JPH06317931A - Magnetic toner - Google Patents

Magnetic toner

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JPH06317931A
JPH06317931A JP5106594A JP10659493A JPH06317931A JP H06317931 A JPH06317931 A JP H06317931A JP 5106594 A JP5106594 A JP 5106594A JP 10659493 A JP10659493 A JP 10659493A JP H06317931 A JPH06317931 A JP H06317931A
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toner
magnetic toner
magnetic
fine
binder resin
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Noriaki Hirota
典昭 廣田
Yasuhito Yuasa
安仁 湯浅
Akinori Toyoda
昭則 豊田
Hideki Tatematsu
英樹 立松
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Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the production yield of a toner by dispersing a magnetic toner before classification process in a hot air flow at temp. higher than the softening point of the binder resin for the heat treatment to fix fine magnetic toner particles to the surface of the magnetic toner. CONSTITUTION:This toner consists of a binder resin and a magnetic material. Before the toner is classified, the toner is dispersed in a hot air flow at temp. higher than the softening point of the binder resin so that fine magnetic toner particles which are essentially to be removed in the classification process are fixed to the magnetic toner surface by the heat treatment. Namely, the magnetic toner powder consisting of the binder resin 1 and magnetic powder 2 and having 10mum volume average particle size and contains 47 number % of fine toner particles having 5mum particle size is obtd. by mixing and kneading 100 pts.wt. of styrene-butylacrylate resin, 60 pts.wt. of magnetite, etc., and then melting, cooling and pulverizizing them. This toner powder is introduced into a hot air flow to melt the resin on the surface of the toner and simultaneously fixed. Then silicon is externally added.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】Detailed Description of the Invention

【0001】[0001]

【産業上の利用分野】本発明は複写機やレーザービーム
プリンターなどの電子写真装置に用いられる磁性トナー
に関するものである。
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a magnetic toner used in electrophotographic devices such as copying machines and laser beam printers.

【0002】[0002]

【従来の技術】従来、電子写真法としては米国特許第2
297691明細書、特公昭42−23910号公報、
及び特公昭43−24748号公報等で多種の方法が記
載されている。一般には光導電性物質を利用して種々光
学手段により感光体上に電気的静電潜像を形成し、つい
でこの静電潜像をトナーを用いて可視像化し、必要に応
じて紙等に転写した後、加熱あるいは圧力等により定着
し、コピー画像を得るものである。
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, US Pat.
297691 specification, Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 42-23910,
And various methods are described in Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 43-24748. In general, a photoconductive substance is used to form an electric electrostatic latent image on a photoconductor by various optical means, and then the electrostatic latent image is visualized by using toner. After the transfer, the image is fixed by heating or pressure to obtain a copy image.

【0003】静電潜像をトナーを用いて可視像化する方
法として、米国特許第2874063号明細書に記載さ
れている磁気ブラシ法、同第2618552号明細書に
記載されているカスケード現像法及び米国特許第290
9258号明細書に記載されている導電性磁性トナーを
用いる方法など種々知られている。
As a method for visualizing an electrostatic latent image with toner, a magnetic brush method described in US Pat. No. 2,870,4033 and a cascade developing method described in US Pat. No. 2,618,552 are disclosed. And U.S. Pat. No. 290
Various methods such as a method using a conductive magnetic toner described in Japanese Patent No. 9258 are known.

【0004】また現像方法としては、おもに、キャリア
と呼ばれる鉄粉やガラスビーズ等とトナーを混合したも
のを現像剤として用いる二成分現像方式と、トナー単独
で用いる一成分現像方式がある。
Further, as a developing method, there are mainly a two-component developing method using a mixture of iron powder or glass beads called a carrier and a toner as a developer, and a one-component developing method using a toner alone.

【0005】前者の二成分現像方式はトナー及びキャリ
アを混合撹拌して相互の摩擦帯電によりトナーを帯電さ
せる現像方式であるため、帯電性、搬送性は安定する。
しかしこの方法はトナーが逐次消費されるため、トナー
とキャリアの比を常に一定に維持する機能が必要であ
り、小型、軽量化が困難である。
The former two-component developing method is a developing method in which the toner and the carrier are mixed and stirred and the toner is charged by mutual frictional charging, so that the charging property and the transporting property are stable.
However, in this method, since the toner is sequentially consumed, it is necessary to have a function of always keeping the ratio of the toner and the carrier constant, and it is difficult to reduce the size and weight.

【0006】小型、軽量が可能である後者の一成分現像
方式には磁気力でトナーを搬送、保持する磁性一成分現
像方式が多種考案されている。
As the latter one-component developing system which can be made compact and lightweight, various magnetic one-component developing systems in which toner is conveyed and held by magnetic force have been devised.

【0007】周知のようにこれらの現像方法で用いられ
る磁性トナーにおいては、トナーの流動性を阻害し、ま
た帯電量が高いため地カブリに代表される画質劣化の要
因となる5μm以下の微小トナー粒子を除去する分級工
程を経てトナー作成が行われている。
As is well known, the magnetic toner used in these developing methods inhibits the fluidity of the toner and has a high charge amount, which is a fine toner of 5 μm or less which causes image quality deterioration represented by background fog. Toner production is performed through a classification step of removing particles.

【0008】たとえば、特開昭58−42057号公報
で提案されているようにトナー粉砕法を変更することに
より微粉発生量を抑え収率を向上させるとともに高画質
化をはかった事が示されている。
For example, it has been shown that by changing the toner pulverizing method as proposed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 58-42057, the amount of fine powder generated is suppressed, the yield is improved, and the image quality is improved. There is.

【0009】[0009]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】しかしながら上記のよ
うな構成では、いずれも比較的簡単に微小トナー粒子を
除去する事が可能ではあるが、現像特性変化のため除去
した微小トナー粒子を完全に再利用できないといった問
題や、せっかく分級工程を行っても分級工程後に行う外
添工程によってトナーが割れ、微小トナー粒子が発生す
るといった問題点を有している。
However, although it is possible to remove the fine toner particles relatively easily in any of the above-mentioned structures, it is possible to completely remove the fine toner particles removed due to the change in the developing characteristics. There is a problem that the toner cannot be used, and even if the classifying process is carried out, the toner is cracked by the external addition process performed after the classifying process to generate fine toner particles.

【0010】これは、分級工程を経た微小トナー粒子を
再度混練工程に戻して利用するとバインダー樹脂が熱ス
トレスを複数回受けるため分子量分布が変化することや
トナー表面が凹凸をもつ事に起因している。
This is because when the fine toner particles that have undergone the classification process are returned to the kneading process and used again, the binder resin is subjected to heat stress a plurality of times so that the molecular weight distribution changes and the toner surface has irregularities. There is.

【0011】本発明はこのような事態に対処すべくなさ
れたものであって、バインダー樹脂の軟化点以上の温度
を持つ熱風気流中に分級工程前の磁性トナーを分散させ
る工程を用いて、熱処理により磁性トナー表面に本来分
級工程で除去される5μm以下の微小磁性トナー粒子を
固定化させ、トナー表面凹凸の減少と同時に微小トナー
粒子の固定化を行い、外添工程によっても微小粒子が発
生せず、トナー作成時の収率を向上させる事を目的とす
る。
The present invention has been made to cope with such a situation, and heat treatment is performed by using a step of dispersing the magnetic toner before the classification step in a hot air flow having a temperature equal to or higher than the softening point of the binder resin. By immobilizing fine magnetic toner particles of 5 μm or less which are originally removed in the classification step on the magnetic toner surface, the fine toner particles are fixed at the same time as the unevenness of the toner surface is reduced, and the fine particles are also generated in the external addition step. First, the purpose is to improve the yield at the time of toner production.

【0012】[0012]

【課題を解決するための手段】上記問題点を解決するた
め、本発明は、少なくともバインダー樹脂と磁性体から
構成される磁性トナーであって、前記バインダー樹脂の
軟化点以上の温度を持つ熱風気流中に分級工程前の前記
磁性トナーを分散させる工程を用いて、熱処理により前
記磁性トナー表面に本来分級工程で除去される5μm以
下の微小磁性トナー粒子を固定化させる事を特徴とする
ものである。
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a magnetic toner composed of at least a binder resin and a magnetic material, and a hot air flow having a temperature not lower than the softening point of the binder resin. By using a step of dispersing the magnetic toner before the classification step therein, fine magnetic toner particles of 5 μm or less originally removed in the classification step are fixed on the surface of the magnetic toner by heat treatment. .

【0013】磁性トナーの表面凹凸が減少し、5μm以
下の微小磁性トナー粒子がトナー表面に固定化されれ
ば、外添によっても微小トナー粒子の発生がなく、地カ
ブリの少ない画像が得られるだけでなく、通常80%程
度のトナー作成時の収率向上が可能になるわけである。
If surface irregularities of the magnetic toner are reduced and fine magnetic toner particles of 5 μm or less are fixed on the toner surface, the fine toner particles are not generated even by external addition, and an image with less background fog is obtained. Instead, it is possible to improve the yield at the time of toner production by about 80%.

【0014】以下本発明の磁性トナーについて詳細に説
明する。本発明における磁性トナーは少なくともバイン
ダー樹脂と磁性体、必要に応じて電荷制御剤、離型剤、
流動化剤、着色剤から構成される。バインダー樹脂とし
ては公知のものすべてが使用可能であるが、たとえばス
チレン系樹脂、アクリル系樹脂、ポリエステル樹脂、エ
ポキシ樹脂、ビニル系樹脂、テルペン樹脂、フェノール
樹脂、あるいはそれらの共重合体樹脂等が用いられる。
The magnetic toner of the present invention will be described in detail below. The magnetic toner in the present invention includes at least a binder resin and a magnetic material, and if necessary, a charge control agent, a release agent,
It is composed of superplasticizer and colorant. As the binder resin, all known ones can be used, but for example, a styrene resin, an acrylic resin, a polyester resin, an epoxy resin, a vinyl resin, a terpene resin, a phenol resin, or a copolymer resin thereof is used. To be

【0015】磁性体としては、フェライト、マグネタイ
ト、ヘマタイトなどの鉄、マンガン、コバルト、ニッケ
ル、銅、亜鉛、マグネシウムなどの合金や化合物など強
磁性体として知られる物質が使用できる。これらの磁性
体を平均粒径約0.05〜5μm好ましくは0.1〜1μmの微
粉末としてバインダー樹脂100重量部あたり30〜1
00重量部好ましくは40〜90重量部含有させればよ
い。
As the magnetic material, materials known as ferromagnetic materials such as iron, manganese, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, magnesium and other alloys and compounds such as ferrite, magnetite and hematite can be used. These magnetic materials are fine powders having an average particle size of about 0.05 to 5 μm, preferably 0.1 to 1 μm, and 30 to 1 per 100 parts by weight of the binder resin.
00 parts by weight, preferably 40 to 90 parts by weight.

【0016】さらに本発明で使用される磁性トナー中に
は必要に応じて各種染顔料などの電荷制御剤、ポリエチ
レン、ポリプロピレンなどの離型剤、シリカ、アルミ
ナ、ジルコニア、チタニアなどの各種金属酸化物、カー
ボンブラック等の着色剤が含有、あるいは外添されてい
てもよい。
Further, in the magnetic toner used in the present invention, if necessary, a charge control agent such as various dyes and pigments, a release agent such as polyethylene and polypropylene, and various metal oxides such as silica, alumina, zirconia and titania. A colorant such as carbon black may be contained or externally added.

【0017】本発明の磁性トナーは製造法として少なく
とも混合と、混練と、粉砕と、熱処理と、外添処理とか
ら構成される。混合法、混練法、粉砕法としては公知の
方法が用いられる。つまり樹脂と磁性体等の内添剤をヘ
ンシュルミキサー、スーパーミキサー等の高速流動型混
合機で混合を行った後、混練を行う。このときの混練手
法としては公知の加熱混練機を用いて行なうことが出来
る。加熱混練機としては、三本ロール型、一軸スクリュ
ー型、二軸スクリュー型、ハ゛ンハ゛リーミキサー型等の混練物を
加熱してせん断力をかけて練る装置を使用することが出
来る。本実験では池貝鉄工社製のPCM−30型二軸混
練機を使用した。本発明はこれに限るものではない。混
練物はカッターミル等で粗粉砕され、その後衝突板式粉
砕機やロータ回転式粉砕機等で微粉砕される粉砕を経
て、バインダー樹脂の軟化点以上の温度を持つ熱風気流
中に分級工程前の磁性トナーを分散させる工程を用い
て、熱処理により磁性トナー表面に本来分級工程で除去
される5μm以下の微小磁性トナー粒子を固定化させ、
トナー表面凹凸の減少と同時に微小トナー粒子の固定化
を行う。
The magnetic toner of the present invention comprises, as a manufacturing method, at least mixing, kneading, pulverization, heat treatment, and external addition treatment. Known methods are used as a mixing method, a kneading method, and a pulverizing method. That is, the resin and the internal additive such as the magnetic material are mixed by a high speed fluid mixer such as a Henshur mixer or a super mixer, and then kneaded. As a kneading method at this time, a known heating kneader can be used. As the heating and kneading machine, it is possible to use an apparatus for heating a kneaded material such as a three-roll type, a single screw type, a twin screw type, a banbury mixer type, and applying a shearing force to knead the mixture. In this experiment, a PCM-30 type twin-screw kneader manufactured by Ikegai Tekko KK was used. The present invention is not limited to this. The kneaded material is roughly pulverized by a cutter mill, etc., and then finely pulverized by an impingement plate type pulverizer, a rotor rotary pulverizer, etc., before being subjected to a classification process in a hot air stream having a temperature higher than the softening point of the binder resin. By using the step of dispersing the magnetic toner, the fine magnetic toner particles of 5 μm or less originally removed in the classification step are fixed on the surface of the magnetic toner by heat treatment,
At the same time as the toner surface irregularities are reduced, fine toner particles are fixed.

