liquid for obtaining a fine particle dispersion liquid having crystalline polyester resin fine particle dispersed in an aqueous medium; wherein the preparation step includes a shearing step and a cooling and pressure-reducing step. In the shearing step, the aqueous medium is added to coarsely pulverized particles of the crystalline polyester resin agitated and conveyed under heating and pressurizing conditions, so as to carry out phase inversion emulsification while adding shearing force. In the cooling and pressure-reducing step, the dispersion liquid conveyed while agitated is cooled and pressure-reduced so as to gradually decrease the temperature and pressure. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toner, a two-component developer, a developing device and an image forming apparatus, for increasing image density and improving dot reproducibility. SOLUTION: The toner contains a first toner particle group and a second toner particle group, in which the volume average particle diameter of the first toner group is smaller than the volume average particle diameter of the second toner group, and the glass transition temperature of a binder resin included in the toner particles constituting the first toner particle groups is higher than the glass transition temperature of a binder resin included in the toner particles constituting the second toner particle group. Image density can be increased and dot reproducibility can be improved without degrading low temperature fixability by increasing the glass transition temperature of a binder resin included in the toner particles of the first toner particle group, which is easily aggregated because the volume average particle diameter is smaller as well as by decreasing the glass transition temperature of a binder resin included in the toner particles of the second particle group, which is inferior in transferring heat during fixing because the volume average particle diameter is larger. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toner containing a lignin resin, which is a carbon neutral biomass polymer having a low environmental load and taking global environmental protection into account, as a constitutional component of a binder resin, and having a wide fixing non-offset range and an excellent fixing property. SOLUTION: The toner contains at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a release agent. Furthermore, in the toner, the binder resin comprises a resin A that is a lignin resin and a resin B that is another resin component; and the resin B has a peak top molecular weight of 10 3 to 10 4 and an acid number of not more than 20. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manufacture a toner excellent in image reproducibility, which forms a high-quality image of high definition and high resolution, and is free from filming on a photoreceptor due to bleed-out of wax, an offset phenomenon in a high temperature range and the like. SOLUTION: Resin particles containing at least a binder resin and wax particles having a particle diameter of 30-600 nm are aggregated and the resultant aggregates are heated. The wax particles having a particle diameter of 30-600 nm are manufactured, e.g., by a granulation method including a coarse powder preparing step S1, a slurry preparing step S2, a pulverization step S3, a cooling step S4, and a pressure reduction step S5, wherein a slurry of wax coarse powder obtained at the step S1 and the step S2 is passed through a pressure-resistant nozzle under application of heat and pressure at the step S3, whereby the wax coarse powder is pulverized to obtain wax particles, and the step S4 and the step S5 are carried out immediately after the step S3 to prevent coarsening of the wax particles. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manufacture toner superior in image reproduction and forming high quality image of high fineness and high resolution and in which filming to a photoreceptor caused by bleed-out of wax, an offset phenomenon in a high temperature region and the like do not occur. SOLUTION: In a method for manufacturing the toner including a coarse powder preparation process S1, a slurry preparation process S2, a crushing process S3, a cooling process S4, and a depressurization process S5, small diameter toner particles are obtained by passing slurry of toner coarse powder obtained in the processes S1, S2 through a pressure resistant nozzle under heating and pressurization in the process S3 to crush toner coarse powder, and dispersion of a wax component into the toner particles is promoted by providing the process S4 just after the process S3. Furthermore, occurrence of bubbling and coarseness of the toner particles accompanying it are prevented by providing a process S5, thus the wax is uniformly dispersed, and the small diameter toner particles are obtained without generating bleed-out. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a toner capable of stably manufacturing the toner having desired characteristics in a melt emulsification method of obtaining the toner by dispersing a resin kneaded material in an aqueous medium and granulating the mixture. SOLUTION: The mixture obtained by mixing the resin kneaded material obtained by kneading at least a binder resin and a colorant, a dispersant and an aqueous medium containing water, then agitating the resultant mixture by using an agitation apparatus 1 equipped with a screen 4 formed with a mixture ejection hole 9 on the inner side of a container 2 and a rotor 5 in an agitation space 3a formed by the screen 4. As a result, shearing force and collision force can be generated at the time the mixture is ejected from the mixture ejection hole 9 and therefore, the heating temperature of the aqueous medium by a heater 13 can be lowered without degrading the granulatability of the resin kneaded material. Thereby, the dispersion state and composition of the colorant etc., included in the resin kneaded material during the granulation can be prevented from changing and the toner having the desired characteristics can be stably manufactured. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toner which is excellent in hot-offsetting resistance, free from variance in charging performance, and suitable as a toner for an electrostatic charge image development, and a manufacturing method thereof. SOLUTION: In a step s1, a crosslinked resin including at least tetrahydrofuran-insoluble component and a coloring agent are dry-kneaded. In a step s3, the kneaded resin obtained is mixed with a dispersing agent aqueous solution prepared in a step s2 and heated. Resin particles containing the coloring agent are formed in the liquid mixture of the kneaded resin and the dispersing agent aqueous solution. The liquid mixture is cooled in the step s4, and the resin particles containing the coloring agent are separated from the liquid mixture in the step s6. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a developing apparatus for visualizing an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier with a developer, in which the consumed amount of the developer is decreased by reducing reversal fog, the life of the developer is prolonged, the running cost is reduced, the charge accumulation of the developer is maintained in an appropriate range, fixing or melt sticking of the developer on a developer carrier is prevented, and a sharp favorable image can be formed without scattering or blurring of dots, and to provide a process cartridge including the developing apparatus. SOLUTION: The developing apparatus 5 includes a developer carrier 12, a developer supply body 12, a layer thickness regulating member 13 having ≤150 GPa longitudinal elastic modulus, a developer container 14, and a developer charging assist member 15. The layer thickness regulating member 13 is specified to have ≤100 nΩ×m specific resistance and ≥1.50×10 2 W/(m×K) thermal conductivity (at 20°C). COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a color toner for electrostatic latent image development which satisfies both of contradicting characteristics of transparency and electrostatic charge stability at a high level and further excels in color reproducibility, colorability, etc. SOLUTION: The color toner which is packed into a developing unit 19 of an image forming apparatus 100 and is used for development of the electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of a photoreceptor 16 is prepared by sticking a pyrolyzable polar group to a pigment surface to uniformly disperse the pigment into a binder resin, decomposing the pyrolyzable polar group by heating at the time of dispersion, and regulating the content thereof to ≤1.0 KOHmg per 1 g of the toner. Since the toner is excellent in both of the transparency and the electrostatic charge stability, the toner is capable of forming an image of high sharpness and high grade having the excellent color reproducibility, colorability, etc., for a long period of time. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI