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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. 08, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arthur S Kroll, Rochester, NY (US);
Michael L DeCecca, Fairport, NY (US);
Arthur E Dunn, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355253 ; 355200 ; 355245 ; 355327 ;
Abstract
An applicator of a developing portion of an image-forming apparatus is permanently located with respect to an image member. A plurality of developing units are separately positionable with respect to said applicator for supplying developer to the applicator. Each of said development units can contain toner of different colors. The applicator and image member can be part of a cartridge which is separately loadable into the image-forming apparatus.