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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1991
Masahide Inoue, Nara, JP;
Tetsuya Nakano, Mie, JP;
Naruo Yabe, Hyogo, JP;
Teruaki Teratani, Osaka, JP;
Koichi Tsuyama, Hyogo, JP;
Yoshitake Shimizu, Osaka, JP;
Seijirou Ishimaru, Osaka, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A toner composition comprising a binder resin having dispersed therein additives including a colorant and a charge control agent, wherein said additives are present as agglomerates having an average sectional area of from 1.4 to 1.7 .mu.m.sup.2 in a section of toner particles, the total sectional area of the agglomerates in the section of toner particles ranging from 1.5 to 1.8%, or wherein said colorant and charge control agent are present as agglomerates having an average sectional area of from 1.4 to 1.7 .mu.m.sup.2 in a section of toner particles, and said composition has such rheological characteristics that a dissipation factor (tan .delta.) is from 0.95 to 1.25 when a storage elastic modulus (G') is 10.sup.4 dyne/cm.sup.2.