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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. 04, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399302 ; 430126 ; 399318 ; 399237 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including an device for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a latent image carrying member using a liquid developer containing toner particles dispersed in a fluid medium, and an intermediate transfer member having a surface layer onto which is transferred the developer image from the image carrying member, water absorption of the surface layer being in the range between 0.15 and 10.0 percent by weight.