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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0881 (2013.01); G03G 15/0815 (2013.01); G03G 15/0865 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming system includes an image carrier to rotate, a developer carrier to rotate, a container to contain the developer carrier, and a developer retainer separated from the rotatable developer carrier by a first gap of closest proximity, separated from the rotatable image carrier by a second gap of closest proximity, and separated from the container by a third gap of closest proximity. The first gap is less than the second gap and the third gap.