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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:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shirou Wakahara, Chiba, JP;
Nobuhiko Nakano, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/06 ;
Abstract
In an image forming unit having a toner supplying section and a printing section, the toner supported on the toner support is caused to jump through gates so as to pass through the gates and adhere to the paper which is being conveyed from a paper cassette, whereby an image is formed directly on the paper. In this configuration, the jumping of toner from the toner support is controlled based on the application time of the voltage applied to the control electrode, and/or other factors.