公开(公告)号：US07374851B2

公开(公告)日：2008-05-20

申请号：US11378653

申请日：2006-03-20

申请人： Shinya Nakayama ,  Satoshi Mochizuki ,  Yasuaki Iwamoto ,  Yasuo Asahina ,  Akihiro Kotsugai ,  Masayuki Ishii ,  Osamu Uchinokura ,  Hisashi Nakajima ,  Tomoyuki Ichikawa ,  Tomoko Utsumi ,  Koichi Sakata ,  Hideki Sugiura ,  Shigeru Emoto ,  Junichi Awamura ,  Masami Tomita ,  Takahiro Honda ,  Shinichiro Yagi ,  Tomomi Suzuki ,  Hiroshi Yamada ,  Toshiki Nanya ,  Hiroto Higuchi ,  Fumihiro Sasaki ,  Naohito Shimota

发明人： Shinya Nakayama ,  Satoshi Mochizuki ,  Yasuaki Iwamoto ,  Yasuo Asahina ,  Akihiro Kotsugai ,  Masayuki Ishii ,  Osamu Uchinokura ,  Hisashi Nakajima ,  Tomoyuki Ichikawa ,  Tomoko Utsumi ,  Koichi Sakata ,  Hideki Sugiura ,  Shigeru Emoto ,  Junichi Awamura ,  Masami Tomita ,  Takahiro Honda ,  Shinichiro Yagi ,  Tomomi Suzuki ,  Hiroshi Yamada ,  Toshiki Nanya ,  Hiroto Higuchi ,  Fumihiro Sasaki ,  Naohito Shimota

IPC分类号： G03G9/00

CPC分类号： G03G9/0804 ,  G03G9/0819 ,  G03G9/0821 ,  G03G9/0827 ,  G03G9/08708 ,  G03G9/08711 ,  G03G9/08755 ,  G03G9/08797

摘要： A toner which includes a toner material, wherein the toner satisfies the following formula: 0° C.≦ΔTm≦20° C. where ΔTm represents Tma (° C.)−Tmb (° C.), Tma (° C.) is ½ flown-out temperature of the toner by a capillary type flow tester, and Tmb (° C.) is ½ flown-out temperature of a melt kneaded mixture of the toner by the capillary type flow tester, and wherein Tma is from 130° C. to 200° C.

摘要翻译： 包含调色剂材料的调色剂，其中调色剂满足下列公式：<？in-line-formula description =“In-line formula”end =“lead”？> 0℃。<= DeltaTm <= 20℃ 其中DeltaTm表示Tma（°C） - Tmb（℃），Tma（℃）为½流量 - 通过毛细管型流动测试仪测量调色剂的温度，Tmb（℃）是通过毛细管型流动测试仪调色剂的熔融捏合混合物的1/2流出温度，其中Tma为130℃至 200°C

公开(公告)号：US20080014527A1

公开(公告)日：2008-01-17

申请号：US11777424

申请日：2007-07-13

申请人： Akihiro Kotsugai ,  Satoshi Mochizuki ,  Hisashi Nakajima ,  Yasuo Asahina ,  Osamu Uchinokura ,  Masayuki Ishii ,  Tomoyuki Ichikawa ,  Shinya Nakayama ,  Koichi Sakata ,  Tomoko Utsumi ,  Hitoshi Iwatsuki ,  Yasuaki Iwamoto ,  Hideki Sugiura ,  Masami Tomita

发明人： Akihiro Kotsugai ,  Satoshi Mochizuki ,  Hisashi Nakajima ,  Yasuo Asahina ,  Osamu Uchinokura ,  Masayuki Ishii ,  Tomoyuki Ichikawa ,  Shinya Nakayama ,  Koichi Sakata ,  Tomoko Utsumi ,  Hitoshi Iwatsuki ,  Yasuaki Iwamoto ,  Hideki Sugiura ,  Masami Tomita

IPC分类号： G03G13/16 ,  G03G15/08

CPC分类号： G03G9/0806 ,  G03G9/0819 ,  G03G9/0821 ,  G03G9/0825 ,  G03G9/0827 ,  G03G9/08755 ,  G03G9/08764 ,  G03G9/08791 ,  G03G9/08793 ,  G03G9/09716 ,  G03G9/09725

摘要： To provide a toner that can provide long-term removability and high-definition images with reduced image layer thickness and densely-packed toner particles, a developer capable of forming high-quality images using the toner, a toner container for containing the toner, a process cartridge using the toner, an image forming apparatus using the toner, and an image forming method using the toner. The toner of the present invention is a toner having a substantially spherical shape with irregularities on its surface and containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, wherein a surface factor SF-1 that represents the sphericity of toner particles is 105 to 180, a surface factor SF-2 that represents the degree of surface irregularities of the toner particles is correlated with the volume-average diameter of the toner particles, and the toner particles have an inorganic oxide particle-containing layer within 1 μm from their surfaces.

