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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:
May. 22, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Kloosterman, Penfield, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355218 ; 355228 ; 362800 ;
Abstract
A device for erasing charges from an area of a charged electrophotographic image-bearing member includes a light source mounted on an electroluminescent (EL) panel which has a slot and semi-transparent members that project partially into the slot. Light from the source is restricted to passage through the slot where the semi-transparent members serve to reduce the intensity of part of the light resulting in light of different intensities impinging on the area being erased.