Toner, one-component developer, and two-component developer

US9977355B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9977355-B2
Application numberUS-201715648522-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 13, 2017
Priority dateJul 21, 2016
Publication dateMay 22, 2018
Grant dateMay 22, 2018

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A plurality of toner particles each include a toner core, a shell layer covering a surface of the toner core, and a plurality of magnetic particles penetrating the shell layer. Each of the magnetic particles has an embedded portion and a protrusion portion. The embedded portions are embedded in the surface of the toner core. The protrusion portions are located further outward than the embedded portions in a radial direction of the toner particle and protrude outward from a surface of the shell layer in the radial direction of the toner particle. An average Heywood diameter X of the magnetic particles, a shell layer thickness Y, and an average value Z of protrusion heights of the respective magnetic particles satisfy relation (1) and relation (2) shown below. 0< Z ≤( X /2)  (1) 10 nm≤ Y ≤50 nm  (2)

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What is claimed is: 1. A toner comprising a plurality of toner particles, wherein each of the toner particles includes a toner core, a shell layer covering a surface of the toner core, and a plurality of magnetic particles penetrating the shell layer, each of the magnetic particles has an embedded portion and a protrusion portion, the embedded portions are embedded in the surface of the toner core, the protrusion portions are located further outward than the embedded portion…

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What does patent US9977355B2 cover?
A plurality of toner particles each include a toner core, a shell layer covering a surface of the toner core, and a plurality of magnetic particles penetrating the shell layer. Each of the magnetic particles has an embedded portion and a protrusion portion. The embedded portions are embedded in the surface of the toner core. The protrusion portions are located further outward than the embedded …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G03G9/0838. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue May 22 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).