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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:

Chiseki Yamaguchi, Niigata, JP;

Kazunori Shindo, Niigata, JP;

Ryosuke Uematsu, Niigata, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/510 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/510 ;
Abstract

Liquid developer of different colors capable of being formed in a film shape are used to form developed images on a plurality of photosensitive drums . The developed images are successively transferred from the photosensitive drums onto an image carrier belt so as to be overlaid on one another while applying an electrostatic force. In the color developed image formed on the image carrier belt , the solid component ratio of the liquid developer is increased to form the color developed image into a film shape, which is transferred and fixed to a recording medium.


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