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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:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2001
Kenichi Takahara, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrophotographic apparatus having a development unit for forming a toner image by developing an electrostatic latent image formed at a surface of a latent image holding member by liquid developer, a drying unit for vaporizing a portion of liquid carrier included in the developer by supplying drying gas to the liquid developer at the surface of the latent image holding member, a heating unit for heating the toner image formed on the surface of the latent image holding member and a transfer unit for transferring the heated toner image from the surface of the latent image holding member to a recording medium, further including a cover for a gas flow path guiding the supplied drying gas to a heated area of the surface of the latent image holding member heated by the heating unit along the latent image holding member and having liquid carrier recovery unit for recovering the drying gas guided to the heating area thereby to prevent vapor of the liquid carrier produced at plural locations from leaking out and in a small-sized apparatus.
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