Appeal No. 1996-3506
Application 08/178,439
This is a decision on appeal from the final
rejection of claims 11 through 17, all claims pending in this
application. Claims 1 through 10 and 18 through 21 were
canceled by an amendment after final rejection, Paper No. 22.
The invention relates to an electrophotographic
recording apparatus such as a copying machine, a laser printer
or the like. In particular, referring to Figure 1, the
apparatus has a photosensitive drum 10 on which an
electrostatic latent image can be written, a brush charger 12,
a conductive blade 16c for uniformly regulating a thickness of
the developer on developing roller 16b, an electric source 42
for applying electric energy to the blade 16c to electrically
charge the developer layer by a charge-injection effect, and a
conductive transfer roller 20. When paper is passed through a
nip between the drum 10 and the transfer roller 20, the
opposite charge polarity of transfer roller 20 transfers the
developed image from drum 10 to the paper.
Representative independent claim 11 is reproduced as
follows:
11. An electrophotographic recording apparatus
comprising:
2
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