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Granted Patent B2
US 11,698,594 · App. 17/223,070 · Granted Jul 11, 2023

Toner

Inventors: Toru Takahashi (Ibaraki, JP); Nobuyoshi Sugahara (Tokyo, JP); Hitoshi Sano (Chiba, JP); Kazunari Ooyama (Ibaraki, JP); Yuu Nishimura (Chiba, JP); Kohji Takenaka (Ibaraki, JP); Koh Ishigami (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G03G9/08755G03G9/08773
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Patent No.
US 11,698,594
App. No.
17/223,070
Granted
Jul 11, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A toner including a toner particle comprising a binder resin and a crystalline polyester, wherein the binder resin contains a polyester having a structure represented by the following formula (1): in formula (1), Rs each independently represent hydrogen, a methyl group, or a phenyl group; A represents a polyester segment; B represents a polyester segment or any functional group selected from the group consisting of —R 1 OH, —R 1 COOH, and —R 1 NH 2 wherein R 1 represents a single bond or a C 1-4 alkylene group; and the average repeat number n is 10 to 80.

Claims (13)

1. A toner, comprising:

a toner particle comprising a binder resin and a crystalline polyester, the binder resin comprising a polyester having a structure represented by formula (1)

where Rs independently represent hydrogen, a methyl group or a phenyl group;

A represents a polyester segment;

B represents a polyester segment or is selected from the group consisting of —R 1 OH, —R 1 COOH,

 and —R 1 NH 2 wherein R 1 represents a single bond or a C 1-4 alkylene group; and

average repeat number n is 10 to 80, wherein

ΔH1 is 1.0 to 10.0 J/g and (ΔH2/ΔH1) is 0.50 to 1.00 when ΔH1 is the endothermic quantity originating with the crystalline polyester in a first heating-up step measured on the toner by differential scanning calorimetry, and ΔH2 is the endothermic quantity originating with the crystalline polyester in a second heating-up step measured on the toner by differential scanning calorimetry.

2. The toner according to claim 1 , which has a glass transition temperature in the second heating-up step of 45 to 60° C.

3. The toner according to claim 1 , which has a crystalline polyester content of 2.0 to 12.0 mass parts per 100 mass parts of the binder resin.

4. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the polyester having the structure represented by formula (1) comprises 0.5 to 5.0 mass % of the structure represented by formula (2)

5. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein each of the Rs is the methyl group.

6. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the crystalline polyester is a polycondensate of an aliphatic diol having 6 to 18 carbons with an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid compound having 6 to 18 carbons.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2021
From: TAKAHASHI, TORU; SUGAHARA, NOBUYOSHI; SANO, HITOSHI; OOYAMA, KAZUNARI; NISHIMURA, YUU; TAKENAKA, KOHJI; ISHIGAMI, KOH
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 057178/0431 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-184657 · Oct 7, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020038024 · Oct 7, 2020
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