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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. 23, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 27 ; 354301 ; 355 37 ; 430138 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus such as a copier of the type using a light and pressure sensitive material to form a visible image by exposing photosensitive microcapsules to image forming light to thereby form an invisible pattern of selectively hardened microcapsules and pressing these microcapsules against a transfer sheet superposed thereon to rupture the microcapulses according to the pattern to effect chromogenic reactions selectively, is provided with a supplemental light source for exposing areas of the material not intended for forming an image such that unnecessary microcapsules in these areas do not cause stains on components of the apparatus.