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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:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1997
Muhammed Aslam, Rochester, NY (US);
Robert D Bobo, Ontario, NY (US);
Dennis R Kamp, Churville, NY (US);
Jerry E Livadas, Webster, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A reproduction apparatus utilizing clear marking particles in the development of an image, the clear marking particles being laid down so as to prevent offset upon fusing of an image to a receiver member. The reproduction apparatus is disclosed as including a dielectric member adapted to have latent images formed thereon. A development station, is provided including a plurality of developer units respectively containing marking particles of different colors, at least one developer unit containing black marking particles and another developer unit containing clear marking particles. The development station selectively develops latent images with marking particles from the developer units respectively. A transfer station serves to transfer developed marking particle images to a receiver member, and a fuser assembly fuses a marking particle image on a receiver member. The developing station is controlled such that the developer unit for applying clear marking particles is selectively activated to apply clear marking particles to a receiver member, the clear marking particles uniformly decreasing toward the edges of the receiver member.