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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178271 | Polymer having a sulfonic group or a sulfonate group and an amide group and method of producing same A polymer is provided in which a sulfonic group or a derivative thereof is introduced. The polymer includes a unit represented by the following chemical formula (1): wherein R represents -A1 | 05/15/2012 |
| 7862970 | Toner compositions with amino-containing polymers as surface additives A toner composition includes core particles including a polymeric latex and an optional colorant, and amino-containing polymer particles dispersed on an external surface of the particles. ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7718338 | Charge control resin, and toner A charge control resin containing a copolymer which has a unit having a sulfonic acid ester group having a specific structure and has the unit in specific proportions. The charge control resin can provide a toner with superior charging performance. Also disclosed is... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7638250 | Toner, developing device, image forming apparatus, and image forming method using the toner A toner is provided including a colorant; a binder resin (A) which is a polyester resin having no tetrahydrofuran insoluble component, and having a molecular weight distribution such that components having a molecular weight of not greater than 500 are included in a... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7524599 | Toner compositions A toner composition includes core toner particles and a shell formed over the core toner particles. The core toner particles include a resin substantially free of cross linking, an optional cross linked resin, a polyester resin, and a colorant. The shell includes a ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7514194 | Toner for developing electrostatic latent image and production method thereof, electrostatic latent image developer, image forming method, and image forming apparatus The invention provides a toner for developing electrostatic latent images containing at least a binder resin, a colorant, a releasing agent, and a graft polymer that has been made by graft polymerization of a resin matrix and a macromonomer including at least one gr... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7393912 | Polyhydroxyalkanoate containing amide group, sulfonic group, and sulfonate ester group, method for producing the same, and charge control agent, toner, image forming method, and image forming apparatus A polyhydroxyalkanoate containing in a molecule at least one unit represented by the chemical formula (1). The polyhydroxyalkanoate is a biodegradable plastic with enhanced melt-processability and exhibits excellent charging stability, high chargeability, and enhanc... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7374846 | Method for preparing of non-magnetic monocomponent color toner having superior long term stability The present invention relates to a non-magnetic monocomponent color toner composition and a method for preparing the same, and more particularly to a non-magnetic monocomponent color toner composition having a narrow charge distribution, good charging characteristic... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371494 | Magnetic toner and method of manufacturing magnetic toner The present invention provides a magnetic toner which is hardly influenced by an environment, and with which an image with high quality and excellent resolution can be stably even under low humidity. In the magnetic toner of present invention: ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368212 | Toner for developing electrostatic image, developer, image forming apparatus, process for forming image, process cartridge and process for measuring porosity of toner A toner for developing an electrostatic image, includes: a colorant; and a binder resin. The toner has a particle including at least one pore having a diameter of 10 nm or over, and a porosity thereof is in a range from 0.01 to 0.60. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7358070 | Process for formation of pattern of polyhydroxyalkanoate A process for forming a fine pattern comprised of a polyhydroxyalkanoate on a substrate is provided. The process comprises steps of applying a polyhydroxyalkanoate-synthesizing enzyme and a 3-hydroxyacyl CoA to coexist in an intended pattern on a substrate, and poly... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354995 | Magnetic substance-biosubstance complex structure, peptide fragment capable of linking to magnetic substance and gene therefor, and process for producing the complex structure A magnetic substance-biosubstance complex structure comprises a magnetic substance-containing carrier and a bio-substance immobilized on the carrier, the biosubstance being immobilized through a spacer comprising an amino acid sequence on a surface of the carrier. | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351509 | Toner A toner is disclosed including toner particles containing a binder resin and a colorant. The binder resin contains a vinyl resin. In the high-temperature GPC-RALLS-viscometer analysis of the o-dichlorobenzene-soluble matter of the toner, a weight-average molecular w... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348117 | Toner, method for manufacturing the toner, developer including the toner, toner container containing the toner, and image forming method, image forming apparatus and process cartridge using the toner A toner including toner particles comprising a binder resin; and at least two kinds of particulate resins which are located on at least a surface of the toner particles, wherein the toner satisfies at least one of the following relationships (TgA-TgB)≧20° C., whe... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348121 | Toner, method for manufacturing the toner, developer including the toner, toner container containing the toner, and image forming method, image forming apparatus and process cartridge using the toner A toner including toner particles comprising a binder resin; and at least two kinds of particulate resins which are located on at least a surface of the toner particles, wherein the toner satisfies at least one of the following relationships (TgA−TgB)≧20° C., w... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333744 | Image forming apparatus that charges a photosensitive member by superimposing an alternate current bias voltage on a direct current bias voltage as the charge bias voltage A charge apparatus charges by uniformly superimposing an alternate current bias voltage with a fixed frequency over a direct current bias voltage as the charge bias voltage on a photosensitive member. An exposure apparatus exposes the surface of the charged photosen... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329476 | Toner compositions and process thereof A toner composition is provided which contains a polyester resin with hydrophilic groups and hydrophobic end groups and a colorant, wherein said polyester resin is of the formula: wherein R is an alkylene group; ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323281 | Toner, developer including the toner, container containing the toner or the developer and method of producing the toner A toner comprising toner particles comprising a first binder resin; a second binder resin different from said first binder resin and having a glass transition temperature of from 40 to 55° C.; a colorant; and a release agent, and a particulate resin material which ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323282 | Dry toner, method for producing dry toner, and method for forming an image The toner having a significantly improved dispersibility of a colorant in toner particles is provided. The present invention provides a dry toner comprising: (i) a binder resin; (ii) a colorant; (iii) at least one of metallophthalocyanine and a metallophthalocyanine... