Process cartridge
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12235606B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-25

    申请号:US17480797

    申请日:2021-09-21

    Abstract: A process cartridge includes a photosensitive member, a toner, and a developing roller, a surface layer of the photosensitive member has a Martens hardness of 245 to 300 N/mm2, the developing roller has a single-layered surface layer containing a substrate and a binder resin; when an elastic modulus of the binder resin in a first region is E1, and an elastic modulus of the binder resin in a second region is E2, E1≥200 MPa and 10 MPa≤E2≤150 MPa are satisfied; the elastic modulus in the second region continuously decreases from that in the first region; the toner comprises a toner particle and an external additive A; the external additive A is a silica particle having a major diameter of 40 to 400 nm; and a coverage of the external additive A with respect to surface of the toner particle is 5.0% or more.

    Toner
    2.
    发明授权
    Toner 有权

    公开(公告)号:US12228882B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-18

    申请号:US17660146

    申请日:2022-04-21

    Abstract: A toner comprising: a toner particle comprising a binder resin and a hydrocarbon wax; and inorganic fine particles, wherein the inorganic fine particles include silica fine particles surface-treated with specific polydimethylsiloxanes, a total amount of trimethylsilanol in the silica fine particles is from 1.0 ppm to 5.0 ppm, where a standard value of an amount of ions of an ester group is measured by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry, one or more peaks of the standard value are present within a range of 100 nm from the surface of the toner particle, and the maximum value A(d max) among the peaks of the standard value and the standard value A(0) on the surface of the toner particle satisfy the following relationships: 1.05≤A(d max)/A(0)≤5.00, A(0)≥0.010.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250044717A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-06

    申请号:US18782590

    申请日:2024-07-24

    Inventor: SHOJI NAKAI

    Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a two-component developer including an initial toner and a carrier is previously charged into a developer tank, and a replenishment toner is replenished into the developer tank as the development proceeds. The image forming apparatus has the following configuration. The initial toner contains, as external additives, a fine powder prepared by adding silica to strontium titanate to form a core and hydrophobizing a surface of the core with a silane compound, and a silica particle, and does not contain any titanium dioxide particle or contains a titanium dioxide particle at 50% by mass or less of the fine powder. The replenishment toner contains, as external additives, a titanium dioxide particle and a silica particle, and does not contain the fine powder or contains the fine powder at 50% by mass or less of the titanium dioxide particle.

    Method for producing resin particle dispersion, method for producing toner for electrostatic image development, and toner for electrostatic image development

    公开(公告)号:US12215201B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-04

    申请号:US17462467

    申请日:2021-08-31

    Abstract: A method for producing a resin particle dispersion includes: preparing a phase-inverted emulsion by phase inversion emulsification of a resin using an organic solvent and an aqueous medium; and removing the organic solvent from the phase-inverted emulsion contained in a distillation tank by reduced pressure distillation. During the reduced pressure distillation, the rate of pressure reduction in an environment in which the pressure inside the distillation tank is equal to or higher than vapor pressure and equal to or lower than (the vapor pressure+5 kPa) when the concentration of the organic solvent in the phase-inverted emulsion is in the range of 30% by mass or less to 1% by mass or more is from 0.01 kPa/min to 0.5 kPa/min inclusive until the pressure inside the distillation tank reaches a preset reduced pressure for the reduced pressure distillation.

    MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER

    公开(公告)号:US20250013160A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-09

    申请号:US18733829

    申请日:2024-06-04

    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an electrostatic charge image developing toner includes aggregating and coalescing material particles containing colorant-containing polyester resin particles in a dispersion medium to obtain toner particles, the manufacturing method including a production step of the colorant-containing polyester resin particles, in which the production step of the colorant-containing polyester resin particles includes mixing a basic colorant and a polyester resin while applying heat to obtain a mixture, and emulsifying the mixture, and in the production step of the colorant-containing polyester resin particles, a time-weighted average T° C. of a temperature of the polyester resin and a time R seconds during which the temperature of the polyester resin is in a range of 35° C. or higher and 100° C. or lower satisfy a relationship of 200≤(T×ln R)≤550.

    MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER

    公开(公告)号:US20250004391A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-02

    申请号:US18733817

    申请日:2024-06-04

    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a first aggregation step of aggregating polyester resin particles in a dispersion containing the polyester resin particles to form first aggregated particles, a second aggregation step of mixing the dispersion containing the first aggregated particles with a dispersion containing amorphous polyester resin particles, and while agitating the mixed dispersions, adhering the amorphous polyester resin particles on a surface of the first aggregated particles to form second aggregated particles, and a coalescence step of heating the dispersion containing the second aggregated particles for coalescing the second aggregated particles to form toner particles, in which the second aggregation step satisfies the following expression (1), expression (2), and expression (3), 35 ≤ Tc ≤ ( Tgs - 5 ) , expression ⁢ ( 1 ) 10 ≤ Ts ≤ Tc , expression ⁢ ( 2 ) 0.6 ≤ ( P - P ⁢ 0 ) ≤ 3. , expression ⁢ ( 3 ) where Tgs is a glass transition temperature (° C.) of an amorphous polyester resin contained in the amorphous polyester resin particles, Tc is a temperature (° C.) of the dispersion containing the first aggregated particles at a start of the mixing, Ts is a temperature (° C.) of the dispersion containing the amorphous polyester resin particles at the start of the mixing, P is an agitation power (kW/m3) per unit volume, and P0 is an idle agitation power (kW/m3) per unit volume.

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