US5489498A
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Toner for developing electrostatic image and method of manufacturing resin composition
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1994-01-18
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Granted: 1996-02-06
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Expires: 2014-01-18
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates a toner for developing electrostatic images, comprising: a resin composition, which contains a binder resin and low molecular weight wax, and a coloring agent, wherein the binder resin does not substantially contain insoluble tetrahydrofuran (THF) component, its chromatograph measured with soluble tetrahydrofuran (THF) component has a main peak in a region of a molecular weight of 2,000 to 30,000 and a subpeak or a shoulder in a high molecular weight region of a molecular weight of 100,000 or more, a ratio of weight average molecular weight (Mw)/number average molecular weight (Mn) thereof is 30 or more, the high molecular weight region has a crosslinking monomer unit as a component monomer unit and the binder resin contains high molecular weight polymer having a Mw of 1,200,000 or more polymerized by using both polyfunctional initiator and a mono-functional initiator. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a resin composition for producing a toner.
Inventors
- 👤 Manabu Ohno
- 👤 Akihiko Nakazawa
- 👤 Nobuyuki Okubo
- 👤 Shunji Suzuki
- 👤 Hiroyuki Suematsu
- 👤 Masayoshi Kato
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 19:27
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G9/00; G03G9/08; G03G9/087; G03G9/08784; G03G9/08791; G03G9/08775; G03G9/08782; G03G9/08795; G03G9/097; G03G9/09783
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
150 words
A toner for developing electrostatic images, comprising: a resin composition, which contains a binder resin and low molecular weight wax, and a coloring agent, wherein said binder resin does not substantially contain insoluble tetrahydrofuran (THF) component, its GPC chromatograph measured with soluble tetrahydrofuran (THF) component has a main peak in a region of a molecular weight of 2,000 to 30,000 and a subpeak or a shoulder in a high molecular weight region of a molecular weight of 100,000 or more, a ratio of weight average molecular weight (Mw)/number average molecular weight (Mn) thereof is 30 or more, said high molecular weight region has a crosslinking monomer unit as a component monomer unit and said binder resin contains low molecular weight polymer having a Mw of 30,000 or less and high molecular weight polymer having a Mw of 1,200,000 or more polymerized by using both polyfunctional initiator and a mono-functional initiator.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
150 words
A toner for developing electrostatic images, comprising: a resin composition, which contains a binder resin and low molecular weight wax, and a coloring agent, wherein said binder resin does not substantially contain insoluble tetrahydrofuran (THF) component, its GPC chromatograph measured with soluble tetrahydrofuran (THF) component has a main peak in a region of a molecular weight of 2,000 to 30,000 and a subpeak or a shoulder in a high molecular weight region of a molecular weight of 100,000 or more, a ratio of weight average molecular weight (Mw)/number average molecular weight (Mn) thereof is 30 or more, said high molecular weight region has a crosslinking monomer unit as a component monomer unit and said binder resin contains low molecular weight polymer having a Mw of 30,000 or less and high molecular weight polymer having a Mw of 1,200,000 or more polymerized by using both polyfunctional initiator and a mono-functional initiator.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The toner according to claim 1, wherein said high molecular weight polymer has been polymerized by adding said mono-functional initiator after said polyfunctional initiator has been added.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
63 words
The toner according to claim 1, wherein said resin composition has been obtained by dissolving or dispersing said high molecular weight polymer forming a high molecular weight region,a low molecular weight polymer having a main peak in a region of a molecular weight of 2,000 to 30,000 and low molecular weight wax in an organic solvent and by removing said organic solvent therefrom.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
56 words
The toner according to claim 1, wherein said resin composition has been obtained by dissolving or dispersing said high molecular weight polymer forming a high molecular weight region and low molecular weight was in an organic solvent, by mixing with an organic solvent solution for forming said main peak and by removing said organic solvent therefrom.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
13 words
The toner according to claim 1, wherein said binder resin comprises vinyl polymer.
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