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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:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399134 ; 219216 ;
Abstract
A method of forming fixed images including charging a photoconductor; exposing the photoconductor to light; developing an electrostatic latent image so that a toner is applied to the electrostatic latent image formed on the photoconductor to form a visible image; transferring the formed visible image to a recording medium; and fixing the transferred visible image onto the recording medium, such that the toner is a thermally dissociating encapsulated toner and the fixing process is carried out at a temperature of not less than 40.degree. C. and not more than 120.degree. C.