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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2021
Applicants:
Tomomi Harashima, Shizuoka, JP;
Junichi Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Yamashita, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinya Nakayama, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Tomomi Harashima, Shizuoka, JP;
Junichi Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Yamashita, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinya Nakayama, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/087 (2006.01); G03G 13/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/08755 (2013.01); G03G 9/08795 (2013.01); G03G 13/0133 (2021.01);
Abstract
Provided is a toner including toner base particles. Each toner base particle includes a crosslinked component. The crosslinked component includes a nonlinear polymer having 3 or more branches, terminals of which are metal ion crosslinked, and a glass transition temperature Tg of the nonlinear polymer as measured by differential scanning calorimetry is −60° C. or higher but lower than 0° C.