公开(公告)号：US09671707B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-06

申请号：US14125573

申请日：2012-06-07

申请人： Hironori Minagawa ,  Yuichi Mizo ,  Takeshi Ohtsu ,  Takakuni Kobori ,  Kohji Takenaka ,  Junichi Hagiwara ,  Daisuke Ito ,  Kunihiko Kawakita ,  Yasumori Kanai

发明人： Hironori Minagawa ,  Yuichi Mizo ,  Takeshi Ohtsu ,  Takakuni Kobori ,  Kohji Takenaka ,  Junichi Hagiwara ,  Daisuke Ito ,  Kunihiko Kawakita ,  Yasumori Kanai

IPC分类号： G03G9/00 ,  G03G9/08 ,  F26B17/10

CPC分类号： G03G9/0812 ,  F26B17/103 ,  G03G9/0804 ,  G03G9/0806 ,  G03G9/0808 ,  G03G9/081 ,  G03G9/0815

摘要： Provided is an apparatus for heat treatment capable of heat-treating toner particles efficiently and uniformly while suppressing increase of coarse particles due to coalescence, to thereby enable stable toner production. The apparatus for heat-treating powder particles each of which contains a binder resin and a colorant includes: a cylindrical treatment chamber in which the powder particles are heat-treated; a columnar member (6) provided so as to protrude from a lower end part of the treatment chamber toward an upper end part thereof; a powder particle supply unit (2) for supplying the powder particles to the treatment chamber; a hot air supply unit (3) for heat-treating the supplied powder particles; and a collection unit (5) for collecting the heat-treated powder particles discharged outside the treatment chamber through a toner discharge port provided on the lower end part side of the treatment chamber. The hot air supply unit is provided so that the hot air is supplied along an inner circumferential surface of the treatment chamber. The powder particle supply unit includes multiple particle supply ports provided on an outer circumferential surface of the columnar member. The toner discharge port is provided in an outer circumferential portion of the treatment chamber so as to keep a rotation direction of the powder particles.

公开(公告)号：US20140101966A1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-17

申请号：US14125573

申请日：2012-06-07

申请人： Hironori Minagawa ,  Yuichi Mizo ,  Takeshi Ohtsu ,  Takakuni Kobori ,  Kohji Takenaka ,  Junichi Hagiwara ,  Daisuke Ito ,  Kunihiko Kawakita ,  Yasumori Kanai

发明人： Hironori Minagawa ,  Yuichi Mizo ,  Takeshi Ohtsu ,  Takakuni Kobori ,  Kohji Takenaka ,  Junichi Hagiwara ,  Daisuke Ito ,  Kunihiko Kawakita ,  Yasumori Kanai

IPC分类号： G03G9/08

CPC分类号： G03G9/0812 ,  F26B17/103 ,  G03G9/0804 ,  G03G9/0806 ,  G03G9/0808 ,  G03G9/081 ,  G03G9/0815

摘要： Provided is an apparatus for heat treatment capable of heat-treating toner particles efficiently and uniformly while suppressing increase of coarse particles due to coalescence, to thereby enable stable toner production. The apparatus for heat-treating powder particles each of which contains a binder resin and a colorant includes: a cylindrical treatment chamber in which the powder particles are heat-treated; a columnar member (6) provided so as to protrude from a lower end part of the treatment chamber toward an upper end part thereof; a powder particle supply unit (2) for supplying the powder particles to the treatment chamber; a hot air supply unit (3) for heat-treating the supplied powder particles; and a collection unit (5) for collecting the heat-treated powder particles discharged outside the treatment chamber through a toner discharge port provided on the lower end part side of the treatment chamber. The hot air supply unit is provided so that the hot air is supplied along an inner circumferential surface of the treatment chamber. The powder particle supply unit includes multiple particle supply ports provided on an outer circumferential surface of the columnar member. The toner discharge port is provided in an outer circumferential portion of the treatment chamber so as to keep a rotation direction of the powder particles.

