IP Library Granted Patent US 11,506,989
Granted Patent B2
US 11,506,989 · App. 15/930,919 · Granted Nov 22, 2022

Electrostatic charge image developing toner and electrostatic charge image developer

Inventors: Kotaro Yoshihara (Kanagawa, JP); Asafumi Fujita (Kanagawa, JP); Narumasa Sato (Kanagawa, JP); Teppei Yawada (Kanagawa, JP); Motoko Sakai (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G03G9/0819G03G9/0821G03G9/0827G03G9/09716G03G9/09725
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Patent No.
US 11,506,989
App. No.
15/930,919
Granted
Nov 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles having an average circularity of 0.96 to 1.00 and organic particles having an aspect ratio of 0.4 to 0.9 as an external additive.

Claims (42)

1. An electrostatic charge image developing toner comprising:

toner particles having an average circularity of 0.96 to 1.00; and

organic particles having an aspect ratio of 0.4 to 0.6 as an external additive,

wherein the average major axis of the organic particles is from 3.0 μm to 11.0 μm.

2. An electrostatic charge image developing toner comprising:

toner particles having an average circularity of 0.96 to 1.00; and

organic particles as an external additive,

wherein among the toner particles, a content of toner particles which have a particle diameter not less than a number particle diameter D84p, which is a particle diameter when a cumulative percentage reaches 84% in a cumulative frequency based on the number of the toner particles having the organic particles attached to or mixed with in terms of a circle equivalent diameter, and have an average circularity of 0.90 or less, provided that the average circularity is based on the toner particles having the organic particles attached to or mixed with, is 2.0% by number to 10.0% by number with respect to entire toner particles.

3. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 ,

wherein in a differential scanning calorific curve of the organic particles, an onset temperature of a maximum endothermic peak during a temperature rise is from 45° C. to 90° C.

4. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 ,

wherein a ratio of an average major axis of the organic particles to a volume average particle diameter of the toner particles (average major axis of organic particles/volume average particle diameter of toner particles) is from 0.7 to 1.8.

5. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 4 ,

wherein the ratio of the average major axis of the organic particles to the volume average particle diameter of the toner particles (average major axis of organic particles/volume average particle diameter of toner particles) is from 0.8 to 1.5.

6. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 ,

wherein an amount of the organic particles added as the external additive is from 0.4% by weight to 2.0% by weight with respect to the toner particles.

7. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 ,

wherein the organic particles are higher alcohol particles.

8. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 7 ,

wherein the higher alcohol particles are particles of a higher alcohol represented by Formula (AC): CH 3 (CH 2 )xCH 2 OH, wherein x represents an integer of 20 to 80.

9. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 , further comprising:

silica particles as the external additive.

10. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 9 ,

wherein a volume average particle diameter of the silica particles is from 40 nm to 120 nm.

11. An electrostatic charge image developer comprising:

the electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 .

12. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 2 ,

wherein in a differential scanning calorific curve of the organic particles, an onset temperature of a maximum endothermic peak during a temperature rise is from 45° C. to 90° C.

13. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 2 ,

wherein a ratio of an average major axis of the organic particles to a volume average particle diameter of the toner particles (average major axis of organic particles/volume average particle diameter of toner particles) is from 0.7 to 1.8.

14. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 13 ,

wherein the ratio of the average major axis of the organic particles to the volume average particle diameter of the toner particles (average major axis of organic particles/volume average particle diameter of toner particles) is from 0.8 to 1.5.

15. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 2 ,

wherein the average major axis of the organic particles is from 3.0 μm to 11.0 μm.

16. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 2 ,

wherein an amount of the organic particles added as the external additive is from 0.4% by weight to 2.0% by weight with respect to the toner particles.

17. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 2 ,

wherein the organic particles are higher alcohol particles.

18. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 17 ,

wherein the higher alcohol particles are particles of a higher alcohol represented by Formula (AC): CH 3 (CH 2 )xCH 2 OH, wherein x represents an integer of 20 to 80.

19. An electrostatic charge image developer comprising:

the electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 2 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 29, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056092/0913 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2020
From: YOSHIHARA, KOTARO; FUJITA, ASAFUMI; SATO, NARUMASA; YAWADA, TEPPEI; SAKAI, MOTOKO
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054309/0576 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-213153 · Nov 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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