Ionographic charging apparatus and processes
US5777651A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 30, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jul 7, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 30, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S430/102
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for charging an ionographic member, comprising an electrically insulating substrate containing affixed thereto a plurality of electroded grooves each capable of retaining a single wettable fiber, thereby forming a collection of fibers in contact with the substrate; a resin layer that isolates said fibers from each other, and that adheres the fibers to the electroded grooves; providing an ionically conductive fluid to said collection of fibers; applying an electrical bias to said fibers thereby transporting ions through the fibers to the surface of said ionographic member and which ions charge said member.
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