摘要翻译： 提供一种能够有效且均匀地热处理调色剂颗粒的热处理设备，同时抑制由于聚结引起的粗颗粒的增加，从而使调色剂稳定。 用于热处理包含粘合剂树脂和着色剂的粉末颗粒的设备包括：对粉末颗粒进行热处理的圆柱形处理室; 柱状构件（6），其设置成从处理室的下端部向其上端部突出; 用于将粉末颗粒供给到处理室的粉末颗粒供给单元（2） 用于对供应的粉末颗粒进行热处理的热空气供应单元（3） 以及收集单元（5），用于通过设置在处理室的下端部侧的调色剂排出口收集排出在处理室外部的经热处理的粉末颗粒。 热空气供给单元设置成沿着处理室的内周面供给热空气。 粉末颗粒供给单元包括设置在柱状构件的外周面上的多个颗粒供给口。 调色剂排出口设置在处理室的外周部分中，以保持粉末颗粒的旋转方向。

公开(公告)号：US20140137428A1

公开(公告)日：2014-05-22

申请号：US14125572

申请日：2012-06-07

申请人： Kohji Takenaka ,  Yuichi Mizo ,  Hironori Minagawa ,  Takakuni Kobori ,  Takeshi Ohtsu ,  Junichi Hagiwara ,  Daisuke Ito ,  Kunihiko Kawakita

发明人： Kohji Takenaka ,  Yuichi Mizo ,  Hironori Minagawa ,  Takakuni Kobori ,  Takeshi Ohtsu ,  Junichi Hagiwara ,  Daisuke Ito ,  Kunihiko Kawakita

IPC分类号： G03G9/08 ,  F26B17/12 ,  F26B17/10

CPC分类号： G03G9/0815 ,  F26B17/103 ,  F26B17/124 ,  F28C3/12 ,  F28F13/06 ,  F28F13/12 ,  G03G9/081 ,  G03G9/0819 ,  G03G9/0827 ,  G03G9/08755

摘要： A heat treatment apparatus for heat-treating powder particles each containing a binder resin and a colorant includes: a powder particle supply unit (3); a hot air supply unit (2); a cold air supply unit (4); a regulating unit (6); and a collection unit (5). The apparatus is characterized in that: a protrusion with a height of 2 mm or more and 50 mm or less is provided in a region on a downstream side of the powder particle supply unit and on an upstream side of the cold air supply unit in an inner wall surface of the treatment chamber; and the heat treatment apparatus has a cross-section plane, which is perpendicular to a center axis of the treatment chamber and situated at the region where the protrusion is provided, and Dmin and Dmax satisfy the following relation 0.50≦Dmin/Dmax

摘要翻译： 每个含有粘合剂树脂和着色剂的粉末颗粒的热处理设备包括：粉末颗粒供应单元（3）; 热空气供应单元（2）; 冷气供应单元（4）; 调节单元（6）; 和收集单元（5）。 该装置的特征在于，在粉末颗粒供给单元的下游侧的区域和冷气供给单元的上游侧设置有高度为2mm以上且50mm以下的突起， 处理室的内壁表面; 热处理装置具有垂直于处理室的中心轴并且位于设置突起的区域的截面平面，Dmin和Dmax满足以下关系0.50＆nlE; Dmin / Dmax <1.0 其中，Dmin表示在横截面中测量的处理室和柱状构件之间的距离的距离的最小值，Dmax表示处理室和柱状构件之间的距离的最大值， 在横截面上。

公开(公告)号：US09372420B2

公开(公告)日：2016-06-21

申请号：US14123960

申请日：2012-06-11

申请人： Yuichi Mizo ,  Hironori Minagawa ,  Takakuni Kobori ,  Kohji Takenaka ,  Takeshi Ohtsu ,  Junichi Hagiwara ,  Daisuke Ito ,  Kunihiko Kawakita

