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EP0367265A2 - Electrophotographic dry developer - Google Patents

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EP0367265A2
EP0367265A2 EP89120305A EP89120305A EP0367265A2 EP 0367265 A2 EP0367265 A2 EP 0367265A2 EP 89120305 A EP89120305 A EP 89120305A EP 89120305 A EP89120305 A EP 89120305A EP 0367265 A2 EP0367265 A2 EP 0367265A2
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Masao Niki
Koji Akiyama
Yutaka Kanamaru
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  • the invention relates to a developer of electrostatic latent images in the field of the electrophotography, electrostatic recording and electrostatic printing.
  • the visible image is transferred to transform materials including flimsy (transferring process).
  • the image is then fixed by appropriate fixing methods such as heating, press­ing, etc., (fixing process).
  • the developing method applicable to the electronic photographic method can be broadly divided into the dry development method and wet development method. Further, the former can be separated into a method using one component developer and a method using two component developer.
  • the group of two component developers if classified by the toner transportiog system, includes the magnetic brush development method in which powder is applied as the carrier; cascade developing method using a more or less coarse bead carrier; and fur brush development method using less fiber.
  • toner As toner applicable to these development methods, fine powder made by dispersing coloring agents like dyestuffs or pigment into natural or synthesized thermoplastic resin was used.
  • various kinds of additives such as coloring agents, charge control­lers, wax, etc., are mixed into and dispersed in binding agents of the polystyrene or polyester family. The matter thus produced is crushed into particles of 1 ⁇ 30 ⁇ m.
  • the particles are applied as toner.
  • toner containing magnetic particles such as magnetite, etc.
  • toner is used. And toner itself is absorbed and held by the magnetic roll and transferred to the image surface.
  • toner is usually mixed into carrier particles such as glass beads, iron powders, and by static attraction caused by friction at the time held in the carrier and transferred to the latent image surface.
  • carrier particles such as glass beads, iron powders
  • the polarity is determined by the charge polarity of the latent image and definite polarity, positive or nagative, and an amount of charge is requested to be given.
  • the frictionally charging property of the carrier, its external material and resin, which is a compo­ nent of toner can be used but this method is not satisfac­tory because the toners, charge is too small and it is difficult to reach a desired amount of charge quickly.
  • charge controller is added to control the charging property.
  • a compound with electron donor radical-like nigrosine dye is effective and for negative electrification, electron accepting organic complex includ­ing oil-soluble metal-inclusive dyestuffs are widely used.
  • nigrosine dyes compatibility with resin is usually not good and, therefore, it is applied after being denatured by oleic acid, stearic acid, etc., in many cases.
  • charge controllers of positive electrification we have fatty acid amine, quaternary ammonium salt, Fettshwarz HBW, Sudan teak schwarz BBC and brilliant spirit
  • charge controllers of negative electrification colloidal silica, fatty acid metallic salt, mono-azo coloring metal complex salt, chlorinated paraffin, chlorinated polyester, chromogen shwarz, ETCO, Azo oil black, etc.
  • charge controllers of negative electrification colloidal silica, fatty acid metallic salt, mono-azo coloring metal complex salt, chlorinated paraffin, chlorinated polyester, chromogen shwarz, ETCO, Azo oil black, etc.
  • Many of these electrification controllers stem from the dyestuff and pigment group and generally have complicated structures and strong properties of coloring. In case of chromatic toner, a colored compound cannot be used and colorless or light colored electrification controllers have been studied for use.
  • quaternary ammonium salt vinyl pyridine, dehydrated condensate of ortho positioned amine and decar­bonate acid, etc.
  • Dyes or pigments are, although not completely satisfactory, applied presently bacause better materials are not available.
  • charge controllers are applied usually after being mixed with thermoplastic resin, dispersed by thermo melting and kneading, pulverized and adjusted to a proper particle size according to the requirements. Although it is inevitable that these dyes, pigments and charge controllers will be used, many problems arise therefrom.
  • the molecular structure is so complicated that the property is unstable, the quality is changed by thermo melting and kneading, the performance is apt to change according to the conditions of temperature and humidity, and the quality and property of electronic pic­tures are easily lowered as a result of increased frequency of copying.
  • the second problem involves the difficulty in dispersing these charge controllers evenly in thermoplastic resin as it causes a difference in the amount of frictional charges between particles and results in lowered image quality.
  • the third problem is that because most charge controllers are hydrophilic and not well dispersed in resin, they are exposed to the surface of toner particles. There­fore, the volume of charged electricity in toner is lowered due to charge controllers having absorbed humidity under high humidity conditions. A high quality image cannot be obtained.
  • the fourth problem is that most dyes and pigments generally known as charge controllers are of chromatic color or dark color and cannot be contained in toners which have bright and desired colors.
  • the fifth problem is if toner mixed with charge controllers is used for a long time, the charge controllers adhere to the face of the photoactive substances or promote adherence of toner to the photoactive substances, exert harmful effects upon their formation of electrostatic image, (photoactive substance filming) damage the face of the photoactive substnace or cleaning beads, or accelerate the abrasion of the material portion thereof. As stated above, not a few undesirable actions are exerted on the cleaning process of duplicating machines.
  • color toners those made by dispersing or dissolving various kinds of dyestuffs or pigments into binder resin are used.
  • toners especially when the pur­pose is to reproduce full color images by using the three primary colors, the following is very important. That is, not only are all of the basic performances including the above mentioned charging property good, but it also repro­duces color which the original images had and, therefore, spectral reflectancies of each color draw almost idealistic curves and very low saturation of black is created. These are very important.
