Compliant transfer member having multiple parallel electrodes and method of using

US5701567A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Rodney R. Bucks · Webster, US
• Patricia Dwyer · Redwood City, US
• Thomas Nathaniel Tombs · Brockport, US
• William B. Vreeland · Webster, US
• Robert E. Zeman · Webster, US
• John W. May · Rochester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 1996
• Grant date: Dec 23, 1997
• Expiry date: May 30, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03G15/162
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A transfer member includes separately addressable electrodes separated from the surface of the member by a compliant layer. Preferably, the member is an intermediate transfer member having a thin, hard outer layer usable to receive toner images from an image member and to transfer them to a receiving sheet.