【0018】その後、ヘンシュルミキサー等の外添処理
装置によって外添処理を行い、磁性トナ−が得られる。
Thereafter, an external addition treatment is performed by an external addition treatment device such as a Henshur mixer to obtain a magnetic toner.

【0019】[0019]

【作用】前記のようにして作成された磁性トナーは、磁
性トナーの表面凹凸が減少し、5μm以下の微小磁性ト
ナー粒子がトナー表面に固定化され、外添によっても微
小トナー粒子の発生がないためトナーの流動性が高く、
高画像濃度で地カブリの少ない画像が得られるだけでな
く、トナー作成時の収率向上が可能になるものである。
In the magnetic toner prepared as described above, the surface irregularities of the magnetic toner are reduced, and the fine magnetic toner particles of 5 μm or less are fixed on the toner surface, so that the fine toner particles are not generated even when externally added. Therefore, the fluidity of the toner is high,
Not only can an image with a high image density and less background fog be obtained, but the yield at the time of toner preparation can be improved.

【0020】[0020]

【実施例】以下本発明の実施例について図面を参照しな
がら説明する。本発明はこれに限定されるものではな
い。
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited to this.

【0021】図1は本発明の磁性トナーの構成を示して
いる。磁性トナーはバインダー樹脂1と磁性粉2、電荷
制御剤3、離型剤4、流動化剤5、着色剤6から構成さ
れる。電荷制御剤、離型剤、流動化剤、着色剤は含有さ
せる必要がなければ、含有させなくとも良い。
FIG. 1 shows the structure of the magnetic toner of the present invention. The magnetic toner is composed of a binder resin 1, magnetic powder 2, a charge control agent 3, a release agent 4, a fluidizing agent 5, and a colorant 6. The charge control agent, the release agent, the fluidizing agent, and the coloring agent need not be included, and may not be included.

【0022】(実施例1)実施例1で使用されるトナー
a1の材料組成を(表1)に示した。
(Example 1) Toner used in Example 1
The material composition of a1 is shown in (Table 1).

【0023】[0023]

【表1】 [Table 1]

【0024】(表1)に示した物質を混合後溶融混練
し、冷却後粉砕して体積平均粒径10μmで5μm以下
の微小トナー粒子が47個数%の磁性トナー粉末を得
た。この磁性トナーを350℃の熱気流中に導入しトナ
ー表面樹脂を溶融させ凹凸を減少させると同時に微小ト
ナー粒子を固定化する処理を行った後シリカを外添し、
磁性トナーa1を完成した。
The substances shown in Table 1 were mixed, melt-kneaded, cooled, and then pulverized to obtain a magnetic toner powder having 47% by number of fine toner particles having a volume average particle diameter of 10 μm and 5 μm or less. This magnetic toner was introduced into a hot air stream at 350 ° C. to melt the toner surface resin to reduce irregularities and at the same time immobilize fine toner particles, and then silica was externally added,
Magnetic toner a1 was completed.

【0025】磁性トナーの粒度分布は種々の方法で測定
できるが、本発明ではコールターカウンターを用いて行
った。すなわち、測定装置としてコールターマルチサイ
ザー(コールター社製)を用い、アパチャー径70μ
で、電解液をISOTON(商標)として粒度測定を行
った。
The particle size distribution of the magnetic toner can be measured by various methods, but in the present invention, it was measured using a Coulter counter. That is, a Coulter Multisizer (manufactured by Coulter, Inc.) is used as a measuring device, and the aperture diameter is 70 μm.
Then, the particle size was measured using the electrolytic solution as ISOTON (trademark).

