Claims
- 1. A heat-fixable toner composition for electrophotography which comprises a binder and a coloring material wherein the binder comprises a resin mixture prepared by heating at a temperature ranging from 100.degree. C. to 250.degree. C. a resin solution comprising (i) a styrene resin having a weight-average molecular weight ranging from 10,000 to 300,000, (ii) a block copolymer and/or a hydrogenated product thereof containing a styrene moiety in the block copolymer in an amount ranging from 5 to 70% by weight and (iii) at least one solvent therefor selected from the group consisting of toluene, xylene, ethylbenzene, mineral spirit, n-butyl alcohol, iso-butyl alcohol, amyl alcohol, cyclohexyl alcohol, methylisobutyl alcohol, cyclohexanone and butyl acetate and removing said solvent wherein the block copolymer comprises at least one block of styrene and at least one kind of block selected from ethylenic hydrocarbons and conjugated diene hydrocarbons and wherein the block copolymer is in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the styrene resin.
- 2. The heat fixable toner composition according to claim 1 wherein the solvent is selected from the group consisting of benzene, toluene, xylene and ethylbenzene.
- 3. The toner composition for electrophotography according to claim 1 wherein the amount of the block copolymer and/or the hydrogenated product thereof used ranges from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the styrene resin.
- 4. A heat-fixable toner composition for electrophotography which comprises a binder, a coloring material and a low molecular weight wax in an amount ranging from 0.5 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the binder wherein the binder comprises a resin mixture prepared by heating at a temperature ranging from 100.degree. C. to 250.degree. C. a resin solution comprising (i) a styrene resin having a weight-average molecular weight ranging from 10,000 to 300,000, (ii) a block copolymer and/or a hydrogenated product thereof containing a styrene moiety in the block copolymer in an amount ranging from 5 to 70% by weight and (iii) at least one solvent therefor selected from the group consisting of toluene, xylene, ethylbenzene, mineral spirit, n-butyl alcohol, iso-butyl alcohol, amyl alcohol, cyclohexyl alcohol, methylisobutyl alcohol, cyclohexanone and butyl acetate and removing said solvent wherein the block copolymer comprises at least one block of styrene and at least one kind of block selected from ethylenic hydrocarbons and conjugated diene hydrocarbons and wherein the block copolymer is in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the styrene resin.
- 5. The heat fixable toner composition according to claim 4 wherein the solvent is selected from the group consisting of benzene, toluene, xylene and ethylbenzene.
- 6. The toner composition for electrophotography according to claim 4 wherein the amount of the block copolymer and/or the hydrogenated product thereof used ranges from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the styrene resin.
- 7. The toner composition for electrophotography according to claim 4 wherein the low molecular weight wax is a polyolefin having a softening point ranging from 60.degree. to 180.degree. C.
- 8. The toner composition for electrophotography according to claim 4 wherein the amount of the low molecular weight wax used ranges from 0.5 to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the binder.
- 9. A heat-fixable toner composition for electrophotography which comprises a binder and a coloring material wherein the binder comprises a resin mixture prepared by heating at a temperature ranging from 100.degree. C. to 250.degree. C. a resin solution comprising (i) a styrene resin having a weight-average molecular weight ranging from 10,000 to 300,000, (ii) a block copolymer and/or a hydrogenated product thereof containing a styrene moiety in the block copolymer in an amount ranging from 5 to 70% by weight, (iii) at least one solvent therefor selected from the group consisting of toluene, xylene, ethylbenzene, mineral spirit, n-butyl alcohol, iso-butyl alcohol, amyl alcohol, cyclohexyl alcohol, methylisobutyl alcohol, cyclohexanone and butyl acetate and (iv) a low molecular weight wax and removing said solvent wherein the block copolymer comprises at least one block of styrene and at least one kind of block selected from ethylenic hydrocarbons and conjugate diene hydrocarbons and wherein the block copolymer is in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the styrene resin and the low molecular weight wax is in an amount ranging from 0.5 to 2 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the binder.
- 10. The heat fixable toner composition according to claim 9 wherein the solvent is selected from the group consisting of benzene, toluene, xylene and ethylbenzene.
- 11. The toner composition for electrophotography according to claim 9 wherein the amount of the block copolymer and/or the hydrogenated product thereof used ranges from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the styrene resin.
- 12. The toner composition for electrophotography according to claim 9 wherein the low molecular weight wax is a polyolefin having a softening point ranging from 60.degree. to 180.degree. C.
- 13. The toner composition for electrophotography according to claim 9 wherein the amount of the low molecular weight wax used ranges from 0.5 to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the binder.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 08/105,652, filed Aug. 13, 1993 now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/717,010, filed Jun. 18, 1991 now abandoned.
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Continuations (2)
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