US4367275A
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Method of preventing offset of electrostatic images after fixing and developing using polyvalent metal salt polymer in toner
Assignee: DIC Corp
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Filing: 1981-09-09
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Granted: 1983-01-04
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Expires: 2001-09-09
Abstract
Abstract A toner for development of latent electrostatic images comprising a coloring agent, a binder resin and a fixing aid, said binder resin comprising a polyvalent metal salt (b) of a carboxyl-containing addition polymer (a) which satisfies the following expressions: 10-2<(NxMw)/2<10 10-5<N<2x10-3 wherein N is the number of moles of metal carboxylate ions contained per gram of the polyvalent metal salt (b), and Mw represents the weight average molecular weight of the addition polymer (a), and said fixing aid comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of waxes, fatty acid amides and metal soaps.
Inventors
- 👤 Takayoshi Aoki
- 👤 Akio Kinoshita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 03:04
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G9/00; G03G9/08; G03G9/087; G03G9/08784; G03G9/08791; G03G9/08795; G03G9/097; G03G9/09733; G03G9/09775; G03G9/09783; G03G9/09791
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
127 words
In a method for fixing, by a hot press roll, powdery toner images obtained by developing latent electrostatic images, the improvement wherein the offset phenomenon is prevented by using, as said powdery toner, a uniformly blended mixture of a coloring agent, a binder resin and a fixing aid, said binder resin comprising a polyvalent metal salt (b) of a carboxyl-containing addition polymer (a) which satisfies the following expressions 10.sup.-2 <(N·Mw)/2<10 10.sup.-5 <N<2×10.sup.-3 wherein N is the number of moles of metal carboxylate ions contained per gram of the polyvalent metal salt (b), and Mw represents the weight average molecular weight of the addition polymer (b), and said fixing aid comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of waxes, fatty acid amides and metal soaps.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
127 words
In a method for fixing, by a hot press roll, powdery toner images obtained by developing latent electrostatic images, the improvement wherein the offset phenomenon is prevented by using, as said powdery toner, a uniformly blended mixture of a coloring agent, a binder resin and a fixing aid, said binder resin comprising a polyvalent metal salt (b) of a carboxyl-containing addition polymer (a) which satisfies the following expressions 10.sup.-2 <(N·Mw)/2<10 10.sup.-5 <N<2×10.sup.-3 wherein N is the number of moles of metal carboxylate ions contained per gram of the polyvalent metal salt (b), and Mw represents the weight average molecular weight of the addition polymer (b), and said fixing aid comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of waxes, fatty acid amides and metal soaps.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the content of said polyvalent metal salt (b) is at least 30% by weight based on the weight of the binder resin.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the content of the fixing aid is 0.01 to 10% by weight of the toner.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the fixing aid is a wax selected from the group consisting of paraffin wax, microcrystalline wax, polyolefin wax, and ester-type waxes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the fixing aid is a fatty acid amide selected from the group consisting of lauric amide, myristic amide, palmitic amide, stearic amide, arachidic amide, behenic amide, olefic amide, eicosanoic amide, erucic amide, elaidic amide, linolic amide, linoleic amide, ricinoleic amide, and methylenebisamide.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the fixing aid is a metal soap selected from the group consisting of calcium stearate, calcium laurate, calcium ricinolate, zinc stearate, zinc laurate, lead stearate, and tin stearate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein wherein the polyvalent metal salt (b) of the carboxyl-containing addition polymer (a) is the only binder resin.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the polyvalent metal of the polyvalent metal salt is selected from the group consisting of calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc and aluminum.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the coloring agent is carbon black.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the coloring agent comprises a dye selected from the group consisting of nigrosine dye, aniline dye, chrome yellow, ultramarine blue, methylene blue chloride, and rose bengal.
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