EP0226310B1 - Compositions de développeurs xérographiques - Google Patents

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EP0226310B1
EP0226310B1 EP19860308431 EP86308431A EP0226310B1 EP 0226310 B1 EP0226310 B1 EP 0226310B1 EP 19860308431 EP19860308431 EP 19860308431 EP 86308431 A EP86308431 A EP 86308431A EP 0226310 B1 EP0226310 B1 EP 0226310B1
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  • This invention is generally directed to xerographic developer compositions, and more specifically, to developer compositions with coated carrier particles prepared by a dry powder process.
  • the electrostatographic process and particularly the xerographic process, is well known. This process involves the formation of an electrostatic latent image on a photoreceptor, followed by development, and subsequent transfer of the image to a suitable substrate.
  • xerographic imaging processes Numerous different types of xerographic imaging processes are known wherein, for example, insulative developer particles or conductive toner compositions are selected depending on the development systems used.
  • triboelectric charging values associated therewith, as it is these values that enable continued constant developed images of high quality and excellent resolution.
  • carrier particles for use in the development of electrostatic latent images are described in many patents including, for example US-A-3,590,000. These carrier particles may consist of various cores, including steel, with a coating thereover of fluoropolymers; and terpolymers of styrene, methacrylate, and silane compounds. Recent efforts have focused on the attainment of coatings for carrier particles, for the purpose of improving development quality; and also to permit particles that can be recycled, and that do not adversely affect the imaging member in any substantial manner.
  • coated carrier components for electrostatographic developer mixtures comprised of finely-divided toner particles clinging to the surface of the carrier particles.
  • coated carrier particles obtained by mixing carrier core particles of an average diameter of from 30 to 1,000 ⁇ m, with from 0.05 to 3.0 percent by weight, based on the weight of the coated carrier particles, of thermoplastic resin particles. The resulting mixture is then dry blended until the thermoplastic resin particles adhere to the carrier core by mechanical impaction, and/or electrostatic attraction. Thereafter, the mixture is heated to a temperature of from 160 to 343°C for a period of 20 to 120 minutes, enabling the thermoplastic resin particles to melt and fuse on the carrier core.
  • the conductivity values of the resulting particles are not constant in all instances, for example, when a change in carrier coating weight is accomplished to achieve a modification of the triboelectric charging characteristics; and further with regard to the '387 patent, in many situations carrier and developer mixtures with only specific triboelectric charging values can be generated when certain conductivity values or characteristics are contemplated.
  • the conductivity of the resulting carrier particles is substantially constant, and moreover the triboelectric values can be selected to vary significantly, for example, from less than -15 microcoulombs per gram to greater than -70 microcoulombs per gram, depending on the polymer mixture selected for the coating processs.
  • carriers obtained by applying insulating resinous coatings to porous metallic carrier cores using solution coating techniques are undesirable from many viewpoints.
  • the coating material will usually reside in the pores of the carrier cores, rather than at the surfaces thereof; and therefore is not available for triboelectric charging when the coated carrier particles are mixed with finely-divided toner particles.
  • Attempts to resolve this problem by increasing the carrier coating weights, for example, to as much as 3 percent or greater to provide an effective triboelectric coating to the carrier particles necessarily involves handling excessive quantities of solvents, and further usually these processes result in low product yields.
  • solution-coated carrier particles when combined and mixed with finely-divided toner particles, provide in some instances triboelectric charging values which are too low for many uses.
  • the powder-coating process of the present invention overcomes these disadvantages, and further enables developer mixtures that are capable of generating high and useful triboelectric charging values with finely-divided toner particles; and also wherein the carrier particles are of substantially constant conductivity. Further, when resin-coated carrier particles are prepared by the powder-coating process of the present invention, the majority of the coating materials are fused to the carrier surface, thereby reducing the number of toner impaction sites on the carrier material.
  • triboelectric charging parameter is not dependent on the carrier coating weight as is believed to be the situation with the process of US-A-4,233,387 wherein an increase in coating weight on the carrier particles may function to permit an increase in the triboelectric charging characteristics.
  • the carrier compositions and process of the present invention there can be formulated developers with selected triboelectric charging characteristics and/or conductivity values in a number of different combinations.
  • the developers of the present application can be formulated with conductivities of from 10-6 mho (cm) ⁇ 1 to 10 ⁇ 17 mho (cm) ⁇ 1 as determined in a magnetic brush conducting cell; and triboelectric charging values of from a -8 to -80 microcoulombs per gram on the carrier particles as determined by the known Faraday cage technique.
  • the developers of the present invention can be formulated with constant conductivity values with different triboelectric charging characteristics by, for example, maintaining the same coating weight on the carrier particles and changing the polymer coating ratios.
  • developer compositions wherein constant triboelectric charging values are achieved and the conductivities are altered by retaining the polymer ratio coating constant and modifying the coating weight for the carrier particles.
  • the present invention provides a carrier composition for electrophotographic toner in accordance with claim 12, a process for the preparation of such a carrier in accordance with claim 1, and an electrophotographic developer in accordance with claim 5.
  • the carrier particles are comprised of a core with coating thereover generated from a mixture of polymers that are not in close proximity thereto in the triboelectric series.
  • the carrier particles are prepared by a dry coating process wherein a mixture of certain polymers is applied to the carrier producing insulating particles with relatively constant conductivity parameters; and also wherein the triboelectric charge on the carrier can vary significantly depending on the coatings selected.
  • Developer compositions comprised of the carrier particles prepared by the dry coating process of the present invention are useful in electrostatographic imaging systems, especially xerographic imaging processes. Additionally, developer compositions comprised of substantially insulating carrier particles prepared in accordance with the present invention are useful in imaging methods wherein relatively constant conductivity parameters are desired. Furthermore, in the aforementioned imaging processes, the triboelectric charge on the carrier particles can be preselected depending on the polymer composition applied to the carrier core.
  • the carrier particles selected can be prepared by mixing low-density porous magnetic, or magnetically attractable, metal core carrier particles with from, for example, between 0.05 percent and 3 percent by weight, based on the weight of the coated carrier particles, of a mixture of polymers until adherence thereof to the carrier core by mechanical impaction or electrostatic attraction; heating the mixture of carrier core particles and polymers to a temperature, for example, of from 93 to 288°C, for a period of from 10 to 60 minutes enabling the polymers to melt and fuse to the carrier core particles; cooling the coated carrier particles; and thereafter classifying the obtained carrier particles to a desired particle size.
  • carrier particles comprised of a core with a coating thereover comprised of a mixture of a first dry polymer component and a second dry polymer component. Therefore, the aforementioned carrier compositions can be comprised of known core materials including iron with a dry polymer coating mixture thereover. Subsequently, developer compositions of the present invention can be generated by admixing the aforementioned carrier particles with a toner composition comprised of resin particles and pigment particles.
  • Suitable solid core carrier materials can be selected. Characteristic core properties of importance include those that will enable the toner particles to acquire a positive charge or a negative charge; and carrier cores that will permit desirable flow properties in the developer reservoir present in the xerographic imaging apparatus. Also of value with regard to the carrier core properties are, for example, suitable magnetic characteristics that will permit magnetic brush formation in mag brush development processes; and also wherein the carrier cores possess desirable mechanical aging characteristics. Examples of carrier cores that can be selected include iron, steel, ferrites, magnetites, nickel, and mixtures thereof. Preferred carrier cores include ferrites, and sponge iron, or steel grit with an average particle size diameter of from 30 to 200 ⁇ m.
  • polymer coatings selected for for the carrier particles of the present invention include those that are not in close proximity in the triboelectric series.
  • polymer mixtures used are polyvinylidenefluoride with polyethylene; polymethylmethacrylate and copolyethylenevinylacetate; copolyvinylidenefluoride tetrafluoroethylene and polyethylene; polymethylmethacrylate and copolyethylene vinylacetate; and polymethylmethacrylate and polyvinylidenefluoride.
  • Other related polymer mixtures not specifically mentioned herein can be selected.
  • the choice of the polymers selected are dictated by their position in the triboelectric series, therefore for example, one may select a first polymer with a significantly lower triboelectric charging value than the second polymer.
  • the triboelectric charge of a steel carrier core with a polyvinylidenefluoride coating is about -75 microcoulombs per gram.
  • the same carrier, but with a coating of polyethylene has a triboelectric charging value of about -17 microcoulombs per gram.
  • the percentage of each polymer present in the carrier coating mixture can vary depending on the specific components selected, the coating weight and the properties desired.
  • the coated polymer mixtures used contains from 10 to 90 percent of the first polymer, and from 90 to 10 percent by weight of the second polymer.
  • a high triboelectric charging value is desired, that is, exceeding -50 microcoulombs per gram
  • there is selected 90 percent by weight of the first polymer such as polyvinylidenefluoride
  • 10 percent by weight of the second polymer such as polyethylene.
  • a lower triboelectric charging value is required, less than about -20 microcoulombs per gram, there is selected 10 percent by weight of the first polymer; and 90 percent by weight of the second polymer.
  • carrier particles of relatively constant conductivities from 10 ⁇ 15 mho.cm ⁇ 1 to 10 ⁇ 9 mho.cm ⁇ 1 at, for example, a 10 volt impact across a 2.5 mm gap containing carrier beads held in place by a magnet; and wherein the carrier particles are of a triboelectric charging value of from -15 microcoulombs per gram to -70 microcoulombs per gram, these parameters being dependent on the coatings selected, and the percentage of each of the polymers used as indicated hereinbefore.
  • Various means can be used to apply the polymer mixture coatings to the surface of the carrier particles.
  • typical means for this purpose include combining the carrier core material and the mixture of polymers, by cascade roll mixing, or tumbling, milling, shaking, electrostatic powder cloud spraying, fluidized bed, electrostatic disc processing, and an electrostatic curtain.
  • heating is initiated to permit flowout of the coating material over the surface of the carrier core.
  • concentration of the coating material powder particles, as well as the parameters of the heating step may be selected to enable the formation of a continuous film of the coating material on the surface of the carrier core, or permit only selected areas of the carrier core to be coated.
  • the carrier particles When selected areas of the metal carrier core remain uncoated or exposed, the carrier particles will possess electrically conductive properties when the core material comprises a metal.
  • the aforementioned conductivities can include various suitable values. Generally, however, this conductivity is from 10 ⁇ 9 to 10 ⁇ 17 mho-cm- as measured, for example, across a 2.5 mm magnetic brush at an applied potential of 10 volts; and wherein the coating coverage encompasses from 10 percent to 100 percent of the carrier core.
  • Illustrative examples of finely-divided toner resins selected for the developer compositions of the present invention include polyamides, epoxies, polyurethanes, diolefins, vinyl resins and polymeric esterification products of a dicarboxylic acid and a diol comprising a diphenol.
  • vinyl monomers that can be used are styrene, p-chlorostyrene vinyl naphthalene, unsaturated mono-olefins such as ethylene, propylene, butylene and isobutylene; vinyl halides such as vinyl chloride, vinyl bromide, vinyl fluoride, vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, vinyl benzoate, and vinyl butyrate; vinyl esters like the esters of monocarboxylic acids including methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, n-butylacrylate, isobutyl acrylate, dodecyl acrylate, n-octyl acrylate, 2-chloroethyl acrylate, phenyl acrylate, methylaphachloracrylate, methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, and butyl methacrylate; acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, acrylamide, vinyl ethers, inclusive of vinyl methyl
  • esterification products of a dicarboxylic acid and a diol comprising a diphenol reference US-A-3,590,000.
  • Other preferred toner resins include styrene/methacrylate copolymers; styrene/butadiene copolymers; polyester resins obtained from the reaction of bisphenol A and propylene oxide; and branched polyester resins resulting from the reaction of dimethylterephthalate, 1,3-butanediol, 1,2- propanediol and pentaerthriol.
  • toner particles Generally, from 1 part to 5 parts by weight of toner particles are mixed with from 10 to 300 parts by weight of the carrier particles prepared in accordance with the process of the present invention.
  • pigments or dyes can be selected as the colorant for the toner particles including, for example, carbon black, nigrosine dye, lamp black, iron oxides, magnetites, and mixtures thereof.
  • the pigment which is preferably carbon black, should be present in a sufficient amount to render the toner composition highly colored.
  • the pigment particles are present in amounts of from about 3 percent by weight to about 20 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the toner composition, however, lesser or greater amounts of pigment particles can be selected.
  • the pigment particles are comprised of magnetites, which are a mixture of iron oxides (FeO.Fe2O3) including those commercially available as Mapico Black, they are present in the toner composition in an amount of from 10 to 70 percent by weight, and preferably in an amount of from 20 to 50 percent by weight.
  • magnetites which are a mixture of iron oxides (FeO.Fe2O3) including those commercially available as Mapico Black
  • the resin particles are present in a sufficient, but effective amount, thus when 10 percent by weight of pigment, or colorant such as carbon black is contained therein, about 90 percent by weight of resin material is selected.
  • the toner composition is comprised of from 85 to 97 percent by weight of toner resin particles, and from 3 to 15 percent by weight of pigment particles, such as carbon black.
  • magenta materials that may be selected as pigments include 1,9-dimethylsubstituted quinacridone and anthraquinone dye identified in the color index as Cl 60720, Cl Dispersed Red 15, a diazo dye identified in the color index as Cl 26050, Cl Solvent Red 19, and the like.
  • cyan materials that may be used as pigments include copper tetra4(octaecyl sulfonamido) phthalocyanine, X-copper phthalocyanine pigment listed in the color index as Cl 74160, Cl Pigment Blue, and Anthrathrene Blue, identified in the color index as Cl 69810, Special Blue X-2137, and the like; while illustrative examples of yellow pigments that may be selected are diarylide yellow 3,3-dichlorobenzidene acetoacetanilides, a monoazo pigment identified in the color index as Cl 12700, Cl Solvent Yellow 16, a nitrophenyl amine sulfonamide identified in the color index as Foron Yellow SE/GLN, a Dispersed Yellow 33, 2,5dimethoxy- 4-sulfonanilide phenylazo-4'-chloro-2,5-dimethoxy aceto-acetanilide, permanent yellow FGL, and the like. These pigments are generally
  • charge-enhancing additives inclusive of alkyl pyridinium halides, reference US-A-4,298,672; organic sulfate or sulfonate compositions, reference US-A-4,338,390; distearyl dimethyl ammonium sulfate and other similar known charge-enhancing additives. These additives are usually incorporated into the toner in an amount of from 0. 1 to 20 percent by weight.
  • the toner composition of the present invention can be prepared by a number of known methods, including melt blending the toner resin particles and pigment particles or colorants, followed by mechanical attrition. Other methods include those well known in the art, such as spray drying, melt dispersion, dispersion polymerization and suspension polymerization. In one dispersion polymerization method, a solvent dispersion of the resin particles and the pigment particles are spray dried under controlled conditions to result in the desired product.
  • the developer compositions of the present invention may be selected for use in electrostatographic imaging processes containing therein conventional photoreceptors, including inorganic and organic photoreceptor imaging members.
  • imaging members are selenium, selenium alloys, and selenium or selenium alloys containing therein additives or dopants such as halogens.
  • organic photoreceptors illustrative examples of which include layered photoresponsive devices comprised of transport layers and photogenerating layers, see US-A-4,265,990, and other similar layered photoresponsive devices.
  • Examples of generating layers are trigonal selenium, metal phthalocyanines, metal-free phthalocyanines and vanadyl phthalocyanines.
  • charge transport molecules there can be selected the aryl diamines disclosed in the '990 patent. Also, there can be selected as photogenerating pigments, squaraine compounds, thiapyrillium materials, and the like. These layered members are conventionally charged negatively, thus requiring a positively-charged toner.
  • photoresponsive devices useful in the present invention include polyvinylcarbazole 4-dimethylaminobenzylidene, benzhydrazide; 2-benzylidene-aminocarbazole, 4.dimethamino-benzylidene, (2-nitro-benzylidene)-p-bromoaniline; 2,4-diphenyl-quinazoline; 1,2,4-triazine; 1,5-diphenyl-3-methyl pyrazoline 2- (4'-dimethylaminophenyl)-benzoaxzole; 3-aminocarbazole, polyvinyl carbazole-trinitrofluorenone charge transfer complex; and mixtures thereof.
  • developer compositions of the present invention are particularly useful in electrostatographic imaging processes and apparatuses wherein there is selected a moving transporting means and a moving charging means; and wherein there is selected a deflected flexible layered imaging member, see US-A-4,394,429 and 4,368,970.
  • the uncoated carrier core and the polymer powder mixture coating there is initially obtained, usually from commercial sources, the uncoated carrier core and the polymer powder mixture coating.
  • the individual components for the coating are available, for example, from Pennwalt, as 301F Kynar, Allied Chemical, as Polymist B6, and other sources.
  • these polymers are blended in various proportions as mentioned hereinbefore as, for example, in a ratio of 1:1,0.1 0. 1 to 0.9; and 0.5 to 0.5.
  • the blending can be accomplished by numerous known methods including, for example, a twin shell mixing apparatus.
