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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. 07, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tetsurou Sasamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399 45 ; 399 57 ;
Abstract
Conserving a resource in an image-forming device is accomplished by reducing a wasteful or unused portion in a thin layer of liquid toner developer. Based upon the size of an image-carrying medium, the thin layer of the liquid toner developer is variably formed.