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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:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2006
Applicants:
Yasuo Katano, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuneo Kurotori, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyasu Hirasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromichi Komai, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuo Katano, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuneo Kurotori, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyasu Hirasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromichi Komai, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 13/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fixing liquid is provided which fixes a toner comprising a resin on a recording medium, in which a fluid particle comprising a component which dissolves or swells at least a portion of the resin comprised in the toner is dispersed in a dispersive medium, as a micro-emulsion.