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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1984
AGFA-Gevaert N.V., Mortsel, BE;
Abstract
Method of transferring a liquid xerographic toner image between two elements one of which is a flexible sheet advancing along a straight line path and the other is advancing synchronously along an arcuate path around a fixed axis which path at one point is in close spaced proximity to the straight line path. The flexible element is supported by its margins alone and its unsupported region is subjected to a biasing force to deflect the same toward the other element and bring a liquid toner image, which is previously deposited, e.g., by developing an electrostatic charge pattern with liquid toner, on one of the mutually facing surfaces of the two elements, into direct contact with both element surfaces maintaining such surfaces apart. During the passage of the two elements through the point of close proximity an electrical potential gradient is applied across the elements during such passage to transfer the liquid toner from the surface on which it is deposited to the other element surface.