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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:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shu Chang, Webster, NY (US);
Lawrence Floyd, Jr, Rochester, NY (US);
Santokh S Badesha, Pittsford, NY (US);
Donald S Sypula, Penfield, NY (US);
John F Knapp, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399237 ;
Abstract
An image protecting conditioning roll for conditioning developed images in a liquid immersion development reproduction machine. The image protecting conditioning roll includes a rigid, conductive and porous core; an absorbent intermediate layer formed over the rigid core; and an inelastic image protecting top, outer layer formed over the absorbent intermediate layer, for contacting and protecting an image being conditioned, by preventing undesirable image offset and image smearing.