Fluorescent toners surface coated with polymeric quaternary ammonium compound and slip agent

Claim 1

A dry nonelectroscopic fluorescent toner comprising fluorescent pigmented organic resin particles having a size distribution within the range of 0.2 to 50 micrometers, the improvement whereby the pigmented particles are surface coated with at least 0.1% by weight of liquid slip agent which is a silicone oil having a weight average molecular weight of about 230 to 50,000, in combination with at least 0.5% by weight of a water soluble, polymeric quaternary ammonium compound selected from the group consisting of (a) ##STR12## wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from alkyl groups of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R 3 and R 4 are independently selected from the group consisting of H or CH 3 , n is a number from the group consisting of 100 to 50,000, and X is a water-solubilizing anion; (b) ##STR13## where R 1 is H or Ch 3 ; R 2 is C x H 2 x where x=2-18; R 3 and R 4 are C x H 2X+1 where x=1-4; R 5 is the same as R 3 or φ-CH 2 ; X is a water-solubilizing anion; and n is 50 to 20,000; (c) ##STR14## where n is 40 to 90 mole percent, m is 5 to 40 mole percent, p is 0 to 50 mole percent, and n +m +p=100; R 1 is H or CH 3 ; R 2 is C x H 2 x where x=1 to 18; R 3 is CH 3 or CH 2 CH 3 ; R 4 is CH 3 , CH 2 CH 3 or φ-CH 2 ; X is a water-solubilizing anion and M is a vinyl monomer unit resulting from the heteropolymerization employing an optional monovinyl nonhydroxy-containing monomer different from and copolymerizable with the m or n units and a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 1,000,000. (d) ##STR15## where R cell is a residue of an anhydroglucose unit from cellulose (C 6 H 10 O 5 ), methyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose, or hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose; y is the degree of polymerization of 50-20,000 or more; and R may be the same or different and is: ##STR16## where a is an integer from 2 to 3; b is an integer from 2 to 3; c is an integer from 1 to 3; n is an integer from 1 to 3; m is an integer from 0 to 10; p is an integer from 0 to 10; and q is an integer from 0 to 1; a may be equal to or different from b; c may be equal to or different from n and m may be equal to or different from p; R' is selected from the group consisting of H, COOH, COONa, COOK, COONH 4 with the proviso that when q is zero, R' is H; R 1 , R 2 and R 3 taken individually are selected from a group consisting of alkyl, aryl, aralykyl, alkaryl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, and alkoxyaryl radicals where each of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 can contain up to 10 carbon atoms with the proviso that when said member is an alkoxyalkyl radical there are at least two carbon atoms separating the oxygen atom from the nitrogen atom, and with the further proviso that the total number of C atoms in radicals represented by R 1 , R 2 and R 3 is from 3 to 12 with the further proviso that when R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are taken together the nitrogen atom to which R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are attached can be a component of a heterocyclic ring selected from a group consisting of pyridine, alpha-methyl pyridine, 2,5-dimethyl pyridine 2,4,6-trimethyl pyridine, N-methylpiperidine, N-ethylpiperidine, N-methyl morpholine and N-ethyl morpholine; X is a water-solubilizing anion, and V is an integer equal to the valence of X; the average value of n per anhydroglucose unit of said cellulose ether is from about 0.01 to about 1, and the average value of m+p+q per anhydroglucose unit of said cellulose ether is from about 0.01 to about 4; and (e) copolymer of hydroxethyl cellulose and diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride.