IP Library Granted Patent US 11,294,296
Granted Patent B2
US 11,294,296 · App. 16/911,556 · Granted Apr 5, 2022

Toner

Inventors: Hidekazu Fumita (Gotemba, JP); Noriyoshi Umeda (Suntou-gun, JP); Tomonori Matsunaga (Suntou-gun, JP); Satoshi Otsuji (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G03G9/09791G03G9/0819G03G9/08711G03G9/09708G03G9/09725
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Patent No.
US 11,294,296
App. No.
16/911,556
Granted
Apr 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A toner comprising: a toner particle including a binder resin; and an external additive, wherein the external additive includes an external additive A which is silica fine particles and an external additive B which is a fatty acid metal salt, the external additive A has a specific particle diameter, a coverage ratio of a surface of the toner particle with the external additive A is from 60% to 80%, and where an average theoretical surface area obtained from a number average particle diameter, a particle size distribution and a true density of the toner particle is denoted by C (m 2 /g), an amount of the external additive B is denoted by D (parts by mass) and a coverage ratio of the surface of the toner particle with the external additive B is denoted by E (%), following formulas are satisfied: 0.05≤ D/C ≤2.00 E /( D/C )≤50.0.

Claims (23)

1. A toner, comprising:

a toner particle including a binder resin; and

an external additive, said external additive including an external additive A and an external additive B,

the external additive A comprising silica fine particles having primary particles with a number average particle diameter of 5 to 25 nm, a surface of the toner particle having a coverage ratio with external additive A of 60 to 80%,

the external additive B comprising a fatty acid metal salt, wherein

0.05≤ D/C≤ 2.00 and E /( D/C )≤50.0

where C (m 2 /g) is an average theoretical surface area obtained from a number average particle diameter, a particle size distribution and a true density of the toner particle measured by a Coulter counter, D (parts by mass) is an amount of the external additive B with respect to 100 parts by mass of the toner particle and E (%) is a coverage ratio of the surface of the toner particle with external additive B, and

F/G≥ 8.0

where F (%) is a fixation ratio of external additive A to the toner particle and G (%) is a fixation ratio of external additive B to the toner particle.

2. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein F is 80% or more.

3. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein G is 10% or less.

4. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the fatty acid metal salt comprises at least one of zinc stearate or calcium stearate.

5. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the fatty acid metal salt has a volume-based median diameter of 0.15 to 2.00 μm.

6. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the external additive further includes a hydrotalcite compound.

7. A toner, comprising:

a toner particle including a binder resin; and

an external additive, said external additive including an external additive A and an external additive B,

the external additive A comprising silica fine particles having primary particles with a number average particle diameter of 5 to 25 nm, a surface of the toner particle having a coverage ratio with external additive A of 60 to 80%,

the external additive B comprising a fatty acid metal salt, wherein

0.05≤ D/C≤ 2.00 and E /( D/C )≤50.0

where C (m 2 /g) is an average theoretical surface area obtained from a number average particle diameter, a particle size distribution and a true density of the toner particle measured by a Coulter counter, D (parts by mass) is an amount of the external additive B with respect to 100 parts by mass of the toner particle and E (%) is a coverage ratio of the surface of the toner particle with external additive B, and

a span value B of the fatty acid metal salt defined by (D95s−D5s)/D50s is 1.75 or less

where D5s, D50s and D95s are respectively volume-based 5, 50 and 95% cumulative diameters of the fatty acid metal salt.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2020
From: FUMITA, HIDEKAZU; UMEDA, NORIYOSHI; MATSUNAGA, TOMONORI; OTSUJI, SATOSHI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 054003/0474 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-123922 · Jul 2, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210003934A1 · Jan 7, 2021