Patent · US Expired

Cleaning liquid for recycling copy medium for electrophotography

US5605881A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 1994
Grant dateFeb 25, 1997
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC11D3/386
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cleaning liquid which is used for removing an image forming material containing a resin component from surface of a recording medium on which an image is formed by the image forming material in order to permit the recording medium serviceable again as a recording medium, characterized by comprising water, a gelatinizer or a swelling agent which is compatible with water and gelatinizes the resin component of the image forming material, and an enzyme.

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