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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2015
Applicants:
Ryota Inoue, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshihiro Moriya, Shizuoka, JP;
Masahiko Ishikawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Satoshi Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuki Yamaguchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Ryota Inoue, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshihiro Moriya, Shizuoka, JP;
Masahiko Ishikawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Satoshi Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuki Yamaguchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/08 (2006.01); G03G 9/087 (2006.01); G03G 9/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/08733 (2013.01); G03G 9/08 (2013.01); G03G 9/0804 (2013.01); G03G 9/0819 (2013.01); G03G 9/0825 (2013.01); G03G 9/08755 (2013.01); G03G 9/08782 (2013.01); G03G 9/08797 (2013.01); G03G 9/0904 (2013.01);
Abstract
A toner is provided. The toner includes a binder resin and a release agent. The toner satisfies the following inequation:0.45≦(1/2)≦1.00wherein S1 and S2 represent areas of quadrangles circumscribing the release agent and the toner, respectively, in a cross-sectional image of the toner obtained by a transmission electron microscope (TEM).