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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2012
Tomohiro Fukao, Osaka, JP;
Takuya Kadota, Hyogo, JP;
Yoshihiro Mikuriya, Hyogo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nozaki, Osaka, JP;
Yoshimichi Ishikawa, Hyogo, JP;
Kazuoki Fuwa, Hyogo, JP;
Tomoharu Miki, Osaka, JP;
Tomohiro Fukao, Osaka, JP;
Takuya Kadota, Hyogo, JP;
Yoshihiro Mikuriya, Hyogo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nozaki, Osaka, JP;
Yoshimichi Ishikawa, Hyogo, JP;
Kazuoki Fuwa, Hyogo, JP;
Tomoharu Miki, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrostatic image developing toner including: toner particles; wherein the toner particles each contain: a core particle including a first resin and a colorant; and fine resin particles each formed of a second resin and existing in a surface of the core particle, wherein part of each fine resin particle is embedded in the core particle to form an embedded region, and the remaining part of the fine resin particle is exposed on the surface of the core particle to form an exposed region, and wherein each toner particle satisfies an expression of R>R' where, in a cross-section of the toner particle, R′ denotes an average diameter of openings of the first resin in which the second resin is embedded and Rdenotes an average diameter of the exposed regions.