US4795689A
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Electrostatic image developing toner for use in heat-roller fixing
Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc
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Filing: 1987-08-21
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Granted: 1989-01-03
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Expires: 2007-08-21
Abstract
Abstract An electrostatic image developing toner useful for the formation of a toner image by electrophotographic process which employs a heat-fixing method by the use of a heat roller under pressure, wherein said toner comprises as the essential constituents a nonlinear polymer, a low-melting polymer which has a melting point of from 50 DEG to 130 DEG C. and which is incompatible with said nonlinear polymer, a copolymer composed of a segment polymer which is at least compatible with the above nonlinear polymer and a segment polymer which is at least compatible with said low-melting polymer and a coloring agent.
Inventors
- 👤 Akitoshi Matsubara
- 👤 Satoru Ikeuchi
- 👤 Kunio Akimoto
- 👤 Yoshio Takizawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-30 21:30
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G9/00; G03G9/08; G03G9/087; G03G9/08784; G03G9/08786; G03G9/08788; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S524/00; Y10S524/904; Y10S525/00; Y10S525/934
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim
66 words
An electrostatic image developing toner which comprises a nonlinear polymer, a low-melting polymer which has a melting point of from 50° to 130° C. and which is incompatible with said nonlinear polymer, a copolymer composed of a segment polymer which is at least compatible with the above nonlinear polymer and a segment polymer which is at least compatible with said low-melting polymer and a coloring agent.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
66 words
An electrostatic image developing toner which comprises a nonlinear polymer, a low-melting polymer which has a melting point of from 50° to 130° C. and which is incompatible with said nonlinear polymer, a copolymer composed of a segment polymer which is at least compatible with the above nonlinear polymer and a segment polymer which is at least compatible with said low-melting polymer and a coloring agent.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 1, wherein said nonlinear polymer has a glass transition point of from 40° to 80° C.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 2, wherein said nonlinear polymer has a glass transition point of from 50° to 80° C.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 3, wherein said nonlinear polymer has a glass transition point of from 55° to 70° C.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 1, wherein said nonlinear polymer has a weight average molecular weight of not less than 50,000.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 1, wherein said nonlinear polymer is contained in said toner at a proportion of 50 to 99% by weight with respect to the total weight of said toner.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 6, wherein said nonlinear polymer is contained in said toner at a proportion of 55 to 95% by weight.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 1, wherein said nonlinear polymer is an amorphous polymer selected form the group consisting of a vinyl polymer, a polyester, an epoxy resin, a polyamide, a polyurethane and a phenol resin.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 8, wherein said nonlinear polymer is an amorphous polymer of a vinyl polymer or a polyester.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 1, wherein said low-melting polymer has a melting point of from 50° to 120° C.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
34 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 1, wherein said low-melting polymer has a number average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 20,000 and a weight average molecular weight of from 2,000 to 100,000.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
35 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 1, wherein said low-melting polymer is contained in said toner at a proportion of 1 to 50% by weight with respect to the total weight of said toner.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 12, wherein said low-melting polymer is contained in said toner at a proportion of 5 to 40% by weight.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 1, wherein said low-melting polymer is a polymer at least part of which has a crystalline structure.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
44 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 14, wherein said low-melting polymer is a homopolymer or a copolymer of a polyester, a polyether, a polyamide, a polyurethane, a polyacrylate, a polymethacrylate, a polyaldehyde, a polyacid, a polylactone, a polyoxazole, a polyepihalohydrin and a polysulfone.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
21 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 15, wherein said low-melting polymer is a homopolymer or a copolymer of a polyester.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
34 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 1, wherein said copolymer is contained in said toner at a proportion of 1 to 50% by weight with respect to the total weight of said toner.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
34 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 17, wherein said copolymer is contained in said toner at a proportion of 3 to 40% by weight with respect to the total weight of said toner.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
64 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 1, wherein said segment polymer which is at least compatible with the above nonlinear polymer is an amorphous segment polymer having a glass transition point of from 50° to 80° C., and the segment polymer which is compatible with said low-melting polymer is a crystalline segment polymer having a melting point of from 50° to 130° C.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
19 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 1, wherein said copolymer is a graft copolymer or a block copolymer.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
40 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 1, wherein said segment polymer which is at least compatible with said nonlinear polymer is selected from an amorphous polymer of which monomer component is selected from one used for said nonlinear polymer.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
41 words
The electrostatic image developing toner of claim 21, wherein said segment polymer which is at least compatible with the said low-melting polymer is selected from a crystalline polymer of which monomer component is selected from one used for said low-melting polymer.
Claim 24
Independent Claim
92 words
A method of fixing a toner image formed on a recording sheet in electrophotography comprising a step of bringing said toner image into contact with a heated roller under pressure, said toner comprising a nonlinear polymer, a low-melting polymer which has a melting point of from 50° to 130° C. and which is incompatible with said nonlinear polymer, a copolymer composed of a segment polymer which is at least compatible with the above nonlinear polymer and a segment polymer which is at least compatible with said low-melting polymer and a coloring agent.
Claim 25
Independent Claim
92 words
A method of fixing a toner image formed on a recording sheet in electrophotography comprising a step of bringing said toner image into contact with a heated roller under pressure, said toner comprising a nonlinear polymer, a low-melting polymer which has a melting point of from 50° to 130° C. and which is incompatible with said nonlinear polymer, a copolymer composed of a segment polymer which is at least compatible with the above nonlinear polymer and a segment polymer which is at least compatible with said low-melting polymer and a coloring agent.
Claim 26
Independent Claim
125 words
A method of forming a toner image in electrophotography comprising a step of forming imagewise an electrostatic latent image on a photoconductive element, a step of developing said latent image with a toner, said toner comprising a nonlinear polymer, a low-melting polymer which has a melting point of from 50° to 130° C. and which is incompatible with said nonlinear polymer, a copolymer composed of a segment polymer which is at least compatible with the above nonlinear polymer and a segment polymer which is at least compatible with said low-melting polymer and a coloring agent, a step of transferring said toner image on to a recording sheet and a step of bringing said toner image into contact with a heated roller under pressure for fixture.
Claim 27
Independent Claim
125 words
A method of forming a toner image in electrophotography comprising a step of forming imagewise an electrostatic latent image on a photoconductive element, a step of developing said latent image with a toner, said toner comprising a nonlinear polymer, a low-melting polymer which has a melting point of from 50° to 130° C. and which is incompatible with said nonlinear polymer, a copolymer composed of a segment polymer which is at least compatible with the above nonlinear polymer and a segment polymer which is at least compatible with said low-melting polymer and a coloring agent, a step of transferring said toner image on to a recording sheet and a step of bringing said toner image into contact with a heated roller under pressure for fixture.
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