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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4301066 ; 430110 ;
Abstract
A toner for electrophotography including toner particles containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, and a fluidizing agent added externally to the toner particles for mixture therewith, wherein the aerated apparent density A (g/cm.sup.3) of the toner, the volume mean particle size D (.mu.m) of the toner particles, and the aspect ratio B of the toner particles satisfy the following relations: