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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. 24, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masahiro Hosoya, Okegawa, JP;
Mitsunaga Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimitsu Ohtaka, Mishima, JP;
Mitsuharu Endo, Susono, JP;
Yukio Futamata, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430122 ; 430125 ; 430903 ; 118652 ; 355296 ;
Abstract
An image forming method which includes the steps of providing a developing agent holder for holding one component developing agent layer arranged to contact a latent image holder, developing a latent image on the latent image holder and to simultaneously clean up the developing agent adhering to the surface a non-latent image area on the latent image holder, wherein the cleaning up is carried out under the condition expressed by the following formula: