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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7338533 | Methods of fire retarding textiles with aqueous suspensions of pentabromobenzyl acrylate A process for the fire retardation of textile materials comprising applying to the textile materials aqueous suspensions of finely ground pentabromobenzyl acrylate particles, suspending agents chosen from xanthan gums, anionic purified suspending agents, nonionic pu... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7294441 | Method and apparatus for using a transfer assist layer in a tandem electrophotographic process utilizing adhesive toner transfer A method of producing a composite image on a final image receptor from image data in a single pass electrophotographic system is provided. The method includes steps for applying liquid transfer assist material comprising charged particles of transfer assist material... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292797 | Toner quantity measuring device, method of measuring toner quantity and image forming apparatus A toner quantity measuring device, a method of measuring toner quantity and an image forming apparatus are provided that can accurately measure the toner quantity in an environmentally friendly manner, without having to make contact with a toner carrier and within a... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288347 | Method of applying spot varnish to xerographic image and emulsion aggregation toners for use therein A method of forming a xerographic image having at least one portion with a gloss different from a gloss of another portion of the xerographic image includes xerographically forming a toner image on a surface of a substrate and forming a finish over the toner image a... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7232632 | Color toners and image forming method using the color toners A method for forming a full color image including: forming at least yellow, magenta and cyan color toner images on a receiving material to form a full color image thereon; and fixing the full color image upon application of heat thereto while not contacting the full... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233755 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus which reduces abrasion of a photosensitive drum caused by a rotary brush such as an charging brush for electrically charging the surface of a photosensitive drum or a cleaning brush for cleaning the surface of a photosensitive drum. The ro... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7214757 | Polyurethane elastomers and shaped articles prepared therefrom Disclosed herein are polyurethane elastomers and shaped articles prepared therefrom comprising charge-control agents to provide electrical conductivity to the elastomers, thereby allowing for their use in electrophotographic processes. The elastomers comprise a poly... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7195852 | Liquid toner compositions comprising an amphipathic copolymer comprising a polysiloxane moiety The invention provides liquid toner compositions in which the polymeric binder is chemically grown in the form of copolymeric binder particles dispersed in a liquid carrier. The polymeric binder includes one amphipathic copolymer comprising one or more S material po... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7186491 | Negatively charged coated electrographic toner particles Negatively charged coated toner particles are provided that comprise a plurality of polymeric binder particles that are substantially free of negatively charged pigment and a coating material comprising at least one negatively charged pigment coated on the outside s... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7183031 | Positively charged coated electrographic toner particles Positively charged coated toner particles are provided that comprise a plurality of polymeric binder particles that are substantially free of positively charged pigment and a coating material comprising at least one positively charged pigment coated on the outside s... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183030 | Negatively charged coated electrographic toner particles and process Negatively charged coated toner particles are provided that comprise a polymeric binder particle and a coating material. The coating material comprises at least one visual enhancement additive coated on the outside surface of the polymeric binder particle. Electrogr... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182334 | Air diffusing vacuum transport belt An air diffusing vacuum transport belt including a first perforated layer and a second non-perforated layer is provided for transporting image carrying substrates without vacuum belt induced image defects. The first perforated layer includes a top surface and a bott... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7166405 | Organosol including high Tg amphipathic copolymeric binder and liquid toners for electrophotographic applications The invention provides liquid toner compositions in which the polymeric binder is chemically grown in the form of copolymeric binder particles dispersed in a liquid carrier. The polymeric binder includes one amphipathic copolymer comprising one or more S material po... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164498 | Color matching for a printing process using more than four colorants using a four-colorant color management system A method for representing a digital image in an extended CMYK color space that has an extended color gamut. The image is for output to an output device that uses a set of more than four colorants and is capable of reproducing the extended color gamut. The method inc... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7144621 | Method of manufacturing laminated seamless belt and laminated seamless belt A laminated seamless belt having at least a base layer and an outer layer. The base layer contains a polyester thermoplastic elastomer as its main component. The base layer has a volume resistivity set to not less than 1.0×106(Ω·cm) nor more than 1.0×... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7135260 | Imaging system The invention provides an imaging system wherein toners of two or more colors are used to form toner images and the toner images are successively used to form a color image on a recording material. The imaging system can form an image with high transfer efficiency. ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7135264 | Organosol including amphipathic copolymeric binder and use of the organosol to make dry toners for electrographic applications The present invention relates to amphipathic copolymeric binder particles chemically grown in a substantially nonaqueous liquid carrier to form an organosol. The invention also pertains to dry particulate electrographic toners incorporating an organosol comprising a... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7109968 | Non-spherical cavity electrophoretic displays and methods and materials for making the same Disclosed herein are novel electrophoretic displays and materials useful in fabricating such displays. In particular, novel encapsulated displays are disclosed. Particles encapsulated therein are dispersed within a suspending, or electrophoretic, fluid. This fluid m... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105263 | Dry toner comprising encapsulated pigment, methods and uses Dry electrographic toner particles are provided that comprise at least one visual enhancement additive encapsulated within an amphipathic copolymer. The amphipathic copolymer comprises one or more S portions and one or more D portions. Methods of making and methods ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099600 | Image forming device that performs density detection During a first rotation of a photoconductor, latent electrostatic images for color correction processing patterns are formed on the photoconductor, and the latent electrostatic images are developed into the color correction processing patterns in each of four colors... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7074537 | Organosol liquid toner including amphipathic copolymeric binder having crystalline component Liquid electrographic toners are derived from organosols incorporating amphipathic copolymeric binder particles that include polymerizable, crystallizable compounds chemically incorporated into the dispersed portion of the copolymer. The invention further provides o... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7067028 | Process for forming image A process for forming an image, the process including the steps of: forming, on a surface of an image receiving layer of an image receiving body A, an adhesive first image including an adhesive composition by using an electrophotographic technique; forming an inorga... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065316 | Cleaning unit, process cartridge, image forming apparatus, and toner A cleaning unit is equipped with a cleaning blade that is in contact with a surface of a photosensitive drum and cleans the surface. A peak temperature of a loss tangent (tan δ) is in a range of 2° C. to −30° C. when a sine-wave vibration of 10 Hz is applied to... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7060408 | Liquid toner comprising encapsulated pigment, methods and uses Liquid electrographic toner compositions are provided that comprise at least one visual enhancement additive encapsulated within an amphipathic copolymer. The amphipathic copolymer comprises one or more S portions and one or more D portions. Methods of making and me... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7046423 | Separation of encapsulated particles from empty shells Methods and systems for separating encapsulated particles from empty shells. One method involves providing a mixture including at least one dipolar particle encapsulated in a shell and at least one shell which does not encapsulate a dipolar particle. The mixture is ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7026090 | Process for forming image A process for forming an image, the process including the steps of: forming, on a surface of an image receiving layer of an image receiving body A, an adhesive first image including an adhesive composition by using an electrophotographic technique; forming an inorga... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027115 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a first transparent substrate having a plurality of electrodes, a second transparent substrate, a liquid crystal interposed between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate, an illumination light s... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022535 | Thin film forming device, method of forming a thin film, and self-light-emitting device Measure of forming an EL layer by selectively depositing through evaporation a material for forming the EL layer at a desired location is provided. When a material for forming an EL layer is deposited, a mask (113) is provided between a sample boat (111 | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022444 | Color image forming method and apparatus, and microcapsule toner for use therewith A color image forming method and apparatus using larger microcapsules each of which contains a plurality of kinds of smaller microcapsules scattered within the larger microcapsule, reacting substances that are mixed with each other to perform a coloring reaction bei... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7018754 | Image forming method An image forming method is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of forming a latent image on a latent image carrying member, developing the latent image by a developer containing a toner, transferring the toner image onto an intermediate transfer member, transf... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7018760 | Ceramic toner for electro-photographic printing A ceramic toner which is transferable to a high-temperature resistant glass, glass ceramic or ceramic substrate by electrophotographic printing and which can be fired in a subsequent temperature process, containing color pigment particles in addition to special glas... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016632 | Electrophotographic toner and development process using chemically prepared toner Development systems and methods for developing using chemically prepared toners are disclosed. The present invention further discloses developers used in development systems. The use of chemically prepared toners with hard magnetic carrier particles with a non-magne... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7014973 | Organosol including amphipathic copolymeric binder made with Soluble High Tg Monomer and liquid toners for electrophotographic applications The invention provides liquid toner compositions in which the polymeric binder is chemically grown in the form of copolymeric binder particles dispersed in a liquid carrier. The polymeric binder includes one amphipathic copolymer that comprises the residue of a Solu... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008740 | Transfer member and manufacturing method thereof, and image forming apparatus using the same The present invention provides a transfer member containing a polyimide resin and carbon black. The carbon black has a pH value of no more than 5 and a volatile component of at least 3.5%, and the content of carbon black is 22 to 30 parts by weight relative to 100 p... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7005225 | Organosol including amphipathic copolymeric binder having crystalline material, and use of the organosol to make dry tones for electrographic applications The present invention relates to amphipathic copolymeric binder particles that incorporate polymerizable crystallizable compounds chemically incorporated into a dispersible (D) portion and/or solvatable (S) portion of the copolymer. The invention also pertains to dr... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7002728 | Electrophoretic particles, and processes for the production thereof Copper chromite particles can advantageously be used as black particles in electrophoretic media and displays. Preferably, the copper chromite particles are coated with a silica coating and a polymer coating. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6970154 | Fringe-field filter for addressable displays The display kit of the present invention comprises: an addressable display medium configured to exhibit a first aspect under the influence of an addressing vector field in a first direction at an addressing magnitude; and an addressor; where the addressor is configu... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6942951 | Image forming method The present invention provides an image forming method for efficiently thermoelectrically transferring and fixing a toner image formed on an electrostatic latent image carrier without scattering of the toner. The image forming method comprises the steps of charging ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6929847 | Transfer materials A transfer material and method of use for transferring monochrome and full colour images produced by a xerographic process or dry toner printing onto a substrate. The process requires the use of film form polymethylpentene material as the transfer material which is ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6921616 | Electrostatic photographic image forming method A color image forming method is disclosed. The following steps are repeated; the steps for forming a latent image on a photoreceptor and developing the latent image by a developer to form a color toner image on the photoreceptor; collectively transferring the color ... | 07/26/2005 |
