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Liquid electrophotographic developer comprising oppositely charged toner particles and dyes of different colors
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1988-05-23
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Granted: 1989-05-16
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Expires: 2008-05-23
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is an electrophotographic liquid developer composition comprising a liquid medium, first toner particles charged to one polarity and comprising a first dye and polymeric cores to which steric stabilizer polymers have been attached, second toner particles charged to a polarity opposite to that of the first toner particles and comprising a second dye of a different color than the first dye and polymeric cores to which steric stabilizer polymers have been attached, and a charge director. The disclosed developer is suitable for developing electrostatic latent images in two different colors in a single development step. The latent image comprises three areas of charge, toner particles of one color are selectively attracted to one area, toner particles of the other color are selectively attracted to the second area, and the third area remains undeveloped as a background area.
Inventors
- 👤 Raymond W. Wong
- 👤 Stephan Drappel
- 👤 Melvin D. Croucher
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-07 10:06
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G9/00; G03G9/08; G03G9/12; G03G9/122; G03G13/00; G03G13/01; G03G13/013; G03G13/0131; G03G15/00; G03G15/01; G03G15/0105; G03G15/0121; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/001; Y10S430/105
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
77 words
An electrophotographic liquid developer composition comprising a liquid medium, first toner particles charged to one polarity and comprising a first dye and polymeric cores to which steric stabilizing copolymers have been attached, second toner particles charged to a polarity opposite to that of the first toner particles which comprise a second dye of a different color that that of the first dye and polymeric cores to which steric stabilizing copolymers have been attached, and a charge director.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
77 words
An electrophotographic liquid developer composition comprising a liquid medium, first toner particles charged to one polarity and comprising a first dye and polymeric cores to which steric stabilizing copolymers have been attached, second toner particles charged to a polarity opposite to that of the first toner particles which comprise a second dye of a different color that that of the first dye and polymeric cores to which steric stabilizing copolymers have been attached, and a charge director.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
An electrophotographic liquid developer composition according to claim 1 wherein said first toner particles and said second toner particles are from about 0.1 to about 4 microns in average volume particle diameter.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
An electrophotographic developer composition according to claim 1 wherein said liquid medium is an isoparaffinic hydrocarbon.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
An electrophotographic developer composition according to claim 1 wherein said first toner particles comprise polymeric cores of a material selected from the group consisting of poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) and poly(ethyl acrylate-co-N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
An electrophotographic developer composition according to claim 1 wherein said second toner particles comprise polymeric cores of a material selected from the group consisting of poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) and poly(vinyl acetate-co-N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
An electrophotographic developer composition according to claim 1 wherein said first toner particles and said second toner particles comprise polymeric cores of a material selected from the group consisting of poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone), poly(vinyl acetate-co-N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone), and poly(ethyl acrylate-co-N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
53 words
An electrophotographic developer composition according to claim 1 wherein said first toner particles comprise stabilizing copolymers selected from the group consisting of poly(2-ethylhexyl acrylate), poly(2-ethylhexyl methacrylate), copolymers of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate and ethyl acrylate, copolymers of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate and N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone, copolymers of 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate and ethyl acrylate, and copolymers of 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate and N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
41 words
An electrophotographic developer composition according to claim 1 wherein said second toner particles comprise stabilizing copolymers selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, copolymers of polyethylene and vinyl acetate, copolymers of polyethylene and methacrylic acid, and copolymers of polyethylene and N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
76 words
An electrophotographic developer composition according to claim 1 wherein said first toner particles and said second toner particles comprise stabilizing copolymers selected from the group consisting of poly(2-ethylhexyl acrylate), poly(2-ethylhexyl methacrylate), copolymers of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate and ethyl acrylate, copolymers of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate and N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone, copolymers of 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate and ethyl acrylate, copolymers of 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate and N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone, polyethylene, copolymers of polyethylene and vinyl acetate, copolymers of polyethylene and methacrylic acid, and copolymers of polyethylene and N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
An electrophotographic developer composition according to claim 1 wherein said first toner particles comprise a dye selected from the group consisting of Orasol Red G, Astrazon Brilliant Red 4G, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
37 words
An electrophotographic developer composition according to claim 1 wherein said second toner particles comprise a dye selected from the group consisting of Orasol Blue 2GLN, Orasol Red G, Orasol Yellow 2GLN, Orasol Black RL, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
57 words
An electrophotographic developer composition according to claim 1 wherein said first toner particles and said second toner particles comprise from about 2 to about 10 percent by weight of a stabilizing copolymer, from about 85 to about 95 percent by weight of a polymeric core material, and from about 3 to about 5 percent of a dye.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
38 words
An electrophotographic developer composition according to claim 1 wherein said first toner particles and said second toner particles are present in a total amount of from about 0.5 to about 8 percent by weight of the developer composition.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
An electrophotographic developer composition according to claim 1 wherein said charge director is selected from the group consisting of lecithin, basic barium petronate, and polyisobutylene succinimide.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
35 words
An electrophotographic developer composition according to claim 1 wherein said charge director is present in an amount of from about 0.5 to about 10 percent by weight of the solids content of the developer composition.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
An electrophotographic developer composition according to claim 1 wherein said first toner particles are positively charged and said second toner particles are negatively charged.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
42 words
An electrophotographic developer composition according to claim 16 wherein said first toner particles are charged to from about +75 to about +110 microcoulombs per gram and said second toner particles are charged to from about -75 to about -110 microcoulombs per gram.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
24 words
An electrophotographic developer composition according to claim 1 wherein said first toner particles are negatively charged and said second toner particles are positively charged.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
42 words
An electrophotographic developer composition according to claim 18 wherein said first toner particles are charged to from about -75 to about -110 microcoulombs per gram and said second toner particles are charged to from about +75 to about +110 microcoulombs per gram.
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