  • Japanese patent publication No. 60-112051 disclosed an even and sufficient positively- charged de­veloper made as follows:
  • the purpose is to avoid the offsetting phenomena in the heat-roller fixing method.
  • Binding resin to be used is copolymer resin of copoly­mer-natured monomer having specific polyester resin and tertiary amino group and hydrophobic copolymer-natured mono­mer.
  • an evenly and sufficiently positively-charged developer toner is made, without using traditional charge controllers, by combining with carrier covered with copoly­mer resin of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate.
  • the composing ratio between copolymer-­natured monomer with polyester resin and tertiary amino group and copolymer resin of hydrophobic copolymer-natured monomer is 10 to 50 weight percent : 50 to 90 weight per­cent, and the softening point in the ring and ball system is within the limit of 100 to 180°C.
  • the purpose of this invention is related to posi­tively charged dry developers with a stable charging proper­ty by which the above mentioned traditional tasks can be settled. Especially, it is to provide a more improved posi­ tively charged full color developer.
  • Another purpose of this invention is to prepare a developer with excellent transparency at the time when it is laid on top of another and also when transferred to and fixed on a transparency.
  • the additional purpose of this invention is to provide a developer which enables development and transfer faithful to the static latent image, that is, a developer which is without fog or scattered toners at or around the edge and which can obtain high density image and reproduce excellent half-tones.
  • this invention is purposed to offer a developer which maintains its initial property even after having been used for a long period of time, which is without toner cohesion and which can be preserved safely.
  • a binder resin comprising (A) a polyester resin and (B) a styrene-acrylic resin obtained by co-polymerizing a styrene compound or/and an acrylic compound and a monomer having an amino group, at a weight ratio of (A) to (B) ranging from 55:45 to 95:5, both resin (A) and resin (B) and a dyestuff or pigment of chromatic color.
  • the carrier has been coated with a silicone resin being curable at the room temperature and heated at 180 degree C or higher.
  • An alternative coating is a fluoro resin having 80 mole percent or more of fluorine atoms in the monovalent atoms attached to the carbon atoms.
  • this invention is to prepare positively charged dry developers with the following properties:
  • binding resin (the main content of toners) consists of polyester resin (A) and styrene acrylic resin (B) produced by copolymerizing copolymer-natured monomer containing the amino group.
  • the weight ratio of resin (A) and (B) is within the range of 55 : 45 to 95 : 5, and the softening point (ring and ball method) is 110 degrees centigrade or less.
  • the carrying agents to be mixed with the binding resin are dyes or pigments of chromatic colors.
  • the main ingredients of binding resin in this invention are a mixture of polyester resin (A) and styrene-­acrylic resin (B), which are produced by polymerizing-­polymerization-natured monomer containing the amine group.
  • Polyester resin (A) applied here is synthesized by a polycondensation reaction between polycarboxylic acid and polyhydric alcohol.
  • group of polyvalent carbox­ylic acid the following carboxylic acid, carboxylic acid anhydride and low class alkylester of carboxylic acid can be applied; e.g., fumaric acid, maleic acid, phthalic acid, isophthalic acid, terephthalic acid, trimellitic acid, pyromellitic acid, 3-isodecyl -1, 2, 5, 6 - hexanetetra carboxylic acid, succinic acid, isooctyl-succinic acid and adipic acid.
  • polyhydric alcohol group the following are ap­plied, e.g., ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene alcohol, propylene glycol, butanediol, neopentyl glycol, polyoxyethylene (2.2) -2, 2-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) propane, polyoxy propylene (2.2) -2, 2-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) propane, hydrogenated bisphenol A, glycerol and trimethylol propane.
  • mono carboxylic acid or mono alcohol can be added as polyester materials.
  • monomers of the styrene family such as styrene, P-methylstyrene, ⁇ -methylstyrene; esters of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid such as methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, n-butyl methacrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate.
  • the weight composition of resin (A) and resin (B), (A) : (B) is 55 : 45 ⁇ 95 : 5, more preferably 65 : 35 ⁇ 90 : 10. If the ratio of resin (B) is 5 or less, the charged electrostatic capacity is not enough or the electro­static charge becomes negative. If the ratio of resin (B) is 45 or more, the property of dispersing or dissolving dyestuffs and/or pigment of polyester resin will be lost, and in case it is applied in color toners, saturation will be lost and the color will become dull. Furthermore, a defect of OHP's projected image becoming dark will be pro­duced. Therefore, it is undesirable.
  • the softening point (SP) of resin (A) and (B) under the ring and ball method (JIS K-2207) should be 110°C or less. SP beyond the said limit will result in too much molar weight and spoiling due to entwinement of the high polymer chain, the rapidly melting property. Thus, the resulting image will lack transparency and be of dull color with low saturation. Especially those of SP over 130 degrees centi­grade are not desirable.
  • coloring agents for color toners in this invention can be used as listed hereunder: For Yellow: C.I. Solvent Yellow-21, C.I. Solvent Yellow-114, C.I. Solvent Yellow-77, C.I. Pigment Yellow-12, C.I. Pigment Yellow-14, C.I. Disperse Yellow-164, etc.
  • Magenta C.I. Solvent Red-49, C.I. Solvent Red-­128, C.I. Pigment Red-13, C.I. Pigment Red-48.2, C.I. Dis­perse Red-11, etc.
