摘要 |
<p>The present disclosure describes, in one embodiment, a scanner making use of a bubble plate for transfer of information. Circuits and structures are provided for populating, that is filling the bubble plate initially, feeding a document into close proximity with the plate, establishing a field bias relative to the document and plate which achieves an imaging effect of the information on the document into the bubble plate, thereafter moving the plate away from the document, feeding the document out, and shifting the information contained in the bubble plate to another device, such as a storage unit, or the like. Another embodiment utilizes drum members for the bubble and bias elements and this embodiment can be provided with a toner development adjunct. Such as adjunct could also be provided, if desired, in connection with the plate embodiment.</p> |