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US 12,346,062 B2Granted
Toner, toner storage unit, image forming apparatus and method of forming image
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsToshihiko Sugiyama, Junichi Watanabe, Yuka Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Yamashita, Kazuoki Fuwa, Tsuneyasu Nagatomo
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Abstract
A toner includes a binding resin; and a metal crosslinking agent that forms a metal crosslinking with the binding resin. A measurement curve of a storage elastic modulus G′ in a dynamic viscoelasticity measurement has a maximum value in a range of 100° C. or more.
Claims20
A toner comprising:
- a binding resin;
- and
- a metal crosslinking agent that forms a metal crosslinking with the binding resin,
- wherein a highest temperature among inflection points where a measurement curve of a storage elastic modulus G′ of the toner shifts from upper convexes to lower convexes is 100° C. or higher.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.