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Toner transfer system

CA 1109922 A · Owner: Wang Laboratories, Inc. · Inventors: Nelson, Alfred M.

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Apparatus for printing images on paper or other print medium, including a recording head which records magnetic images on a record tape, means for applying magneticallyattracted toner to the images, transports which hold the record tape and paper a small distance apart to leave an air gap of about 4 thousandths inch between them a pair of, electrodes located so that the toner on the record tape and the paper are sandwiched between the electrodes and a high, voltage source which applies a brief pulse of high voltage of a duration on the order of one millisecond between the electrodes, to form an electric field that propels the toner particles across the air gap from the record tape to the …

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  • Granted September 29, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 29, 1998.
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FiledDecember 13, 1977
GrantedSeptember 29, 1981
Term endedSeptember 29, 1998
Patent numberCA 1109922 A
Classification (IPC)G03G19/00

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1978198119841987199019931996Application filedDec 13, 1977Patent grantedSep 29, 1981Term endedSep 29, 1998

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