摘要翻译： 为了提供能够提供具有降低的图像层厚度和密集调色剂颗粒的长期可移除性和高清晰度图像的调色剂，能够使用调色剂形成高质量图像的显影剂，用于容纳调色剂的调色剂容器， 使用调色剂的处理盒，使用调色剂的图像形成装置和使用该调色剂的图像形成方法。 本发明的调色剂是具有基本上球形的调色剂，其表面上具有不规则性并且至少包含粘合剂树脂和着色剂，其中表示调色剂颗粒的球形度的表面系数SF-1为105至180， 表示调色剂颗粒的表面不规则度的表面因子SF-2与调色剂颗粒的体积平均直径相关，并且调色剂颗粒的表面上的无机氧化物颗粒含量在1um以内。

公开(公告)号：US07749674B2

公开(公告)日：2010-07-06

申请号：US11830100

申请日：2007-07-30

申请人： Hideki Sugiura ,  Satoshi Mochizuki ,  Yasuaki Iwamoto ,  Yasuo Asahina ,  Kazuhiko Umemura ,  Tomoyuki Ichikawa ,  Shinya Nakayama ,  Koichi Sakata ,  Tomoko Utsumi

发明人： Hideki Sugiura ,  Satoshi Mochizuki ,  Yasuaki Iwamoto ,  Yasuo Asahina ,  Kazuhiko Umemura ,  Tomoyuki Ichikawa ,  Shinya Nakayama ,  Koichi Sakata ,  Tomoko Utsumi

IPC分类号： G03G9/087

CPC分类号： G03G9/08793 ,  G03G9/0806 ,  G03G9/0821 ,  G03G9/0827 ,  G03G9/08742

摘要： A toner including toner particles including a binder resin, a colorant, and an inorganic particulate material present on a surface of the toner particles. The toner particles have a surface roughness (Ra) of from 1 to 30 nm, a standard deviation of the surface roughness of from 10 to 90 nm and include 1 to 20 convexities per 1 μm, which have a height not less than 10 nm.

摘要翻译： 包含调色剂颗粒的调色剂，包括存在于调色剂颗粒表面上的粘合剂树脂，着色剂和无机颗粒材料。 调色剂颗粒具有1至30nm的表面粗糙度（Ra），10至90nm的表面粗糙度的标准偏差，并且包括具有不小于10nm的高度的每1μm的1至20个凸起。

公开(公告)号：US07442484B2

公开(公告)日：2008-10-28

申请号：US10969076

申请日：2004-10-21

申请人： Osamu Uchinokura ,  Akihiro Kotsugai ,  Yasuo Asahina ,  Tomoyuki Ichikawa ,  Shinya Nakayama ,  Kohichi Sakata ,  Tomoko Utsumi ,  Hisashi Nakajima ,  Yasuaki Iwamoto ,  Hideki Sugiura ,  Satoshi Mochizuki

发明人： Osamu Uchinokura ,  Akihiro Kotsugai ,  Yasuo Asahina ,  Tomoyuki Ichikawa ,  Shinya Nakayama ,  Kohichi Sakata ,  Tomoko Utsumi ,  Hisashi Nakajima ,  Yasuaki Iwamoto ,  Hideki Sugiura ,  Satoshi Mochizuki

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G9/08755 ,  G03G9/0804 ,  G03G9/08791 ,  G03G2215/20 ,  G03G2215/2016 ,  G03G2215/2032 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： An image forming method including: forming a toner image on a support using a toner including toner particles; and feeding the support bearing the toner image thereon through a nip between an endless toner heating member and a pressure roller to fix the toner image on the support, wherein the endless toner heating member is rotated while stretched by a fixing roller and a heat roller which includes a magnetic metal and which is heated by electromagnetic induction, and wherein the pressure roller presses the support to the endless toner heating member and the fixing roller at the nip, wherein the toner particles are prepared by a polymerizing method using a binder resin containing at least a modified polyester resin.

