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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:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430110 ; 430111 ;
Abstract
The negatively chargeable toner of the present invention comprises negatively chargeable toner particles including a boron compound, and exterior additive particles adhered to the surface of the toner particle and comprising hydrophobic silica particles and metal titanate particles, wherein the additive weight ratio of said hydrophobic silica particles and metal titanate particles is within a range of 5:1 to 1:1.2, and a total specific surface area S of the exterior additive particles is 40 to 120.