Toner

• US 7,135,263 B2
• Filed: 09/08/2004
• Issued: 11/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Umeda, Noriyoshi, Kawakami, Hiroaki, Hama, Masayuki, Arahira, Fumihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Dote, Janis L.
• Application Number:
  US10/935,130
• Publication Number:
  US 20050058926A1
• Time in Patent Office: 797 Days
• Field of Search: 430/108.6, 430/108.7, 430/108.1, 430/108.3, 430/108.4, 430/6, 430/108
• US Class Current: 430/108.4
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 9/09708 Inorganic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 9/09716 treated with organic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 9/09725 Silicon-oxides; Silicates

Abstract

In a toner having toner particles which have toner base particles having at least a colorant and a binder resin, and an inorganic fine powder; the inorganic fine powder has a primary-particle average particle diameter of from 30 nm to 300 nm, and has particles having at least one of a cubic particle shape, a cube-like particle shape, a rectangular particle shape and a rectangle-like particle shape and having perovskite type crystals; and the inorganic fine powder has particles and agglomerates both having particle diameters of 600 nm or more, in a content of 0% to 1% by number.

Claims

1. A toner comprising toner particles which comprise toner base particles having at least a colorant and a binder resin, and an inorganic fine powder, wherein;

said inorganic fine powder has a primary-particle average particle diameter of from 30 nm to 300 nm, and has particles having at least one of a cubic particle shape, a cube-like particle shape, a rectangular particle shape and a rectangle-like particle shape and having perovskite crystals;

said inorganic fine powder has particles and agglomerates both having particle diameters of 600 nm or more, in a content of 0% to 1% by number; and

said inorganic fine powder is in a liberation percentage of 20% by volume or less with respect to the toner base particles.

2. The toner according to claim 1, wherein said inorganic fine powder contains 50% by number or more of the particles having at least one of a cubic particle shape, a cube-like particle shape, a rectangular particle shape and a rectangle-like particle shape.

3. The toner according to claim 1, wherein said inorganic fine powder is fine strontium titanate powder having undergone no sintering step.

4. The toner according to claim 1, wherein said inorganic fine powder contains 50% by number or more of the particles having at least one of a cubic particle shape, a cube-like particle shape, a rectangular particle shape and a rectangle-like particle shape, said inorganic fine powder is in a liberation percentage of 20% by volume or less with respect to the toner base particles, and said inorganic fine powder is fine strontium titanate powder having undergone no sintering step.

5. The toner according to claim 1, wherein said inorganic fine powder is added in an amount of from 0.05 part by weight to 2.00 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the toner base particles.

6. The toner according to claim 1, which further comprises fine particles having a BET specific surface area of from 100 m²/g to 350 m²g.

7. The toner according to claim 6, wherein said inorganic fine powder is surface-treated with a fatty acid having 8 to 35 carbon atoms or a metal salt of a fatty acid having 8 to 35 carbon atoms.

8. The toner according to claim 7, wherein said inorganic fine powder has a BET specific surface area of from 10 m²/g to 45 m²/g.

9. The toner according to claim 7, wherein said inorganic fine powder has a contact angle with water of from 110°

to 180°

.

10. The toner according to claim 7, wherein said inorganic fine powder has a charge quantity of from 10 mC/kg to 80 mC/kg as absolute value, and has a charge polarity which is reverse to the polarity of said fine particles.

11. The toner according to claim 7, wherein said inorganic fine powder is fine strontium titanate powder having undergone no sintering step, and said fine particles are hydrophobic fine silica particles.

12. The toner according to claim 7, wherein said inorganic fine powder is added to the toner base particles in an amount of from 0.05 part by weight to 3.00 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the toner base particles.