Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Emulsion aggregation process
- Patent Title (中): 乳液聚集过程
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Application No.: US13850654Application Date: 2013-03-26
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Publication No.: US09329508B2Publication Date: 2016-05-03
- Inventor: David John William Lawton , David R. Kurceba , Frank Ping-Hay Lee , Daniel McDougall McNeil , Santiago Faucher
- Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CT Norwalk
- Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Norwalk
- Agency: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- Main IPC: G03G9/08
- IPC: G03G9/08 ; G03G9/087

Abstract:
The method of manufacturing toners disclosed herein includes a continuous temperature ramp and coalescence process that involves continuously passing toner slurry, such as an aggregated toner slurry, through at least one heat exchanger before being subjected to a cooling step. The heat exchanger is pressurized, so the temperature of the slurry may be increased above the atmospheric boiling point of water without boiling the water component of the slurry. Because of these higher temperatures, the coalescence step can be completed more quickly than in conventional batch processes. More than two heat exchangers may be connected in the coalescence step, yielding multiple ramping/cooling temperature steps, ability to inject components, or recycling heat from the process to reduce energy consumption.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140295346A1 EMULSION AGGREGATION PROCESS Public/Granted day:2014-10-02
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