Electrostatic image developer
US9235153B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 18, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jan 12, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 18, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G9/09725
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electrostatic image developer having little change in charge amount, no generation of fog and excellent environmental stability under all of low temperature and low humidity environment, normal temperature and normal humidity environment, and high temperature and high humidity environment is provided. Disclosed is an electrostatic image developer comprising a colored resin particle containing a binder resin and a colorant, and an external additive, wherein the external additive contains an alumina fine particle in plate-like shape subjected to a hydrophobicity-imparting treatment having a number average primary particle diameter of 20 to 120 nm and an aspect ratio of 3 to 15, and a content of the alumina fine particle is in the range from 0.05 to 1 part by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the colored resin particle.
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