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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:
Apr. 02, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert A Landis, Kettering, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Mead Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219388 ; 219216 ; 355290 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus glosses a developer sheet which has a resin layer coated on one side thereof which glosses at a predetermined temperature T. The sheet is placed with the resin side thereof in contact with a conductive heating element, preferably a porous belt. Heat is applied to the resin side of the sheet by the heating element to bring the sheet from its ambient temperature to a temperature just below the glossing temperature T.