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US 4,708,460 AGranted
Simultaneous transfer and fusing in electrophotography
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorMichael J. Langdon
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Abstract
An apparatus in which a copy of an original document is formed. A liquid image is transferred from a photoconductive member to an intermediate member positioned closely adjacent thereto. The liquid image is subsequently simultaneously transferred and fused onto a copy sheet to form a copy of the original document.
Claims24
An apparatus for forming a copy of an original document, including:
- a member having a liquid image of liquid carrier with toner particles dispersed therein deposited thereon;
- an intermediate member positioned to have a portion thereof closely adjacent said member;
- means for attracting the liquid image from said member to said intermediate member;
- and
- means for transferring at least the toner particles from said intermediate member to a copy sheet and fusing simultaneously the toner particles to the copy sheet in image configuration to form the copy of the original document.
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An electrophotographic printing machine of the type having an electrostatic latent image recorded on a photoconductive member, including:
- means for developing the electrostatic latent image recorded on the photoconductive member with a liquid carrier having toner particles dispersed therein to form a liquid image thereon;
- an intermediate member positioned to have a portion thereof closely adjacent said photoconductive member;
- means for attracting the liquid image from said photoconductive member to said intermediate member;
- and
- means for transferring at least the toner particles from said intermediate member to a copy sheet and fusing simultaneously the toner particles to the copy sheet in image configuration to form the copy of the original document.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.