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A composite magnetic developer

Assignee: Kyocera Mita Industrial Co Ltd
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Filing: 1981-11-26
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2001-11-26
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Abstract

Abstract A dry composite magnetic developer comprises a dry blend of (A) developer particles comprising a nonpulverizing agglomerate of cubic particles of magnetite having a number average particle size of 1 to 10 microns as measured by an electron microscope dispersed in a binder resin medium and (B) developer particles comprising magnetite particles having a particle size of 0.2 to 1 µm in a binder resin medium at an (A)/ (B) weight ratio of from 95/5 to 10/90.

Inventors

  • 👤 Nobushiro Miyakawa
  • 👤 Masanori Fujii
  • 👤 Kouzi Maekawa

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 11:30
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G9/00; G03G9/08; G03G9/083

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim 106 words
A dry composite magnetic developer consisting essentially of developer particles of a composition comprising a binder resin medium and a powdery magnetic material dispersed in the binder resin medium, characterised in that said developer comprises a dry blend of (A) developer particles comprising a non- pulverizing agglomerate of cubic particles of magnetite having a number average particle size of 1 to 10 microns as measured by an electron microscope dispersed in a binder resin medium and (B) developer particles comprising magnetite particles having a particle size of 0.2 to 1 pm in a binder resin medium at an (A)/(B) weight ratio of from 95/5 to 10/90.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 106 words
A dry composite magnetic developer consisting essentially of developer particles of a composition comprising a binder resin medium and a powdery magnetic material dispersed in the binder resin medium, characterised in that said developer comprises a dry blend of (A) developer particles comprising a non- pulverizing agglomerate of cubic particles of magnetite having a number average particle size of 1 to 10 microns as measured by an electron microscope dispersed in a binder resin medium and (B) developer particles comprising magnetite particles having a particle size of 0.2 to 1 pm in a binder resin medium at an (A)/(B) weight ratio of from 95/5 to 10/90.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 28 words
A magnetic developer according to claim 1, wherein the agglomerate has an apparent density of 0.5 to 1.5 g/ml as measured according to the method of JIS K-5101.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 38 words
A magnetic developer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the agglomerate has a saturation magnetization of 75 to 88 emu/g, a residual magnetization of 3 to 12 emu/g and a coercive force of 40 to 150 Oe.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 33 words
A magnetic developer according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the agglomerate has substantially the same configuration as that shown in the electron microscope photograph of Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 49 words
A magnetic developer according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the agglomerate in (A) and the fine magnetite in (B) are each present in an amount of 35 to 75% by weight based on the combined weight of the binder resin medium and the powdery magnetic material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 40 words
A magnetic developer according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the developer particles (A) have a number average particle size of 5 to 35 pm, which is at least twice the number average particle size of the agglomerate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 30 words
A magnetic developer according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the developer particles (A) and (B) are present at an (A)/(B) weight ratio of from 95/5 to 30/70.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 28 words
A magnetic developer according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the fine magnetite in the developer particles (B) has an apparent density larger than 0.45 g/ml.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 28 words
A magnetic developer according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the fine magnetite in the developer particles (B) consists of cubic particles or rounded indeterminate-shape particles.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 41 words
A magnetic developer according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the fine magnetite in the developer particles (B) has a shape anisotropy, defined as the ratio of the maximum dimension to the minimum dimension, of from 1.0 to 5.5.

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