【0026】この磁性トナーの体積平均粒径を測定した
ところ10.2μmであった。この磁性トナーの5μm
以下の微小トナー粒子は12個数%であり、原料からの
収率は97%であった。また、この磁性トナー粉末流動
性をかさ密度で定量したところ、高流動性が得られた。
(表2)に各磁性トナーの平均粒径、5μm以下の微小
トナー粒子量、原料からの収率、かさ密度で定量した流
動性を示した。
The volume average particle diameter of this magnetic toner was measured and found to be 10.2 μm. 5 μm of this magnetic toner
The following fine toner particles were 12% by number, and the yield from the raw materials was 97%. Further, when the fluidity of the magnetic toner powder was quantified by the bulk density, a high fluidity was obtained.
Table 2 shows the average particle size of each magnetic toner, the amount of fine toner particles of 5 μm or less, the yield from the raw material, and the fluidity quantified by the bulk density.

【0027】また、この磁性トナーを松下電器産業
(株)製レーザービームプリンタFP−L330改造機
を使用して4000枚の印字テストを行った。(表3)
に各磁性トナーの画像濃度を示す。
Further, this magnetic toner was subjected to a printing test on 4000 sheets using a modified laser beam printer FP-L330 manufactured by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Table 3)
Shows the image density of each magnetic toner.

【0028】[0028]

【表2】 [Table 2]

【0029】[0029]

【表3】 [Table 3]

【0030】(実施例2)実施例2で使用されるトナー
a2の材料組成を(表4)に示した。
(Example 2) Toner used in Example 2
The material composition of a2 is shown in (Table 4).

【0031】[0031]

【表4】 [Table 4]

【0032】(表4)に示した物質を混合後溶融混練
し、冷却後粉砕して体積平均粒径8μmで5μm以下の
微小トナー粒子が63個数%の磁性トナー粉末を得た。
この磁性トナーを300℃の熱気流中に導入しトナー表
面樹脂を溶融させ凹凸を減少させると同時に微小トナー
粒子を固定化する処理を行った後シリカを外添し、磁性
トナーa2を完成した。
The substances shown in Table 4 were mixed, melt-kneaded, cooled, and then pulverized to obtain a magnetic toner powder containing 63 number% of fine toner particles having a volume average particle diameter of 8 μm and 5 μm or less.
This magnetic toner was introduced into a hot air stream of 300 ° C. to melt the resin on the toner surface to reduce irregularities and at the same time immobilize fine toner particles, and then silica was externally added to complete magnetic toner a2.

【0033】この磁性トナーの体積平均粒径を測定した
ところ8.4μmであった。この磁性トナーの5μm以
下の微小トナー粒子は21個数%であり、原料からの収
率は96%であった。また、この磁性トナーを実施例1
と同様の方法で評価したところ高い画像濃度が得られ
た。
The volume average particle diameter of this magnetic toner was measured and found to be 8.4 μm. The number of fine toner particles of 5 μm or less of this magnetic toner was 21% by number, and the yield from the raw material was 96%. In addition, this magnetic toner is used in Example 1.
A high image density was obtained when evaluated in the same manner as in.

【0034】(比較例1)比較例1で使用されるトナー
b1の材料組成を(表1)に示した。
Comparative Example 1 Toner used in Comparative Example 1
The material composition of b1 is shown in (Table 1).

【0035】(表1)に示した物質を混合後溶融混練
し、冷却後粉砕、分級、シリカを外添して平均粒径10
μmの磁性トナー粉末を得た。
The substances shown in (Table 1) were mixed, melt-kneaded, cooled, pulverized, classified, and silica was added externally to give an average particle size of 10
A magnetic toner powder of μm was obtained.

【0036】この磁性トナーの5μm以下の微小トナー
粒子は11個数%であった。熱気流処理を行なったもの
に比べて収率が悪く、ランニング後は大きく濃度低下し
た。
The number of fine toner particles of 5 μm or less of this magnetic toner was 11% by number. The yield was poorer than that of the one subjected to hot air flow treatment, and the concentration was greatly reduced after running.

【0037】(比較例2)比較例2で使用されるトナー
b2の材料組成を(表1)に示した。
Comparative Example 2 Toner Used in Comparative Example 2
The material composition of b2 is shown in (Table 1).

