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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:
Jul. 28, 1992
Filed:
May. 14, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355326 ; 355208 ; 355328 ; 355 32 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus which develops two latent images formed on a photoreceptor with developing agents respectively containing first and second toners of different colors, and is so constructed that, a clear image is obtained by processing mixed-color separation to restrain the mixed-color as much as possible, in response to respective consumptions of a first toner and a second toner, or every time a fixed amount of first toner is consumed, and further, in response to the amount of first toner mixed into a second developing agent detected when a fixed amount of first toner is consumed.