Patent classifications
G03G15/0865
WHITE TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, AND TONER CARTRIDGE
A white toner includes a toner particle that contains a binder resin containing a hybrid resin in which an amorphous resin unit and a crystalline polyester resin unit are chemically bonded to each other, surface-treated titanium oxide, and a release agent, in which a proportion of Al atoms in a surface of the surface-treated titanium oxide is 3 atomic % or greater and 20 atomic % or less, and a proportion of Ti atoms in the surface is 5 atomic % or greater and 15 atomic % or less.
WHITE TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, AND TONER CARTRIDGE
A white toner includes a toner particle that contains a binder resin, a release agent, and titanium oxide, at least a part of the titanium oxide being present in a release agent domain, in which in observation of a cross section of the toner particle, an average major axis length Dt of the toner particle, an average major axis length Dw of the release agent domain, and an average major axis length Dp of the titanium oxide in the release agent domain satisfy Expressions (1) and (2).
2×Dp≤Dw≤10×Dp Expression (1):
0.1×Dt≤Dw≤0.5×Dt Expression (2):
PHOTOLUMINESCENT TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, AND TONER CARTRIDGE
A photoluminescent toner includes a photoluminescent toner particle that contains a binder resin, a release agent, and a photoluminescent pigment and has a release agent domain, and a silicone oil-treated silica particle that is externally added to the photoluminescent toner particle, in which in observation of a cross section of the photoluminescent toner particle, an average major axis length Dw of the release agent domain and an average major axis length Dp of the photoluminescent pigment satisfy Expression (1).
0.3≤Dw/Dp≤1.0 Expression (1):
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 incorporates toner particles that contain binder resins, in which: the binder resins include amorphous resins and at least one crystalline resin, the amorphous resins including amorphous resin a1 and amorphous resin a2, the crystalline resin including crystalline resin cl; and
10,000≤Mw(a2)−Mw(a1)≤150,000 (1), and
|SP(a1)−SP(c1)|/|SP(a2)−SP(c1)|≤0.9 (2),
where Mw (al) is the weight-average molecular weight of amorphous resin a1, Mw (a2) is that of amorphous resin a2, SP (a1) is the solubility parameter (SP) of amorphous resin a1, SP (a2) is that of amorphous resin a2, and SP (c1) is that of crystalline resin c1.
TONER CARTRIDGE HAVING COUPLER COVER MOVABLE INTERCONNECTED WITH SHUTTER
An example toner cartridge includes a housing to contain toner and having a toner outlet, a conveying member, a shutter to open and close the toner outlet, a driven coupler to rotate the conveying member and having an extension that extends in an axial direction, and a protruding member including a rotational force receiver installed in the extension so as to move to a protruding position in which the rotational force receiver protrudes from the extension and a retracted position in which the rotational force receiver is received into the extension in conjunction with opening and closing operations of the shutter.
Drum cartridge including movable electrical contact surface, and image-forming apparatus using the same
A drum cartridge includes: a photosensitive drum rotatable about an axis extending in a first direction; a first drum frame to which a developing cartridge is attachable; and a second drum frame having an outer surface; and a memory having an electrical contact surface. The first drum frame is at one end portion of the drum cartridge in a second direction and the second drum frame is at another end portion of the drum cartridge in the second direction. The electrical contact surface is positioned at the outer surface of the second drum frame and is movable in a predetermined direction relative to the second drum frame.
Powder storage device and image-forming apparatus equipped with the same
A powder storage device includes a container housing and a powder storage. The container housing is configured to allow the powder container to rotate around a rotation axis α. When the powder container is rotated from an installing position to a predetermined position in a peeling-off rotation direction around the rotation axis α, a supply port moves to a position corresponding to a receiving port, a bonder in which the sealer adheres to the powder container is peeled off, and thus the supply port and the receiving port are interconnected.
Developing cartridge having electrode
A developing cartridge includes a casing, a rotating member, and an electrode member. The casing may be configured to accommodate therein developer. The rotating member has a rotational shaft extending in an axial direction. The rotating member is configured to rotate about the rotational shaft and carries the developer thereon. The electrode member is configured to be electrically connected to the rotating member. The electrode member covers at least part of the rotational shaft from an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the axial direction and is arranged to confront the casing in the axial direction. The electrode member is configured to move in the orthogonal direction in accordance with a movement in the axial direction.
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING TONER REPLENISHMENT
An apparatus includes a developer container to and from which a replenishment container is attachable and detachable and which includes an accommodating portion and a replenishment port, a transfer portion configured to transfer a developer image on an image bearing member onto a recording material, a supporting tray including a supporting surface configured to support the recording material thereon, and a discharge portion configured to discharge the recording material, onto which the developer image has been transferred, on the supporting surface, wherein the supporting surface has an opening portion opening such that the replenishment port is exposed through the supporting surface, and wherein an opening/closing member configured to be movable between a closed position where the opening/closing member covers the replenishment port and serves as a part of the supporting surface and an open position where the replenishment port is exposed is provided.
DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE
A developing cartridge may include a developing roller, a casing capable of containing a developer therein, a developing electrode movable with the casing and the developing roller and pivotable about a developing roller shaft of the developing roller in a direction, a first lever movable relative to the casing, and a holder configured to hold the first lever relative to the casing, in case where the developing electrode pivots from one side of the direction to an other side of the direction, the first lever stops the pivotable movement of the developing electrode from one side of the direction to the other side of the direction and the holder prevents the first lever from coming off the holder from the one side of the direction to the other side of the direction.