The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventors:
Steven M. Malachowski, East Rochester, NY (US);
Eric Joseph Young, Webster, NY (US);
Jay L. Schneider, Canandaigua, NY (US);
Assignee:
XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/08 (2006.01); G03G 9/097 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/0815 (2013.01); G03G 9/0819 (2013.01); G03G 9/097 (2013.01); G03G 9/09708 (2013.01); G03G 9/09725 (2013.01); G03G 9/09733 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process includes adding a particulate toner additive to toner particles to form a slurry, filtering the slurry to form a filter cake, the particulate toner additive functioning as a filtration aid, and washing the filter cake, after the washing step the toner particles have a portion of the particulate toner additive adhered thereto, and de-agglomerating/drying the toner particles with the additive, after the drying step the toner particles have a portion of the particulate toner additive adhered thereto.