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Granted Patent B2
US 10,488,777 · App. 16/110,188 · Granted Nov 26, 2019

Toner

Inventors: Kazuo Terauchi (Numazu, JP); Yojiro Hotta (Mishima, JP); Koji Nishikawa (Susono, JP); Masami Fujimoto (Suntou-gun, JP); Takaaki Furui (Tokyo, JP); Ryo Nagata (Mishima, JP); Keisuke Tanaka (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G03G9/09708G03G9/0819G03G9/0975G03G9/09716G03G9/09725
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Patent No.
US 10,488,777
App. No.
16/110,188
Granted
Nov 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A toner contains toner particles, titanate fine particles having a Group II element, and hydrotalcite compound fine particles as an external additive and satisfying 10≤Lt≤80 and 100≤Lh≤Weight average particle diameter (D4) of toner particles×0.50, when the number average particle diameter (D1) of primary particles of the titanate fine particles is defined as Lt (nm) and the number average particle diameter (D1) of primary particles of the hydrotalcite compound fine particles is defined as Lh (nm).

Claims (42)

1. A toner comprising:

toner particles; and

an external additive,

wherein

the external additive comprises titanate fine particles of which a Group II element is contained and hydrotalcite compound fine particles,

when a number average particle diameter (D1) of primary particles of the titanate fine particles is defined as Lt (nm), the Lt (nm) is 10 nm or more and 80 nm or less,

when a number average particle diameter (D1) of primary particles of the hydrotalcite compound fine particles is defined as Lh (nm), the Lh (nm) satisfies a following condition:

100≤Lh≤Weight average particle diameter (D4) of toner particles×0.50, and

a surface coverage ratio by the titanate fine particles on the toner particles is 0.5% or more and 20.0% or less.

2. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein

a fixing ratio of the titanate fine particles to the toner particles is 60% or more and 100% or less.

3. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein polyester is present on a surface of the toner particles.

4. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein a shape factor SF-2 of the toner particles is 110 or more and 180 or less.

5. A toner comprising:

toner particles; and

an external additive,

wherein

the external additive comprises titanate fine particles of which a Group II element is contained and hydrotalcite compound fine particles,

when a number average particle diameter (D1) of primary particles of the titanate fine particles is defined as Lt (nm), the Lt (nm) is 10 nm or more and 80 nm or less,

when a number average particle diameter (D1) of primary particles of the hydrotalcite compound fine particles is defined as Lh (nm), the Lh (nm) satisfies a following condition:

100 Lh Weight average particle diameter (D4) of toner particles×0.50, and

2 or more and 126 or less of the titanate fine particles are present per 0.5 πμm 2 of a surface of the toner.

6. The toner according to claim 5 , wherein

a coefficient of variation of a number of the titanate fine particles present per 0.5 πμm 2 of the surface of the toner is 0.5 or less.

7. A toner comprising:

toner particles; and

an external additive,

wherein

the external additive comprises titanate fine particles of which a Group II element is contained and hydrotalcite compound fine particles,

when a number average particle diameter (D1) of primary particles of the titanate fine particles is defined as Lt (nm), the Lt (nm) is 10 nm or more and 80 nm or less,

when a number average particle diameter (D1) of primary particles of the hydrotalcite compound fine particles is defined as Lh (nm), the Lh (nm) satisfies a following condition:

100≤Lh≤Weight average particle diameter (D4) of toner particles×0.50, and

a fixing ratio of the hydrotalcite compound fine particles to the toner particles is 20% or more and 60% or less.

8. A toner comprising:

toner particles; and

an external additive,

wherein

the external additive comprises titanate fine particles of which a Group II element is contained and hydrotalcite compound fine particles,

when a number average particle diameter (D1) of primary particles of the titanate fine particles is defined as Lt (nm), the Lt (nm) is 10 nm or more and 80 nm or less,

when a number average particle diameter (D1) of primary particles of the hydrotalcite compound fine particles is defined as Lh (nm), the Lh (nm) satisfies a following condition:

100≤Lh≤Weight average particle diameter (D4) of toner particles×0.50, and

an average aspect ratio of the hydrotalcite compound fine particles is 1.5 or more.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2018
From: TERAUCHI, KAZUO; HOTTA, YOJIRO; NISHIKAWA, KOJI; FUJIMOTO, MASAMI; FURUI, TAKAAKI; NAGATA, RYO; TANAKA, KEISUKE
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-166001 · Aug 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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