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Toner release coating

US8304066B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

18Claims

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Assignee

Lexmark International, Inc. · US

Inventors

Richard Kent Anderson · Georgetown, US
Martin Victor DiGirolamo · Lexington, US
Mark W. Johnson · Glenshaw, US
David Starling MacMillan · Winchester, US
Robert Watson McAlpine · Lexington, US
Donald Wayne Stafford · Georgetown, US
Jason Carl True · Lexington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 11, 2008
Grant date	Nov 6, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 13, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/265
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A toner release coating may be applied to a toner regulating member such as a doctor blade. The toner release coating may reduce toner adhesion at a doctoring pre-nip location of the doctor blade. The toner release coating may be formed from a mixture of lubricating particulate and polymeric binder resin in a liquid carrier.

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