TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240319629A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18575573

    申请日:2022-03-31

    CPC classification number: G03G9/09733 G03G9/0819 G03G9/1136 G03G9/1139

    Abstract: In a two-component developer, external additive particles of toner particles include resin particles. The resin particles contain a crosslinked resin including a repeating unit derived from a crosslinking agent. Carrier particles each include a carrier core and a coat layer covering a surface of the carrier core. The coat layers contain a coating resin and barium titanate particles. The coating resin includes a silicone resin. The barium titanate particles have a number average primary particle diameter within a range of 100 nm to 500 nm. The barium titanate particles have a content within a range of 5 parts by mass to 45 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the coating resin. A rate of a mass of the coat layers to a mass of the carrier cores is greater than 0.0% by mass and no greater than 4.9% by mass. The carrier cores have a shape factor within a range of 34.0% to 85.0%.

    TONER AND TONER PRODUCTION METHOD
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240302760A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-12

    申请号:US18598653

    申请日:2024-03-07

    Inventor: Toshiki TAKEMORI

    CPC classification number: G03G9/09708 G03G9/0819

    Abstract: A toner contains toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle and an external additive attached to the surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive contains specific external additive particles. The specific external additive particles each include an aluminum oxide particle and a coat layer covering the surface of the aluminum oxide particle. The coat layers contain antimony tin oxide particles. The specific external additive particles have a powder specific resistance of no greater than 100 Ω·cm. The specific external additive particles have a volume median diameter of 100 nm to 550 nm. The specific external additive particles have surfaces with an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 8 nm to 45 nm. The specific external additive particles have a content of 0.3 parts by mass to 4.0 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the toner mother particles.

    TONER
    6.
    发明公开
    TONER 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240264545A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-08

    申请号:US18418782

    申请日:2024-01-22

    CPC classification number: G03G9/09725 G03G9/0819 G03G9/09328 G03G9/0975

    Abstract: To provide a toner that is less likely to cause image defects due to the detachment of the silica aggregated particle even when having been used for a long period of time in a low-temperature and low-humidity environment. The toner includes: a toner particle containing a binder resin; and a silica aggregated particle, wherein, in TOF-SIMS measurement of the toner particle, a fragment peak derived from a boron atom and a fragment peak derived from a boron-oxygen structure are detected; the silica aggregated particle is an aggregated particle of silica fine particles having a primary particle size based on number of from 20 to 75 nm, a maximum Feret's diameter of the silica aggregated particle is from 110 to 500 nm, and an aspect ratio thereof is from 1.50 to 4.00.

    TONER FOR USE IN IMAGE-FORMING
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240231250A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18544218

    申请日:2023-12-18

    CPC classification number: G03G9/09716 G03G9/0819

    Abstract: A toner containing: a toner particle containing a binder resin; and an external additive, wherein a peak corresponding to boric acid is detected in ATR-IR analysis of the toner particle using germanium as an ATR crystal in an ATR method, the external additive contains a hydrophobized fine alumina particle produced by surface-treating a fine alumina particle, which is a fine base particle, with a hydrophobic treatment agent, the hydrophobized fine alumina particle has a hydrophobicity of 50 or more and 90 or less, the hydrophobized fine alumina particle has a volume resistivity of 1.0×108 Ω·cm or more and 1.0×1012 Ω·cm or less, and a rate of atoms originated from the fine base particle in the hydrophobized fine alumina particle is 30 atomic % or more and 70 atomic % or less.

    IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS
    8.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240210846A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18528208

    申请日:2023-12-04

    Inventor: Karin HASEGAWA

    Abstract: An image formation apparatus according to an embodiment may include: a first image formation unit including a storage part storing a glitter developer and configured to form a glitter developer image with the glitter developer; and a controller configured to control an operation of the first image formation unit based on print data received. The controller is configured to: when a remaining amount of the glitter developer in the storage part is a first remaining amount, to form the glitter developer image such that the glitter developer image is divided per unit area by a first division number; and when the remaining amount of the glitter developer in the storage part is a second remaining amount less than the first remaining amount, to form the glitter developer image such that the glitter developer image is divided per unit area by a second division number smaller than the first division number.

    TONER
    9.
    发明公开
    TONER 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240192617A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-13

    申请号:US18502515

    申请日:2023-11-06

    CPC classification number: G03G9/08711 G03G9/0819

    Abstract: A toner comprises a toner particle, wherein the toner contains a crystalline vinyl resin and an amorphous resin, a weight-average particle diameter of the toner is from 4.0 to 12.0 m, an endothermic quantity ΔH derived from the crystalline vinyl resin is from 10 to 70 J/g, and in an analysis by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry of the toner particle while under sputtering, with A(100) as the ion amount of a specific hydrocarbon over a sputtering time during which 100 nm of a polymethyl methacrylate standard sample film are shaved, the ion amount exhibits one or more peak values, and with A(dmax) as a maximum value from among the peak values, the above A(dmax) and A(100) satisfy the expression below.


    1.5≤A(dmax)/A(100)≤30.0

    TONER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    10.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240142888A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-02

    申请号:US18497963

    申请日:2023-10-30

    Inventor: Takeo MIZOBE

    Abstract: A toner includes toner particles each including a toner mother particle and external additive particles attached to the surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive particles include fluororesin particles, specific external additive particles, and silica particles. The specific external additive particles contain barium titanate or strontium titanate. The silica particles have a detachment fraction of at least 5% by mass and no greater than 22% by mass. The detachment fraction of the silica particles is a percentage of a mass M2 of silica particles of the silica particles that have separated from the toner mother particles after ultrasonication to a mass M1 of the silica particles included in the toner particles before the ultrasonication. The ultrasonication is application of ultrasonic vibration to a mixed liquid of 5 g of the toner and 105.5 g of a nonionic surfactant-containing aqueous solution containing 0.55 g of a nonionic surfactant.

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