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Toner for developing electrostatic images

US5741617A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 1, 1995
Grant dateApr 21, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S430/105
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A toner for developing electrostatic images, which comprises a binder resin, a colorant and a wax composition, characterized in that the wax composition has a molecular weight distribution as measured by GPC, having a maximum in the region of molecular weight of from 350 to 850 and a maximum in the region of molecular weight of from 900 to 4,000; and the wax composition contains an ester wax with a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from 350 to 4,000 and a number average molecular weight of from 200 to 4,000.

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