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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:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/516 ; G03G 1/508 ; G03G 1/301 ; G03G 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/516 ; G03G 1/508 ; G03G 1/301 ; G03G 9/00 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is disclosed in which a specific toner is used, and a transferring means has a transfer roller which is in contact with the surface of an electrostatic image bearing member and rotates when the electrostatic image bearing member rotates. The toner is comprised of particles which have a weight average particle diameter of 4 to 12 &mgr;m, and in a circularity distribution for particles 3 &mgr;m or more in circle-equivalent diameter which are included in the toner, particles having a circularity of 0.90 or more account for 90% by number or more.