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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:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshinobu Umetani, Yamatotakada, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ; G03G / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399237 ; 346 742 ; 4301066 ; 430112 ; 430114 ;
Abstract
A magnetic image forming apparatus includes a developer for developing a magnetic latent image. The developer has a liquid ink and particles of a resin to be dispersed in the liquid ink. The particles contain magnetic powder formed of plural parts dispersed in each of the particles of the resin. The apparatus also includes a stirrer for stirring the developer in a storage device. Also, there is a restrictor for limiting an amount of developer to be supplied.