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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1994
Kunio Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Yujiro Fukuda, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an electrostatic image developer with negative chargeability which can give clear image quality and high image density by virtue of the toner, contained therein, having a small-diameter or a high content of fine toner particle, surface-modified with a fluoropolymer fine particle. The toner primarily consists of a polyester binder resin and a coloring pigment, and the toner has an average particle size of 9 .mu.m or less, or a .ltoreq.4 .mu.m fine toner particle content of at least 0.1% by weight. The toner is surface-modified with 0.1 to 10% by weight of a fluoropolymer fine particle having an average particle size smaller than that of the toner, in such a way that the ratio of the surface area of the fluoropolymer fine particle to that of the toner may be 10.sup.-3 to 10.sup.-1. Use of a polytetrafluoroethylene fine particle is preferred among other fluoropolymers, and a combination of the surface modification with the fluoropolymer fine particle and that with an inorganic fine particle is further preferred.