【0038】(表1)に示した物質を混合後溶融混練
し、冷却後粉砕、シリカを外添して平均粒径10μmの
磁性トナー粉末を得た。
The substances shown in Table 1 were mixed, melt-kneaded, cooled, pulverized, and silica was externally added to obtain a magnetic toner powder having an average particle size of 10 μm.

【0039】この磁性トナーの5μm以下の微小トナー
粒子は46個数%であった。熱気流処理を行なったもの
に比べて流動性が悪く、初期から画像濃度は著しく低か
った。
The number of fine toner particles of 5 μm or less of this magnetic toner was 46% by number. The fluidity was poorer than that of the one subjected to the hot air flow treatment, and the image density was remarkably low from the initial stage.

【0040】(比較例3)比較例3で使用されるトナー
b3の材料組成を(表2)に示した。
(Comparative Example 3) Toner used in Comparative Example 3
The material composition of b3 is shown in (Table 2).

【0041】(表2)に示した物質を混合後溶融混練
し、冷却後粉砕、シリカを外添して平均粒径8μmの磁
性トナー粉末を得た。
The substances shown in Table 2 were mixed, melt-kneaded, cooled, pulverized, and silica was externally added to obtain magnetic toner powder having an average particle diameter of 8 μm.

【0042】この磁性トナーの5μm以下の微小トナー
粒子は63個数%であった。熱気流処理を行なったもの
に比べて流動性が悪く、初期から画像濃度は著しく低か
った。
The number of fine toner particles of 5 μm or less of this magnetic toner was 63% by number. The fluidity was poorer than that of the one subjected to the hot air flow treatment, and the image density was remarkably low from the initial stage.

【0043】[0043]

【発明の効果】以上のように本発明は、バインダー樹脂
の軟化点以上の温度を持つ熱風気流中に分級工程前の磁
性トナーを分散させる工程を用いて、熱処理により磁性
トナー表面に本来分級工程で除去される5μm以下の微
小磁性トナー粒子を固定化させ、トナー表面凹凸の減少
と同時に微小トナー粒子の固定化を行うことによって、
トナーの流動性が高く、高画像濃度で地カブリの少ない
画像が得られるだけでなく、トナー作成時の収率95%
以上を達成することができる。
As described above, according to the present invention, the process of dispersing the magnetic toner before the classifying process in a hot air stream having a temperature equal to or higher than the softening point of the binder resin is used to perform the natural classifying process on the surface of the magnetic toner by heat treatment. By immobilizing the fine magnetic toner particles having a size of 5 μm or less, which are removed by
High fluidity of toner, high image density and less background fog, and 95% yield of toner
The above can be achieved.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of drawings]

【図1】本発明による1個のトナー粒子の概念図FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of one toner particle according to the present invention.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

1 バインダー樹脂 2 磁性粉 3 電荷制御剤 4 離型剤 5 流動化剤 6 着色剤 1 Binder Resin 2 Magnetic Powder 3 Charge Control Agent 4 Release Agent 5 Fluidizer 6 Colorant

フロントページの続き (72)発明者 立松 英樹 大阪府門真市大字門真1006番地 松下電器 産業株式会社内Front page continuation (72) Inventor Hideki Tatematsu 1006 Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】少なくともバインダー樹脂と磁性体から構
成される磁性トナーであって、前記バインダー樹脂の軟
化点以上の温度を持つ熱風気流中に分級工程前の前記磁
性トナーを分散させる工程を用いて、熱処理により前記
磁性トナー表面に本来分級工程で除去される微小磁性ト
ナー粒子を固定化させる事を特徴とする磁性トナー。
1. A magnetic toner comprising at least a binder resin and a magnetic material, wherein the magnetic toner before the classifying step is dispersed in a hot air flow having a temperature equal to or higher than the softening point of the binder resin. A magnetic toner characterized by immobilizing fine magnetic toner particles, which are originally removed in a classification step, on the surface of the magnetic toner by heat treatment.
【請求項2】微小磁性トナー粒子が5μm以下であるこ
とを特徴とする請求項1記載の磁性トナー。
2. The magnetic toner according to claim 1, wherein the fine magnetic toner particles are 5 μm or less.
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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5912101A (en) * 1997-04-04 1999-06-15 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Toner for forming an image, image forming method and heat-fixing method

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