Toner bottle for electrostatic latent image developing

Details Toner bottle for electrostatic latent image developing Toner bottle for electrostatic latent image developing

2008-05-27

2011-12-20

Gray, David (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

Image formation

Development

Reexamination Certificate

active

08081908

ABSTRACT:
A toner bottle containing a cylindrical toner container having therein a toner comprising at least a resin, a colorant and an external additive, the toner container having a toner discharge port on an end thereof and a rotation axis along the cylindrical toner container, and the toner container being installable in an image forming apparatus, wherein the toner container has plural protrusions which are intermittently provided in an interior of the cylindrical container, the protrusions having a function to convey the toner toward the toner discharge port when the toner container is rotated around the rotation axis; an X-ray intensity ratio of titanium to silicon (Ti/Si) determined via X-ray fluorescence spectrometry of the toner is 1.0 to 3.0; and a conveyance index of the toner is 2.0 to 10.0 mg/sec.

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Japanese Office Action date mailed Sep. 27, 2011 (3 pages).
English language translation of Japanese Office Action date mailed Sep. 27, 2011 (6 pages).

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