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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Hidetoshi Miyamoto, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/093 (2006.01); G03G 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/0825 (2013.01); G03G 9/09328 (2013.01); G03G 9/09371 (2013.01); G03G 9/09392 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrophotographic toner includes capsule toner particles that each include an anionic toner core having a zeta potential at pH 4 of no greater than −5 mV and a cationic shell layer disposed over a surface of the toner core. Each of the capsule toner particles has, at a surface thereof, a sodium concentration of no less than 200 ppm and no greater than 1,000 ppm as measured by an ICP spectrometer.