Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for heat-and-pressure fixation of toner images

US4910108A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 23, 1989
Grant dateMar 20, 1990
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Expiry dateJan 23, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G13/20
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a process of image production by the steps of developing an electrostatic charge pattern with toner particles comprised of coloring matter in a thermoplastic resin binder and dispersed in a carrier liquid and fixing the pattern-wise deposited toner particles while still damp with said carrier liquid on a support by simultaneously subjecting the same to heat and pressure, the toner particles have at 120.degree. C. a melt viscosity when dry of from 500 to 100,000 Pa.s, a mean average diameter of from 0.1 to 5 .mu.m, and a ratio of coloring matter to resin binder of from 1/1 to 1/9 by weight.

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