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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:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edwin Swartz, Sanford, NC (US);
Gene Thomas, Sanford, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399267 ;
Abstract
A cylindrical sleeve suitable for holding and conveying image forming toner particles is provided by a hollow cylinder of a non-magnetic material the exterior surface of which is texture by sand blasting and then by electrolessly coating the hollow cylinder with a durable uniform thin layer of an alloy of molybdenum, nickel and phosphorus. The interior of the hollow cylinder contains a magnet capable of generating a magnetic field sufficient to hold toner particles on the surface of the cylindrical sleeve.