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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Minoru Masuda, Numazu, JP;
Satoshi Mochizuki, Numazu, JP;
Yasuo Asahina, Numazu, JP;
Kazuhiko Umemura, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hideki Sugiura, Fuji, JP;
Kohsuke Suzuki, Numazu, JP;
Tomomi Tamura, Numazu, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/097 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/097 ;
Abstract
A toner including a binder resin, a colorant, and a product of an iron compound containing an aromatic hydroxylcarboxylic acid as a ligand and represented by the formula (I) described in the specification, wherein the product has such a characteristic that a filtrate obtained by filtering a dispersion of 10 g of the product dispersed in 200 ml of purified water provides an electric conductivity of not greater than 600 &mgr;S/cm.