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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:
Oct. 11, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shyshung S Hwang, Penfield, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355256 ; 118659 ;
Abstract
An apparatus in which an electrostatic latent image is developed with liquid toner. The apparatus has a liquid extruder that extrudes a thin film of liquid toner which is attracted to the electrostatic latent image forming a liquid image on a photoconductive surface. The extruder is electrically biased to a suitable magnitude and polarity to ensure that the liquid toner is attracted to the latent image. A vacuum is applied on the liquid toner as it is being attracted to the latent image so as to reduce the thickness of the layer coated thereon.