Abstract:
A pneumatic pulverizer comprises an acceleration pipe for transporting powders under acceleration by a high pressure gas, a pulverization chamber, a collision member for pulverizing the powders ejected from the acceleration pipe by a force of collision, the collision member being provided against the outlet of the acceleration pipe, a raw material powder supply inlet provided on the acceleration pipe, and a secondary air inlet provided between the raw material powder supply inlet and the outlet of the acceleration pipe.
Abstract:
A toner for developing an electrostatic latent image is produced by classifying a pulverized feed material in a first classifying means into coarse powder and fine powder; pulverizing the coarse powder and feeding back the pulverized product to the first classifying means; introducing the fine powder to a second classifying means having a multi-division classification zone divided into at least three sections, where it is classified into a coarse powder portion, a median powder portion, and a fine powder portion; and feeding back the coarse powder to said pulverizing means or first classifying means. The median powder has a volume average particle diameter of from 4 .mu.m to 10 .mu.m and a coefficient of variation of number distribution, represented by A, satisfying the following condition: 20.ltoreq.A.ltoreq.45, and the weights B, C, F, G and M are controlled to satisfy the expressions: 0.3 .ltoreq.weight B/weight C.ltoreq.0.8, 0.2.ltoreq.weight G/weight C.ltoreq.0.7 and 0.8.ltoreq.weight B/(weight F+weight M).ltoreq.1.2.
Abstract:
A separator for classifying powder with air current, comprises a powder feed pipe and a classifying chamber, provided in said separator; a guide chamber provided at the upper part of said classifying chamber to communicate with said powder feed pipe; a plurality of introducing louvers provided between said guide chamber and said classifying chamber, at which the powder is flowed in from said guide chamber to said classifying chamber through the openings between said introducing louvers together with carrying air; an inclined classifying plate raised at its central part, provided at the bottom of said classifying chamber; classifying louvers provided along the side wall of said classifying chamber, through the openings of which the air is flowed to produce a whirling stream by which said powder fed into said classifying chamber together with carrying air is centrifugally separated into fine powder and coarse powder; a discharge opening provide at the central part of said classifying plate and from which the classified fine powder is discharged; a fine powder discharge chute connected to said discharge opening; and a discharge opening formed along the periphery of said classifying plate and from which the classified coarse powder is discharged.
Abstract:
A process for producing a toner. The process has the steps of dispersing a fine-particle colorant in a liquid monomer mixture containing at least a liquid polymerizable monomer, dispersing the resulting colorant-dispersed liquid monomer mixture in an aqueous dispersion medium to form particles of a polymerizable monomer composition, and polymerizing polymerizable monomers present in the particles in the aqueous dispersion medium to form toner particles. In the dispersion step, a media particle agitation type wet-dispersion machine is used as a dispersion means. The dispersion machine has a cylindrical vessel having a first wall surface having a liquid-feed opening and a second wall surface having a liquid-discharge opening. The vessel is inside provided with an inner chamber and an outer chamber which are partitioned with a cylindrical separator having slits, a rotor set in the inner chamber rotatably by the rotary drive motion of a drive shaft, and a plurality of spherical media particles held in the inner chamber.
Abstract:
A pneumatic pulverizer comprises an accelerating tube for carrying and accelerating powder to be pulverized with high-pressure gas and a pulverizing chamber for pulverizing the powder to be pulverized. The back end of the accelerating tube is provided with a pulverization powder feed port for feeding powder to be pulverized to the accelerating tube, the pulverizing chamber has an impact member having an impact surface opposed to the opening plane of the outlet of the accelerating tube, and a side wall against which the powder to be pulverized that has been pulverized by the impact member collides to further pulverize. The closest distance from the side wall to a margin of the impact member is shorter than the closest distance from the front wall of the pulverizing chamber opposed to the impact surface to the margin of the impact member to prevent pulverized powder from fusing, coagulating, and getting coarser, and prevent localized abrasion of an impact surface the impact member and the accelerating tube.
