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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2011
Keiji Makabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Yohichiroh Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Minoru Masuda, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasutada Shitara, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshihiro Norikane, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiji Makabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Yohichiroh Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Minoru Masuda, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasutada Shitara, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshihiro Norikane, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for producing a toner, including a liquid droplet-forming unit configured to discharge a toner composition liquid containing at least a resin and a colorant at a uniform discharge speed from a plurality of discharge holes some of which have different shapes from each other to thereby form liquid droplets, and a particle-forming unit configured to solidify the liquid droplets of the toner composition liquid to thereby form particles.