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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:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Junji Machida, Toyonaka, JP;
Chikara Tsutsui, Nishinomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430110 ; 430111 ; 430903 ;
Abstract
A toner for developing electrostatic images is provided which has good adhesion resistance and good low temperature fixing property, and further can exhibit good image developing performance in various quality aspects including fog resistance, filming resistance, and image density. The toner includes at least a binder resin and a colorant and is characterized in that the toner, prepared as such, has a melt index range of 15 to 40 (g/10 minutes) at 125.degree. C. and the binder resin has a melt index range of 3 to 12 (g/10 minutes) at 150.degree. C.