  • the carrier core polymer blend is incorporated into a mixing apparatus, 1 percent by weight of the powder to the core by weight in a preferred embodiment, and mixing is affected for a sufficient period until the polymer blend is uniformly distributed over the carrier core, and mechanically or electrostatically attached thereto. Subsequently, the resulting coated carrier particles are metered into a rotating tube furnace, which is maintained at a sufficient temperature to cause melting and fusing of the polymer blend to the carrier core.
  • Figure 1 is a graph plotting the negative triboelectric charge of the carrier in microcoulombs per gram versus imaging cycles in thousands with a developer composition comprised of 4 percent by weight of a toner composition containing styrene butadiene, 78 percent by weight; magnetite commercially available as Mapico Black, 16 percent by weight; 4 percent by weight of carbon black; and 2 percent by weight of the charge-enhancing additive distearyl dimethyl ammonium methyl sulfate; and 96 percent by weight of carrier particles consisting of a steel core with a coating thereover; 0.7 percent by weight of a polymer blend consisting of 40 percent by weight of polyvinylidenefluoride and 60 percent by weight of polymethylmethacrylate.
  • a developer composition comprised of 4 percent by weight of a toner composition containing styrene butadiene, 78 percent by weight; magnetite commercially available as Mapico Black, 16 percent by weight; 4 percent by weight of carbon black; and 2 percent by weight of
  • Figure 2 is a plot generated in a Faraday cage, in accordance with the procedure described below, of the negative triboelectric charging values of carrier particles comprised of a steel core with various polymer ratios thereover of 301F polyvinylidenefluoride, and polyethylene B available from Allied Chemical, which values were at a 1 percent coating weight.
  • carrier particles with positive triboelectric charging values thereon of from 10 to 80 microcoulombs per gram by, for example, selecting as carrier coatings polyethylene, and polymethylmethacrylates.
  • carrier particles by coating 68040 grams of a Toniolo atomized steel core, 120 ⁇ m in diameter, with 680 grams of a polyvinylidenefluoride, available as Kynar 301F, 1 percent coating weight, by mixing these components for 60 minutes in a Munson MX-1 Minimixer, rotating at 27.5 RPM. There resulted uniformly distributed and electrostatically attached, as determined by visual observation, on the carrier core the polyvinylidenefluoride. Thereafter, the resulting carrier particles were metered into a rotating tube furnace at a rate of 105 grams/min. This furnace was maintained at a temperature of 262°C thereby causing the polymer to melt and fuse to the core.
  • a developer composition was then prepared by mixing 97.5 grams of the above prepared carrier particles with 2.5 grams of a toner composition comprised of 92 percent by weight of a styrene n-butylmethacrylate copolymer resin, 58 percent by weight of styrene, 42 percent by weight of n-butylmethacrylate, and 10 percent by weight of carbon black, and 2 percent by weight of the charge additive cetyl pyridinium chloride. Thereafter, the triboelectric charge on the carrier particles was determined by the Faraday cage process, and there was measured on the carrier a charge of -68.3 microcoulombs per gram.
  • Example I The procedure of Example I was repeated with the exception that 102.0 grams, 0.15 percent coating weight, of polyvinylfluoride was used. There resulted on the carrier particles a triboelectric charge thereon of -33.7 microcoulombs per gram. Also, the carrier particles had a conductivity of 10 ⁇ 9 mho.cm ⁇ 1. Thus, these particles are considered conductive. Therefore, by changing the coating weight from 1 percent to 0.15 percent, there is a significant conductivity change; that is, the carrier particles are converted from being insulating, reference Example I, to being conductive, reference the present Example, and the triboelectric value increased from -68. 3 to -33.7.
  • a developer composition of the present invention was prepared by repeating the procedure of Example I with the exception that there was selected as the carrier coating 680 grams of a polymer blend at a 1.0 percent coating weight of a polymer mixture, ratio 1:9 of polyvinylidenefluoride, Kynar 301F, and polyethylene, available as Polymist B6 from Allied Chemical. There resulted on the carrier particles a triboelectric charge of -17.6 microcoulombs per gram. Also, the carrier particles were insulating in that they had a conductivity of 10 ⁇ 15 mho-cm ⁇ 1.
