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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:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masahiko Matsuura, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Mizuno, Osaka, JP;
Takaji Kurita, Osaka, JP;
Masashi Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ; G03G 1/514 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ; G03G 1/514 ;
Abstract
A non-fixing type image receiving sheet to which toner particles are made adhere in a removable manner and an image forming apparatus. The image receiving sheet has a large number of concave portions accepting toner particles and a large number of convex portions protecting toner particles are formed on a surface of the image receiving sheet. The image forming apparatus has a sheet charging apparatus which charges the surface of the image receiving sheet to a polarity opposite to a charged polarity of toner particles, in advance of a transferring process.