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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:
Sep. 15, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tetsuro Morino, Ebina, JP;
Shigeki Yamashita, Ebina, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346-11 ; 3461 / ;
Abstract
In printing images, desired portions of surface of ink are risen by utilizing electrostatic force (Coulomb force), whereby the ink is transferred onto a printing medium placed adjacent to the ink surface. In order to rise the desired portions of the ink level, a printing apparatus has such construction that a plurality of printing electrodes are provided in such a way that the end portions thereof are positioned slightly below the ink surface level, while an auxiliary electrode is disposed opposite to the printing electrodes over the ink surface.