Toner, toner cartridge, and image forming apparatus
US11853005B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 25, 2020 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 14, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08K2201/005
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A toner includes toner base particles and an external additive. The external additive is adhered to surfaces of the toner base particles, which contain a crystalline polyester resin and an ester wax. The proportion of an ester compound with a carbon number of C1, the content of the ester compound with a carbon number of C1 being highest among the ester compounds constituting the ester wax, is 65 mass % or more with respect to 100 mass % of the ester wax. The carbon number distribution of the ester compounds constituting the ester wax has only one maximum peak in a region where the carbon number is 43 or more. The external additive contains silica particles having a volume average primary particle diameter D50 of 40 to 75 nm. The moisture content of the silica particles is less than 1.0 mass % with respect to 100 mass % of the silica particles.
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