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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:
Apr. 20, 1976
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1974
Fred W Schmidlin, Pittsford, NY (US);
Werner E Haas, Webster, NY (US);
James E Adams, Ontario, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
An imaging system wherein an imaging member comprises a layer of a homeotropically aligned nematic liquid crystalline material which is optically uniaxial residing on a photoconductive insulating layer. When the liquid crystal layer is subjected to an electrostatic charge and the photoconductive insulating layer is exposed to an imagewise pattern of activating electromagnetic radiation, the liquid crystalline material is subjected in selective areas to an electrical field which has components both in the plane of the layer and normal to the plane of the layer thereby inducing optical biaxiality in those areas of the imaging material. In a preferred embodiment of the invention a layer of a suitable overcoating material is arranged over the liquid crystal layer.