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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. 02, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiromitsu Kawase, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Masaru Matsuda, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ; G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430 18 ; 430106 ; 430126 ; 430137 ;
Abstract
A toner composition useful for forming a single or full colored image on a transfer sheet, containing a finely divided coloring agent, and a binder resin, wherein the coloring agent includes a compound oxide pigment and a flux. By sintering a ceramic, such as a tile, on which the image-bearing transfer sheet has been applied, a pattern corresponding to the toner image is formed on the ceramic.