  • Cyan C.I. Solvent Blue-25, C.I. Solvent Blue-94, C.I. Pigment Blue-15.3, etc.
  • developer toners in this invention can offer more stabilized images by combination with carriers covered with specific cladding materials.
  • carriers to be applied in this invention widely known carriers can be used, e.g., ferromagnetic materials including iron, ferrite, steel, magnetite, nickel, or glass, etc. Instances of the specific cladding materials are straight silicon resin, fluoro resin, etc.
  • Silicon varnish curing under ordinary temperatures is silicon resin of the following chemical structural formu­la, including KR-114, KR-220, KR-251 and KR-255 (all of which are manufactured by Shin-etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.) (In this formula, R1 ⁇ R4 are hydrogen atoms, hydroxyl group, low class alkoxyl group with the number of carbons being 1 ⁇ 4, methyl group or phenylgroup.)
  • the resin in case specific cladding material is fluoro resin, it is desirable for the resin to be fluoro resin, whose ratio of fluorine atoms in univalent atom connecting with carbon principal and side chains is 80 mole percent.
  • fluoro resins examples include poly (tetra fluoro ethylene-vinylidene fluoride), poly (tetra fluoro ethylene - fluoro propylvinyl-ether) copolymer of methacrylic acid 2 - fluoro octyl ether and methacrylic acid n-butyl, and poly (tetra fluoro ethylene-hexa fluoro propylene).
  • the above examples are used individually or in mixture.
  • Iron powder (TSV-300) 1000 made by Nippon Teppun Co., Ltd., as being fluidizated on a fluid bed, was heated up to 60°C, maintained at the same temperature and sprayed with silicon resin (KR-252 of Shin-etsu Silicone Co., Ltd.) 10 (figured on the basis of resin contained therein) solution melted into 5% with toluene. After drying for 20 minutes, it was heat treated at 200°C for 30 minutes in an electric furnace. Thus, a silicone resin coat carrier was obtained.
  • magenta toner was made by the same method as in Execution Example I. Next, developer was produced from said magenta toner 50.0 and silicone resin coat carrier 950 in Manufacturing Example I.
  • magenta toner was produced by the same method as in Execution Example I. Then, de­veloper was manufactured from said magenta toner 50.0 and fluoro resin coat carrier 950 in Manufacturing Example 2.
  • Cyanic toner was produced from the compounds of the above ingredients by the same method as that of Execution Example 1. Next, developer was produced from said cyanic toner 50.0 and fluoro resin coat carrier 950 stated in Manu­facturing Example 2.
  • Example of Execution 4. ⁇ Composition of Toner> Polyester resin in Composition Example I 75.0 Styrene acrylic resin in Composition Example III 25.0 C.I. Solvent Yellow-114 5.0 Viscol 660P (Made by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.) 2.0
  • Yellow toner was produced from compounds of the above ingredients by the same method as stated in Execution Exam­ple I. Next, developer was produced from said yellow toner 50.0 and silicone resin coat carrier 950 in Manufacturing Example 1.
  • Example of Execution 5. ⁇ Composition of Toner> Polyester resin in Composition Example II 80.0 Styrene acrylic resin in Composition Example IV 20.0 C.I. Pigment Red-13 5.0 Viscol 660P (Made by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.) 2.0
  • Magenta toner was produced from compounds of the above ingredients by the same method as stated in Execution Exam­ple 1. Next, developer was produced from said magenta toner 50.0 and silicone resin coat carrier 950 in manufacturing Example 1.
  • Example of Execution 6. ⁇ Composition of Toner> Polyester resin in Composition Example II 75.0 Styrene acrylic resin in Composition Example III 25.0 C.I. Solvent Blue-15.3 5.0 Viscol 660P (Made by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.) 2.0
  • Cyanic toner was produced from compounds of the above ingredients by the same method as stated in Execution Exam­ple 1. Next, developer was produced from said cyanic toner 50.0 and fluoro resin coat carrier 950 in Manufacturing Example 2.
  • Example of Execution 7. ⁇ Composition of Toner> Polyester resin in Composition Example II 60.0 Styrene acrylic resin in Composition Example IV 40.0 C.I. Pigment Blue-15.3 5.0 Viscol 660 (Made by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.) 2.0
  • Cyanic toner was produced from compounds of the above ingredients by the same method as stated in Execution Exam­ple I. Next, developer was produced from said cyanic toner 50.0 and coat carrier 950 (made by Nippon Teppun TSV-300).
  • Example of Comparison 2 ⁇ Composition of Toner> Polyester resin in Composition Example II 40.0 Styrene acrylic resin in Composition Example III 60.0 C.I. Pigment Yellow-14 5.0 Viscol 660P (Made by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.) 2.0
  • Yellow toner was produced from compounds of the above ingredients by the same method as stated in Execution Exam­ple I. Next, developer was produced by said yellow toner 50.0 and fluoro resin coat carrier 950 stated in Manufactur­ing Example 2.
  • Example of Comparison 3 ⁇ Composition of Toner> Styrene acrylic resin in Composition Example III 100.0 C.I. Pigment Red-13 5.0 Viscol 660P (Made by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.) 2.0
  • Magenta toner was produced from compounds of said ingredients by the method stated in Execution Example I. Next, developer was produced from said magenta toner 50.0 and silicon resin coat carrier 950 stated in Manufacturing Example I.
