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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tsunemi Sugiyama, Numazu, JP;
Shigeru Emoto, Numazu, JP;
Hiroshi Yamashita, Numazu, JP;
Masami Tomita, Numazu, JP;
Kazuhito Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Chiaki Tanaka, Tagata-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/087 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/087 ;
Abstract
A dry toner including at least a modified polyester as a toner binder, wherein the modified polyester has a main peak in a molecular weight region of 1000 to 30000 in a molecular weight distribution as measured by GPC, contains 1 to 10% of a component having a molecular weight of at least 30000, and has an Mw/Mn ratio of not greater than 15.