摘要翻译： 一种图像形成方法，包括：使用包含调色剂颗粒的调色剂在支撑体上形成调色剂图像; 并且通过无端调色剂加热构件和压力辊之间的辊隙将支承有调色剂图像的支撑件供给到支撑体上，将调色剂图像固定在支撑体上，其中，无端调色剂加热构件通过定影辊和加热辊拉伸而旋转， 包括磁性金属，并且通过电磁感应加热，并且其中压力辊将所述支撑件按压在所述辊隙处的所述无端调色剂加热构件和所述定影辊，其中所述调色剂颗粒通过聚合方法制备，所述聚合方法使用含有 至少一种改性聚酯树脂。

公开(公告)号：US07318989B2

公开(公告)日：2008-01-15

申请号：US11498138

申请日：2006-08-03

申请人： Akihiro Kotsugai ,  Satoshi Mochizuki ,  Hisashi Nakajima ,  Yasuo Asahina ,  Osamu Uchinokura ,  Masayuki Ishii ,  Tomoyuki Ichikawa ,  Shinya Nakayama ,  Koichi Sakata ,  Tomoko Utsumi ,  Hitoshi Iwatsuki ,  Yasuaki Iwamoto ,  Hideki Sugiura ,  Masami Tomita

发明人： Akihiro Kotsugai ,  Satoshi Mochizuki ,  Hisashi Nakajima ,  Yasuo Asahina ,  Osamu Uchinokura ,  Masayuki Ishii ,  Tomoyuki Ichikawa ,  Shinya Nakayama ,  Koichi Sakata ,  Tomoko Utsumi ,  Hitoshi Iwatsuki ,  Yasuaki Iwamoto ,  Hideki Sugiura ,  Masami Tomita

IPC分类号： G03G9/087

CPC分类号： G03G9/0806 ,  G03G9/0819 ,  G03G9/0821 ,  G03G9/0825 ,  G03G9/0827 ,  G03G9/08755 ,  G03G9/08764 ,  G03G9/08791 ,  G03G9/08793 ,  G03G9/09716 ,  G03G9/09725

摘要： To provide a toner that can provide long-term removability and high-definition images with reduced image layer thickness and densely-packed toner particles, a developer capable of forming high-quality images using the toner, a toner container for containing the toner, a process cartridge using the toner, an image forming apparatus using the toner, and an image forming method using the toner. The toner of the present invention is a toner having a substantially spherical shape with irregularities on its surface and containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, wherein a surface factor SF-1 that represents the sphericity of toner particles is 105 to 180, a surface factor SF-2 that represents the degree of surface irregularities of the toner particles is correlated with the volume-average diameter of the toner particles, and the toner particles have an inorganic oxide particle-containing layer within 1 μm from their surfaces.

摘要翻译： 为了提供能够提供具有降低的图像层厚度和密集调色剂颗粒的长期可移除性和高清晰度图像的调色剂，能够使用调色剂形成高质量图像的显影剂，用于容纳调色剂的调色剂容器， 使用调色剂的处理盒，使用调色剂的图像形成装置和使用该调色剂的图像形成方法。 本发明的调色剂是具有基本上球形的调色剂，其表面上具有不规则性并且至少包含粘合剂树脂和着色剂，其中表示调色剂颗粒的球形度的表面系数SF-1为105至180， 表示调色剂颗粒的表面不规则度的表面系数SF-2与调色剂颗粒的体积平均直径相关，并且调色剂颗粒具有与其表面1μm以内的无机氧化物颗粒层。

公开(公告)号：US07261989B2

公开(公告)日：2007-08-28

申请号：US11400375

申请日：2006-04-10

申请人： Hideki Sugiura ,  Satoshi Mochizuki ,  Yasuaki Iwamoto ,  Yasuo Asahina ,  Hisashi Nakajima ,  Tomoyuki Ichikawa ,  Shinya Nakayama ,  Masayuki Ishii ,  Tomoko Utsumi ,  Koichi Sakata

发明人： Hideki Sugiura ,  Satoshi Mochizuki ,  Yasuaki Iwamoto ,  Yasuo Asahina ,  Hisashi Nakajima ,  Tomoyuki Ichikawa ,  Shinya Nakayama ,  Masayuki Ishii ,  Tomoko Utsumi ,  Koichi Sakata

IPC分类号： G03G9/00

CPC分类号： G03G9/0825 ,  G03G9/0872

摘要： The object of the present invention is to provide a toner which has sufficiently high chargeability and less toner spent to a carrier or the like even when several tens of thousands of image sheets are output, is capable of keeping high-charge property and flowability without causing substantial background smear or toner fogging, excels in low-temperature fixing property and hot-offset property, and has a wide range of fixing temperature as well as to provide a developer, an image forming apparatus, a process cartridge, and an image forming method using the toner for developing electrostatic images. The toner of the present invention comprises a colorant, and a resin, and a fluoride compound, in which the fluoride compound exists on the surfaces of toner particles, and the atomic number ratio (F/C) of fluoride atoms to carbon atoms existing on the surfaces of the toner particles is 0.010 to 0.054.