  • Example of Comparison 4 ⁇ Composition of Toner> Polyester resin in Composition Example I 100.0 Pontron No. 7 (Made by Orient Co. Ltd., Nigrosine dyestuff) 2.0 C.I. Pigment Blue-15.3 5.0 Viscol 660P (Made by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.) 2.0
  • Cyanic toner was produced from compounds of the above ingredients by the same method as stated in Enforcement Example I. Next, developer was produced from said cyanic toner 50.0 and fluoro resin coat carrier 950 in Manufactur­ing Example 2.

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Abstract

An electrophotographic dry developer comprises a carrier and toner particles comprising a binder resin comprising (A) a polyester resin and (B) a styrene-acrylic resin obtained by co-polymerizing a monomer having an amino group, at a weight ratio of (A) to (B) ranging from 55:45 to 95:5, both resin (A) and resin (B) and a dyestuff or pigment of chromatic color. It is positively charageable and serves for color electrophotography.

Description

  • The invention relates to a developer of electrostatic latent images in the field of the electrophotography, electrostatic recording and electrostatic printing.
  • (Prior Arts)
  • Prior electrophotographic methods are stated in the specifications of United States Patent No. 2221776, No. 2297691 and No. 2357809. That is, the photo­conductive insulating layer is evenly charged and exposed. The electricity charged on the exposed portion shall be dispersed to form an electrostatic latent image. Toner, a colored and charged fine powder, is adhered to the charged latent image. Thus, the image becomes visible.
  • (Developing process.)
  • The visible image is transferred to transform materials including flimsy (transferring process). The image is then fixed by appropriate fixing methods such as heating, press­ing, etc., (fixing process).
  • The developing method applicable to the electronic photographic method can be broadly divided into the dry development method and wet development method. Further, the former can be separated into a method using one component developer and a method using two component developer. The group of two component developers, if classified by the toner transportiog system, includes the magnetic brush development method in which powder is applied as the carrier; cascade developing method using a more or less coarse bead carrier; and fur brush development method using less fiber.
  • As toner applicable to these development methods,
    fine powder made by dispersing coloring agents like dyestuffs or pigment into natural or synthesized thermoplastic resin was used. For example, various kinds of additives such as coloring agents, charge control­lers, wax, etc., are mixed into and dispersed in binding agents of the polystyrene or polyester family. The matter thus produced is crushed into particles of 1 ∼ 30 µm.
  • Then, the particles are applied as toner.
  • As toner applicable to single component developer, toner containing magnetic particles such as magnetite, etc., is used. And toner itself is absorbed and held by the magnetic roll and transferred to the image surface.
  • Meanwhile, in case double component developer is applied, toner is usually mixed into carrier particles such as glass beads, iron powders, and by static attraction caused by friction at the time held in the carrier and transferred to the latent image surface. Concerning the charging property of the toner, the polarity is determined by the charge polarity of the latent image and definite polarity, positive or nagative, and an amount of charge is requested to be given. To have toner hold all required charge, the frictionally charging property of the carrier, its external material and resin, which is a compo­ nent of toner, can be used but this method is not satisfac­tory because the toners, charge is too small and it is difficult to reach a desired amount of charge quickly. In these cases, images obtained by development are apt to have fog and not be clear. Therefore, in order to quickly give toner the desired amount of charge, material called charge controller is added to control the charging property. For positive electification, a compound with electron donor radical-like nigrosine dye is effective and for negative electrification, electron accepting organic complex includ­ing oil-soluble metal-inclusive dyestuffs are widely used. In nigrosine dyes, compatibility with resin is usually not good and, therefore, it is applied after being denatured by oleic acid, stearic acid, etc., in many cases. Besides, as charge controllers of positive electrification, we have fatty acid amine, quaternary ammonium salt, Fettshwarz HBW, Sudan teak schwarz BBC and brilliant spirit, and as charge controllers of negative electrification, colloidal silica, fatty acid metallic salt, mono-azo coloring metal complex salt, chlorinated paraffin, chlorinated polyester, chromogen shwarz, ETCO, Azo oil black, etc., are used. Many of these electrification controllers stem from the dyestuff and pigment group and generally have complicated structures and strong properties of coloring. In case of chromatic toner, a colored compound cannot be used and colorless or light colored electrification controllers have been studied for use.
  • For instance, quaternary ammonium salt, vinyl pyridine, dehydrated condensate of ortho positioned amine and decar­bonate acid, etc., are applied. Dyes or pigments are, although not completely satisfactory, applied presently bacause better materials are not available.
  • These charge controllers are applied usually after being mixed with thermoplastic resin, dispersed by thermo melting and kneading, pulverized and adjusted to a proper particle size according to the requirements. Although it is inevitable that these dyes, pigments and charge controllers will be used, many problems arise therefrom.
  • That is, first of all, the molecular structure is so complicated that the property is unstable, the quality is changed by thermo melting and kneading, the performance is apt to change according to the conditions of temperature and humidity, and the quality and property of electronic pic­tures are easily lowered as a result of increased frequency of copying. The second problem involves the difficulty in dispersing these charge controllers evenly in thermoplastic resin as it causes a difference in the amount of frictional charges between particles and results in lowered image quality. The third problem is that because most charge controllers are hydrophilic and not well dispersed in resin, they are exposed to the surface of toner particles. There­fore, the volume of charged electricity in toner is lowered due to charge controllers having absorbed humidity under high humidity conditions. A high quality image cannot be obtained.
