IP Library Granted Patent US 11,036,155
Granted Patent B2
US 11,036,155 · App. 16/521,841 · Granted Jun 15, 2021

Toner for electrostatic image development, electrostatic image developer, and toner cartridge

Inventors: Kazutsuna Sasaki (Kanagawa, JP); Yutaka Saito (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuhiko Nakamura (Kanagawa, JP); Yuka Yamagishi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
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Patent No.
US 11,036,155
App. No.
16/521,841
Granted
Jun 15, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A toner for electrostatic image development contains: toner base particles containing at least a nonionic surfactant, a binder resin, and a release agent; and an external additive. The content of the nonionic surfactant is from 0.05% by mass to 1% by mass inclusive based on the total mass of the toner, and the external additive contains tin oxide particles.

Claims (28)

1. A toner for electrostatic image development comprising:

toner base particles containing at least a nonionic surfactant, an anionic surfactant, a binder resin, and a release agent; and

an external additive,

wherein a content of the nonionic surfactant is from 0.7% by mass to 1% by mass inclusive based on a total mass of the toner,

wherein the external additive contains particles consisting of tin oxide,

wherein a content of the particles consisting of tin oxide is from 0.1% by mass to 2.0% by mass inclusive based on the total mass of the toner, and

wherein a number average particle diameter of the particles consisting of tin oxide is from 0.08 μm to 4.8 μm.

2. The toner for electrostatic image development according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the particles consisting of tin oxide is from 0.1% by mass to 0.95% by mass inclusive based on the total mass of the toner.

3. The toner for electrostatic image development according to claim 1 , wherein the value of Wa/(Wa+Wb) is from 0.024 to 0.90 inclusive, where Wa is a mass of the nonionic surfactant in the toner, and Wb is a mass of the particles consisting of tin oxide in the toner.

4. The toner for electrostatic image development according to claim 1 , wherein the toner base particles further contain a coloring agent.

5. The toner for electrostatic image development according to claim 1 , wherein the toner base particles further contain 5′-chloro-3-hydroxy-2′-methoxy-2-naphthanilide.

6. The toner for electrostatic image development according to claim 5 , wherein a content of the 5′-chloro-3-hydroxy-2′-methoxy-2-naphthanilide is from 1 ppm to 300 ppm inclusive based on the total mass of the toner.

7. The toner for electrostatic image development according to claim 6 , wherein the nonionic surfactant is a compound having a polyethyleneoxy structure.

8. The toner for electrostatic image development according to claim 1 , wherein the nonionic surfactant is a compound having a polyalkyleneoxy structure.

9. The toner for electrostatic image development according to claim 1 , wherein the toner base particles are core-shell particles.

10. An electrostatic image developer comprising the toner for electrostatic image development according to claim 1 .

11. A toner cartridge comprising the toner for electrostatic image development according to claim 1 , the toner being housed in the toner cartridge, the toner cartridge being detachably attached to an image forming apparatus.

12. The toner for electrostatic image development according to claim 1 , wherein the nonionic surfactant is a compound having a polyethyleneoxy structure, and the binder resin contains a crystalline resin.

13. The toner for electrostatic image development according to claim 12 , wherein the value of Wa/(Wa+Wb) is from 0.024 to 0.90 inclusive, where Wa is a mass of the nonionic surfactant in the toner, and Wb is a mass of the particles consisting of tin oxide in the toner.

14. The toner for electrostatic image development according to claim 1 , wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline resin.

15. The toner for electrostatic image development according to claim 1 , wherein a number average particle diameter of the particles consisting of tin oxide is from 1.4 μm to 4.8 μm.

16. A toner for electrostatic image development comprising:

toner base particles containing at least a nonionic surfactant, a binder resin, and a release agent; and

an external additive,

wherein a content of the nonionic surfactant is from 0.7% by mass to 1% by mass inclusive based on a total mass of the toner,

wherein the external additive contains tin oxide particles, and

wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline resin.

17. The toner for electrostatic image development according to claim 16 , wherein a number average particle diameter of the particles consisting of tin oxide is from 1.4 μm to 4.8 μm.

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 25, 2019
From: SASAKI, KAZUTSUNA; SAITO, YUTAKA; NAKAMURA, KAZUHIKO; YAMAGISHI, YUKA
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049863/0511 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-054848 · Mar 22, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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