发明人： Yuichi Mizo ,  Hironori Minagawa ,  Takakuni Kobori ,  Kohji Takenaka ,  Takeshi Ohtsu ,  Junichi Hagiwara ,  Daisuke Ito ,  Kunihiko Kawakita

IPC分类号： G03G9/08 ,  F26B17/10

CPC分类号： G03G9/0802 ,  F26B17/103 ,  G03G9/0804 ,  G03G9/0806 ,  G03G9/0808 ,  G03G9/081 ,  G03G9/0815

摘要： A heat treating apparatus for powder particles containing a binder resin and a colorant, the heat treating apparatus including: a treating chamber in which a heat treatment of the powder particles is performed; a raw material-supplying unit for supplying the powder particles to the treating chamber; a hot air-supplying unit that supplies hot air to the treating chamber; a cold air-supplying unit that supplies cold air for cooling the heat-treated powder particles; and a recovering unit that recovers the heat-treated powder particles. The raw material-supplying unit includes an introducing tube and a distributing member, and the distributing member is provided with a protruding member on a portion opposite to an outlet portion of the introducing tube, and the distributing member includes a supplying tube including two or more flow paths that extend radially outwardly from the protruding member to a wall surface of the treating chamber.

摘要翻译： 一种含有粘合剂树脂和着色剂的粉末颗粒的热处理装置，所述热处理装置包括：处理室，其中进行粉末颗粒的热处理; 用于将粉末颗粒供给到处理室的原料供给单元; 向处理室供给热空气的热风供给单元; 冷空气供给单元，其供给用于冷却经热处理的粉末颗粒的冷空气; 以及回收热处理粉末颗粒的回收单元。 原料供给部具备导入管和分配部件，分配部件在与导入管的出口部相反的部分设置有突出部件，分配部件具有包括两根以上的供给管 从突出构件径向向外延伸到处理室的壁表面的流动路径。

公开(公告)号：US09665021B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-30

申请号：US14123961

申请日：2012-06-11

申请人： Takeshi Ohtsu ,  Yuichi Mizo ,  Hironori Minagawa ,  Takakuni Kobori ,  Kohji Takenaka ,  Junichi Hagiwara ,  Daisuke Ito ,  Kunihiko Kawakita

发明人： Takeshi Ohtsu ,  Yuichi Mizo ,  Hironori Minagawa ,  Takakuni Kobori ,  Kohji Takenaka ,  Junichi Hagiwara ,  Daisuke Ito ,  Kunihiko Kawakita

IPC分类号： F26B17/00 ,  F26B3/08 ,  G03G9/08 ,  B01J2/16 ,  B01J8/18 ,  G03G9/087

CPC分类号： G03G9/0804 ,  B01J2/16 ,  B01J8/1836 ,  G03G9/081 ,  G03G9/0815 ,  G03G9/0819 ,  G03G9/0827 ,  G03G9/08755

摘要： A heat treating apparatus for powder particles including a cylindrical treating chamber; a powder particle-supplying unit; a hot air-supplying unit that supplies hot air for heat-treating powder particles; a cold air-supplying unit that supplies cold air for cooling the heat-treated powder particles; a regulating unit for regulating a flow of the supplied powder particles; and a recovering unit that recovers the heat-treated powder particles. The regulating unit is a substantially circular columnar member, the hot air-supplying unit has an outlet opposite to the upper end portion of the columnar member, and the regulating unit is equipped with a substantially conic distributing member for distributing the supplied hot air in a circumferential direction and a rotating member for rotating the distributed hot air in a spiral manner, on the center of the upper end portion.