    The fourth problem is that most dyes and pigments generally known as charge controllers are of chromatic color or dark color and cannot be contained in toners which have bright and desired colors. The fifth problem is if toner mixed with charge controllers is used for a long time, the charge controllers adhere to the face of the photoactive substances or promote adherence of toner to the photoactive substances, exert harmful effects upon their formation of electrostatic image, (photoactive substance filming) damage the face of the photoactive substnace or cleaning beads, or accelerate the abrasion of the material portion thereof. As stated above, not a few undesirable actions are exerted on the cleaning process of duplicating machines.
  • In this way, when charge controllers are applied as toners the charge amount produced on this face of toners during the process of creating frictional charge among toner particles or toner carriers may be uneven and, consequen­tially, such problems as foggy development, scattered ton­ers, and contaminated carriers are apt to occur. Also, these hazards result in a remarkable phenomena when copying is repeated many times. They become unusable. Additional­ly, under high humidity, not only is there deterioration of toner image, but also the transcripting efficiency on transfer paper is remarkably lowered and the copy is unusable.
  • Meanwhile, as color toners, those made by dispersing or dissolving various kinds of dyestuffs or pigments into binder resin are used. In toners, especially when the pur­pose is to reproduce full color images by using the three primary colors, the following is very important. That is, not only are all of the basic performances including the above mentioned charging property good, but it also repro­duces color which the original images had and, therefore, spectral reflectancies of each color draw almost idealistic curves and very low saturation of black is created. These are very important.
  • Additionally, not only are spectral reflectancies needed, but also re-projectability of images and colors transferred and fixed on transparency for overhead projector (OHP) is required. In other words, both transparencies and spectacle transmittance must be good.
  • In case the above charge controllers are applied, a change in hue and lowering of saturation resulting from coloring of charge controllers are produced and, additional­ly, because of poor dispersity of charge controllers into the binding resin, the transparency is lowered and break through color images cannot be obtained in case they are applied on OHP.
  • As mentioned above, both in black toner and color toner, charge controllers bring about many undesirable problems, and various devices to avoid these problems have been seen.
  • For instance, Japanese patent publication No. 60-112051 disclosed an even and sufficient positively- charged de­veloper made as follows:
  • The purpose is to avoid the offsetting phenomena in the heat-roller fixing method.
  • Binding resin to be used is copolymer resin of copoly­mer-natured monomer having specific polyester resin and tertiary amino group and hydrophobic copolymer-natured mono­mer. Thus, an evenly and sufficiently positively-charged developer toner is made, without using traditional charge controllers, by combining with carrier covered with copoly­mer resin of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate.
  • In this toner, the composing ratio between copolymer-­natured monomer with polyester resin and tertiary amino group and copolymer resin of hydrophobic copolymer-natured monomer is 10 to 50 weight percent : 50 to 90 weight per­cent, and the softening point in the ring and ball system is within the limit of 100 to 180°C.
  • However, those of a softening degree of 100°C or more cannot obtain bright images when used as a developer for full color because its transparency is lost. In other words, the purpose of the invention in the above official report is, as stated therein, related with the means for avoiding offset and not related with settlement of tasks concerning the above mentioned color toner.
  • (Summary of the Invention)
  • The purpose of this invention is related to posi­tively charged dry developers with a stable charging proper­ty by which the above mentioned traditional tasks can be settled. Especially, it is to provide a more improved posi­ tively charged full color developer.
  • Another purpose of this invention is to prepare a developer with excellent transparency at the time when it is laid on top of another and also when transferred to and fixed on a transparency.
  • The additional purpose of this invention is to provide a developer which enables development and transfer faithful to the static latent image, that is, a developer which is without fog or scattered toners at or around the edge and which can obtain high density image and reproduce excellent half-tones.
  • Furthermore, this invention is purposed to offer a developer which maintains its initial property even after having been used for a long period of time, which is without toner cohesion and which can be preserved safely.
  • This invention provids an electrophotographic dry developer comprises a carrier and toner particles comprising a binder resin comprising (A) a polyester resin and (B) a styrene-acrylic resin obtained by co-polymerizing a styrene compound or/and an acrylic compound and a monomer having an amino group, at a weight ratio of (A) to (B) ranging from 55:45 to 95:5, both resin (A) and resin (B) and a dyestuff or pigment of chromatic color.
  • It is positively charageable and serves for color electrophotography.
  • It is preferable that the carrier has been coated with a silicone resin being curable at the room temperature and heated at 180 degree C or higher.
  • An alternative coating is a fluoro resin having 80 mole percent or more of fluorine atoms in the monovalent atoms attached to the carbon atoms.
  • The inventors, after having made concentrated studies in consideration of the above mentioned present situation of traditional technologies, have developed this invention.
  • That is, this invention is to prepare positively charged dry developers with the following properties:
  • In dry developers in which a mixture of carriers and toners are used, binding resin (the main content of toners) consists of polyester resin (A) and styrene acrylic resin (B) produced by copolymerizing copolymer-natured monomer containing the amino group.
  • The weight ratio of resin (A) and (B) is within the range of 55 : 45 to 95 : 5, and the softening point (ring and ball method) is 110 degrees centigrade or less.
  • The carrying agents to be mixed with the binding resin are dyes or pigments of chromatic colors.
  • Additionally, the goal of the invention had been ob­tained more effectively by the following method:
  • By covering carriers to be applied with toner, in which the binding resin is applied, with silicon resin which is hardened under normal temperatures, and then treating at high temperatures of 180°C or more, or alternatively, by covering with fluoro resin, in which the percentage of fluorine atoms is 80 mols percent or more in univalent atoms bonded with the carbonous chain.
