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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. 28, 1995
Filed:
May. 31, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Todd L Janes, Lexington, KY (US);
Alexander D Meade, Lexington, KY (US);
Ashok Murthy, Lexington, KY (US);
Pramod K Sharma, Lexington, KY (US);
Peter E Wallin, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3553 / ; 118659 ; 355256 ; 355277 ;
Abstract
In imaging apparatus (1) a contact heater (9) applies heat and electrical bias to a toner image on an intermediate accumulator (5). The bias is of polarity to repel the toner. The toner image is coalesced such that additional heating may be reduced or eliminated at the transfer to paper (7) by pressure roller (11).