公开(公告)号：US20140120468A1

公开(公告)日：2014-05-01

申请号：US14123960

申请日：2012-06-11

申请人： Yuichi Mizo ,  Hironori Minagawa ,  Takakuni Kobori ,  Kohji Takenaka ,  Takeshi Ohtsu ,  Junichi Hagiwara ,  Daisuke Ito ,  Kunihiko Kawakita

发明人： Yuichi Mizo ,  Hironori Minagawa ,  Takakuni Kobori ,  Kohji Takenaka ,  Takeshi Ohtsu ,  Junichi Hagiwara ,  Daisuke Ito ,  Kunihiko Kawakita

IPC分类号： G03G9/08 ,  F26B17/10

CPC分类号： G03G9/0802 ,  F26B17/103 ,  G03G9/0804 ,  G03G9/0806 ,  G03G9/0808 ,  G03G9/081 ,  G03G9/0815

摘要： A production apparatus that does not generate coalesced particles and can reduce a generation frequency of a product having a high circularity by a uniform treatment even if the throughput is increased is provided. A heat treating apparatus for powder particles containing a binder resin and a colorant, the heat treating apparatus including: a treating chamber 6 in which a heat treatment of the powder particles is performed; a raw material-supplying unit for supplying the powder particles to the treating chamber; a hot air-supplying unit 7 that supplies hot air to the treating chamber; a cold air-supplying unit 8 that supplies cold air for cooling the heat-treated powder particles; and a recovering unit 10 that recovers the heat-treated powder particles; wherein the raw material-supplying unit includes an introducing tube 3 and a distributing member, and the distributing member is provided with a protruding member 4 on a portion opposite to an outlet portion of the introducing tube, and the distributing member includes a supplying tube 5 including two or more flow paths that extend radially outwardly from the protruding member to a wall surface of the treating chamber.

摘要翻译： 提供了即使生产量增加，也不产生聚结颗粒并且可以通过均匀处理降低具有高圆形度的产品的产生频率的生产设备。 一种含有粘合剂树脂和着色剂的粉末颗粒的热处理设备，所述热处理设备包括：处理室6，其中进行粉末颗粒的热处理; 用于将粉末颗粒供给到处理室的原料供给单元; 向处理室供给热空气的热风供给部7; 供给用于冷却经热处理的粉末颗粒的冷空气的冷气供给单元8; 以及回收单元10，其回收经热处理的粉末颗粒; 其中原料供给单元包括引入管3和分配构件，分配构件在与导入管的出口部相反的部分上设置有突出构件4，分配构件包括供给管5 包括从突出构件径向向外延伸到处理室的壁表面的两个或更多个流动路径。

公开(公告)号：US20140096409A1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-10

申请号：US14123961

申请日：2012-06-11

申请人： Takeshi Ohtsu ,  Yuichi Mizo ,  Hironori Minagawa ,  Takakuni Kobori ,  Kohji Takenaka ,  Junichi Hagiwara ,  Daisuke Ito ,  Kunihiko Kawakita

发明人： Takeshi Ohtsu ,  Yuichi Mizo ,  Hironori Minagawa ,  Takakuni Kobori ,  Kohji Takenaka ,  Junichi Hagiwara ,  Daisuke Ito ,  Kunihiko Kawakita

IPC分类号： G03G9/08 ,  B01J8/18 ,  B01J2/16

CPC分类号： G03G9/0804 ,  B01J2/16 ,  B01J8/1836 ,  G03G9/081 ,  G03G9/0815 ,  G03G9/0819 ,  G03G9/0827 ,  G03G9/08755

摘要： A heat treating apparatus for powder particles including a cylindrical treating chamber; a powder particle-supplying unit; a hot air-supplying unit that supplies hot air for heat-treating powder particles; a cold air-supplying unit that supplies cold air for cooling the heat-treated powder particles; a regulating unit for regulating a flow of the supplied powder particles; and a recovering unit that recovers the heat-treated powder particles. The regulating unit is a substantially circular columnar member, the hot air-supplying unit has an outlet opposite to the upper end portion of the columnar member, and the regulating unit is equipped with a substantially conic distributing member for distributing the supplied hot air in a circumferential direction and a rotating member for rotating the distributed hot air in a spiral manner, on the center of the upper end portion.

