Toner for developing electrostatic latent image, developing method and developing apparatus
US6858365B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 22, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 18, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G9/09708
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A toner, a developing method and apparatus is provided to satisfy both the low temperature fixation property and the hot offset property and that has a wide range of fixing temperature. The toner for an image formation comprises at least metal materials in a binding resin, wherein the toner is measured by a stand-alone type flow tester, and has a softening temperature of 65˜77.5° C., a flow beginning temperature of 100˜120° C., a melt temperature by a ½ method is 145˜195° C., and an average length of a short axis of a primary particle of the metal materials is 0.01˜0.4 μm.
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