Patent classifications
G03G9/08797
TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER STORAGE UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
A toner includes toner base particles and external additives deposited on a surface of the toner base particle. The toner base particle includes an amorphous polyester resin, a crystalline polyester resin, a release agent, and resin particles. An abundance ratio of the crystalline polyester resin in the surface of the toner base particle as observed by TEM is 2.5% or greater but 25% or less. The resin particles are deposited at the surface of the toner base particle as observed by SEM. A ratio of aggregates of the resin particles occupying the surface of the toner base particle is 1% or greater but 70% or less, where R is a major axis of the minimum particle of the resin particles, and the resin particle having a major axis of 3R or greater is determined as the aggregate.
Toner
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): ##STR00001##
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.sup.1OH, —R.sup.1COOH, ##STR00002##
and —R.sup.1NH.sub.2 wherein R.sup.1 represents a single bond or a C.sub.1-4 alkylene group; and
the average repeat number n is 10 to 80.
Toner for electrostatic image development, electrostatic image developer, and toner cartridge
A toner for electrostatic image development contains toner particles containing a binder resin. The binder resin includes an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin. In the toner particles, a Net intensity of elemental Mg measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is from 0.40 to 1.20 inclusive, and a Net intensity of elemental Cl measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is from 0.02 to 0.60 inclusive.
Toner for developing electrostatic charge image, electrostatic charge image developer, toner cartridge, process cartridge, image forming apparatus, and image forming method
A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains toner particles containing at least one binder resin; the Mg element in an amount such that the net intensity of x-ray fluorescence from the Mg element in the toner is 0.10 kcps or more and 1.20 kcps or less; and external additives including particles of at least one compound represented by formula (1) and particles of a metal salt of a fatty acid,
MTiO.sub.3 (1)
where M represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba.
TONER
Provided is a toner comprising: a toner particle containing a binder resin; and an organic silicon polymer particle on a surface of the toner particle, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline resin, and when the toner particle is pelletized and a Young's modulus of the toner measured in a micro compression test at 25° C. is represented by TE (MPa) and when one organic silicon polymer particle is separated from the toner and a Young's modulus of the one organic silicon polymer particle measured in a micro compression test at 25° C. is represented by SiE (MPa), TE and SiE satisfies 800≤TE≤2500 and 1.5≤SiE/TE≤10.0.
Toner, toner accommodating unit, image forming apparatus, and image forming method
A toner is provided. The toner comprises a maleic-acid-modified polyolefin having a polypropylene block in a main chain and having a weight average molecular weight of 60,000 or more.
TONER, TONER CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
A toner contains a crystalline polyester resin, a non-crystalline polyester resin A having a melting temperature ranging between 99° C. to 108° C., a non-crystalline polyester resin B having a melting temperature ranging between 140° C. to 150° C., an ester wax, and a colorant. A ratio of the crystalline polyester resin is 5% mass to 15% mass to a total T of the crystalline polyester resin, the non-crystalline polyester resin A, the non-crystalline polyester resin B, the ester wax, and the colorant. A ratio of the non-crystalline polyester resin A to the total T is between 50% mass to 60% mass. A ratio of the non-crystalline polyester resin B to the total T is between 20% mass to 30% mass.
TONER
A toner comprising a toner particle containing a binder resin and an inorganic fine particle, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline resin, the crystalline resin has a first monomer unit represented by the following formula (1), the inorganic fine particle is at least one inorganic fine particle selected from the group consisting of a particle containing CaCO.sub.3, a particle containing BaSO.sub.4, a particle containing Mg.sub.3Si.sub.4O.sub.10(OH).sub.2, and a particle containing Al.sub.2Si.sub.2O.sub.5(OH).sub.4, the inorganic fine particle is treated with a fatty acid, and a content B of the inorganic fine particle in the toner particle is 1.0 mass % or more to 15.0 mass % or less,
##STR00001##
wherein R.sub.Z1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group having 18 to 36 carbon atoms.
TONER
A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin, wherein the toner particle further comprises: a compound represented by R.sup.1—[OCH.sub.2CH.sub.2].sub.n—OH, where, R.sup.1 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 to 3; and at least one polyvalent element selected from the group consisting of magnesium, calcium, aluminum, boron and iron, and a content of the polyvalent element in the toner is 100 mass ppm to 5000 mass ppm.
TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains toner particles including first toner particles and second toner particles, the first toner particles having a brightness of less than 90 and the second toner particles having a brightness of 90 or more. The second toner particles constitute 0.1% by number or more and 10% by number or less of the toner particles, and, in the size distribution of the second toner particles, toner particles having a diameter equal to or smaller than the number-average diameter Dn of the toner particles constitute 70% by number or more.