Abstract:
A continuous mixing device for mixing continuously powder, comprising a casing having a mixing chamber inside of the device, a rotary shaft included within said casing, a rotatable stirring blade axially supported with said rotary shaft, and a fixed blade fixed inside of said casing, wherein said stirring blades and fixed blades are provided in plural numbers. A process for producing a toner composition of developing electrostatic latent images, comprising introducing colored particles having at least a binder resin and a colorant, and a powdery additive into a continuous mixing device, said continuous mixing device comprising a casing having a mixing chamber inside of the device, a rotary shaft included within said casing, a rotatably stirring blade axially supported with said rotary shaft, and a fixed blade fixed inside of said casing, wherein said stirring blades and fixed blades are provided in plural numbers; and mixing the colored particles and the powdery additive to obtain a toner composition.
Abstract:
A toner for developing electrostatic latent images is produced by a process comprising the steps of: (a) stirring at least water, hardly water-soluble inorganic fine powder and a specific compound thereby to prepare an aqueous dispersion medium; (b) adding a polymerizable monomer composition comprising at least a polymerizable monomer and a polymerization initiator to the aqueous dispersion medium; (c) forming particles of the polymerizable monomer composition in the aquoeus dispersion medium; (d) subjecting the particles of the polymerizable monomer composition to suspension polymerization, thereby to produce toner particles; and (e) removing the hardly water-soluble inorganic fine powder attached to the surfaces of the toner particles by an aqueous alkaline or acidic solution.
Abstract:
A process for classifying toner particles supplied through a supply nozzle into at least three fractions in a classifying chamber divided into at least three sections and placed under a reduced pressure under the action of the inertia force of the toner particles supplied together with a gas stream and the centrifugal force of the curved gas stream due to Coanda effect. A first gas introduction pipe and a second gas introduction pipe are disposed above the classifying chamber so as to provide a first inlet and a second inlet opening with the first inlet being disposed closer to the supply nozzle than the second inlet. The absolute values of the static pressures P.sub.1 and P.sub.2 in the first and second gas introduction pipes are controlled so as to satisfy the relations of: .vertline.P.sub.1 .vertline..gtoreq.150 mm.aq., .vertline.P.sub.2 .vertline..gtoreq.40 mm.aq. and .vertline.P.sub.1 .vertline.-.vertline.P.sub.2 .vertline..gtoreq.100 mm.aq.
Abstract translation:将通过供给喷嘴供给的调色剂颗粒分级成至少三个部分的方法,分级室分为至少三个部分,并在与气流一起供应的调色剂颗粒的惯性力作用下放置在减压下, 由于柯达效应导致的弯曲气流的离心力。 第一气体导入管和第二气体引入管设置在分级室的上方,以便提供第一入口和第二入口,第一入口设置成比第二入口更靠近供给嘴。 控制第一和第二气体导入管中的静压力P1和P2的绝对值,以满足以下关系:| | | | | = = 150mm.aq.,| P 2 |> = 40mm.aq 。 和| P 1 | - | P 2 |> = 100mm.aq
Abstract:
A process for producing toner particles, comprising polymerizing in an aqueous dispersion medium a polymerizable monomer composition containing at least a polymerizable monomer and a colorant, to form colored polymer particles, followed by washing and then dehydration to obtain toner particles, and feeding the toner particles into an inside-evacuatable and heatable container to make vacuum heat treatment while introducing into the container an injection medium having a temperature lower than glass transition temperature Tg of the toner particles and selected from the group consisting of i) saturated steam, ii) superheated steam and iii) high-humidity air having an enthalpy of 2,500 kJ/kg (dry air) or higher. Also disclosed is a system which carries out the above process.
Abstract:
A process for producing polymerized toner comprises polymerizing a composition containing a polymerizable monomer and a colorant in a medium to form colored resin particles, separating the particles from the medium by filtration, and drying the separated particles. The separation of the particles from the medium is effected by a decanter-type centrifugal separator equipped with an outer rotary cylinder which contains a screw conveyor freely rotating relative to the cylinder.