Photocopying – Including fiber optics
Patent
1974-08-15
1977-05-03
Hix, L. T.
Photocopying
Including fiber optics
96 1R, G03G 1500
Patent
active
040211061
ABSTRACT:
An improved process for electrostatic reproduction. A transparent charged sheet of insulating material, such as a thin insulating film bearing a uniform electrostatic charge on one side thereof, or an electret, is placed against an electrostatically charged photoconductive surface on a suitable substrate to form a temporary composite. The photoconductive surface is then exposed to a light pattern and the free surface of the transfer sheet is developed to provide a visible image corresponding to the light pattern. This image is fixed on the transfer sheet or transferred to a receiving sheet after the transfer sheet has been removed from the photoconductive surface. Further copies can be made by reapplying the transfer sheet to the photoconductive surface and redeveloping the free surface of the transfer sheet when in place on the photoconductive surface.
Real electrostatic images can be provided on the free surface of the transfer sheet by charging it to a constant voltage, as with a constant voltage-variable current corona device, during or after light exposure. Multiple copies of the image can be obtained by placing the real electrostatic image side of the transfer sheet on a grounded conductor bearing a thin blocking layer and toner developing the opposite surface of the transfer surface of the transfer sheet.
In other embodiments, by simultaneously exposing and developing from opposite sides of the composite, high decay rate, but transparent, photoconductive materials can be used. In another method, the sandwich is simultaneously charged to constant voltage and exposed.
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"Electrophotography" by Schaffert, The Focal Press, pp. 94-96.
Bell & Howell Company
Hix L. T,.
LaBarre J. A.
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