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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7276788 | Hydrophobic foamed insulators for high density circuits A conductive system and a method of forming an insulator for use in the conductive system is disclosed. The conductive system comprises a foamed polymer layer on a substrate. The foamed polymer layer has a surface that is hydrophobic, and a plurality of conductive s... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7162810 | Micro tool alignment apparatus and method A micro tool alignment apparatus and method of use is described herein. The micro tool alignment apparatus coarsely aligns multiple imprinting micro tools to one another and includes a plurality of attachment features to facilitate attachment of the micro tool(s) to... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7153624 | Plastic toner and method for producing such a plastic toner A toner and to a method for producing a plastic toner, especially for electrophotography. The base material for the toner, a powder for powder coating, is used and has a grain size distribution of from 1 to 20 μm, particularly 5 to 15 μm, and has additional charge... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6201945 | Polyimide and doped metal oxide fuser components A polyimide film component useful as fusing films and having electrically conductive doped metal oxide fillers dispersed therein, the fusing film having a surface resistivity of from about 104 to about 1012 ohm/sq, and optionally pro... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6037088 | Method of making solar cells A method of making the solar cells includes a step of forming a first electroconductive region on a first surface of a semiconductor substrate having through-holes defined therein and also having an emitter layer formed thereon, a step of disposing the se... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5798200 | Electrophotographic image forming method A method for forming plural images by repeating a process is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of (1) forming an electrostatic latent image on an organic photoreceptor, (2) developing the electrostatic latent image formed on the organic photorecep... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5761597 | Fusing apparatus for a printer An improved fusing apparatus for fixing or fusing images on print media is disclosed wherein a relatively small pressure applying surface, such as the surface of a rotatable pressure wheel, is lubricated with a lubricating medium such as silicone oil, and... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5641568 | Fixing belt A fixing belt is prepared by forming a layer of fluorosilicone rubber or fluorocarbonsiloxane rubber on the outer surface of an endless belt body. The fixing belt shows good toner release and minimal swell with silicone oil and is thus helpful in producin... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5532056 | Fixing belt A fixing belt is prepared by forming a layer of fluorosilicone rubber or fluorocarbon-siloxane rubber on the outer surface of an endless belt body. The fixing belt shows good toner release and minimal swell with silicone oil and is thus helpful in produci... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5529847 | Cured epoxy polysiloxane coated articles useful in toner fusing members Toner fusing members coated with cured epoxy-substituted organopolysiloxane compositions are obtained. Such epoxy-substituted organopolysiloxanes are obtained by hydride-addition of a hydride-substituted organopolysiloxane with an unsaturated epoxy compou... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5503955 | Piezo-active photoreceptor and system application A piezo-active charge retentive member, such as a photoreceptor, has a grounded electrode layer separating a photoreceptive layer and a piezo-active layer. External vibration sources become unnecessary since supplying an A.C. voltage across the piezo-acti... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5474850 | Metal oxide free fluoroelastomer fusing member containing same A fluoroelastomer composition free of metal or metal containing compounds, such as metal, metal alloys, metal salts or metal oxide suitable for the upper layer of a fuser roll which does not require the use of mercapto functional active release agents to ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5464703 | Tin oxide filled dimethylsiloxane-fluoroalkylsiloxane fuser roll for fixing toner to a substrate A fuser member useful for heat-fixing an electrographic toner to a substrate, a composition of matter and a preparation method. The fuser member has a core and a base cushion layer overlying the core. The base cushion layer includes a crosslinked pol... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5464698 | Fuser members overcoated with fluorocarbon elastomer containing tin oxide A fuser member useful for heat-fixing an electrographic toner to a substrate. The fuser member has a core and a layer overlying the core. That layer includes a cured fluorocarbon random copolymer having subunits with the general structures: --(CH2 | 11/07/1995 |
| 5366772 | Fuser member A fuser member comprising a supporting substrate, and a outer layer comprised of an integral interpenetrating hybrid polymeric network comprised of a haloelastomer, a coupling agent, a functional polyorganosiloxane and a crosslinking agent.... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5339146 | Method and apparatus for providing a toner image having an overcoat To create an overcoat on a toner image, a clear heat softenable particulate material is applied to a fusing surface before the fusing surface contacts the toner image in a fusing nip. The particulate material softens in the fusing process and ends up as a... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5336582 | Electrophotographic image formation comprising an arylamine in a charge transport layer and an encapsulated toner An electrophotographic method for image formation comprising forming an electrostatic latent image on an electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising a conductive substrate having formed thereon a photosensitive layer containing a high polymeric arylamine... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5229190 | Handleable card and method of manufacture A card (10) and a method of manufacturing handleable cards includes providing front and back sheets (44, 46) of thin, flexible, opaque material, depositing images on such sheets by electrophotographic process to affix toner particles (14, 32) on the sheet... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5225299 | Photosensitive recording medium and method and apparatus for recording images employing the same A photosensitive recording medium for forming an image through reaction of a dye precursor with a developer material and method and apparatus for recording images employing such a photosensitive recording medium. The photosensitive pressure-sensitive reco... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5176974 | Imaging apparatuses and processes Disclosed are ionographic imaging apparatuses and processes. One apparatus comprises an imaging means, means for applying to the imaging means a liquid material capable of forming a dielectric peel layer adhering to the imaging means, ionographic writing ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5166031 | Material package for fabrication of fusing components A fuser member comprising a supporting substrate having an outer layer of a volume grafted elastomer which is a substantially uniform integral interpenetrating network of a hybrid composition of a fluoroelastomer and a polyorganosiloxane, said volume graf... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5162189 | Toner image pressure transfer method and toner useful therefor Pressure-sensitive, heat-fusible, encapsulated toner particles are provided which have very uniform size and physical characteristics. A method for making the particles is provided wherein a latex copolymer functions as a stabilizer controlling particle s... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5112717 | Method and apparatus for treating toner image bearing receiving sheets A toner bearing thermoplastic layer on a receiving sheet is textured or the gloss is improved by heating the thermoplastic layer from the rear to its glass transition temperature and contacting said sheet with a texturizing surface under sufficient pressu... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5001030 | Method and means for transferring electrostatically charged image powder A method and apparatus for transferring a powder image, consisting of electrostatically charged developing powder, from an image forming medium to an image receiving medium by bringing the image forming medium with the powder image thereon into contact wi... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4977052 | Electro-statographic toner material An electrostatographic toner material suitably employable for the pressure fixing process, which comprises encapsulated toner particles having an average particle size in the range from about 0.5 to 1,000 microns, in which the toner particle comprises a p... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4971844 | Means for fixing or transferring and fixing powder containing thermoplastic resin on a receiving material A device for fixing or transferring and fixing a powder containing thermoplastic resin on to a receiving material under the influence of pressure and heat, in which device the fixing member in pressure contact with the powder during the fixing of the powd... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4935324 | Imaging processes with cold pressure fixable toner compositions A process of imaging which comprises (1) generating an image; (2) developing the image formed with a single component pressure fixable toner composition with a resistivity of from about 104 to about 107 ohm-cm, and comprised of resin... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4933249 | Electrostatographic pressure fixing process using encapsulated toner particles An electrostatographic toner material suitably employable for a pressure fixing process, comprising a core material containing colorant and binder, and shell enclosing the core material, in which the binder comprises a polymer and a solvent having the boi... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4877706 | Single component cold pressure fixable encapsulated toner compositions A cold pressure fixing toner composition comprised of a core containing a polymer component and magnetic pigment particles, and wherein the core is encapsulated within a shell comrised of the interfacial polycondensation reaction of a first polyisocyanate... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4753543 | Electrostatic printing apparatus with heated adjustable pressure toner fixing rolls An electrostatic printing apparatus capable of printing both normal sheets of paper and composites such as envelopes. In accordance with a mode in which normal sheets are printed and with the other mode in which envelopes are printed, transfer current app... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4746589 | Developing method in electrophotography using oscillating electric field A developing method wherein a developer layer formed on a developer feeding carrier is conveyed, into an oscillating electric field, and an electrostatic latent image on an image retainer is developed by the developer of the developer layer inside the osc... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4717638 | Paper for electrostatography using encapsulated toner A paper for electrostatography using an encapsulated toner which comprises a core and a shell enclosing the core, characterized in that the optically measured surface roughness value (Rp value) is not more than 3.2 μm.... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4717937 | Pressure device of fixing roller A device for applying stable pressure to toner fixation rollers of a picture image generation unit comprising: a locking mechanism that divides the picture image generation unit into upper and lower parts, supports the upper part with a shaft so as to all... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4708924 | Pressure fixable microcapsule type toner Disclosed is a pressure fixable microcapsule type toner constituted of a core material and an outer wall covering over said core material, which comprises containing in said core material at least a combination of a substance (a) having a glass transition... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4702989 | Process for producing pressure-fixable electrophotographic toners A pressure-fixable toner is produced by: dispersing or dissolving a mixture containing (a) a colorant and/or magnetic particles, (b) a pressure fixable binding material, and (c) a capsule wall-forming resin, in an organic solvent; dispersing the resulting... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4656111 | Pressure-fixable toner comprising combination of a compound having hydrocarbon chain and a compound having amino group A pressure-fixable toner comprising a combination of a compound A having a hydrocarbon chain and a compound B having an amino group in addition to a hydrocarbon chain is excellent in dispersibility of colorant, pressure fixing characteristic and developin... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4636451 | Pressure-fixable toner material and method of making same Pressure-fixable toner particles suitable for use in electrostatic copying machines and method of preparing same. The toner particle is spherical in shape and comprises a thin, substantially continuous surface layer of polyurea, and an interior portion co... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4612269 | Method of fabricating a lithographic master A process of preparing a lithographic printing master is presented utilizing electrophotographic principles. As a result of the high density, low background images which can be developed using the disclosed novel developer composition, a high quality lith... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4612273 | Pressure fixing a single component toner with polyamide-rosin A pressure fixable single component electrophotographic toner or developer composition of a particle size of from 10-40 microns comprising a specialized low melt viscosity polyamide resin composition and a magnetic oxide component. Highly conductive carbo... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4612272 | Pressure fixing a single component toner with polyamide-rosin A pressure fixable single component electrophotographic toner or developer composition comprising a low melt viscosity polyamide resin composition and a magnetic oxide component. Highly conductive carbon may be added to control the resistivity of the deve... | 09/16/1986 |