  • Hereinafter, this invention shall be explained in more detail. The main ingredients of binding resin in this invention are a mixture of polyester resin (A) and styrene-­acrylic resin (B), which are produced by polymerizing-­polymerization-natured monomer containing the amine group.
  • Polyester resin (A) applied here is synthesized by a polycondensation reaction between polycarboxylic acid and polyhydric alcohol. As the group of polyvalent carbox­ylic acid, the following carboxylic acid, carboxylic acid anhydride and low class alkylester of carboxylic acid can be applied; e.g., fumaric acid, maleic acid, phthalic acid, isophthalic acid, terephthalic acid, trimellitic acid, pyromellitic acid, 3-isodecyl -1, 2, 5, 6 - hexanetetra carboxylic acid, succinic acid, isooctyl-succinic acid and adipic acid.
  • As the polyhydric alcohol group, the following are ap­plied, e.g., ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene alcohol, propylene glycol, butanediol, neopentyl glycol, polyoxyethylene (2.2) -2, 2-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) propane, polyoxy propylene (2.2) -2, 2-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) propane, hydrogenated bisphenol A, glycerol and trimethylol propane.
  • Additionally, if necessary, mono carboxylic acid or mono alcohol can be added as polyester materials.
  • Meanwhile, as a copolymerizing monomer containing the amino group, which is used in the production of styrene acrylic resin (B), a copolymerized compound of copolymeriza­tion-natured monomer containing the amino group, the follow­ing can be applied:
  • Dimethyl aminoethyl methacrylate, diethyl amino ethyl methacrylate, dimethylamino propylacrylamid, P-dimethyl amino styrene, N-vinyl pyridine, N-vinyl pyrolidone. Also, as the styrene acrylic copolymerizing monomer to be used in the production of resin (B), the following can be listed:
  • E.g., monomers of the styrene family such as styrene, P-methylstyrene, α-methylstyrene; esters of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid such as methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, n-butyl methacrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate.
  • If necessary, other copolymerizing monomers can be used together with the above.
  • The weight composition of resin (A) and resin (B), (A) : (B) is 55 : 45 ∼ 95 : 5, more preferably 65 : 35 ∼ 90 : 10. If the ratio of resin (B) is 5 or less, the charged electrostatic capacity is not enough or the electro­static charge becomes negative. If the ratio of resin (B) is 45 or more, the property of dispersing or dissolving dyestuffs and/or pigment of polyester resin will be lost, and in case it is applied in color toners, saturation will be lost and the color will become dull. Furthermore, a defect of OHP's projected image becoming dark will be pro­duced. Therefore, it is undesirable.
  • The softening point (SP) of resin (A) and (B) under the ring and ball method (JIS K-2207) should be 110°C or less. SP beyond the said limit will result in too much molar weight and spoiling due to entwinement of the high polymer chain, the rapidly melting property. Thus, the resulting image will lack transparency and be of dull color with low saturation. Especially those of SP over 130 degrees centi­grade are not desirable.
  • As coloring agents for color toners in this invention, widely known dyes or pigments of chromatic colors can be used as listed hereunder:
    For Yellow: C.I. Solvent Yellow-21, C.I. Solvent Yellow-114, C.I. Solvent Yellow-77, C.I. Pigment Yellow-12, C.I. Pigment Yellow-14, C.I. Disperse Yellow-164, etc.
    For Magenta: C.I. Solvent Red-49, C.I. Solvent Red-­128, C.I. Pigment Red-13, C.I. Pigment Red-48.2, C.I. Dis­perse Red-11, etc.
    For Cyan: C.I. Solvent Blue-25, C.I. Solvent Blue-94, C.I. Pigment Blue-15.3, etc.
  • Furthermore, developer toners in this invention can offer more stabilized images by combination with carriers covered with specific cladding materials.
  • As carriers to be applied in this invention, widely known carriers can be used, e.g., ferromagnetic materials including iron, ferrite, steel, magnetite, nickel, or glass, etc. Instances of the specific cladding materials are straight silicon resin, fluoro resin, etc.
  • In case specific cladding material is straight silicon resin, a more desirable method is to make heat curing at 180°C or higher after coating the carrier with silicon varnish with a property of curing under ordinary tempera­tures. Silicon varnish curing under ordinary temperatures is silicon resin of the following chemical structural formu­la, including KR-114, KR-220, KR-251 and KR-255 (all of which are manufactured by Shin-etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.)
    Figure imgb0001
    (In this formula, R1 ∼ R4 are hydrogen atoms, hydroxyl group, low class alkoxyl group with the number of carbons being 1 ∼ 4, methyl group or phenylgroup.)
  • Meanwhile, in case specific cladding material is fluoro resin, it is desirable for the resin to be fluoro resin, whose ratio of fluorine atoms in univalent atom connecting with carbon principal and side chains is 80 mole percent.
  • Examples of such fluoro resins are poly (tetra fluoro ethylene-vinylidene fluoride), poly (tetra fluoro ethylene - fluoro propylvinyl-ether) copolymer of methacrylic acid 2 - fluoro octyl ether and methacrylic acid n-butyl, and poly (tetra fluoro ethylene-hexa fluoro propylene). The above examples are used individually or in mixture.
