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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. 09, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Yamasaki, Amagasaki, JP;
Satoshi Deishi, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399237 ; 430117 ;
Abstract
In the present invention, in forming an electrostatic latent image on the surface of an image carrying member, holding ink in an ink carrying member in an ink developing device, and supplying the ink to the electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the image carrying member, to form an ink image on the image carrying member, the critical surface tension on the surface of the image carrying member is larger than the surface tension of the ink.