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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:
Jul. 28, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430 48 ; 430 49 ; 430 60 ; 430353 ; 430618 ; 101467 ;
Abstract
An image-forming member for forming a metal grain image of the type containing a reducible metal compound which is able to isolate metal from it when reduced, and a reducing agent being capable of reducing the metal compound so that there may be formed a metal grain image by the metal isolated from the metal compound at the portion of the member subjected to the action of energy for producing a metal grain image-forming ability and thermal energy is characterized by the provision of a capturing means which is capable of capturing by-product produced from the metal compound upon the isolation of the metal from the metal compound.