Magnetic toner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9588450-B2
Application number	US-201414892575-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 30, 2014
Priority date	Jul 31, 2013
Publication date	Mar 7, 2017
Grant date	Mar 7, 2017

Abstract

Provided is a magnetic toner in which enhancement of initial transfer efficiency and transfer efficiency that is stable during a long-term use are achieved by simultaneously suppressing the friction force between the toner and a drum and the cohesion between toners, and further the degradation in chargeability and fluidity caused by the deterioration of the toner. The magnetic toner includes: a magnetic toner particle; a first external additive; and a second external additive. The first external additive includes an organic-inorganic composite fine particle, a plurality of convexes derived from an inorganic fine particle being present on a surface of the organic-inorganic composite fine particle, and has a number-average particle diameter of 50 nm or more and 500 nm or less. The second external additive includes a silica fine particle and has a number-average particle diameter of 5 nm or more and 30 nm or less. A shear load calculated from a rotation torque is 0.50 kPa or more and 2.00 kPa or less when a disc-shaped disc is pressed against a surface of a magnetic toner powder layer, the magnetic toner powder layer being produced by applying a vertical load of 9.0 kPa to the magnetic toner, under a vertical load of 5.0 kPa, and the disc which is being pressed is rotated, and an absolute value |ζ(T)−ζ(A1)| of a difference between a zeta potential ζ(T) of the magnetic toner particle dispersed in water and a zeta potential ζ(A1) of the first external additive dispersed in water is 50 mV or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A magnetic toner, comprising:
a magnetic toner particle comprising a binder resin and a magnetic material;
a first external additive; and
a second external additive,
wherein:
the first external additive
i) comprises an organic-inorganic composite fine particle, a plurality of convexes derived from an inorganic fine particle being present on a surface of the organic-inorganic composite fine particle, and
ii) has a number-average particle diameter of 50 nm or more and 500 nm or less;
the second external additive
i) comprises a silica fine particle, and
ii) has a number-average particle diameter of 5 nm or more and 30 nm or less;
a shear load calculated from a rotation torque is 0.50 kPa or more and 2.00 kPa or less when a disc-shaped disc is pressed against a surface of a magnetic toner powder layer, the magnetic toner powder layer being produced by applying a vertical load of 9.0 kPa to the magnetic toner, under a vertical load of 5.0 kPa in a measurement container, and the disc which is being pressed is rotated by π/36 rad at (π/10 rad)/min; and
an absolute value |ζ(T)−ζ(A1)| of a difference between a zeta potential ζ(T) of the magnetic toner particle dispersed in water and a zeta potential ζ(A1) of the first external additive dispersed in water is 50 mV or less.

2. A magnetic toner according to claim 1 , wherein the organic-inorganic composite fine particle comprising a resin particle, and an inorganic fine particle embedded to the resin particle.

3. A magnetic toner according to claim 1 , wherein the first external additive is added in a ratio of 0.5 part by mass or more and 3.5 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the magnetic toner particle, and a total coverage rate of the first external additive and the second external additive on a surface of the magnetic toner is 40% or more and 85% or less.

4. A magnetic toner according to claim 1 , wherein a surface existence ratio of the inorganic fine particle in the organic-inorganic composite fine particle is 20% or more and 70% or less.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Tsuda Shohei
• Nishikawa Koji
• Yamazaki Katsuhisa
• Hotta Yojiro
• Terauchi Kazuo
• Shiozawa Motohide
• Naka Takeshi
• Mizuguchi Takuya
• Itakura Takayuki

Classifications

• G03G9/08755

  Polyesters · CPC title

• G03G9/09725

  Silicon-oxides; Silicates · CPC title

• G03G9/0819

  characterised by the dimensions of the particles · CPC title

• G03G9/0833

  Oxides · CPC title

• G03G9/083

  Magnetic toner particles · CPC title