摘要翻译： 本发明的目的是提供一种调色剂，其具有充分的充电能力和较少的调色剂用于载体等，即使当数万张图像片材被输出时，能够保持高充电性和流动性而不会引起 实质背景污迹或调色剂雾化，具有低温定影性和热胶印性，并且具有广泛的定影温度以及提供显影剂，图像形成装置，处理盒和成像方法 使用调色剂显影静电图像。 本发明的调色剂包括着色剂，树脂和氟化合物，其中氟化物存在于调色剂颗粒的表面上，氟原子与碳原子上的原子数比（F / C）存在于 调色剂颗粒的表面为0.010至0.054。

公开(公告)号：US07258959B2

公开(公告)日：2007-08-21

申请号：US11234415

申请日：2005-09-26

申请人： Shinya Nakayama ,  Satoshi Mochizuki ,  Yasuaki Iwamoto ,  Yasuo Asahina ,  Kazuhiko Umemura ,  Hideki Sugiura ,  Hisashi Nakajima ,  Tomoyuki Ichikawa ,  Tomoko Utsumi ,  Koichi Sakata ,  Akihiro Kotsugai ,  Osamu Uchinokura ,  Masayuki Ishii

发明人： Shinya Nakayama ,  Satoshi Mochizuki ,  Yasuaki Iwamoto ,  Yasuo Asahina ,  Kazuhiko Umemura ,  Hideki Sugiura ,  Hisashi Nakajima ,  Tomoyuki Ichikawa ,  Tomoko Utsumi ,  Koichi Sakata ,  Akihiro Kotsugai ,  Osamu Uchinokura ,  Masayuki Ishii

IPC分类号： G03G9/00 ,  G03G5/00

CPC分类号： G03G9/0806 ,  G03G9/0823 ,  G03G9/08755 ,  G03G9/08764 ,  G03G9/08766 ,  G03G9/09716 ,  G03G9/09725 ,  G03G9/09741 ,  G03G9/09766

摘要： The object of the present invention is to provide a developer having a sharp charge amount distribution and bringing out high-quality image without substantially smearing a charging unit, developing units, a photoconductor, and an intermediate transferring member by the developer, namely, a developer capable of providing an appropriate image density and exhibiting extremely little background smear even when used over a long period of time and repeatedly used for a number of sheets of paper as well as to provide an image forming apparatus for electrophotography using the developer.

摘要翻译： 本发明的目的是提供一种具有尖锐的电荷量分布的显影剂，并且通过显影剂，即显影剂，显影剂，显影剂，显影剂，显影剂， 能够提供适当的图像浓度，并且即使在长时间使用并且重复使用多张纸时也显示极小的背景污迹，并且提供使用显影剂的电子照相的图像形成装置。

公开(公告)号：US07172844B2

公开(公告)日：2007-02-06

申请号：US10784204

申请日：2004-02-24

申请人： Kazuhiko Umemura ,  Satoshi Mochizuki ,  Yasuaki Iwamoto ,  Yasuo Asahina ,  Hideki Sugiura ,  Tomoyuki Ichikawa ,  Shinya Nakayama ,  Koichi Sakata ,  Tomoko Utsumi

发明人： Kazuhiko Umemura ,  Satoshi Mochizuki ,  Yasuaki Iwamoto ,  Yasuo Asahina ,  Hideki Sugiura ,  Tomoyuki Ichikawa ,  Shinya Nakayama ,  Koichi Sakata ,  Tomoko Utsumi

IPC分类号： G03G9/087 ,  G03G9/08

CPC分类号： G03G9/08782 ,  G03G9/0821

摘要： A toner for electrophotography contains a binder resin, a colorant and a releasing agent and has a viscosity, a storage modulus (G′) and a loss modulus (G″), in which the viscosity is 1×103 Pa·s or more and a loss tangent (tan δ) as the ratio of G′ to G″ is 0.4 or more at temperatures from 140° C. to 170° C.

