Patent classifications
G03G15/0865
Powder container, developing device, and image forming apparatus with multiple joints to prevent leakage
A powder container case includes a first member, a second member, a main joint, and an additional joint. The first member and the second member are joined to form an edge portion of a case opening. The main joint is disposed between the first member and the second member, and has an end portion at the edge portion of the case opening. The additional joint is disposed adjacent to the end portion of the main joint.
ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, AND TONER CARTRIDGE
An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles, and an external additive that contains particles A containing a perovskite-type compound and having an equivalent circle diameter of 15 nm or greater and 90 nm or less and particles B containing a perovskite-type compound and having an equivalent circle diameter of 1.0 μm or greater and 3.0 μm or less, in which the particles B occupy 0.3% by number or greater and 3.5% by number or less of an entirety of the toner particles.
TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes toner particles having an average circularity Cc of 0.80 or more and less than 0.98, and an external additive containing monodisperse silica particles and titanate compound particles, in which a ratio Rt/Rs of an average primary particle diameter Rt of the titanate compound particles to an average primary particle diameter Rs of the monodisperse silica particles is 0.50 or more and 3.50 or less, and a ratio A/B of an external additive coverage A (%) of the monodisperse silica particles on surfaces of the toner particles to an external additive coverage B (%) of the titanate compound particles on the surfaces of the toner particles satisfies formula (1): 0<A/B≤2.00.
TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, AND TONER CARTRIDGE
A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains toner particles having an average circularity Cc of 0.98 or more; and external additives including monodisperse silica particles having an average diameter of primary particles of 20 nm or more and 70 nm or less and titanate particles having an average diameter of primary particles of 20 nm or more and 70 nm or less, wherein the absolute difference between the average diameter of primary particles of the monodisperse silica particles and the average diameter of primary particles of the titanate particles is 25 nm or less.
TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
A toner for electrostatic charge image development has toner particles containing a binder resin including 90 mass % or more of an amorphous resin. In a differential molecular weight distribution curve of tetrahydrofuran soluble matter as measured by gel permeation chromatography, the toner has a maximum peak Ma in a molecular weight range of 2,500 or more and 8,000 or less, a minimum value Mm in a molecular weight range of more than 8,000 and less than 280,000, and a maximum peak Mb in a molecular weight range of 280,000 or more and 900,000 or less. When the area of the differential molecular weight distribution curve in a range of a molecular weight of 100 or more and less than the minimum value Mm is defined as A, and the area of the differential molecular weight distribution curve in a range of the minimum value Mm or more and a molecular weight of 10,000,000 or less is defined as B, the area ratio A/B is 5.5 or more and 10 or less.
TONER CARTRIDGE HAVING POSITIONING FEATURES
A toner cartridge according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for holding toner. A first latch-receiving shelf is positioned on a first longitudinal end of the housing and a second latch-receiving shelf is positioned on a second longitudinal end of the housing. Contact surfaces on top portions of the first and second latch-receiving shelves are positioned to contact corresponding first and second latches in an image forming device. The contact surface of the first latch-receiving shelf is positioned lower than a first rotational axis of a first drive coupler of the toner cartridge and higher than a second drive coupler of the toner cartridge. The contact surface of the second latch-receiving shelf is positioned lower than at least a portion of a first electrical contact of the toner cartridge and higher than at least a portion of a second electrical contact of the toner cartridge.
ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, AND TONER CARTRIDGE
An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a toner particle that contains a pyrazolotriazole-based dye and a zirconium oxide particle.
Modules with inner module spaces for print materials
In some examples, a print material apparatus includes a housing having an opening and an inner housing space, and a module removably attached to the housing to cover the opening, the module providing an inner module space that together with the inner housing space define a volume containing a print material of the print material apparatus. The housing is attachable to different modules that provide respective inner module spaces of different sizes for defining different print material containment capacities of the print material apparatus.
DEVELOPING CATRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
A second unit includes a restricted portion that comes into contact with a restricting portion provided to a body of an apparatus, the restricted portion coming into contact with the restricting portion, in order to restrict the movement of a developer carrier in a direction to make contact with an image carrier, when a developing cartridge has not reached a predetermined attachment position, and not coming into contact with the restricting portion when the developing cartridge is in the predetermined attachment position.
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes a developer container to and from which the replenishment container is attachable and detachable and which includes an accommodating portion that accommodates developer and a replenishment port, an agitation member, an opening/closing member configured to be movable between a closed position and an open position, a drive source for driving the agitation member, and a control portion configured to control the drive source. The apparatus is configured such that image formation is not possible when the opening/closing member is at the open position, and the agitation member is capable of driving in a case where the opening/closing member is at the open position.