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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:
Mar. 26, 1996
Filed:
May. 30, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard J Bonino, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Gene F Day, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Assignee:
Phoenix Precision Graphics, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355256 ; 118660 ;
Abstract
An electrostatic recorder or copier having a toning shoe that includes a plurality of fluid supply channels in a bifurcation means for separating fluids, to avoid back pressure in the toning shoe. The bifurcation means substantially separates a flow of return air from a flow of return toner in the toning shoe by defining a plurality of fluid return channels. The electrostatic recorder or copier also includes a backing support spaced apart from the applicator so as to flexibly retain a recording medium in close proximity to a toning surface of the toning shoe.