  • As stated above, the application of the positively charged dry developer introduced by this invention created the brightest full color images in history. Moreover, images developed on OHP transparency were excellently transparent and luminously transmitted images showed brilliant coloring.
  • Hereinafter, the invention shall be explained by show­ing examples of compositions and executions. however, the invention is not limited to these examples. Figures written after names of materials hereinafter shall mean weight ratio of the material in the composition unless otherwise speci­fied.
  • Example of Composition I.
  • In a reaction receptacle equipped with a stirrer, refluxing and dehydrating pipe and nitrogen blowing pipe, the last two items of which are to cool and eliminate water produced by the reaction, propylene glycol 149.1, ethylene glycol 52.1 and dimethyl terephthalate 410. were placed. At the time of completion of condensation for demethanol at 220°C, trimellitic acid anhydride 55.3 was added thereto for further reaction to produce polyester resin of 104.5°C softening point and 62.4°C glass transferring point. (Tg.)
  • Example of Composition II.
  • In a reaction receptacle similar to Example of Composi­tion I, polyoxypropylene (2.2) - 2.2 -bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) propane 350.0, fumaric acid 116.0 and hydroquinone monometh­ yl ether 0.2 were placed. While raising the temperature gradually, a dehydration condensation reaction was produced at 210°C to obtain polyester resin of 98.6° softening point and 60.5°C Tg.
  • Example of Composition III.
  • In a reaction receptacle equipped with a stirrer, a refluxing pipe, a dropping funnel and a nitrogen blowing pipe, toluene 60.0 and dodecyl mercaptan 3.0 were placed. When the temperature rose to 90°C while nitrogen sealing, a mixed solution of styrene 120.0 n-butyl methacrylate 70.0, diethyl amino ethyl methacrylate 10.0, , and α, α′ -azobis isobutyronitrile 4.0 was instilled and polymerized for 2 hours. After an additional 2 hours of aging, the temperature was risen to 200°C and the pressure was de­creased to 30 mm Hg., to eliminate toluene by topping. The resin obtained had a softening point at 104.5°C and Tg at 62.3°C.
  • Example of Composition IV.
  • In a reaction receptacle similar to the one used in Example of Composition III, toluene 60.0 and dodecyl mercap­tan 3.0 were placed. When the temperature rose to 70°C while nitrogen sealing, a mixed solution of α-methylstyrene 166.0, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate 24.0, di­methyl amino ethyl methacrylate 10.0, α ,α′-azobis dimethyl-­valero-nitrile 6.0 was instilled and polymerized for 2 hours. After an additional 2 hours of aging, the temperature was risen to 200°C and the pressure was decreased to 300 mm Hg., to eliminate toluene by topping. The resin obtained had a softening point at 106.2°C and Tg at 62.8°.
  • Example of Manufacturing I.
  • Iron powder (TSV-300) 1000, made by Nippon Teppun Co., Ltd., as being fluidizated on a fluid bed, was heated up to 60°C, maintained at the same temperature and sprayed with silicon resin (KR-252 of Shin-etsu Silicone Co., Ltd.) 10 (figured on the basis of resin contained therein) solution melted into 5% with toluene. After drying for 20 minutes, it was heat treated at 200°C for 30 minutes in an electric furnace. Thus, a silicone resin coat carrier was obtained.
  • Example of Manufacturing II.
  • Nippon Teppun-made iron powder (TSV-300) 1000, which was fluidized on a fluid bed and heated up to 80°C, was sprayed with fluoro resin 10 (made by Daicel Chemical Indus­tries, Ltd., Daifuron ND-4) and diluted with water to a 5% solution. Then, after drying for 30 minutes, it was heat treated for 20 minutes in an electric furnace at 300°C. In this manner, a fluoro resin coated carrier was obtained.
    Example of Execution I.
    <Composition of Toner>
    Polyester resin in Composition Example 1 70.0
    Styrene-acrylic resin in Composition Example III 80.0
    C.I. Pigment Yellow-14 5.0
    Viscol 660P (Made by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd., polypropylene wax) 2.0
  • After being mixed with a blender, the above components were melted and kneaded with a biaxially extruding type kneader and roughly ground with a cutter mill. Thereafter they were ground with an air-jet mill into 5 ∼ 20 µm., average particle size being 10 µm, and classified. The fine grains, 100, were blended with hydrophobic silica R972 (made by Nihon Aerosil Co., Ltd.) 0.2, to by made into yellow toner. A developer was produced by mixing yellow toner 50 and silicone resin coat carrier 950 in Manufactur­ing Example 1 in a V-type blender.
  • According to the result of the evaluation of the de­velopers' developing performance with a general purpose duplicator, OPC mounted and available in the market, the quantity of charged electricity was 16.5 µc/g at the ini­tial stage, and a bright and intense image without fog was produced. Moreover, after consecutive copying of 10,000 sheets, the quantity of charged electricity was 17.6 µc/g, and good quality images without any differences from the initial one were produced. Also, images copied on OHP sheets had good transparency and images projected with OHP had good yellow color.
    Example of Comparison 1.
    <Composition of Toner>
    Tuftone NE1110 (Made by Kao Corp., polyester resin SP130 degrees centigrade) 70.0
    Styrene acrylic resin in Composition Example III 30.0
    C.I. Solvent Red-49 5.0
    Viscol 660P (Made by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.) 2.0
  • From the above ingredients, magenta toner was made by the same method as in Execution Example I. Next, developer was produced from said magenta toner 50.0 and silicone resin coat carrier 950 in Manufacturing Example I.
