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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:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
May. 10, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399252 ; 399258 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for an electrophotographic process utilizes an agglomerate of toner powder so as to avoid scattering of toner powder. When the agglomerate is crushed or de-agglomerated to fine toner powder, only toner powder having a proper particle size for electrophotography is selected by a mesh member through which the toner must pass. The process can be utilized for a single component toner developing system and a component toner developing system.