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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:
Feb. 20, 1990
Filed:
May. 10, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans U Kaufl, Oberschleissheim, DE;
Hans J Vedder, Puchheim, DE;
Assignee:
AGFA-Gevaert AG, Leverkusen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 346-11 ; 346108 ;
Abstract
A method of and an apparatus for making thermocopies in which a receiving material and an ink carrier member are synchronously advanced into a sublimation area opposite each other in a predetermined relationship therebetween, and the ink carrier member is heated linewise by a modulated laser beam to provide for pixelwise heating of the ink carrier member to enable transfer of an ink layer of a predetermined density from the ink carrier ribbon to the receiving material.