  • a developer composition was prepared by repeating the procedure of Example III with the exception that there was selected as the carrier coating of a polymer mixture, ratio 9:1, of polyvinylidenefluoride, Kynar 301F, and polyethylene, available as Polymist B6. About 680 grams of the polymer blend, that is a 1.0 percent coating weight, was selected. There resulted on the carrier particles a triboelectric charge of -63 microcoulombs per gram, and the insulating carrier particles had a conductivity of 10 ⁇ 5 mho-cm ⁇ 1.
  • a developer composition was prepared by repeating the procedure of Example III with the exception that there was selected as the carrier coating a blend, ratio 3:2, of a polymer mixture of polyvinylidenefluoride, Kynar 301F, and high density 10.962 grams/milliliters of polyethylene FA520, available from USI Chemical Company. About 340 grams of the polymer blend, that is a 0.5 percent coating weight, was added. There resulted on the carrier particles a triboelectric charge of -29.8 microcoulombs per gram. Also, the resulting insulating carrier particles had a conductivity of 10 ⁇ 14 mho-cm ⁇ 1.
  • a developer composition was prepared by repeating the procedure of Example III with the exception that there was selected as the carrier coating a blend, ratio 7:3, of a polymer mixture of copolyvinylidenefluoride tetrafluoroethylene, available from Pennwalt as Kynar 7201, and a high density, 0.962 grams per milliliter, of polyethylene available as Microthene FAS20 from USI Chemicals Company. About 272 grams of the polymer blend, that is a 0.4 percent coating weight, was added. There resulted on the carrier particles a triboelectric charge of -47.6 microcoulombs per gram. Also, the resulting insulating carrier particles had a conductivity of 10 ⁇ 14 mho-cm ⁇ 1
  • a developer composition was prepared by repeating the procedure of Example VI with the exception that there was selected as the carrier coating a blend, ratio 7:3, a polymer mixture of copolyvinylidenefluoride tetrafluoroethylene, available from Pennwalt as Kynar 7201, and a low density, 0.924 grams per milliliter, polyethylene available from USI Chemicals Company as FN510. About 476 grams of the polymer blend, that is a 0.7 percent coating weight, was added. There resulted on the carrier particles a triboelectric charge of -42 microcoulombs per gram. Also, the resulting insulating carrier particles had a conductivity of 10 ⁇ 15 mho-cm ⁇ 1.
  • a developer composition was prepared by repeating the procedure of Example IV with the exception that there was selected as the carrier coating a blend, ratio 7:3, of a polymer mixture of Kynar 7201, and a copolyethylene vinylacetate, available from USI Chemical Company as FE532. About 476 grams of the polymer blend, that is a 0.7 percent coating weight, was added. There resulted on the carrier particles a triboelectric charge of -33.7 microcoulombs per gram. Also, the resulting insulating carrier particles had a conductivity of 10 ⁇ 15 mho-cm ⁇ 1.
  • a developer composition was prepared by repeating the procedure of Example VIII with the exception that there was selected as the carrier coating a blend, ratio of 2:3, of a polymer mixture of a polyvinylidenefluoride available from Pennwalt as Kynar 301F, and a polymethacrylate available from Fuji Xerox. About 476 grams of the polymer blend, that is a 0.7 percent coating weight, was added. There resulted on the carrier particles a triboelectric charge of -29.5 microcoulombs per gram. Also, the resulting insulating carrier particles had a conductivity of 10 ⁇ 15 mho-cm ⁇ 1.
  • the conductivity values were obtained as indicated herein. Specifically, these values were generated by the formation of a magnetic brush with the prepared carrier particles.
  • the brush was present within a one-electrode cell consisting of the magnet as one electrode and a nonmagnetic steel surface as the opposite electrode. A gap of 2.54 mm was maintained between the two electrodes and a 10 volt bias was applied in this gap. The resulting current through the brush was recorded and the conductivity was calculated based on the measured current and geometry.
  • the conductivity in mho-cm ⁇ 1 is the product of the current, and the thickness of the brush, (about 2.54 mm) divided by the product of the applied voltage and the effective electrode area.
  • triboelectric numbers in microcoulombs per gram they were determined by placing the developer materials in an 8 oz. glass jar, with 2.75 percent by weight toner compositions, placed on a Red Devil Paint Shaker and agitated for 10 minutes. Subsequently, the jar was removed and samples from the jar were placed in a tribo Faraday cage apparatus. The blow off tribo of the carrier particles was then measured.

