Appeal No. 2001-0345
Application 09/041,416
remove fixed toner particles as set forth at the end of claim 1
on appeal.
It is thus apparent that the subject matter of independent
claim 1 on appeal is substantially taught by the teachings and
showings in Doyle, except for the feature of controlling the
thickness of the layer of the toner particles. This feature will
be addressed momentarily.
Raschke appears to be cumulative as to teachings of Doyle as
explained in the following manner. The discussion at columns 3
and 4 of this reference pertains principally to Figures 1-3. The
underlying belt 10 is shown in detail in Figure 2 having a
conductive metal backing material 12 to which a dielectric
coating 14 has been applied. The corresponding discussion of
Figure 1 indicates the charging by the corona charging station 20
of the entire coating surface 10 to which "compatible" charged
toner particles, apparently powdered toner particles, are applied
from the toner supply 24 by the use of brush 22 as explained in
the paragraph bridging columns 3 and 4. After this has been
done, the belt 10 rotates further to the imaging system 31 to
which the image to be printed is fixed. It appears that the non-
fixed toner particles are transferred to the so-called master
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