Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
86 words
A composite magnetic developer which consists essentially of a homogeneous intimate mixture comprising a plurality of electrically insulating magnetic particulate developers, each developer comprising a binder medium and a finely divided magnetic material dispersed in the binder medium, wherein the difference of the dielectric constant (ε), as measured under conditions of an electrode spacing of 0.65 mm, an electrode sectional area of 1.43 cm 2 and an inter-electrode load of 105 g/cm 2 , between said developers is in the range of from 0.2 to 0.85.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
86 words
A composite magnetic developer which consists essentially of a homogeneous intimate mixture comprising a plurality of electrically insulating magnetic particulate developers, each developer comprising a binder medium and a finely divided magnetic material dispersed in the binder medium, wherein the difference of the dielectric constant (ε), as measured under conditions of an electrode spacing of 0.65 mm, an electrode sectional area of 1.43 cm 2 and an inter-electrode load of 105 g/cm 2 , between said developers is in the range of from 0.2 to 0.85.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
69 words
A composite magnetic developer as set forth in claim 1 wherein each of the component developers has a volume resistivity of at least 5×10 13 Ω-cm as measured under the same conditions as adopted for determination of the dielectric constant and said homogeneous intimate mixture has a volume resistivity of at least 1×10 14 Ω-cm as measured under the same conditions as adopted for determination of the dielectric constant.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
A composite magnetic developer as set forth in claim 1 wherein said homogeneous intimate mixture has an electrostatic capacity of 7.8 to 15 piccofarad as measured under the same conditions as adopted for determination of the dielectric constant.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
53 words
A composite magnetic developer for developing negative electrostatic latent images, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the homogeneous intimate mixture comprises (A) magnetic developer particles having a relatively high dielectric constant and (B) magnetic developer particles having a relatively low dielectric constant at an (A)/(B) weight ratio of from 1/0.08 to 1/1.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
53 words
A composite magnetic developer for developing positive electrostatic latent images, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the homogeneous intimate mixture comprises (B) magnetic developer particles having a relatively low dielectric constant and (A) magnetic developer particles having a relatively high dielectric constant at a (B)/(A) weight ratio of from 1/0.08 to 1/l.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
A composite magnetic developer for developing negative electrostatic latent images as set forth in claim 4 wherein the weight ratio (A)/(B) is from 1/0.1 to 1/0.5.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
A composite magnetic developer for developing positive electrostatic latent images, as set forth in claim 5 wherein the weight ratio (B)/(A) is from 1/0.1 to 1/0.5.