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US 2023/0135510 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsShintaro YAMADA, Akihiro KAWASAKI, Hiroaki KATOH
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a latent image forming device and a visualizing device. The latent image forming device forms a latent image with an adhesive on a base material. The visualizing device causes particles to adhere to the latent image to visualize the latent image as an uneven image. The particles each contains an insoluble substance.
Claims16
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a latent image forming device configured to form a latent image with an adhesive on a base material;
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- a visualizing device configured to cause particles to adhere to the latent image to visualize the latent image as an uneven image, the particles each containing an insoluble substance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.