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Granted Patent B2
US 9,239,527 · App. 14/190,513 · Granted Jan 19, 2016

Electrostatic charge image developing toner, electrostatic charge image developer, and toner cartridge

Inventors: Tetsuya Taguchi (Kanagawa, JP); Shinya Sakamoto (Kanagawa, JP); Kosaku Yoshimura (Kanagawa, JP); Satoshi Yoshida (Kanagawa, JP); Shinya Nakashima (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 9,239,527
App. No.
14/190,513
Granted
Jan 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin containing a polyester resin forming a sea part and a vinyl resin forming an island part of a sea-island structure, a first release agent existing in the sea part in a domain state, and a second release agent existing in the island part in a domain state, wherein when a cross-sectional area of the second release agent is set to A1 and a cross-sectional area of the first release agent is set to B1 in a cross section of the toner particles, a relationship of 0.2≦A1/B1≦0.8 is satisfied.

Claims (26)

1. An electrostatic charge image developing toner comprising:

toner particles containing:

a binder resin containing a polyester resin forming a sea part of a sea-island structure and a surface layer of the toner particles, and a vinyl resin forming an island part of the sea-island structure,

a first release agent existing in the sea part in a domain state, and

a second release agent existing in the island part in a domain state,

wherein:

when a cross-sectional area of the second release agent is set to A1 and a cross-sectional area of the first release agent is set to B1 in a cross section of the toner particles, a relationship of 0.2≦A1/B1≦0.8 is satisfied, and

the first release agent and the second release agent are each paraffin wax.

2. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 , wherein 60% or more of the polyester resin exists in the surface layer of the toner particles.

3. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 , wherein a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the polyester resin is from 50° C. to 80° C.

4. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 , wherein a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the polyester resin is from 5,000 to 1,000,000.

5. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 , wherein a number average molecular weight (Mn) of the polyester resin is from 2,000 to 100,000.

6. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 , wherein a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of the polyester resin is from 1.5 to 100.

7. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 , further comprising fumaric acid as an acid component constituting the polyester resin.

8. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 , further comprising acrylic acid as a monomer constituting the vinyl resin.

9. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the binder resin is from 40% by weight to 95% by based on the total amount of the toner particles.

10. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 , wherein a mass ratio of the polyester resin to the vinyl resin (polyester resin: vinyl resin) is from 98:2 to 60:40.

11. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 , wherein the first release agent the second release agent each have a melting temperature of from 50° C. to 110° C.

12. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 11 , wherein a total content of the first release agent and release agent is from 1% by weight to 20% by weight based on the total amount of the toner particles.

13. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 , wherein a volume particle diameter (D50v) of the toner particles is from 2 μm to 10 μm.

14. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 , wherein a shape factor SF1 of the toner particles is from 110 to 150.

15. An electrostatic charge image developer comprising the electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 .

16. The electrostatic charge image developer according to claim 15 , wherein the electrostatic charge image developer contains a resin-coated carrier.

17. The electrostatic charge image developer according to claim 16 , wherein a resin of the resin-coated carrier is styrene acrylic resin.

18. A toner cartridge that accommodates the electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 , and is detachable from an image forming apparatus.

19. The electrostatic charge image developing toner according to claim 1 , wherein the vinyl resin is homopolymer or a copolymer of one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic ester compounds, ethylenic unsaturated nitrile compounds, and vinyl ether compounds.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 058287/0056 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2014
From: TAGUCHI, TETSUYA; SAKAMOTO, SHINYA; YOSHIMURA, KOSAKU; YOSHIDA, SATOSHI; NAKASHIMA, SHINYA
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032302/0545 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-165491 · Aug 8, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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