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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:
May. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/506 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/506 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for an electrographic printer or copier provides a first layer of toner particles is deposited on a first toner receiving surface by a force field. The amount of toner actually applied is detected at at least one point in the first layer. The force field is modified according to changes in the actual amount of toner from the predetermined amount of toner.