Patent · US Expired

Imaging system with compactor and squeegee

US4974027A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 6, 1989
Grant dateNov 27, 1990
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/169
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus for image transfer including an image bearing surface arranged to support a liquid toner image thereon, including image regions and background regions ,rigidizing means for rigidizing the toner image at the image regions, and squeegee means separate from the rigidizing means for removing excess liquid from the toner image after rigidization thereof, prior to transfer of the image to a substrate.

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