IP Library Granted Patent US 9,023,565
Granted Patent B2
US 9,023,565 · App. 13/677,574 · Granted May 5, 2015

Developer, developer container, image formation unit, and image formation apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,023,565
App. No.
13/677,574
Granted
May 5, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A developer includes a toner containing at least a binder resin, wherein the toner has a molecular weight distribution Mz/Mw of 2.0 or smaller and a phase angle of viscoelasticity of 65° or greater.

Claims (15)

1. A developer comprising a toner containing at least a binder resin, wherein the toner has a molecular weight distribution Mz/Mw of 2.0 or smaller and a phase angle of viscoelasticity of 65° or greater,

wherein the toner contains 5-t-butyl-benzoxazolyl in an amount of equal or more than 0.2 wt % and less than 0.5 wt % with respect to the weight of the toner,

wherein the toner is a clear toner having substantially no colorant.

2. The developer according to claim 1 , wherein the toner contains 2,4-diphenyl-4-methyl-1-pentene in an amount of 0.5 wt % to 0.8 wt % with respect to the weight of the toner.

3. The developer according to claim 1 , wherein the binder resin is a styrene acrylic copolymer.

4. A developer container containing the developer of claim 1 .

5. An image formation unit comprising:

the developer of claim 1 ;

an image carrier;

a charger device configured to charge a surface of the image carrier; and

a development device configured to form a developer image on the surface of the image carrier by supplying the developer to an electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the image carrier.

6. An image formation apparatus comprising:

the image formation unit of claim 5 ;

a transfer device configured to transfer the developer image onto a medium, the developer image formed by the image formation unit; and

a fixation device configured to fix the transferred developer image onto the medium.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Mar 14, 2022
From: OKI DATA CORPORATION
To: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059365/0145 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2012
From: HASHIMOTO, YOSHIHIRO
To: OKI DATA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029302/0931 →