Toner processes
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1. A process for the preparation of toner which comprisesi) flushing a pigment into a sulfonated polyester resin;
- ii) mixing an organic soluble dye with the colorant polyester resin of i);
iii) dispersing the resulting mixture into warm water thereby enabling the formation of submicron particles;
iv) allowing the resulting solution to cool below about, or about equal to the glass transition temperature of said sulfonated polyester resin;
v) adding an alkali halide solution and heating; and
optionallyvi) recovering said toner, followed by washing and drying.
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Abstract
A process for the preparation of toner which involves
i) flushing a colorant into a sulfonated polyester resin;
ii) mixing an organic soluble dye with the colorant polyester resin of i);
iii) dispersing the resulting mixture into warm water thereby enabling the formation of submicron particles;
iv) allowing the resulting solution to cool below about, or about equal to the glass transition temperature of said sulfonated polyester resin;
v) adding an alkali halide solution and heating; and optionally
vi) recovering said toner, followed by washing and drying.
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21 Claims
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1. A process for the preparation of toner which comprises
i) flushing a pigment into a sulfonated polyester resin; -
ii) mixing an organic soluble dye with the colorant polyester resin of i); iii) dispersing the resulting mixture into warm water thereby enabling the formation of submicron particles; iv) allowing the resulting solution to cool below about, or about equal to the glass transition temperature of said sulfonated polyester resin; v) adding an alkali halide solution and heating; and
optionallyvi) recovering said toner, followed by washing and drying. - View Dependent Claims (2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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3. A process for the preparation of toner comprised of
i) flushing a pigment and organic soluble dye into a sulfonated polyester resin, and which resin has a degree of sulfonation of from between about 2.5 and about 20 mol percent based on the repeat unit of the polymer; -
ii) dispersing the resulting sulfonated pigment polyester resin into warm water, which water is at a temperature of from about 40°
C. to about 95°
C. by a high speed shearing polytron device operating at speeds of from about 100 to about 5,000 revolutions per minute thereby enabling the formation of stable toner sized submicron particles, and which particles are of a volume average diameter of from about 5 to about 150 nanometers;iii) allowing the resulting solution to cool to from about 5°
C. to about 10°
C. below the glass transition temperature of said pigment sulfonated polyester resin;iv) adding an alkali halide solution, which solution contains from about 0.5 percent to about 5 percent by weight of water, followed by stirring and heating from about room temperature, about 25°
C., to a temperature below the resin Tg to induce aggregation of said submicron particles to obtain toner size particles of from about 2 to about 20 microns in volume average diameter;
or subsequently stirring and heating to a temperature below the resin Tg, followed by the addition of alkali metal halide until the desired toner size of from about 2 to about 20 microns in volume average diameter is achieved; and
optionallyv) recovering said toner, washing and drying said toner. - View Dependent Claims (4, 6, 7, 11, 12)
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20. A process for the preparation of toner comprised of flushing a pigment into a polyester resin;
- mixing the resulting polyester resin with an organic soluble dye, and thereafter dispersing the resulting dye-pigmented polyester resin into warm water;
cooling the resulting solution;
adding an alkali halide solution, followed by heating. - View Dependent Claims (21)
- mixing the resulting polyester resin with an organic soluble dye, and thereafter dispersing the resulting dye-pigmented polyester resin into warm water;
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