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Granted Patent B2
US 10,007,201 · App. 15/435,455 · Granted Jun 26, 2018

Electrostatic latent image developing toner

Inventor: Yusuke Washino (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
G03G9/09321G03G9/0918G03G9/09371G03G9/09392
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Patent No.
US 10,007,201
App. No.
15/435,455
Granted
Jun 26, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes a plurality of toner particles each including a core and a shell layer covering a surface of the core. The shell layer includes a resin film and a plurality of resin particles. The shell layer contains a first resin forming the resin film, a second resin forming the resin particles, and an alkyl benzene sulfonic acid compound. The first resin is more hydrophobic than the second resin. The second resin is more positively chargeable than the first resin. The second resin has a repeating unit capable of forming a salt with the alkyl benzene sulfonic acid compound.

Claims (29)

1. An electrostatic latent image developing toner, comprising

a plurality of toner particles each including a core and a shell layer covering a surface of the core, wherein

the shell layer includes a resin film and a plurality of resin particles,

the shell layer contains a first resin forming the resin film, a second resin forming the resin particles, and an alkyl benzene sulfonic acid compound,

the first resin is a polymer of monomers including at least one styrene-based monomer and at least one acrylic acid-based monomer,

the second resin is a polymer of monomers including at least one acrylic acid-based monomer and at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of pyridine compounds, pyridazine compounds, imidazole compounds, pyrazole compounds, and quaternary ammonium compounds, and

the second resin has a repeating unit capable of forming a salt with the alkyl benzene sulfonic acid compound.

2. The electrostatic latent image developing toner according to claim 1 , wherein

the shell layer contains p-toluenesulfonic acid or a derivative thereof as the alkyl benzene sulfonic acid compound.

3. The electrostatic latent image developing toner according to claim 2 , wherein

an amount of the alkyl benzene sulfonic acid compound contained in the shell layer is at least 50 ppm and no greater than 4000 ppm relative to a total mass of the electrostatic latent image developing toner.

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

the second resin has at least one repeating unit derived from an electron-donating heteroaromatic compound as the repeating unit capable of forming a salt with the alkyl benzene sulfonic acid compound.

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

the second resin has at least one repeating unit derived from a pyridine compound, a pyridazine compound, an imidazole compound, or a pyrazole compound, as the repeating unit derived from the electron-donating heteroaromatic compound.

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

the second resin has at least one repeating unit derived from a quaternary ammonium compound as the repeating unit capable of forming a salt with the alkyl benzene sulfonic acid compound.

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

the alkyl benzene sulfonic acid compound and the repeating unit capable of forming a salt with the alkyl benzene sulfonic acid compound are present in the form of a salt.

8. The electrostatic latent image developing toner according to claim 1 , wherein

a surface of the shell layer has a sea-like region and a plurality of island-like regions distributed like islands in the sea-like region,

the sea-like region is constituted by a portion of the resin film exposed at the surface of the shell layer, and

the island-like regions are constituted by portions of the resin particles exposed from the resin film.

9. The electrostatic latent image developing toner according to claim 8 , wherein

the first resin has a glass transition point of at least 60° C. and no greater than 75° C.,

the second resin has a glass transition point of at least 80° C. and no greater than 110° C.,

the core contains a polyester resin having a glass transition point of at least 20° C. and no greater than 55° C.,

the glass transition point of the first resin is at least 10° C. higher than the glass transition point of the polyester resin, and

the glass transition point of the second resin is at least 10° C. higher than the glass transition point of the first resin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2017
From: WASHINO, YUSUKE
To: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 041284/0337 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-032033 · Feb 23, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170242359A1 · Aug 24, 2017