Patent · US Expired

Color toner

US7288348B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims
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Filing dateSep 9, 2004
Grant dateOct 30, 2007
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Expiry dateJul 3, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G9/09708
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a color toner having toner particles which have toner base particles containing a binder resin, a colorant and a wax, and inorganic fine particles, (i) in the toner base particles, particles having a circle-equivalent diameter of 3.00 μm or more as measured with a flow type particle image analyzer have an average circularity of from 0.920 or more to less than 0.950, (ii) in the particles having a circle-equivalent diameter of 3.00 μm or more in the toner base particles, particles having a circularity of 0.960 or more are in a number frequency cumulative value of 40% or less; and (iii) in the particles having a circle-equivalent diameter of 3.00 μm or more in the toner base particles, particles having a circularity of 0.920 or less are in a number frequency cumulative value of 30% or less. Also disclosed is a full-color image forming method making use of the toner.

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