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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:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399279 ; 399302 ; 430109 ;
Abstract
An apparatus unit includes a detachably mounted unit having a developing sleeve, a toner and a toner applicator, all of which are enclosed by an outer casing. The toner has a shape factor SF-1 of 100-150 and is formed of 100 parts binder, 1-20 parts of a non-magnetic color and 5-40 parts wax and has a specific storage modulus ratio (a) at 60.degree. C. and 80.degree. C. and (b) at 155.degree. C. and 190.degree. C., of at least 80 for (a) and of 0.95-5 for (b). Toner images are visualized by forming an electrostatic image, developing the electrostatic image with the toner, transferring the toner image to a transfer material and fixing the toner image by heat and pressure.