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US 8,974,995 B2Granted
Carrier resins with improved relative humidity sensitivity
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsRichard P N Veregin, Qingbin Li, Andriy Kovalenko, Sergey Gusarov
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Abstract
The disclosure describes acrylate carrier resins, optionally, with a C/O of at least about 4, comprising a heterocycle comprising sulfur, exhibiting high charge and improved RH sensitivity, carrier compositions comprising the acrylate-coated carriers and developers comprising a toner and the acrylate-coated carrier.
Claims18
A toner carrier comprising a solid core coated with a resin comprising at least one first monomer having a structure as set forth in formula (I) or isomers thereof:
- wherein R1 is methyl or H;
- and R2 is an aryl, a cyclic heteroalkyl, cyclic heteroalkylalkyl or a cyclic heteroalkylaryl comprising at least one sulfur atom, and wherein the resin has a carbon:oxygen (C/O) ratio of at least about 4.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.