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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hideharu Kuwabara, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/08 (2006.01); G03G 13/01 (2006.01); G03G 9/09 (2006.01); G03G 9/087 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 15/04 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 13/0133 (2021.01); G03G 9/087 (2013.01); G03G 9/0821 (2013.01); G03G 9/091 (2013.01); G03G 9/092 (2013.01); G03G 9/0904 (2013.01); G03G 9/0906 (2013.01); G03G 9/0918 (2013.01); G03G 9/0926 (2013.01); G03G 15/0126 (2013.01); G03G 15/0178 (2013.01); G03G 15/04054 (2013.01); G03G 15/2064 (2013.01); G03G 15/556 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0174 (2013.01);
Abstract
A toner container used in an image forming apparatus including an exposure unit with a light emitting diode light source. The toner container including a container body, and a cyan toner stored in the container body. The cyan toner includes a binder resin, at least one pigment, a charge control agent, and an external additive. The at least one pigment includes at least Pigment Blue. A lightness L*, a hue a*, and a hue b* of the cyan toner in a powder state satisfy: 30.04≤L*≤33.68, −1.75≤a*≤0.71, and −47.47≤b*≤−45.08.