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  1. Procédé pour la préparation de particules porteuses pour agent de marquage électrophotographique ayant des paramètres de conductivité sensiblement stables, qui comprend :
    le mélange de particules d'un matériau porteur avec un mélange de 10 à 90 pour cent en poids d'un polymère, et de 90 à 10 pour cent en poids d'un autre polymère, les deux polymères n'étant pas au voisinage immédiat l'un de l'autre dans la série triboélectrique;
    le mélange des particules porteuses et du mélange polymère à l'état sec pendant un temps suffisant pour permettre au mélange de polymères d'adhérer aux particules porteuses;
    le chauffage du mélange sec à une température de 93 à 288°C, afin que le mélange de polymères fonde et se fusionne aux particules porteuses, et
    le refroidissement des particules porteuses revêtues obtenues.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les particules porteuses et le mélange de polymères sont chauffés pendant 10 à 60 minutes.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel le mélange comprend 40 à 60 pour cent en poids de l'un des polymères, et de 60 à 40 pour cent en poids de l'autre polymère.
  4. Particules porteuses revêtues par un procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3.
  5. Révélateur électrophotographique comprenant des particules porteuses revêtues selon la revendication 4, mélangées à des particules de résine d'agent de marquage pigmentées.
  6. Révélateur selon la revendication 5, dans lequel les particules de résine d'agent de marquage sont constituées de copolymères de styrène-méthacrylate, de copolymères de styrène-butadiène, de copolymères de styrène-acrylate, ou de polyesters.
  7. Révélateur selon la revendication 5 ou 6, dans lequel les particules de résine d'agent de marquage comportent des additifs d'augmentation de la charge.
  8. Révélateur selon la revendication 7, dans lequel les additifs sont des halogénures d'alkyl pyridinium, des compositions de sulfate organique, ou des composés de sels d'ammonium quaternaires.
  9. Révélateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 5 à 8, dans lequel le matériau constituant le noyau porteur est l'acier, le fer, le nickel, des ferrites ou leurs mélanges.
  10. Révélateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 5 à 9, dans lequel les deux polymères sont le fluorure de polyvinylidène et le polyéthylène; le polyméthacrylate de méthyle et l'acétate de copolyéthylène vinyle; le fluorure de copolyvinylidène, le tétrafluoréthylène et le polyéthylène; le fluorure de copolyvinylidène, le tétrafluoréthylène et l'acétate de copolyéthylène vinyle; ou le polyméthacrylate de méthyle et le fluorure de polyvinylidène.
  11. Révélateur selon la revendication 10, dans lequel, lorsque l'un des polymères est le polyéthylène, il est présent sous sa forme à haute densité.
  12. Composition de particules porteuses pour agent de marquage électrophotographique comprenant des particules formant noyaux revêtues d'un revêtement comprenant une pellicule fondue d'un mélange d'un premier et d'un second polymères qui ne sont pas au voisinage immédiat l'un de l'autre dans la série triboélectrique, ce mélange étant sélectionné dans le groupe constitué du fluorure de polyvinylidène et du polyéthylène; du polyméthacrylate de méthyle et de l'acétate de copolyéthylène vinyle; du fluorure de copolyvinylidène, du tétrafluoréthylène et du polyéthylène; du fluorure de copolyvinylidène, du tétrafluoréthylène et de l'acétate de copolyéthylène vinyle; et du polyméthacrylate de méthyle et du fluorure de polyvinylidène.
  13. Composition de particules porteuses selon la revendication 12, dans laquelle le premier polymère est présent dans une proportion allant d'environ 10 pour cent en poids à environ 90 pour cent en poids, et le second polymère est présent dans une proportion allant d'environ 90 pour cent en poids à environ 10 pour cent en poids.
  14. Composition de particules porteuses selon la revendication 12, dans laquelle le premier polymère est présent dans une proportion allant d'environ 40 à environ 60 pour cent en poids et le second polymère est présent dans une proportion allant d'environ 60 à environ 40 pour cent en poids.
  15. Composition de particules porteuses selon l'une quelconque des revendications 12 à 14, dans laquelle les propriétés de charge triboélectrique des particules porteuses sont indépendantes de leurs conductivités, lesdites propriétés triboélectriques dépendant du rapport entre les polymères présents, et ladite conductivité dépendant du poids de revêtement des polymères sélectionnés.
  16. Composition de particules porteuses selon l'une quelconque des revendications 12 à 15, dans laquelle les particules porteuses ont une valeur de la charge triboélectrique allant d'environ -8 à environ -80 microcoulombs par gramme.
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