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Organoalkoxysilane carrier coatings
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1982-03-15
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Granted: 1986-07-15
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Expires: 2002-03-15
Abstract
Abstract This invention is generally directed to electrostatographic carrier compositions comprised of a core, containing from about 0.004 weight percent to about 10 weight percent of a polymerized organoalkyoxysilane coating, wherein the monomers to be polymerized are selected from the group consisting of organoalkoxysilane monomers of the following formulas: R--Si--(OR.sub.1).sub.3, and ##STR1## wherein R 1 is an alkyl group containing from about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, and R, R 2 , and R 3 , are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups, substituted alkyl groups, aromatic groups, and substituted aromatic groups. Developer compositions containing such carrier particles, and including therein toner resins, as well as methods of imaging utilizing such compositions are also embraced within the present invention.
Inventors
- 👤 Thomas R. Hoffend
- 👤 Joseph Mammino
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 19:11
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G9/00; G03G9/08; G03G9/10; G03G9/113; G03G9/1132; G03G9/1135; G03G9/1136
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
140 words
An electrostatographic composition consisting essentially of toner particles and carrier particles, the carrier particles consisting essentially of a core, containing from about 0.004 weight percent to about 10 weight percent of a polymerized organoalkoxysilane coating, wherein the monomers to be polymerized are selected from the group consisting of organoalkoxy silane monomers of the following formulas: R--Si--(OR.sub.1).sub.3, and ##STR4## wherein R 1 is an alkyl group containing from about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, R, R 2 , and R 3 , are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups, substituted alkyl groups, aromatic groups, and substituted aromatic groups, and wherein the toner particles consisting essentially of resin particles and pigment particles, whereby there results carrier particles possessing positive or negative triboelectric values, which values are from about 5 microcoloumbs per gram to about 40 microcoloumbs per gram.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
140 words
An electrostatographic composition consisting essentially of toner particles and carrier particles, the carrier particles consisting essentially of a core, containing from about 0.004 weight percent to about 10 weight percent of a polymerized organoalkoxysilane coating, wherein the monomers to be polymerized are selected from the group consisting of organoalkoxy silane monomers of the following formulas: R--Si--(OR.sub.1).sub.3, and ##STR4## wherein R 1 is an alkyl group containing from about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, R, R 2 , and R 3 , are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups, substituted alkyl groups, aromatic groups, and substituted aromatic groups, and wherein the toner particles consisting essentially of resin particles and pigment particles, whereby there results carrier particles possessing positive or negative triboelectric values, which values are from about 5 microcoloumbs per gram to about 40 microcoloumbs per gram.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A developer composition in accordance with claim 1 wherein the pigment particles are carbon black, and the toner resin is comprised of a styrene n-butylmethacrylate copolymer resin.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A developer composition in accordance with claim 2 wherein the sytrene n-butylmethacrylate resin contains 58 percent by weight of styrene, and 42 percent by weight of n-butylmethacrylate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
A developer composition in accordance with claim 1 further including silicon dioxide particles and zinc stearate particles.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
13 words
A developer composition in accordance with claim 1 further including charge enhancing additives.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
A developer composition in accordance with claim 5 wherein the charge enhancing additives is an alkyl pyridinium halide.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
A developer composition in accordance with claim 6 wherein the alkyl pyridinium halide is cetyl pyridinium chloride.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
62 words
A developer composition in accordance with claim 1 wherein the organoalkoxy silane coating results from the polymerization of the monomers selected from the group consisting of phenyl trimethoxy silane, 3-chloropropyl trimethoxy silane; N,N-dimethyl-3-amino propyltrimethoxy silane; N-trimethoxy silyl propyl N,N, N-trimethyl ammonium chloride; (γ-glycidoxy propyl) trimethoxy silane; N-(trimethoxy silyl propy) imidazole; octadecyl triethosy silane; N-methyl amino propyl triethoxy silane and n-amyl triethoxy silane.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
A developer composition in accordance with claim 1 wherein the rsin is a polyester resin.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
A developer composition in accordance with claim 9 wherein the polyester resin is obtained from the reaction product of bisphenol-A triethylene glycol and fumaric acid.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
