Appeal No. 96-3392
Application 08/121,512
supplying the developer to said latent image carrier
under application of a developing bias voltage, said
developing means being positioned at a fixed position
both during developing operation and during non-
developing operation;
means for transferring the image developed on said
latent image carrier to the sheet;
means for rotating said latent image carrier and
also driving said developing means to supply the
developer to said latent image carrier; and
a controller for sequence-controlling said driving
means, said charging means and said developing means so
that the application of the developing bias voltage to
said developing means is started a predetermined time
after the rotation of said latent image carrier and the
drive of said developing means and also the charging
operation of said charging means have been started.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Kohyama 5,148,219 September 15,
1992
Kurokawa et al. (Kurokawa) 5,155,533 October 13,
1992
Nishio et al. (Nishio) 5,164,773 November 17,
1992
Yokoyama et al. (Yokoyama) 5,283,615 February 1,
1994
Mokusu et al. (Mokusu) 2-148076 June 6, 19902
The abstract lists the inventor's name as "Hiroki2
Kisu" and "Kisu" is the name used by the examiner in the
rejection. The translation provided by the Scientific and
Technical Information Center (S.T.I.C.) Translations Branch of
the Patent and Trademark Office lists the inventor as "Hiroki
Mokusu." We use the name "Mokusu (Kisu)." A copy of the
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