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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:
Jun. 15, 1993
Filed:
May. 19, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355296 ; 430125 ;
Abstract
The invention disclosed relates to an image forming process. The image forming process which comprises a first step of forming an electrostatic latent image on the surface of a photosensitive member, a second step of developing said latent image with spherical toner particles, a third step of transferring the developed image to a transfer material, a fourth step of depositing irregularly shaped toner particles to the surface of the photosensitive member, and a fifth step of cleaning the surface of the photosensitive member by a cleaning blade.