IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,276,938
Granted Patent B2
US 12,276,938 · App. 17/806,850 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Toner

Inventors: Mayumi Inoue (Shizuoka, JP); Takashi Kenmoku (Shizuoka, JP); Yoshiaki Shiotari (Shizuoka, JP); Shohei Kototani (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G03G9/09321G03G9/0819G03G9/08711G03G9/08722G03G9/09342
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Patent No.
US 12,276,938
App. No.
17/806,850
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A toner, comprising a toner particle, wherein the toner particle has a core-shell structure comprising a core particle and a shell on a surface of the core particle, the shell comprises a polymer having monomer units represented by Formula (I) below, the toner comprises a specific external additive A, the external additive A is at least one selected from the group consisting of silica fine particles and organosilicon polymer fine particles, and a ratio of coverage of a surface of the toner particle with the external additive A is 0.3 area % or higher: in Formula (I), L 1 represents —COO(CH 2 ) n — (where n is an integer of 1 to 10), and carbonyl of L 1 is bonded to a carbon atom of a main chain; R 1 represents hydrogen or a methyl group; and R 2 to R 10 represent each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

Claims (15)

1. A toner, comprising a toner particle, wherein

the toner particle has a core-shell structure comprising a core particle and a shell on a surface of the core particle,

the shell comprises a polymer having monomer units represented by Formula (I) below,

the toner comprises an external additive A having a particle diameter of 30 to 300 nm,

the external additive A is at least one selected from the group consisting of silica fine particles and organosilicon polymer fine particles, and

a ratio of coverage of a surface of the toner particle with the external additive A is 0.3 area % or higher:

in Formula (I), L 1 represents —COO(CH 2 ) n — (where n is an integer of 1 to 10), and carbonyl of L 1 is bonded to a carbon atom of a main chain; R 1 represents hydrogen or a methyl group; and R 2 to R 10 represent each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

2. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein a content ratio of the monomer units represented by Formula (I) in the polymer is 50 mass % or higher.

3. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of coverage of the surface of the core particle with the shell is 80 area % or higher, in a backscattered electron image of the toner particle captured at 10,000 magnifications using a scanning electron microscope.

4. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the shell is 0.10 to 4.00 parts by mass, relative to 100 parts by mass of the core particle.

5. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein

the core particle comprises a binder resin, and

the binder resin comprises a vinyl resin.

6. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the external additive A comprises the silica fine particles.

7. The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the external additive A comprises the silica fine particles and the organosilicon polymer fine particles.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2022
From: INOUE, MAYUMI; KENMOKU, TAKASHI; SHIOTARI, YOSHIAKI; KOTOTANI, SHOHEI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 060416/0970 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2021-102554 · Jun 21, 2021 · national
JP 2022-078276 · May 11, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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