摘要翻译： 用于电子照相的调色剂含有粘合剂树脂，着色剂和脱模剂，并且具有粘度，储能模量（G'）和损耗模量（G“），其中粘度为1×10 3 > Pa.s以上，并且在140℃至170℃的温度下，G'与G“之比的损耗角正切（tanδ）为0.4以上

公开(公告)号：US20060040194A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-23

申请号：US11184976

申请日：2005-07-20

申请人： Hideki Sugiura ,  Satoshi Mochizuki ,  Yasuaki Iwamoto ,  Yasuo Asahina ,  Kazuhiko Umemura ,  Tomoyuki Ichikawa ,  Shinya Nakayama ,  Tomoko Utsumi ,  Koichi Sakata

发明人： Hideki Sugiura ,  Satoshi Mochizuki ,  Yasuaki Iwamoto ,  Yasuo Asahina ,  Kazuhiko Umemura ,  Tomoyuki Ichikawa ,  Shinya Nakayama ,  Tomoko Utsumi ,  Koichi Sakata

IPC分类号： G03G9/08

CPC分类号： G03G9/08782 ,  G03G9/0825

摘要： The object of the present invention is to provide a toner which is excellent in shelf stability for a long term by producing the toner through controlling the dispersion condition of the wax around the toner surface and through improving, not only the off-set resistance of the toner for rendering the fixing properties of the toner advantageous, but also the blocking resistance of the toner, wherein the toner contains a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax, wherein the amount of the wax is 3% by mass to 21% by mass, and the amount of the wax which is present in the portion of the toner particle which is in the range of from the outermost surface to the depth of 0.3 μm in the toner particle is in a specified range, and at least a part of the wax is present as plural individual wax dispersion particles involved in the toner particles.

摘要翻译： 本发明的目的是提供一种通过控制调色剂表面周围的蜡的分散状态来生产调色剂，从而长期保持稳定性的调色剂，并且不仅改善了 用于使调色剂的定影性能有利的调色剂，以及调色剂的抗粘连性，其中调色剂含有粘合剂树脂，着色剂和蜡，其中蜡的量为3质量％至21质量％ 质量，并且调色剂颗粒中存在于调色剂颗粒中的最外表面至0.3μm范围内的部分中的蜡的量在特定范围内，并且至少一部分 蜡作为调色剂颗粒中涉及的多个单独的蜡分散体颗粒存在。

公开(公告)号：US20050089787A1

公开(公告)日：2005-04-28

申请号：US10969076

申请日：2004-10-21

申请人： Osamu Uchinokura ,  Akihiro Kotsugai ,  Yasuo Asahina ,  Tomoyuki Ichikawa ,  Shinya Nakayama ,  Kohichi Sakata ,  Tomoko Utsumi ,  Hisashi Nakajima ,  Yasuaki Iwamoto ,  Hideki Sugiura ,  Satoshi Mochizuki

发明人： Osamu Uchinokura ,  Akihiro Kotsugai ,  Yasuo Asahina ,  Tomoyuki Ichikawa ,  Shinya Nakayama ,  Kohichi Sakata ,  Tomoko Utsumi ,  Hisashi Nakajima ,  Yasuaki Iwamoto ,  Hideki Sugiura ,  Satoshi Mochizuki

IPC分类号： G03G9/08 ,  G03G9/087 ,  G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G9/08755 ,  G03G9/0804 ,  G03G9/08791 ,  G03G2215/20 ,  G03G2215/2016 ,  G03G2215/2032 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： An image forming method including: forming a toner image on a support using a toner including toner particles; and feeding the support bearing the toner image thereon through a nip between an endless toner heating member and a pressure roller to fix the toner image on the support, wherein the endless toner heating member is rotated while stretched by a fixing roller and a heat roller which includes a magnetic metal and which is heated by electromagnetic induction, and wherein the pressure roller presses the support to the endless toner heating member and the fixing roller at the nip, wherein the toner particles are prepared by a polymerizing method using a binder resin containing at least a modified polyester resin.

摘要翻译： 一种图像形成方法，包括：使用包含调色剂颗粒的调色剂在支撑体上形成调色剂图像; 并且通过无端调色剂加热构件和压力辊之间的辊隙将支承有调色剂图像的支撑件供给到支撑体上，将调色剂图像固定在支撑体上，其中，无端调色剂加热构件通过定影辊和加热辊拉伸而旋转， 包括磁性金属，并且通过电磁感应加热，并且其中压力辊将所述支撑件按压在所述辊隙处的所述无端调色剂加热构件和所述定影辊，其中所述调色剂颗粒通过聚合方法制备，所述聚合方法使用含有 至少一种改性聚酯树脂。