摘要:
The present invention provides an electrophotographic photosensitive member having an a-SiC upper charge injection inhibition layer and an a-SiC surface layer, which is superior in adhesiveness, suppresses the surface deterioration, is superior in sensitivity characteristics and charging characteristics, and can keep an adequate image-forming capability for a long period of time. The upper charge injection inhibition layer contains 10 atom ppm or more and 30,000 atom ppm or less of the Group 13 atoms or the Group 15 atoms of the Periodic Table with respect to silicon atoms in the upper charge injection inhibition layer, and the ratio (C/(Si+C)) of the number of carbon atoms in the upper charge injection inhibition layer with respect to the sum of the number of silicon atoms and the number of the carbon atoms in the upper charge injection inhibition layer is 0.10 or more and 0.60 or less; and the sum of the atom density of the silicon atoms and the atom density of the carbon atoms in the surface layer is 6.60×1022 atoms/cm3 or more, and the ratio (C/(Si+C)) of the number of carbon atoms with respect to the sum of the number of silicon atoms and the number of the carbon atoms in the surface layer is 0.61 or more and 0.75 or less.
摘要:
A toner including polyester, wherein an amount of heat of a peak derived from the polyester in a range of from 40° C. through 70° C. during a cooling process is from 1.0 J/g through 15 J/g in differential scanning calorimetry performed under conditions below, after maintaining the toner at −20° C., heating the toner to 130° C. at 10° C./min (a first heating process), after maintaining the toner at 130° C. for 1 minute, cooling the toner to −50° C. at cooling speed of 10° C./min (the cooling process), and after maintaining the toner at −50° C. for 5 minutes, heating the toner to 130° C. at 10° C./min (a second heating process).
摘要:
A developing device, including: a developer bearing member, which is disposed opposite to an electrostatic latent image bearing member and which bears thereon a developer for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the electrostatic latent image bearing member and conveys the developer to a developing region, wherein the developer includes a toner and a carrier, the toner containing: a toner base containing a binder resin and a colorant; and an external additive, wherein the external additive contains coalescent particles each made up of a plurality of coalescing primary particles, and wherein a work function Wc of the carrier and a work function Ws of the developer bearing member satisfy a relationship of the following formula (1): Ws−Wc≧0.4 eV (1).
摘要:
A toner for developing an electrostatic image, including: toner base particles each including a binder resin and a releasing agent; and inorganic fine particles, wherein the toner includes the inorganic fine particles as an external additive on a surface of the toner base particle, wherein the toner base particles have a BET specific surface area of 2.5 m2/g to 5.0 m2/g, and wherein the inorganic fine particles comprise inorganic fine particles (A) which are each a secondary particle where a plurality of primary particles are coalesced together.
摘要:
Toner housing container includes: container body mountable on toner conveying device and housing toner supplied into toner conveying device; conveying portion provided in container body and conveying toner from longer direction one end of container body to other end at which container opening portion is provided; pipe receiving port provided at container opening portion and receiving conveying pipe fixed to toner conveying device; and uplifting portion to move toner conveyed by conveying portion toward toner receiving port of conveying pipe. Toner has loose apparent density of 0.28 g/cm3 to 0.53 g/cm3. Container body includes protruding portion protruding from container body interior side of container opening portion toward one end. Uplifting portion includes uplifting wall surface extending from internal wall surface of container body toward protruding portion, and curving portion curving to conform to protruding portion. Protruding portion is present between curving portion and toner receiving port of inserted conveying pipe.
摘要翻译:调色剂容器容器包括:可安装在调色剂输送装置上的容器主体和容纳调色剂输送装置中的调色剂; 设置在容器主体中的输送部分,并且将调色剂从容器本体的长度方向的一端传送到设置有容器开口部分的另一端; 管接收口,设置在容器开口部分并接收固定到调色剂输送装置的输送管; 和提升部分,以将由输送部输送的调色剂移动到输送管的调色剂接收口。 调色剂的松散表观密度为0.28g / cm 3至0.53g / cm 3。 容器主体包括从容器主体的容器开口部内侧朝向一端突出的突出部。 上升部分包括从容器主体的内壁表面朝向突出部分延伸的提升壁表面,以及弯曲部分弯曲以符合突出部分。 突出部分存在于插入输送管的弯曲部分和调色剂接收口之间。
摘要:
An electrostatic image developing toner including: a binder resin; a colorant; and a wax, wherein the intensity ratio of an absorbance at 2,850 cm−1 derived from the wax to an absorbance at 828 cm−1 derived from the binder resin, represented by “absorbance derived from the wax/absorbance derived from the binder resin”, is in the range of 0.1 to 0.5, where the absorbances are measured by FTIR-ATR, and the intensity ratio serves as a value for determining the amount of the wax present within 0.3 μm in depth from surfaces of particles of the toner after the toner has been heated to 140° C. and then cooled, and wherein the toner has a storage elastic modulus of 5,000 Pa or greater at 140° C.
摘要:
A toner, including a parent particulate material including a colorant and a binder resin, and an external additive including particles having an average primary particle diameter from 80 to less than 150 nm in an amount of from 0.03 to 2% by number, particles having an average primary particle diameter from 5 nm to less than 15 nm in an amount of from 50 to 95% by number, and particles having an average primary particle diameter from 15 to less than 40 nm in an amount of from 5 to 40% by number, and the particles having an average primary particle diameter from 80 to less than 150 nm include particles having an average primary particle diameter not less than 200 nm in an amount of from 10 to 30% by number, and have a weight reduction rate not greater than 3.00% when heated from 30 to 250° C.
摘要:
A toner including a binder resin, a coloring agent, a releasing agent, and an additive, the releasing agent having a loss on heat of from 0.5 to 2.0% after being left at 165° C. for 10 minutes, the ratio (P2850/P828) of an absorption strength of a peak at 2,850 cm−1 ascribed to the releasing agent to an absorption strength of a peak at 828 cm31 1 ascribed to the binder resin ranging from 0.03 to 0.25 wherein the ratio is measured according to Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy-attenuated total reflectance (FTIR-ATR), and an amount of heat of melting ascribable to the releasing agent according to differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) ranging from 2 to 25 mj/mg.
摘要:
The toner includes a binder resin; a colorant; and a release agent. The first inter-particle force Fp(A) of the toner, which is measured under an environmental condition of 23° C. and 60% RH after the toner is pressed for 1 minute at 25° C. under a compression stress of 15 kg/cm2, is from 1.0×10−9 (N) to 1.0×10−6 (N). The difference (Fp(B)−Fp(A)) between the second inter-particle force Fp(B) of the toner, which is measured under the environmental condition of 23° C. and 60% RH after the toner is pressed for 1 minute at 50° C. under a compression stress of 15 kg/cm2, and the first inter-particle force Fp(A) is 0 (N) to 1.0×10−7 (N).
摘要:
An image forming method, including charging the surface of an image bearer with a charger; irradiating the charged surface of the image bearer to form a latent image; developing the latent image with a toner to form a visible toner image; transferring the toner image onto a transfer medium directly or through an intermediate transferer; removing the toner remaining on the surface of the image bearer with a cleaning blade; applying a lubricant to the surface of the image bearer; and fixing the toner image on the transfer medium, wherein the toner is a water-granulated toner having the following properties (1) to (4):(1) a volume-average particle diameter of from 3.0 to 7.0 μm; (2) an average shape factor SF-1 of from 120 to 160; (3) an average shape factor SF-2 of from 100 to 140; and (4) a BET specific surface area of from 2.5 to 7.0 m2/g.