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Electrographic development method and apparatus

US7120379B2 · kind B2 · utility

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42Claims
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Filing dateSep 24, 2004
Grant dateOct 10, 2006
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/06
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates generally to processes for electrographic image development. An electrographic development apparatus is provided wherein a film is adjacent a cylindrical toning shell and a mixture of toner and carrier is particles disposed on the cylindrical toning shell in contact with the film. The cylindrical toning shell is closest to the film at a first location, the mixture of toner and carrier particles being movable through the first location with a flow direction. A magnetic core disposed within the cylindrical toning shell offset toward the cylindrical shell such that a magnetic field strength is greater at the second location than the first location.

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