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316880 | Toner for developing a latent image and an image forming method employing the same A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image comprising a resin, a colorant, and a particle having domain-matrix structure and the particle having two or more kinds of metal elements. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314695 | Toner for developing electrostatic charge image A toner for developing electrostatic charge images that exhibits superior fixability at low temperature so as to realize satisfactory fixing performance even with less energy, that exhibits high stress resistance so as to be free from blade contamination by molten t... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310492 | Fixing device having release agent applying unit and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a fixing member, a heat source for heating the fixing member, a pressure member urged against the fixing member so as to form a nip portion between the pressure member and the fixing member, and a release agent applying unit that applies a r... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309558 | Use of salt-like structured silicas as charge control agents The present invention relates to the use of salt-like structured silicates, in which the cation is NH4+, H3O+, an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, earth metal or transition metal ion or a low molecular weight organic ca... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309736 | Acrylic block copolymer and thermoplastic resin composition The present invention provides a novel acrylic block copolymer rich in flexibility and excellent in mechanical strength, moldability, oil resistance, heat resistance, thermal decomposition resistance, weather resistance, and compression set, and further rich in reac... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7300737 | Process for producing toner The present invention provides a toner that exhibits excellent low-temperature fixing properties, offset resistance, and has excellent storage stability in a developing machine. The toner has, in a DSC curve obtained by measuring the toner with differential scanning... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7288353 | Toner, developer, image developer and image forming apparatus 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 rough... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289746 | Charging device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus A charging device includes a case that surrounds a charging unit and has plural ventilating sections, a gas separating unit that varies a component ratio of the air near an opposed portion of a photosensitive member and the charging unit, and a gas electrolyzing uni... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7276320 | Surface particle attachment process, and particles made therefrom A method of forming toner particles having surface particles attached thereto includes the steps of aggregating a material of at least one binder material and at least one colorant to produce toner particles, following aggregation, forming a mixture of the surface p... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273208 | Ballistic aerosol marking venturi pipe geometry for printing onto a transfuse substrate Various venturi configurations are described that are particularly significant for ballistic aerosol marking (BAM) applications. The specific venturi geometries enable the printing of lines having sharp edges and particular widths, using relatively low pressures. | 09/25/2007 |
| 7266319 | Heater, and image forming apparatus, heating method incorporating same A fixer (heater) includes a heat roller and a pressure roller pressing each other. The fixer heats a heated material by passing the heated material through a press region where the heat roller and the pressure roller meet. The fixer further includes an external heat... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260348 | Image forming apparatus having a toner-supplying roller and a developing roller configured to meet a specific parameter An image-forming apparatus includes a toner-supplying roller and a developing roller that receives toner from the toner-supplying roller, the toner having either a glass transition point not higher than 67° C. or a softening point not higher than 120° C. The devel... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252917 | Dry toner, method for producing dry toner, and method for forming an image The toner having a significantly improved dispersibility of a colorant in toner particles is provided. The present invention provides a dry toner comprising: (i) a binder resin; (ii) a colorant; (iii) at least one of metallophthalocyanine and a metallophthalocyanine... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250241 | Toner and process for producing toner The present invention provides a toner that exhibits excellent low-temperature fixing properties, offset resistance, and has excellent storage stability in a developing machine. The toner has, in a DSC curve obtained by measuring the toner with differential scanning... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250243 | Nonmagnetic one-component toner for electrophotographic image forming apparatus A nonmagentic one-component toner for an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a toner with toner particles, a binder resin having a coloring agent, a charging control agent, and a release agent, and an external additive added to the toner particles. ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7244540 | Liquid toners comprising amphipathic copolymeric binder having insoluble components in the shell portion thereof The invention provides liquid electrographic toner compositions comprising a liquid carrier having toner particles dispersed in the liquid carrier. The liquid carrier has a Kauri-Butanol number less than about 30 mL. The toner particles comprise polymeric binder com... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241545 | Toner, developer using the same, toner container using the same, process cartridge using the same, image-forming process using the same and image-forming apparatus using the same A toner has a storage elastic modulus (G′) of 500 Pa or more at a frequency of 1 Hz and temperature of 180° C., while the toner is obtained by dissolving or dispersing a toner composition in an organic solvent, further dispersing the solution or dispersion thereo... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7227676 | Optical scanning apparatus To provide an image forming apparatus including a plurality of laser scanning units having deflecting and scanning means which deflect and scan light fluxes emitted from a plurality of light sources, respectively; a plurality of image bearing members on which electr... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7208253 | Toner composition A toner containing a mixture of a sulfopolyester resin, a colorant and an alkyl amide. ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7179575 | Emulsion aggregation toner having gloss enhancement and toner release A toner includes particles of a resin, an optional colorant, a first crystalline polymeric wax and a second crystalline polymeric wax, where the first crystalline polymeric wax is a crystalline polyethlene wax, the second crystalline polymeric wax is selected from a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7160661 | Emulsion aggregation toner having gloss enhancement and toner release A toner including particles of a resin, an optional colorant, and a crystalline wax, where the crystalline wax is selected from aliphatic polar amide functionalized waxes, carboxylic acid-terminated polyethylene waxes, aliphatic waxes consisting of esters of hydroxy... | 01/09/2007 |
