Method for fixing xerographic images

Claim 1

IN THE PROCESS OF XEROGRAPHY WHEREIN AN ELECTROSTATICALLY CHARGED XEROGRAPHIC PLATE IS EXPOSED TO A PROJECTED IMAGE TO FORM AN ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE ON THE PLATE CORRESPONDING TO THE PROJECTED IMAGE AND THE PLATE IS DEVELOPED WITH OPPOSITELY CHARGED PARTICLES OF DEVELOPING MATERIAL THAT ARE ATTRACTED TO THE LATENT IMAGE TO FORM A XEROGRAPHIC POWDER IMAGE CORRESPONDING TO THE PROJECTED IMAGE AND HAVING A RESIDUAL ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE OF THE SAME POLARITY AS THE DEVELOPING MATERIAL AND WHEREIN THE XEROGRAPHIC POWDER IMAGE IS TRANFERRED TO A SUPPORT MATERIAL CAPABLE OF ABSORBING DROPLETS OF COLORING MATERIAL, THE METHOD OF FORMING A VISIBLE IMAGE ON SAID SUPPORT CORRESPONDING TO THE PROJECTED IMAGE COMPRISING THE STEPS OF FORMING AN ATMOSPHERE OF ELECTROSTATICALLY-CHARGED FINELY-DIVIDED DROPLETS OF COLORING MATERIAL IN SOLUTION IN A VOLATILE VEHICLE, THE ELECTROSTATIC CHARGES ON SAID DROPLETS BEING OF OPPOSITE POLARITY TO THE RESIDUAL CHARGE ON SAID XEROGRAPHIC POWDER IMAGE, AND EXPOSING SAID XEROGRAPHIC POWDER IMAGE BEARING SUPPORT TO SAID ATMOSPHERE, WHEREBY SAID COLORING MATERIAL DROPLETS ARE SELECTIVELY ATTRACTED TO SAID XEROGRAPHIC POWDER IMAGE.