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Granted Patent B2
US 9,804,517 · App. 15/296,732 · Granted Oct 31, 2017

Electrostatic latent image developing toner

Inventor: Kazuki Tsuchihashi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
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Patent No.
US 9,804,517
App. No.
15/296,732
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrostatic latent image developing toner contains a plurality of toner particles each including a toner core and a shell layer disposed over a surface of the toner core. The shell layer has at least one first domain having a film shape and a plurality of second domains each having a particle shape. The first domain is formed substantially from a non-crosslinked resin. The second domains are formed substantially from a crosslinked resin. The crosslinked resin has a glass transition point 45° C. or more greater than the non-crosslinked resin. The first domain has an average height from the surface of the toner core of at least 10 nm and less than 50 nm. The second domains have an average height from the surface of the toner core of at least 50 nm and no greater than 100 nm.

Claims (33)

1. An electrostatic latent image developing toner comprising a plurality of toner particles each including a core and a shell layer disposed over a surface of the core, wherein

the shell layer has at least one first domain having a film shape and a plurality of second domains each having a particle shape,

the first domain is formed substantially from a non-crosslinked resin,

the second domains are formed substantially from a crosslinked resin,

the crosslinked resin has a glass transition point 45° C. or more greater than the non-crosslinked resin,

the first domain has an average height from the surface of the core of at least 10 nm and less than 50 nm,

the second domains have an average height from the surface of the core of at least 50 nm and no greater than 100 nm, and

a ratio of a region of the core covered with the first domain relative to an entire surface region of the core is at least 40% and no greater than 80%.

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

the first domain and the second domains are stacked in order of the first domain and the second domains from a side close to the core, and

a ratio of a region of the core covered with either or both of the first domain and the second domains relative to the entire surface region of the core is at least 70% and no greater than 99%.

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

the first and second domains have the same polarity.

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

the shell layer contains a cationic surfactant.

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

the first domain and the second domains are stacked in order of the first domain and the second domains from a side close to the core.

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

the shell layer has a first region constituted only by the first domain, a second region constituted only by some of the second domains, and a third region in which the first domain and some of the second domains are superposed on one another, and

an area of the second region is larger than that of the third region.

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

a difference obtained by subtracting the average height of the first domain from the average height of the second domains is at least 30 nm and no greater than 90 nm.

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

the core contains a polyester resin,

the crosslinked resin is a crosslinked acrylic acid-based resin, and

the non-crosslinked resin is a non-crosslinked styrene-acrylic acid-based resin.

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

the crosslinked acrylic acid-based resin is a polymer of (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester having at an ester portion thereof an alkyl group having a carbon number of at least 1 and no greater than 3 and di(meth)acrylic acid ester of alkylene glycol having an alkylene group having a carbon number of at least 1 and no greater than 4.

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

the non-crosslinked styrene-acrylic acid-based resin has one or more repeating units each derived from a styrene-based monomer, one or more repeating units each derived from (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester, and one or more repeating units each having an alcoholic hydroxyl group, and

one of the one or more repeating units each derived from a styrene-based monomer has a highest molar ratio among the repeating units that the non-crosslinked styrene-acrylic acid-based resin has.

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

the core has a glass transition point lower than the non-crosslinked resin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2016
From: TSUCHIHASHI, KAZUKI
To: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 040047/0679 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-207125 · Oct 21, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170115583A1 · Apr 27, 2017