  • The developer was evaluated in the same method as that in Execution Example I and the results are shown in the following Table 1. Evaluation results of developers in examples hereunder are also collectively shown in Table 1.
    Example of Execution 2.
    <Composition of Toner>
    Polyester resin in Composition Example I 70
    Styrene-acrylic resin in Composition Example IV 30
    C.I. Solvent Red-49 5.0
    Viscol 660 (Made by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.) 2.0
  • From the above components, magenta toner was produced by the same method as in Execution Example I. Then, de­veloper was manufactured from said magenta toner 50.0 and fluoro resin coat carrier 950 in Manufacturing Example 2.
    Example of Execution 3.
    <Composition of Toner>
    Polyester resin in Composition Example II 80.0
    Styrene-acrylic resin in Composition Example III 20.0
    C.I. Pigment Blue-15.3 5.0
    Viscol 660P (Made by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.) 2.0
  • Cyanic toner was produced from the compounds of the above ingredients by the same method as that of Execution Example 1. Next, developer was produced from said cyanic toner 50.0 and fluoro resin coat carrier 950 stated in Manu­facturing Example 2.
    Example of Execution 4.
    <Composition of Toner>
    Polyester resin in Composition Example I 75.0
    Styrene acrylic resin in Composition Example III 25.0
    C.I. Solvent Yellow-114 5.0
    Viscol 660P (Made by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.) 2.0
  • Yellow toner was produced from compounds of the above ingredients by the same method as stated in Execution Exam­ple I. Next, developer was produced from said yellow toner 50.0 and silicone resin coat carrier 950 in Manufacturing Example 1.
    Example of Execution 5.
    <Composition of Toner>
    Polyester resin in Composition Example II 80.0
    Styrene acrylic resin in Composition Example IV 20.0
    C.I. Pigment Red-13 5.0
    Viscol 660P (Made by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.) 2.0
  • Magenta toner was produced from compounds of the above ingredients by the same method as stated in Execution Exam­ple 1. Next, developer was produced from said magenta toner 50.0 and silicone resin coat carrier 950 in manufacturing Example 1.
    Example of Execution 6.
    <Composition of Toner>
    Polyester resin in Composition Example II 75.0
    Styrene acrylic resin in Composition Example III 25.0
    C.I. Solvent Blue-15.3 5.0
    Viscol 660P (Made by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.) 2.0
  • Cyanic toner was produced from compounds of the above ingredients by the same method as stated in Execution Exam­ple 1. Next, developer was produced from said cyanic toner 50.0 and fluoro resin coat carrier 950 in Manufacturing Example 2.
    Example of Execution 7.
    <Composition of Toner>
    Polyester resin in Composition Example II 60.0
    Styrene acrylic resin in Composition Example IV 40.0
    C.I. Pigment Blue-15.3 5.0
    Viscol 660 (Made by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.) 2.0
  • Cyanic toner was produced from compounds of the above ingredients by the same method as stated in Execution Exam­ple I. Next, developer was produced from said cyanic toner 50.0 and coat carrier 950 (made by Nippon Teppun TSV-300).
    Example of Comparison 2.
    <Composition of Toner>
    Polyester resin in Composition Example II 40.0
    Styrene acrylic resin in Composition Example III 60.0
    C.I. Pigment Yellow-14 5.0
    Viscol 660P (Made by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.) 2.0
  • Yellow toner was produced from compounds of the above ingredients by the same method as stated in Execution Exam­ple I. Next, developer was produced by said yellow toner 50.0 and fluoro resin coat carrier 950 stated in Manufactur­ing Example 2.
    Example of Comparison 3.
    <Composition of Toner>
    Styrene acrylic resin in Composition Example III 100.0
    C.I. Pigment Red-13 5.0
    Viscol 660P (Made by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.) 2.0
  • Magenta toner was produced from compounds of said ingredients by the method stated in Execution Example I. Next, developer was produced from said magenta toner 50.0 and silicon resin coat carrier 950 stated in Manufacturing Example I.
    Example of Comparison 4.
    <Composition of Toner>
    Polyester resin in Composition Example I 100.0
    Pontron No. 7 (Made by Orient Co. Ltd., Nigrosine dyestuff) 2.0
    C.I. Pigment Blue-15.3 5.0
    Viscol 660P (Made by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.) 2.0
  • Cyanic toner was produced from compounds of the above ingredients by the same method as stated in Enforcement Example I. Next, developer was produced from said cyanic toner 50.0 and fluoro resin coat carrier 950 in Manufactur­ing Example 2.
  • The results of the developers obtained in the above Execution Examples 1 ∼ 7 and Comparison Examples 1 ∼ 4 shall collectively be shown in Table-1.
    Figure imgb0002

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1. An electrophotographic dry developer, which comprises a carrier and toner particles comprising a binder resin comprising (A) a polyester resin and (B) a styrene-acrylic resin obtained by co-polymerizing a styrene compound or/and an acrylic compound and a monomer having an amino group, at a weight ratio of (A) to (B) ranging from 55:45 to 95:5, both resin (A) and resin (B) and a dyestuff or pigment of chromatic color.
2. The developer as claimed in Claim 1, in which the carrier has been coated with a silicone resin being curable at the room temperature and heated at 180 degree C or higher.
3. The developer as claimed in Claim 1, in which the carrier has been coated with a fluoro resin having 80 mole percent or more of fluorine atoms in the monovalent atoms attached to the carbon atoms.
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