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Single toner color image display apparatus and method

US4809040A · kind A · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 30, 1987
Grant dateFeb 28, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 30, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09F9/372
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for displaying graphic or pictorial intelligence, including half tones and the like. The system includes an endless belt having an electrically insulating externally facing surface; an electrostatic charge writing head for depositing an electrostatic charge pattern on said belt in correspondence to a desired image to be formed thereupon; a developing station for depositing toner upon said electrostatic image to render same visible; means to move said belt past said imaging and development stations and to a viewing position whereat said display may be seen by a user; and a casing enclosing said belt, writing head, and developing station, one side of the casing being provided with a transparent wall to enable the developed image to be perceived by the user.

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