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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364636 | Heat transfer paper with peelable film and crosslinked coatings The present invention was directed to a unique heat transfer material for use in transferring an image-bearing coating onto a substrate, such as an article of clothing. The heat transfer material of the present invention may be used in cold peel transfer processes, ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365150 | Process for producing polyester resin for toner A polyester resin for toner which is obtained through polymerization in the presence of a release agent ingredient with a melting point of 60–100° C. or a release agent ingredient comprising an alcohol component, and which has a softening temperature of 100–160... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364791 | Developer carrying member and developing method by using thereof The present invention relates to a developer carrying member for carrying a developer having at least a substrate and a resin-coated layer formed on the surface of the substrate. The developer carrying member is the one which carries a one-component developer to vis... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361443 | Image forming method An image forming method is disclosed. The method includes steps of forming a toner image on an image forming member, transferring the toner image to an image supporting material, by applying an electric field between the image forming member and the image supporting... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354691 | Imaging apparatus and improved toner therefor The invention relates to a liquid toner and imaging apparatus provided with an imaging surface having a liquid toner image formed thereon on fibrous toner particles and carrier liquid. The fibrous toner particles can be composed of a polymer portion and pigment disp... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352984 | Electrophotographic endless belt, electrophotographic apparatus having electrophotographic endless belt, and process for producing electrophotographic endless belt An electrophotographic endless belt containing a polyamide resin, carbon black and a filler, characterized in that the polyamide resin is at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polyamide 610, polyamide 612, polyamide 11 and polyamide 12, the filler... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7335965 | Packaging of electronic chips with air-bridge structures A circuit assembly for fabricating an air bridge structure and a method of fabricating an integrated circuit package capable of supporting a circuit assembly including an air bridge structure. A circuit assembly comprises an electronic chip and a conductive structur... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7323280 | Chemically produced toner and process therefor A toner for developing an electrostatic image comprising toner particles which include a binder resin, a wax and a colorant, wherein the wax has a melting point of between 50 and 150° C., the wax exists in the toner particles in domains of 2 μm or less mean partic... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320848 | Poly(azine)-based charge transport materials An improved organophotoreceptor comprises an electrically conductive substrate and a photoconductive element on the electrically conductive substrate, the photoconductive element comprising: (a) a charge transport material having t... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7309558 | Use of salt-like structured silicas as charge control agents The present invention relates to the use of salt-like structured silicates, in which the cation is NH4+, H3O+, an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, earth metal or transition metal ion or a low molecular weight organic ca... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309731 | Ink-receptive coatings, composites and adhesive-containing facestocks and labels This invention relates to ink-receptive coating compositions and to articles containing a layer formed from such coating compositions. In one embodiment, the articles comprise a polymer film substrate and an ink-receptive layer on the upper surface of the polymer fi... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7300147 | Inkjet printing system with an intermediate transfer member between the print engine and print medium In an inkjet printer, the print head does not print images directly to the print medium. Rather, the print head prints the image to an intermediate transfer member, for example a transfer belt or drum. The transfer member then transfers the image to the print medium... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294358 | Adhesive film exhibiting anisotropic electrical conductivity An anisotropic conductive film includes a release layer, an insulating adhesive matrix on the release layer, and conductive particles distributed in the matrix in a substantially uniform pattern. The film may also include a patterned adhesive layer on the release la... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295788 | Image forming apparatus and process cartridge An image forming apparatus includes an object to be charged whose surface moves. A charging device for charging the object uses an electrical discharge generated by applying a voltage including an alternating current component to a charging member provided in contac... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294671 | Reactive carriers for polymer melt injection The present invention concerns a reactive carrier that forms no by-products during melt injection of polymer into articles such as sheets, films, fibers and containers. The reactive carrier is used to mix additives into the polymer resin. More particularly, the inve... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7273688 | Image forming method and image forming apparatus for same An electrophotographic image forming apparatus capable of reliably forming an image with density gradation, one which does not have a low-quality appearance. The estimated average halftone granularity of the toner image after developing but before electrostatic tran... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274898 | Process cartridge, image forming method, and image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus having a latent electrostatic image bearing member, a metal-containing compound adhesion unit, a latent electrostatic image forming unit, a developing unit, a transferring unit, a fixing unit, and a cleaning unit, in which the rate of vari... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267914 | Electrophotographic photoconductor, process cartridge, image forming apparatus and image forming method An electrophotographic photoconductor, including an electrically conductive substrate, an undercoat layer containing a filler and a binder resin and provided on the substrate, and a photoconductive layer provided on the undercoat layer and containing a binder resin.... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267918 | Toner and method of manufacturing toner Cross-linked type organic fine particles are used as organic fine particles having a core-shell structure to be attached to a base particle, and the cross-linking degree of the core part is made higher than that of the shell part. A toner is manufactured by mixing c... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264867 | Extruded toner receiver layer for electrophotography The invention relates to a receiver sheet for electrophotography comprising a base material having thereon at least one toner receiver layer comprising a mixture of polyolefin and at least one member selected from the group consisting of polyolefin copolymers, amide... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264911 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method The invention provides an image-forming apparatus equipped with a toner container containing toner particles and an endless belt circulating in contact with image carriers carrying electrostatic latent images. The image-forming apparatus forms a toner image on a rec... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266333 | Semiconductive belt and image forming apparatus using the semiconductive belt The present invention provides a semiconductive belt including a substrate and a surface layer, wherein: the substrate contains a resin; the Young's modulus of the substrate is 1000 to 8000 MPa; the surface layer contains a lubricant component, a fibrous filling mat... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262150 | Secure thermally imaged documents susceptible to rapid information destruction by induction A thermally image record material such as a secure document is taught which is susceptible to rapid and bulk destruction of confidential or sensitive information by microwave or high energy absorption. The thermally responsive record material comprises a heat sensit... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262262 | Resin composition for toner and toner The present invention has for its object to provide a resin composition for toner exhibiting excellent low temperature fixation performance, high temperature offset-resistance and anti-blocking performance and enabling a satisfactory color development, as well as a ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261991 | Image forming method and image forming apparatus An image forming method, comprising the steps of: charging a organic photoreceptor having a specific layer including at least a photosensitive layer; forming an electrostatic latent image on the organic photoreceptor; developing the electrostatic latent image to for... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261987 | Azine-based charge transport materials having a bicyclic heterocyclic ring Improved organophotoreceptor comprises an electrically conductive substrate and a photoconductive element on the electrically conductive substrate, the photoconductive element comprising: (a) a charge transport material having the ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258960 | Production apparatus of toner for developing electrostatic images, production method thereof, and toner for developing electrostatic images An apparatus for producing toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, is provided with an inlet section to receive a slurry containing toner particles, impure fine particles having a specific gravity smaller than that of the toner particles and aqueous medi... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250244 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus contains a photoconductor having a support and a photoconductive layer disposed thereon. I(S) at the surface of the photoconductor and I(S) at the interface of the photoconductive layer on the support side are 5.0×10−3 or les... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247414 | Method for producing resin particles and toner using the resin particles A method for producing resin particles mainly made of a resin material using a dispersion liquid in which a dispersoid containing the resin material is finely dispersed in a dispersion medium, the method comprising a dispersion medium removing step which comprises e... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244539 | Magnetic carrier and two-component developer A magnetic carrier includes a magnetic material-dispersed resin core containing at least a magnetic material and a binder resin. The surface of the magnetic material-dispersed resin core is coated with a coating material containing at least a fluorine resin and 1 to... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244488 | Electrophotographic transfer paper An electrophotographic transfer paper has a substrate and a thermoplastic foamed resin layer which is provided on at least one surface of the substrate and has pores. In the electrophotographic transfer paper, the temperature at which the viscosity of the thermoplas... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241547 | Toner, method for forming image using the toner, and process cartridge A toner exhibits excellent image characteristics, and also has an excellent charging property even if the toner is used in a cleaning-simultaneous-with-developing system having a direct injection charging mechanism. The toner includes toner particles and non-magneti... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238410 | Heat transfer paper with peelable film and discontinuous coatings The present invention is directed to a unique heat transfer material for use in transferring a discontinuous coating onto a substrate, such as an article of clothing. The heat transfer material of the present invention may be used cold peel transfer processes, resul... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234806 | Phase change ink imaging component with fluorosilicone layer An offset printing apparatus having a coated imaging member for use with phase-change inks, has a substrate, an optional intermediate layer, and thereover an outer coating with a fluorosilicone material, and an optional heating member associated with the offset prin... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228099 | Cleaning device for cleaning a surface of an image support body A cleaning device, a process cartridge, an image forming apparatus and toner are disclosed to maintain improved cleaning performance for a long time. The cleaning device includes a cleaning blade, an antifriction agent coating part and a toner removing part. The cle... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223511 | Developer carrying member and developing method by using thereof The present invention relates to a developer carrying member for carrying a developer having at least a substrate and a resin-coated layer formed on the surface of the substrate. The developer carrying member is the one which carries a one-component developer to vis... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220522 | Electrophotographic photoreceptor, method for manufacturing the electrophotographic photoreceptor, and image forming method, image forming apparatus and process cartridge using the electrophotographic photoreceptor A photoreceptor including a photosensitive layer including a specific diamine compound, or a photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate; a photosensitive layer located overlying the electroconductive substrate; and optionally a protective layer located o... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7220523 | Bridged charge transport materials having two bicyclic heterocycle hydrazones Improved organophotoreceptor comprises an electrically conductive substrate and a photoconductive element on the electrically conductive substrate, the photoconductive element comprising: (a) a charge transport material having the ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7220527 | Image forming apparatus and an image forming method An image forming apparatus, comprising: an electrophotographic photoreceptor and an intermediate transfer member, wherein the photoreceptor and the intermediate transfer member have a condition represented by Formula 1: Wa | 05/22/2007 |
| 7214423 | Wear resistant fluoropolymer Disclosed is a fluoroelastomer loaded with an inorganic filler which is coupled to the fluoroelastomer by a titanate, zirconate or aluminate for use as a base layer and/or a release layer on a fuser, transfix, receiver or rheological transfer member in a copy machin... | 05/08/2007 |
