US4137188A
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Magnetic toner for electrophotography
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1978-02-01
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Granted: 1979-01-30
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Expires: 1998-02-01
Abstract
Abstract An insulating magnetic toner useful as a one component developer for electro-photography consisting essentially of a ferro-magnetic material, a resin and a charge controlling agent. The preferred toner mixture has an average particle size in the range from about 7 to about 30 μm and is substantially free of particles having a size smaller than 1 μm. The toner is preferably prepared by mixing a ferromagnetic material, a resin and a charge controlling agent, heat kneading, cooling and then granulating the mixture to form fine particles, contacting the pacticles with a hot gas of a temperature higher than the toner softening point and lower than 500° C to fuse particles smaller than about 1 μm to larger particles, cooling and selecting the particles of an average particle size of about 7 to about 30 μm.
Inventors
- 👤 Shigeru Uetake
- 👤 Katsutoshi Tozawa
- 👤 Keiji Sato
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 13:27
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G9/00; G03G9/08; G03G9/0802; G03G9/0815; G03G9/081; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/001; Y10S430/104
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
A process of making an insulating magnetic toner, useful as a one component developer for electrophotography comprising the steps of mixing ferromagnetic particles, a thermoplastic resin and a charge controlling agent, heat kneading, cooling and granulating the resulting mixture into fine particles, contacting the fine particles with a hot gas of a temperature higher than the toner softening point and lower than 500° C. for a length of time sufficient so that particles smaller than about 1 μm in size fuse to larger particles thereby reducing the content in percent by weight of the toner particles smaller than about 1 μm in size to a range between 0.10 and 0.00, cooling the particles and then selecting the particles having an average particle size in the range of about 7 to about 30 μm.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
133 words
A process of making an insulating magnetic toner, useful as a one component developer for electrophotography comprising the steps of mixing ferromagnetic particles, a thermoplastic resin and a charge controlling agent, heat kneading, cooling and granulating the resulting mixture into fine particles, contacting the fine particles with a hot gas of a temperature higher than the toner softening point and lower than 500° C. for a length of time sufficient so that particles smaller than about 1 μm in size fuse to larger particles thereby reducing the content in percent by weight of the toner particles smaller than about 1 μm in size to a range between 0.10 and 0.00, cooling the particles and then selecting the particles having an average particle size in the range of about 7 to about 30 μm.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
A process of making an insulating magnetic toner according to claim 1, wherein the toner contains about 20 to 70 parts of ferromagnetic material per 100 parts by weight of the toner.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process of making an insulating toner according to claim 1, wherein the toner contains a colorant.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
132 words
An insulating magnetic toner useful as a one component developer for electrophotography prepared by a process comprising the steps of mixing ferromagnetic particles, a thermoplastic resin and a charge controlling agent, heat kneading, cooling and granulating the resulting mixture into fine particles, contacting the fine particles with a hot gas of a temperature higher than the toner softening point and lower than 500° C. for a length of time sufficient so that particles smaller than about 1 μm in size fuse to larger particles thereby reducing the content in percent by weight of the toner particles smaller than about 1 μm in size to a range between 0.10 and 0.00 cooling the particles and selecting the particles having an average particle size in the range of about 7 to about 30 μm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
132 words
An insulating magnetic toner useful as a one component developer for electrophotography prepared by a process comprising the steps of mixing ferromagnetic particles, a thermoplastic resin and a charge controlling agent, heat kneading, cooling and granulating the resulting mixture into fine particles, contacting the fine particles with a hot gas of a temperature higher than the toner softening point and lower than 500° C. for a length of time sufficient so that particles smaller than about 1 μm in size fuse to larger particles thereby reducing the content in percent by weight of the toner particles smaller than about 1 μm in size to a range between 0.10 and 0.00 cooling the particles and selecting the particles having an average particle size in the range of about 7 to about 30 μm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
An insulating magnetic toner according to claim 4, wherein the toner contains about 20 to 70 parts of ferromagnetic material per 100 parts by weight of the toner.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
An insulating magnetic toner according to claim 4, wherein the toner contains a colorant.
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