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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:
Nov. 10, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael E Long, Penfield, NY (US);
David L Van Galio, Brockport, NY (US);
Samuel S Brody, Pittsford, NY (US);
Mark J Robbins, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ; B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
503227 ; 428195 ; 428913 ; 428914 ;
Abstract
A method of solvent fusing thermal images is disclosed herein an inert gas is bubbled through a liquid solvent to vaporize the solvent. The solvent temperature is controlled. The vaporized solvent fuses the image.