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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yasuyuki Tsutsumi, Saitama, JP;
Shigeki Nishimura, Saitama, JP;
Kazuya Yamanoi, Saitama, JP;
Tadashi Kiyama, Saitama, JP;
Kazuo Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 5/147 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 5/147 ;
Abstract
In an image recording apparatus, the surface of an image carrier is formed of a material having a high affinity to particulates the particle size of which is smaller than toner and the surfaces of which have been treated to be hydrophobic, so that a layer of the particulates treated to be hydrophobic is retained on the surface of the image carrier.