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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163454 | Resin composition for toner, and toner using the resin composition Disclosed is a resin composition for toners, which contains a resin (D) obtained by reacting a styrene polymer (A) containing an active hydrogen group and having a peak molecular weight (Mp) of not less than 30,000 but not more than 2,000,000, a styrene polymer (B) ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158318 | Multicolor image forming apparatus and image forming method thereof A multicolor image forming apparatus which includes a developer image forming unit to form an image using a developer and a transferring unit to transfer the formed developer image to a recording medium, wherein the developer comprises a plurality of dark developers... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8114561 | Toner, method of manufacturing the toner, developing device, and image forming apparatus There are provided a toner that allows prevention of environmental contamination and is nevertheless free from toner durability degradation, wherein a sufficiently wide color reproduction range can be secured even when it is applied to color toner, and variation in ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8092966 | Toner particle having excellent charging characteristics, long term credibility and transferring property, method for producing the same and toner containing said toner particle The invention relates to toner particles having excellent charging characteristics and transferring properties, a method for producing the same and toner including the same. More particularly, the invention relates to toner particles, a method for producing the same... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8080353 | Toner compositions A toner having its surface functionalized with functional groups, and processes for producing the same, are provided. ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8029961 | Toner for developing latent electrostatic image, method for producing the same and apparatus for producing the same, and developer, toner container, process cartridge, image forming method and image forming apparatus There is provided a toner for developing a latent electrostatic image, obtained by a method containing: ejecting a toner composition fluid from an ejection hole so as to make the toner composition fluid into droplets; and solidifying the droplets in an atomizing spa... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8012658 | Toner for developing electrostatic image, and image forming apparatus and process cartridge using the toner A toner including a binder resin including a polyester resin and a vinyl resin; a wax; and a colorant, wherein the vinyl resin includes a unit obtained from a radically polymerizable monomer having an alkyloxysilyl group. An image forming apparatus including an imag... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7867680 | Non-magnetic toner for one-component development and method of preparing the toner, and image developer, image forming apparatus, process cartridge and image forming method A non-magnetic toner including a binder resin including a first resin, a second resin, a third resin; a colorant; and a wax, wherein the first resin is a hybrid resin including an amorphous condensation polymerization unit and a radical polymerization unit in its mo... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7867679 | Porous particles The present invention is toner particle that includes a binder resin and nonionic organic polymer particles. The particle has porosity. ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7820352 | Image forming method Image forming method comprising a step of fixing a toner image in a fixing device of a contact heating system, wherein the toner comprises a resin which comprises a polyester resin and a styrene-aryl resin and is formed by a process comprising allowing a polyvalent ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7799499 | Image forming method using electrophotographic system A method of forming an image comprising: (a) developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrophotographic photoreceptor with an electrophotographic toner so as to obtain a toner image; (b) transferring the toner image on the electrophotographic photorec... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7645551 | Toner processes Disclosed herein are toner particles generated by emulsion/aggregation processes. The processes are conducted under conditions that shorten the time for coalescence and post-formation washing, thereby increasing efficiency of the processes as compared to conventiona... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7618761 | Toner for electrostatic image development, manufacturing method thereof, electrostatic image developer and image forming method A toner for electrostatic image development comprising a binder resin and a colorant, the toner having a content of an aluminum element with respect to carbon of approximately 0.005 atm % to approximately 0.02 atm % as measured by X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy. | 11/17/2009 |
| 7615327 | Toner process The present disclosure relates to a process including a first heating of a latomer mixture including at least one free radical polymerizable monomer, and at least one alkylene anhydride; a second heating of the latomer mixture to form polymeric particles; and combin... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7550243 | Toner, developer, toner container, process cartridge, fixing process, image forming apparatus, and image forming process The object of the present invention is to provide a toner characterized in that the toner comprises a first binder resin and a second binder resin, the first binder resin is an amorphous resin and the second binder resin is a crystalline resin, and the glass-transit... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7547499 | Low melt toner A toner includes binder of amorphous polymer material, such as an amorphous polyester material, and a crystalline polymer material, such as a crystalline polyester material, wherein the amorphous polymer material has an acid number that is greater than an acid numbe... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7514195 | Toner compositions Toner compositions provide a resin substantially free of cross linking; a cross linked resin; a wax; a coagulant; and a colorant; wherein the toner composition provides a fused image gloss of about 1 to about 20 gloss units. ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7488562 | Electrophotographic toner, method for producing the same, electrophotographic developer, method for producing the developer, and image forming method Provided are an electrophotographic toner, comprising a binder resin containing a coloring agent, a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin, wherein the crystalline resin has two or more peaks in weight-average molecular weight as determined by gel permeation chrom... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7432032 | Toner, production process for the same, and image forming method To provide a toner production process in which at least radically polymerizable monomers are polymerized in at least one of a supercritical fluid and a subcritical fluid to thereby produce toner particles, wherein a polymer of the radically polymerizable monomers is... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7416827 | Ultra low melt toners having surface crosslinking Ultra low melt toner compositions with improved non-additive heat cohesion are disclosed. These toner compositions include toner particles comprising amorphous resins containing at least one unsaturated moiety, and when the toner particles are surface treated with a... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413839 | Toner, developer, toner container, process cartridge, and an image forming apparatus The object of the present invention is to provide a toner characterized in that the toner comprises a first binder resin and a second binder resin, the first binder resin is an amorphous resin and the second binder resin is a crystalline resin, and the glass-transit... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7390607 | Toner, production process for the same, and image forming method To provide a toner production process in which at least radically polymerizable monomers are polymerized in at least one of a supercritical fluid and a subcritical fluid to thereby produce toner particles, wherein a polymer of the radically polymerizable monomers is... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7384722 | Method for preparing functional particulate organic material, toner using the functional particulate organic material, and image forming method and apparatus using the toner A method for preparing a functional particulate organic material, including providing a suspension of a particulate organic material having an acid group on a surface thereof; reacting a metal cation with tri- or more-valence with the acid group; and reacting at lea... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7368214 | Electrostatic latent image developing toner and manufacturing method thereof An electrostatic latent image developing toner including, as a binder resin, a crystalline resin and at least one kind of non-crystalline resin, wherein, in a dynamic viscoelasticity measurement by a sine wave vibration method, a minimum value of the relaxation elas... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364828 | Toner for electrophotography, method of manufacturing the toner, developer, development method, transfer method, and process cartridge using the toner The method of manufacturing toner for electrophotography includes the steps of dissolving or dispersing a toner composition containing a resin and a coloring agent into polymerizable monomers to provide a solution or a dispersed system, emulsifying the solution or t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361408 | Molded resin object, electronic instrument using the same, and method of processing a molded resin object A molded resin object including a molded substrate containing a biodegradable resin and an applied coating formed on a surface of the molded substrate is disclosed, wherein the applied coating contains a proliferation accelerating agent for accelerating proliferatio... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358023 | Method for producing toner, toner and printed matter The invention provides a method for producing a toner comprising: a step of preparing a powder for production of the toner from a raw material containing a resin as a main component, a coloring agent, and a crystalline polyester having higher crystallinity than the ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354687 | Dry toner blended with wax Dry electrographic toner compositions are provided comprising a plurality of dry toner particles, wherein the toner particles comprise polymeric binder comprising at least one amphipathic copolymer comprising one or more S material portions and one or more D materia... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7323280 | Chemically produced toner and process therefor A toner for developing an electrostatic image comprising toner particles which include a binder resin, a wax and a colorant, wherein the wax has a melting point of between 50 and 150° C., the wax exists in the toner particles in domains of 2 μm or less mean partic... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318988 | Dry toners comprising amphipathic copolymeric binder having non-sorptive components in the shell portion thereof The invention provides dry electrographic toner compositions comprising toner particles. The toner particles comprise polymeric binder comprising at least one amphipathic copolymer comprising one or more S material portions and one or more D material portions prepar... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318987 | Dry toner comprising entrained wax Dry electrographic toner compositions are provided comprising a plurality of dry toner particles, wherein the toner particles comprise polymeric binder comprising at least one amphipathic copolymer comprising one or more S material portions and one or more D materia... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7306886 | Dry toner comprising wax Dry electrographic toner compositions are provided comprising a plurality of dry toner particles, wherein the toner particles comprise polymeric binder comprising at least one amphipathic copolymer comprising one or more S material portions and one or more D materia... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300736 | Toner, and developer, image forming method, image forming apparatus and process cartridge using the toner A toner contains: (A) a binder resin; (B) a colorant; (C) a charge controlling agent; and (D) an additive. (A) contains: a polyester resin containing no tetrahydrofuran-insoluble component; and having components having a molecular weight not greater than 5×102... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294442 | Toner for developing electrostatic image, method for manufacturing the toner, developer including the toner, container containing the toner, and color image forming method using the toner A toner for developing an electrostatic image having a good combination of hot offset resistance and low temperature fixability. The toner includes (1) a resin having at least one group that can react with a compound having an active hydrogen in an amount of 2 piece... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291435 | Toner binder for electrophotography and toner for electrophotography The present invention provides a toner binder for electrophotography which comprises a polyester resin constituted of an alcohol component containing a polyoxyalkylene ether (A) of a bisphenol and an acid component, and the content of unreacted bisphenols in said po... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7267974 | Polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesizing microorganism and process of producing polyhydroxyalkanoate using the same Microorganisms showing higher productivity of unusual-polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) than ever by using an inexpensive substrate or under specific conditions are obtained from wild strains and mutant strains. The microorganisms are cultured with such substrates to synth... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267864 | Image supporting material, method for use thereof and image forming apparatus utilizing the same The present invention provides an image supporting material for fixably supporting a color toner image, the material including a base material, a light scattering layer provided on the base material and containing a white pigment and a thermoplastic resin, and a col... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7244538 | Binder resin for toner and toners The present invention was investigated for the purpose of providing a binder resin for toner which is excellent in the low temperature fixing property which can cope with the development of high-speed copier machines, and is excellent in the offset resistance, block... | 07/17/2007 |
