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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2019
Applicants:
Toma Takebayashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Taichi Nemoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Toma Takebayashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Taichi Nemoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/087 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/08755 (2013.01); G03G 9/0825 (2013.01); G03G 9/08711 (2013.01); G03G 9/08797 (2013.01); G03G 15/0865 (2013.01);
Abstract
A toner is provided. The toner comprises a binder resin, a colorant, and a release agent. The binder resin comprises a polyester resin comprising a crystalline polyester resin. The crystalline polyester resin forms domains having a number average long diameter of from 0 to 50 nm in a cross-section of the toner. The toner satisfies the following relation:'(50)/′(90)≥6.0×10where G′(50) and G′(90) represent storage elastic modulus of the toner at 50 degrees C. and 90 degrees C., respectively.