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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7858279 | Overprint compositions for xerographic prints Xerographic prints with a toner-based image and an overprint, said overprint based on radiation curable compositions containing a radiation curable oligomer/monomer, at least one photoinitiator and at least one surfactant, are disclosed. The overprints are particula... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7625683 | Image forming method, a processing cartridge and an image forming method using the same An image forming method is disclosed, the method includes forming a latent image by irradiating an organic photoreceptor by a semiconductor laser or a light emission diode emitting light of a wavelength of from 350 to 500 nm, and developing the latent image by a dev... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7498111 | Electrophotographic photoreceptor and an image forming method employing the same Disclosed is an electrophotographic photoreceptor which comprises a layer on a support, wherein the photoreceptor satisfies a condition represented by Formulas 1 and 2; 0 | 03/03/2009 |
| 7343112 | Image forming apparatus using hypochromatic toner and hyperchromatic toner The image forming apparatus has an image forming portion capable of forming an image on a transferring medium by the use of a hypochromatic toner and a hyperchromatic toner of substantially the same color. The image forming portion is provided with a developing devi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341813 | Electrophotographic photoreceptor, electrophotographic member, process cartridge and image forming apparatus The present invention provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor and an electrophotographic member, which have superior mold releasing and sliding properties and are able to maintain these properties over long periods of time, the photoreceptor comprising a first... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7320850 | Magenta toner A magenta toner is provided which contains at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax, in which a maximum heat-absorption peak temperature as measured using a differential scanning calorimeter, a reflectance at a predetermined wavelength when measured in a powde... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320852 | Carrier for developer for developing electrostatic latent image, developer using same and image forming method using same A carrier for use with a toner as a two-component type developer for developing an electrostatic image, comprising spherical magnetic core particles, and a resin layer covering each of said core particles and containing at least two resistance controlling materials ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7315712 | Electrophotographic image recording apparatus and method therefore In an electrophotographic image recording apparatus apparatus including a photoconductive image bearing member, a charging apparatus for uniformly charging the image bearing member, an exposure apparatus for effecting an imagewise exposure on a surface of the image ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7303615 | Colorant material, and water dispersion, ink, ink tank, recording unit, recording apparatus and recording method using the same There is provided a colorant material comprising a compound represented by at least one of the following general formulas (1) and (2) as a first colorant compound and at least one of a water insoluble triphenylmethane compound and a water insoluble xanthene compound... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7288356 | Toner kit, deep-color cyan toner, pale-color cyan toner, and image forming method The present invention provides: a toner kit having a deep toner and a pale toner which are separated from each other, wherein: the deep toner and the pale toner satisfy prescribed conditions for an L*a*b* color coordinate system where a* represents a hue in the red-... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7267916 | Electrophotographic photoreceptor, and image forming method, image forming apparatus and process cartridge therefor using the electrophotographic photoreceptor An electrophotographic photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate and a photosensitive layer located overlying the electroconductive substrate, wherein an outermost layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a particulate fluorine-containing... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267864 | Image supporting material, method for use thereof and image forming apparatus utilizing the same The present invention provides an image supporting material for fixably supporting a color toner image, the material including a base material, a light scattering layer provided on the base material and containing a white pigment and a thermoplastic resin, and a col... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267974 | Polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesizing microorganism and process of producing polyhydroxyalkanoate using the same Microorganisms showing higher productivity of unusual-polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) than ever by using an inexpensive substrate or under specific conditions are obtained from wild strains and mutant strains. The microorganisms are cultured with such substrates to synth... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7253213 | Anionic and Lewis base photopolymerization process and its use for making optical articles The invention relates to a process for polymerising a monomer, polymerizing and/or crosslinking an oligomer, or crosslinking a polymer or copolymer, said monomer, oligomer, polymer and copolymer being selected among precursor monomers, urethane, thiourethane and epi... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7242900 | Oil-less fuser member A fuser member includes a substrate and an outer layer comprising a polymeric material, wherein the polymeric material is post-halogenated to provide a post-halogenated polymeric material. The fuser member is advantageously used without a release oil applied to the ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234586 | Self-cleaning foodstuff conveyors A conveyor suitable for use, e.g., in food processing apparatus, includes particular procedures and arrangements for decontaminating the surface of the conveyor. The conveyor surface is subject first to a mechanical cleaning, e.g., by spraying of liquid followed by ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228004 | Method for sharpening a digital image A method of sharpening a digital image having image pixels values includes the steps of: determining a Dmin value, representing a value corresponding to a minimum possible exposure for a system that produced the digital image; for each pixel value in the ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223523 | Demonstration kit and method for enhancing and/or demonstrating photoactive properties A method is provided for simulating and/or demonstrating and/or enhancing photoactive properties, such as hydrophilicity, of a surface, such as a photoactive surface. One embodiment includes providing a photoactive surface and applying a peroxide-containing material... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220459 | Method for finishing a manufactured article by powder painting A method for finishing a manufactured article by powder painting, comprising the step of applying, on a surface to be decorated of the manufactured article, one decorative layer obtained by means of the transfer by controlled migration of powder particles which orig... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7220526 | Image forming method An image forming method which can provides excellent cleaning property, no occurrence of unusual noise or curling of a blade, and a high quality image. The method includes forming a latent image on a cylindrical electrophotographic photoconductor including a mass ad... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7209673 | Image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus a forming unit forms an image using a light color toner and a dark color toner having the same hue as the light color toner. A patch image is formed with the light color toner and the dark color toner, and has different image density le... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205046 | Electrophotographic lamination film, a method of producing the same, and a method of forming an image The present invention provides an electrophotographic lamination film which can be easily laminated by using the film as it is without significantly modifying a conventional electrophotographic device, can be printed with letters of high resolution directly on a sur... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7190919 | Intermediate transfer device and image forming device An intermediate transfer device has: an intermediate transfer belt supported by a plurality of belt supporting mechanisms so as to be able to circulate, and having elasticity at least in a direction of circulating; a first bias applying mechanism applying a first bi... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187899 | Fuser having reduced axial temperature droop An apparatus is provided for fixing toner to a substrate including a heated fusing roller having a fusing surface. A heater element is located inside the fusing roller. A nip forming member cooperates with the fusing roller to define a fusing nip. A passive temperat... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180631 | Gloss-imparting device and color image-forming apparatus A gloss-imparting device for imparting a gloss on a color image, the gloss-imparting device has a transparent toner image-carrying body, a transparent toner image-forming unit, a heating/pressurizing unit, and a cooling/releasing unit. The transparent toner image-ca... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7158282 | Electrophoretic display and novel process for its manufacture This application is directed to electrophoretic displays and semi-finished display panels comprising display cells prepared from the microcup and top-sealing technologies. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153621 | Electrophotographic photoreceptor and image forming apparatus using the photoreceptor An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a photosensitive layer on an electroconductive substrate, wherein nitrate ion is present on the surface of the photosensitive layer in an amount of from 50 to 300 μg per 1 m2 of the surface of the photosensi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7138213 | Cyan toner and method for forming an image The present invention provides a cyan toner including: one or plural heat-absorption peaks in a temperature range of 30 to 200° C. in a heat-absorption curve obtained by using a differential scanning calorimeter; a maximal value of a maximum heat-absorption peak te... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7125634 | Reversibly color changing undercoat layer for electrophotographic photoreceptors An imaging member includes an electroconductive support containing an electroconductive layer thereon; thereover a first layer comprising a metal alkyloxide, an amino siloxane, and a color change material dispersed in a binder; wherein the color change material is a... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7112453 | Retentate chromatography and protein chip arrays with applications in biology and medicine This invention provides methods of retentate chromatography for resolving analytes in a sample. The methods involve adsorbing the analytes to a substrate under a plurality of different selectivity conditions, and detecting the analytes retained on the substrate by d... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104643 | Using continuous spray inkjet system for accurately printing titanium oxide based inks Method and apparatus for producing an accurately positioned white layer to serve as an undercoat for inkjet process colors imaging on a substrate, by accurately ink jetting a colorless loosely-bonded frame onto the substrate, thereby defining an area to be imaged, i... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7082873 | Inexpensive, wash-free integrated cover for printing press transfer cylinders The invention is a simple, inexpensive, wash-free integrated cover for a printing transfer cylinder (preferably, but not necessarily, in a Komori press), comprising a flexible jacket covering permanently attached to a cylinder base cover. The invention provides adva... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7070860 | Laminated film for electrophotography and method for producing same, and image forming method The invention provides an electrophotographic laminated film and a method for producing the electrophotographic laminated film. The electrophotographic laminated film comprises a substrate and at least one of a coating layer and a function control means provided on ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7060407 | Image removing method, image removing device, and image forming apparatus An image removing method including bringing an outermost layer of a removing member into contact with an image fixed on an image support without applying a liquid to the image while heating the image and the outermost layer; and separating the removing member from t... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7052817 | Information recording medium and method of producing the same An information recording medium including at least one electrophotographic laminate film in which a surface resistance of at least one surface is in a range of 108 to 1013 Ω/□, and on which a toner image corresponding to information is forme... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7045265 | Electrophotographic color toner Electrophotographic color toner prepared as a mixture of white toner and chromatic color toner in an electrophotographic toner composition at least containing a colorant, a binder resin and an additive, wherein a colorant of the white toner is one member selected fr... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7045321 | POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE CONTAINING UNIT WITH PHENYLSULFANYL STRUCTURE IN THE SIDE CHAIN, PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION, CHARGE CONTROL AGENT, TONER BINDER AND TONER WHICH CONTAIN NOVEL POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE, AND IMAGE-FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS WHICH MAKE USE OF THE TONER A polyhydroxyalkanoate characterized by having in the molecule a unit represented by Chemical Formula (1): wherein n may assume any one integral value within the range of from 1 to 8. Also disclosed are a process for p... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046952 | Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus Since a fluorine treatment or the like is applied on a surface of an intermediate transfer belt (10), and thus, the surface bears water repelling property, when fixer (92) is supplied from a fixing apparatus (90) to surface parts of the intermed... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7018768 | Organosols comprising a chromophore, methods and uses Amphipathic copolymers are provided comprising one or more S portions and one or more D portions. The copolymers have a chromophore covalently bonded thereto via a urethane, urea or amide linkage. These copolymers provide exceptionally useful components in toner com... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6996358 | Toner kit, toner, method for forming an image, and image forming apparatus A color image forming apparatus forms an image using a deep toner and a pale toner at least for one color such that the pale toner is used to form an image in a high lightness area, and the pale toner and the deep toner are used in combination to form the image in a... | 02/07/2006 |
