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Color toner
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1990-04-25
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Granted: 1992-06-09
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Expires: 2010-04-25
Abstract
Abstract A color toner, comprises non-magnetic resin particles containing a coloring agent and two types of inorganic oxide particles, wherein; particles of coloring agent have an average particle diameter D of 300 mμ≦D≦800 mμ as determined by measurement of scattered-light intensity; coloring agent particles with a particle diameter of from (D-120) mμ to (D+120) mμ account for not less than 90% of the whole; coloring agent particles with a particle diameter of 169 mμ or less account for not more than 1.0%; and coloring agent particles with a particle diameter of 949 mμ or more account for not more than 0.5%; said color toner has a volume average diameter of from 6 to 10 μm; colored resin particles with a particle diameter of 5 μm or less are contained in a proportion of from 15 to 40% by number; colored resin particles with a particle diameter of from 12.7 to 16.0 μm are contained in an amount of from 0.1 to 5.0% by volume; colored resin particles with a particle diameter of 16 μm or more are contained in an amount of not more than 1.0% by volume; and colored resin particles with a particle diameter of from 6.35 to 10.1 μm have a particle size distribution that satisfies the following expression: 9≦V×dv/N≦14 wherein V represent a volume percentage of colored resin particles with a diameter of from 6.35 to 10.1 μm; N represents a number percentage of colored resin particles with a diameter of from 6.35 to 10.1 μm; and dv represents a volume average particle diameter of the whole colored resin particles; and said inorganic oxide particles comprise a hydrophobic inorganic oxide (A) having an absolute value of not less than 50 μc/g for the amount of triboelectricity and a specific surface area S A of from 80 to 300 m 2 /g as measured by the BET method, contained in an amount of a% by weight based on the colored resin particles, and a hydrophilic inorganic oxide (B) having an absolute value of not more than 20 μc/g for the amount of triboelectricity and a specific surface area S B of from 30 to 200 m 2 /g as measured by the BET method, contained in an amount of b% by weight based on the colored resin particles, where S A ≧S B , a≧b, and 0.3≦a+b≦1.5.
Inventors
- 👤 Makoto Kanbayashi
- 👤 Kenji Okado
- 👤 Takayuki Nagatsuka
- 👤 Yoshinobu Baba
Bibliographic Details
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US
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CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G9/00; G03G9/08; G03G9/097; G03G9/09708; G03G9/09716; G03G9/09; G03G9/09725
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
421 words
A color toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, comprising non-magnetic colored resin particles containing coloring agent particles, and at least two types of inorganic oxide particles residing as an external additive on the surface of the colored resin particles, wherein: said coloring agent particles have an average particles diameter D of 300 mμ≦D≦800 mμ as determined by measurement of scattered-light intensity; coloring agent particles with a particle diameter of from (D-120) mμ to (D+120) mμ account for not less than 90% of the whole; coloring agent particles with a particle diameter of 169 mμ or less account for not more than 1.0%; and coloring agent particles with a particle diameter of 949 mμ or more account for not more than 0.5%; said color toner has a volume average diameter of from 6 to 10 μm; colored resin particles with a particle diameter of 5 μm or less are contained in a proportion of from 15 to 40% by number; colored resin particles with a particle diameter of from 12.7 to 16.0 μm are contained in an amount of from 0.1 to 5.0% by volume; colored resin particles with a particle diameter of 16 μm or more are contained in an amount of not more than 1.0% by volume; and colored resin particles with a particle diameter of from 6.35 to 10.1 μm have a particle size distribution that satisfies the following expression: 9≦V×dv/N≦14 wherein V represents the volume percentage (% by volume) of colored resin particles with a particle diameter of from 6.35 to 10.1 μm; N represents the number percentage (% by number) of colored resin particles with a particle diameter of from 6.35 to 10.1 μm; and dv represents the volume average particle diameter of the whole colored resin particles; and said inorganic oxide particles comprise a hydrophobic inorganic oxide (A) having an absolute value of not less than 50 μc/g for the amount of triboelectricity and a specific surface area S A of from 80 to 300 m 2 /g as measured by the BET method, contained in an amount of a % by weight based on the colored resin particles, and a hydrophilic inorganic oxide (B) having an absolute value of not more than 20 μc/g for the amount of triboelectricity and a specific surface area S B of from 30 to 200 m 2 /g as measured by the BET method, contained in an amount of b % by weight based on the colored resin particles, where S A ≧S B , a≧b, and 0.3≦a+b≦1.5.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
421 words
A color toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, comprising non-magnetic colored resin particles containing coloring agent particles, and at least two types of inorganic oxide particles residing as an external additive on the surface of the colored resin particles, wherein: said coloring agent particles have an average particles diameter D of 300 mμ≦D≦800 mμ as determined by measurement of scattered-light intensity; coloring agent particles with a particle diameter of from (D-120) mμ to (D+120) mμ account for not less than 90% of the whole; coloring agent particles with a particle diameter of 169 mμ or less account for not more than 1.0%; and coloring agent particles with a particle diameter of 949 mμ or more account for not more than 0.5%; said color toner has a volume average diameter of from 6 to 10 μm; colored resin particles with a particle diameter of 5 μm or less are contained in a proportion of from 15 to 40% by number; colored resin particles with a particle diameter of from 12.7 to 16.0 μm are contained in an amount of from 0.1 to 5.0% by volume; colored resin particles with a particle diameter of 16 μm or more are contained in an amount of not more than 1.0% by volume; and colored resin particles with a particle diameter of from 6.35 to 10.1 μm have a particle size distribution that satisfies the following expression: 9≦V×dv/N≦14 wherein V represents the volume percentage (% by volume) of colored resin particles with a particle diameter of from 6.35 to 10.1 μm; N represents the number percentage (% by number) of colored resin particles with a particle diameter of from 6.35 to 10.1 μm; and dv represents the volume average particle diameter of the whole colored resin particles; and said inorganic oxide particles comprise a hydrophobic inorganic oxide (A) having an absolute value of not less than 50 μc/g for the amount of triboelectricity and a specific surface area S A of from 80 to 300 m 2 /g as measured by the BET method, contained in an amount of a % by weight based on the colored resin particles, and a hydrophilic inorganic oxide (B) having an absolute value of not more than 20 μc/g for the amount of triboelectricity and a specific surface area S B of from 30 to 200 m 2 /g as measured by the BET method, contained in an amount of b % by weight based on the colored resin particles, where S A ≧S B , a≧b, and 0.3≦a+b≦1.5.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The color toner according to claim 1 wherein said coloring agent has an average particle diameter D of from 350 to 700 mμ.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The color toner according to claim 1, wherein said coloring agent has an average particle diameter D of from 400 to 600 mμ.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The color toner according to claim 1, wherein said coloring agent comprises an organic pigment selected from the group consisting of a copper phthalocyanine pigment, an azo pigment, a bisazo yellow pigment, an anthraquinone pigment and a quinacridone pigment.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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The color toner according to claim 1, wherein said non-magnetic colored resin particles contain a yellow coloring agent, and said yellow coloring agent is contained in an amount of from 0.5 to 6 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of a binder resin.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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The color toner according to claim 1, wherein said non-magnetic colored resin particles contain a magenta coloring agent, and said magenta coloring agent is contained in an amount of from 0.1 to 8 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of a binder resin.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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The color toner according to claim 1, wherein said non-magnetic colored resin particles contain a cyan coloring agent, and said cyan coloring agent is contained in an amount of from 0.1 to 8 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of a binder resin.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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The color toner according to claim 1, wherein said non-magnetic colored resin particles contain a bisazo yellow pigment, a monoazo red pigment and a copper phthalocyanine blue pigment.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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The color toner according to claim 8, wherein said non-magnetic colored resin particles contain the bisazo yellow pigment, the monoazo red pigment and the copper phthalocyanine blue pigment in a weight ratio of 1:1.5 to 2.5:0.5 to 1.5.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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The color toner according to claim 1, wherein said non-magnetic colored resin particles contain a polyester resin as a binder resin.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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The color toner according to claim 10, wherein said non-magnetic colored resin particles contain as the binder resin a polyester resin containing a bisphenol derivative or a derivative thereof as a diol component unit.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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The color toner according to claim 1, wherein said non-magnetic colored resin particles contain a charge controlling agent in an amount of from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of a binder resin.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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The color toner according to claim 1, wherein said non-magnetic colored resin particles contain a charge controlling agent in an amount of from 0.5 to 8 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of a binder resin.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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The color toner according to claim 1, wherein said non-magnetic colored resin particles with a particle diameter of 5 μm or less are contained in a proportion of from 20 to 35% by number.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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The color toner according to claim 1, wherein said non-magnetic colored resin particles with a particle diameter of from 12.7 to 16.0 μm are contained in an amount of from 0.2 to 3.0% by volume.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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The color toner according to claim 1, wherein said non-magnetic colored resin particles with particle diameter of 16 μm or more are contained in an amount of not more than 0.6% by volume.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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The color toner according to claim 1, wherein said non-magnetic colored resin particles has a volume average particle diameter of from 7 to 9 μm.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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The color toner according to claim 1, wherein said hydrophobic inorganic oxide (A) comprises a silica fine powder having been subjected to hydrophobic treatment.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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The color toner according to claim 18, wherein said hydrophobic inorganic oxide (A) comprises a silica fine powder having been subjected to hydrophobic treatment, having a particle diameter of from 0.003 to 0.1 μm.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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The color toner according to claim 1, wherein said hydrophilic inorganic oxide (B) has a BET specific surface area of from 80 to 150 m 2 /g.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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The color toner according to claim 1, wherein said hydrophilic inorganic oxide (B) comprises alumina or titanium oxide.
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