Resin emulsion
AssigneeKao Corporation
InventorsHiroshi Mizuhata, Takashi Kubo, Takashi Mukai
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a resin emulsion being produced by neutralizing a resin binder containing acid group with a basic compound in an aqueous medium wherein the resin binder containing acid group contains a polyester produced from a raw monomer composition containing a trivalent or higher-valent polyhydric alcohol in an amount of 1 to 15 mol %; a process for producing the resin emulsion; and a toner for electrophotography using the resin emulsion. In the resin emulsion of the present invention, a resin is readily emulsified therein even when using a crosslinked polyester as the resin, and the resin emulsion is substantially free from hydrolysis of the resin and can produce a toner having an excellent heat-resistant storage property.
Claims20
A process for producing a toner for electrophotography, comprising:
- (A) (A-1) obtaining a resin binder comprising an acid group-containing polyester having an acid value of 6 to 30 mg KOH/g produced from a raw monomer composition comprising a trivalent or higher-valent polyhydric alcohol in an amount of 1 to 15 mol % by polycondensing at a temperature of 180 to 250° C. by using an esterification catalyst,
- (A-2) dispersing the resin binder after adding a combination of an anionic surfactant and a nonionic surfactant to the resin binder,
- neutralizing the obtained dispersion with a basic compound in an aqueous medium;
- and thereafter,
- emulsifying the resin in the aqueous medium by adding an aqueous liquid to obtain a neutralized resin emulsion;
- and
- (B) aggregating and unifying emulsified resin particles contained in the obtained neutralized resin emulsion,
- wherein said neutralizing is conducted at a temperature not lower than a glass transition point but not higher than a softening point of the resin binder, and wherein said aqueous liquid is added to the neutralized dispersion at a temperature not lower than the glass transition point but not higher than the softening point of the resin binder to emulsify the resin in the aqueous medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.