A developer composition in accordance with claim 10 wherein the toner resin is charged positively, or charged negatively.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
181 words
A method for developing electrostatic latent images consisting essentially of forming an electrostatic latent image on an imaging member, developing the image with a developer composition consisting essentially of toner particles and carrier particles, the carrier particles consisting essentially of a core, containing from about 0.004 weight percent to about 10 weight percent of a polymerized organoalkoxysilane coating, wherein the monomers to be polymerized are selected from the group consisting of organoalkoxy silane monomers of the following formulas: R--Si--(OR.sub.1) .sub.3 ; and ##STR5## wherein R 1 is an alkyl group containing from about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, R, R 2 , and R 3 , are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups, substituted alkyl groups, aromatic groups, and substituted aromatic groups, whereby there results carrier particles possessing positive or negative negative triboelectric values, which values are from about 5 microcoloumbs per gram to about 40 microcoloumbs per gram and wherein the toner particles consisting essentially of resin particles and pigment particles, followed by transferring the image to a suitable substrate and permanently affixing the image thereto.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
181 words
A method for developing electrostatic latent images consisting essentially of forming an electrostatic latent image on an imaging member, developing the image with a developer composition consisting essentially of toner particles and carrier particles, the carrier particles consisting essentially of a core, containing from about 0.004 weight percent to about 10 weight percent of a polymerized organoalkoxysilane coating, wherein the monomers to be polymerized are selected from the group consisting of organoalkoxy silane monomers of the following formulas: R--Si--(OR.sub.1) .sub.3 ; and ##STR5## wherein R 1 is an alkyl group containing from about 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, R, R 2 , and R 3 , are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups, substituted alkyl groups, aromatic groups, and substituted aromatic groups, whereby there results carrier particles possessing positive or negative negative triboelectric values, which values are from about 5 microcoloumbs per gram to about 40 microcoloumbs per gram and wherein the toner particles consisting essentially of resin particles and pigment particles, followed by transferring the image to a suitable substrate and permanently affixing the image thereto.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
78 words
A method of imaging in accordance with claim 12 wherein the toner is comprised of a styrene n-butylmethacrylate resin, or polyester resin, and the carrier core is coated with an organoalkoxysilane resulting from the polymerization of monomers selected from the group consisting of phenyl trimethoxy silane, 3-chloropropyl trimethoxy silane; N,N-dimethyl-3-amino propyltrimethoxy silane; N-trimethoxy silyl propyl N,N,N-trimethyl ammonium chloride; (γ-glycidoxy propyl) trimethoxy silane; N-(trimethoxy silyl propy) imidazole; octadecyl triethosy silane; N-methyl amino propyl triethoxy silane and n-amyl triethoxy silane.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method of imaging in accordance with claim 13 wherein the carrier core consists of steel.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method of imaging in accordance with claim 13 wherein the toner resin is charged positively or negatively.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method in accordance with claim 13 wherein the imaging member is comprised of amorphous selenium.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method of imaging in accordance with claim 13 wherein the imaging member is comprised of amorphous selenium alloys.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method of imaging in accordance with claim 13 wherein the imaging member is comprised of a substrate, a generating layer and a transport layer.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method of imaging in accordance with claim 18 wherein the generating layer is trigonal selenium or vanadyl phthalocyanine.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
54 words
A developer composition in accordance with claim 2 wherein the resin particles are present in an amount of from about 85 percent by weight to about 95 percent by weight, and the carbon black pigment particles are present in an amount of from about 5 percent by weight to about 15 percent by weight.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
55 words
A developer composition in accordance with claim 9 wherein the polyester resin is present in the amount of from about 85 percent by weight to about 90 percent by weight, and the pigment particles are comprised of carbon black, in an amount of from about 10 percent by weight to about 15 percent by weight.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
38 words
A developer composition in accordance with claim 21 wherein there is included therein as an additional component an alkyl pyridinium halide charge enhancing additive in an amount of from about 0.1 percent to about 10 percent by weight.
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