摘要翻译： 一种粉末颗粒的热处理装置，包括一个圆柱形处理室; 粉末颗粒供给单元; 供给用于热处理粉末颗粒的热空气的热风供应单元; 冷空气供给单元，其供给用于冷却经热处理的粉末颗粒的冷空气; 用于调节所供应的粉末颗粒的流动的调节单元; 以及回收热处理粉末颗粒的回收单元。 调节单元是大致圆形的柱状构件，热空气供应单元具有与柱状构件的上端部相对的出口，调节单元配备有基本上圆锥形的分配构件，用于将供应的热空气分配到 圆周方向的旋转构件和用于使分配的热空气以螺旋方式旋转的旋转构件在上端部的中心。

公开(公告)号：US20130323638A1

公开(公告)日：2013-12-05

申请号：US13984243

申请日：2012-01-31

申请人： Hironori Minagawa ,  Yuichi Mizo ,  Takeshi Ohtsu ,  Junichi Hagiwara ,  Yasushi Tamura

发明人： Hironori Minagawa ,  Yuichi Mizo ,  Takeshi Ohtsu ,  Junichi Hagiwara ,  Yasushi Tamura

IPC分类号： G03G9/08 ,  F26B17/16 ,  F26B17/12

CPC分类号： G03G9/0815 ,  B01J19/26 ,  B01J2219/00119 ,  F26B3/10 ,  F26B17/12 ,  F26B17/16 ,  G03G9/0804 ,  G03G9/0806 ,  G03G9/0819 ,  G03G9/0827

摘要： An object of the present invention is to suppress the increase of coarse particles due to the fusion of powder particles and reduce a ratio of particles that have been excessively spheroidized, when the powder particles are heat-treated. A heat treatment apparatus including a raw-material supply unit, a hot-air supply unit for heat-treating a raw material and a discharge portion for discharging the heat-treated powder particles, and supplying hot air toward a raw material to be supplied from the raw-material supply unit, wherein the hot-air supply unit has a first nozzle and a second nozzle which spread in the radial direction downward from an upstream side in a hot-air supply direction, the second nozzle is arranged in the inside of the first nozzle, the hot air passes through a space between the first nozzle and the second nozzle, and an air-flow adjustment unit section for rotating the supplied hot air spirally along an inner wall face of the apparatus is provided in an outlet portion of the hot-air supply unit.

摘要翻译： 本发明的目的在于，当粉末颗粒进行热处理时，抑制由于粉末颗粒的熔融引起的粗粒子的增加，并且减少过度球化的颗粒的比例。 一种热处理设备，包括原料供应单元，用于对原料进行热处理的热空气供应单元和用于排出热处理的粉末颗粒的排出部分，并且向从 所述原料供给单元，其中，所述热风供给单元具有第一喷嘴和从所述热风供给方向的上游侧沿径向向下方扩散的第二喷嘴，所述第二喷嘴配置在 第一喷嘴，热空气通过第一喷嘴和第二喷嘴之间的空间，并且气流调节单元部分，用于沿着设备的内壁面螺旋地旋转供应的热空气，在出口部分 热风供应单元。

公开(公告)号：US09075328B2

公开(公告)日：2015-07-07

申请号：US13984243

申请日：2012-01-31

申请人： Hironori Minagawa ,  Yuichi Mizo ,  Takeshi Ohtsu ,  Junichi Hagiwara ,  Yasushi Tamura

发明人： Hironori Minagawa ,  Yuichi Mizo ,  Takeshi Ohtsu ,  Junichi Hagiwara ,  Yasushi Tamura

IPC分类号： F26B21/00 ,  G03G9/08 ,  F26B17/12 ,  F26B17/16 ,  B01J19/26 ,  F26B3/10

CPC分类号： G03G9/0815 ,  B01J19/26 ,  B01J2219/00119 ,  F26B3/10 ,  F26B17/12 ,  F26B17/16 ,  G03G9/0804 ,  G03G9/0806 ,  G03G9/0819 ,  G03G9/0827

