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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1991
Noriyoshi Chiba, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of and apparatus for reclaiming an inked sheet which includes a conductive ink layer formed on an insulating supporter, and in which the ink layer has transferred parts and untransferred parts remaining without being transferred; comprising the fact that an electrode (10 FIG. 1) is brought into contact with the insulating supporter (2), that conductive ink (7) to be introduced into the transferred parts (4) is conveyed to a position which confronts the electrode (10) with the inked sheet (1) intervening therebetween and which does not contact with the inked sheet (1), that a predetermined voltage is applied between the electrode (10) and the conductive ink (7), thereby to fly and supply the conductive ink (7) into each transferred part (4), and that the supplied conductive ink (7) in each transferred part (4) is fixed (14). Thus, the conductive ink (7) can be supplied without contacting with the inked sheet (1), and the supply of the conductive ink (7) need not be synchronized with the conveyance of the inked sheet (1).