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Liquid toner image conditioning roll having image protection surface layer

US5745826A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 21, 1997
Grant dateApr 28, 1998
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Expiry dateJan 21, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/0626
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image protecting conditioning roll for conditioning developed images in a liquid immersion development reproduction machine. The image protecting conditioning roll includes a rigid, conductive and porous core; an absorbent intermediate layer formed over the rigid core; and an inelastic image protecting top, outer layer formed over the absorbent intermediate layer, for contacting and protecting an image being conditioned, by preventing undesirable image offset and image smearing.

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