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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1996
Koichi Kashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Otani, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyokazu Takasou, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Nagaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Hamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd., Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a process for preparing a particulate toner for developing an electrostatic image, which comprises suspending a polymerizable monomer composition comprising a polymerizable monomer, a resin dissolved therein, and a coloring agent in an aqueous medium not containing a dispersant to prepare a pre-suspension, jetting the pre-suspension through a nozzle under elevated pressure in a flowing direction which is forced to vary so that the pre-suspension collides with a predetermined plane or with each other, and then immediately passing the pre-suspension through an apparatus for throttling the path to produce back pressure and shearing stress to prepare a suspension containing a particulate polymerizable monomer and subjecting the resulting suspension to polymerization. The toner prepared by the process is a high performance toner which is free of finely divided grains and emulsion, exhibits a high chargeability, a uniform chargeability distribution, an excellent environmental stability and a high definition, and is insusceptibie to fogging and unevenness.