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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
May. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomoko Mine, Hino, JP;
Kaori Matsushima, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/08 (2006.01); G03G 9/097 (2006.01); G03G 9/087 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/09733 (2013.01); G03G 9/0804 (2013.01); G03G 9/08755 (2013.01); G03G 9/08791 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes toner base particles including a binder resin and a nucleating agent, wherein the binder resin includes a hybrid crystalline resin having a structure in which a crystalline polyester resin unit and an amorphous resin unit are chemically bonded to each other, and the nucleating agent is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of arachidyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, 1-tetracosanol, 1-hexacosanol, octacosanol, palmitic acid, margaric acid, stearic acid, arachidic acid, behenic acid, and lignoceric acid.