摘要： An object of the present invention is to suppress the increase of coarse particles due to the fusion of powder particles and reduce a ratio of particles that have been excessively spheroidized, when the powder particles are heat-treated. A heat treatment apparatus including a raw-material supply unit, a hot-air supply unit for heat-treating a raw material and a discharge portion for discharging the heat-treated powder particles, and supplying hot air toward a raw material to be supplied from the raw-material supply unit, wherein the hot-air supply unit has a first nozzle and a second nozzle which spread in the radial direction downward from an upstream side in a hot-air supply direction, the second nozzle is arranged in the inside of the first nozzle, the hot air passes through a space between the first nozzle and the second nozzle, and an air-flow adjustment unit section for rotating the supplied hot air spirally along an inner wall face of the apparatus is provided in an outlet portion of the hot-air supply unit.

摘要翻译： 本发明的目的在于，当粉末颗粒进行热处理时，抑制由于粉末颗粒的熔融引起的粗粒子的增加，并且减少过度球化的颗粒的比例。 一种热处理设备，包括原料供应单元，用于对原料进行热处理的热空气供应单元和用于排出热处理的粉末颗粒的排出部分，并且向从 所述原料供给单元，其中，所述热风供给单元具有第一喷嘴和从所述热风供给方向的上游侧沿径向向下方扩散的第二喷嘴，所述第二喷嘴配置在 第一喷嘴，热空气通过第一喷嘴和第二喷嘴之间的空间，并且气流调节单元部分，用于沿着设备的内壁面螺旋地旋转供应的热空气，在出口部分 热风供应单元。

公开(公告)号：US08288069B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-16

申请号：US12940164

申请日：2010-11-05

申请人： Hiroyuki Fujikawa ,  Kunihiko Nakamura ,  Nozomu Komatsu ,  Yoshiaki Shiotari ,  Takeshi Ohtsu ,  Takayuki Itakura

发明人： Hiroyuki Fujikawa ,  Kunihiko Nakamura ,  Nozomu Komatsu ,  Yoshiaki Shiotari ,  Takeshi Ohtsu ,  Takayuki Itakura

IPC分类号： G03G9/08

CPC分类号： G03G9/08782 ,  G03G9/0815 ,  G03G9/0821 ,  G03G9/0825 ,  G03G9/0827 ,  G03G9/08755 ,  G03G9/107

摘要： Provided is a toner including: toner particles each containing at least a binder resin and a wax; and an external additive, in which surfaces of the toner particles have an average surface roughness (Ra) measured with a scanning probe microscope of 1.0 nm or more and 30.0 nm or less; and the toner has a surface tension index I for a 45-vol % aqueous solution of methanol measured by a capillary suction time method and calculated from the following equation (1) of 5.0×10−3 N/m or more and 1.0×10−1 N/m or less: I=Pα/(A×B×106)  Eq. (1) where I represents the surface tension index (N/m) of the toner, Pα represents a capillary pressure (N/m2) of the toner for the 45-vol % aqueous solution of methanol, A represents a specific surface area (m2/g) of the toner, and B represents a true density (g/cm3) of the toner.

摘要翻译： 提供一种调色剂，其包括：各自至少含有粘合剂树脂和蜡的调色剂颗粒; 和外部添加剂，其中调色剂颗粒的表面具有1.0nm以上且30.0nm以下的扫描型显微镜测定的平均表面粗糙度（Ra） 并且调色剂通过毛细管抽吸时间法测量的45体积％甲醇水溶液的表面张力指数I，并由下式（1）计算为5.0×10-3N / m以上且1.0×10 -1 N / m以下：I =Pα/（A×B×106） （1）其中I表示调色剂的表面张力指数（N / m），Pα表示45体积％甲醇水溶液的调色剂的毛细管压力（N / m 2），A表示比表面积 m2 / g），B表示调色剂的真密度（g / cm 3）。