What is claimed is:
1. A portable enclosure adapted for use with an open-top vehicle, comprising:
a) a plurality of mounting brackets each configured for receiving an end of one of the support beams;
b) each of the mounting brackets being connected to a portion of the vehicle;
c) a pair of support beams, each having a first end and a second end;
d) the first and second ends of the support beams being removably connected to respective mounting brackets so as to form a pair of arches over the vehicle; and
e) a substantially weather resistant cover adapted for substantially enclosing the open-top vehicle and being removably assembled to the support beams.
2. The portable enclosure as described in claim 1, wherein the support beams form an arch when connected to the mounting brackets.
3. The portable enclosure as described in claim 1, wherein the support beams each comprise a plurality of beam segments that are configured to engage one another for forming arches over the vehicle and to disengage from one another for packing.
4. The portable enclosure as described in claim 2, wherein the support beams each comprise a plurality of beam segments that are configured to engage one another for forming arches over the vehicle and to disengage from one another for packing.
5. The portable enclosure as described in claim 3, further comprising a cord for holding the beam segments engaged when the segments are assembled to form a support beam.
6. The portable enclosure as described in claim 5, wherein the cord is elastic.
7. The portable enclosure as described in claim 5, wherein the beam segments are hollow and the cord is positioned within the beam segments.
8. The portable enclosure as described in claim 1, wherein the mounting brackets include a fastener for releasably locking the ends of the respective support beams thereto.
9. The portable enclosure as described in claim 1, further comprising a cross brace for being positioned transversely between the support beams so as to keep the support beams apart from one another.
10. The portable enclosure as described in claim 1, wherein the cover comprises a fabric cover.
11. The portable enclosure as described in claim 9, wherein the cover comprises a plurality of panels.
12. The portable enclosure as described in claim 11, wherein one of the panels is formed with a pair of sleeves each of which is adapted for receiving a support beam.
13. The portable enclosure as described in claim 12, wherein the panel formed with a pair of sleeves is further formed with a pair of end connectors for receiving and holding the cross brace substantially perpendicular to the support beams.
14. The portable enclosure as described in claim 10, wherein the cover is formed with at least one transparent portion.
15. The portable enclosure as described in claim 14, wherein the transparent portion is adapted to be opened and closed.
16. The portable enclosure as described in claim 11, wherein at least one of the panels is formed with a transparent portion.
17. The portable enclosure as described in claim 16, wherein the transparent portion is adapted to be opened and closed.
18. The portable enclosure as described in claim 11, wherein the panels are fitted with fasteners along mating edges thereof for assembling the panels to form a cover.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A printing method comprising:
printing an inkjet image on a receiver using an ink having a colorant with an electrical charge of a first polarity dispersed in a hydrophilic liquid carrier fluid with an electrical charge of a second polarity that is the opposite polarity of the first polarity;
generating a colorant attracting toner image conforming to the inkjet image on the receiver using toner particles of the second polarity;
transferring the colorant attracting toner image in registration with an unabsorbed volume of the ink jet image on the receiver so that the difference in polarity between the toner particles and the colorant attracts the colorant and the toner particles; and
fixing the toner image to the receiver wherein after fixing the colorant attracted to the toner particles is bound to the toner particles so that removal of the toner particles from the receiver also removes any colorant attached to the toner particles from the receiver.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the colorant is a pigment having a boundary that has a surface charge of the first polarity formed by a counter charge of the second polarity formed during dispersion.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the electrical charge on the toner creates a difference of potential relative to the electrical charge on the colorant that attracts colorant to the toner.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising applying a transfer electrostatic field to the colorant attracting the toner image to transfer the toner particles into the inkjet ink.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the toner particles have an open cell structure to provide more surface area over that available on a solid toner particle of comparable diameter.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the toner has addenda inside the open cell structure, with the addenda being electrically charged to the second polarity to attract the colorant into the open cells.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiver absorbs ink at a rate that is less than 110 of a rate at which the toner absorbs ink.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the receiver is at least one of a clay coated paper, a non-absorbent paper, a vinyl.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the toner particles have a binder that is a thermoplastic that is soluble in a non-polar organic solvent.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the colorant is in solution or is in suspension in the ink and wherein the toner particles include addenda that causes colorant particles to come out of solution or suspension so that colorant particles separate more rapidly or completely from the carrier fluid.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the addenda is a salt.
12. The method according to claim 1, further comprising moving a gas across or through the toner image layer after printing the ink image, so that at least some of the carrier fluid evaporates in the gas.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein the colorant is a pigment suspended in the carrier fluid, the method further comprising causing the pigment to come out of suspension in the carrier fluid after printing the ink image and before fusing the toner image to the receiver.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiver is an uncoated paper.
15. The method of claim 1, wherein the liquid carrier is water or an alcohol.
16. The method of claim 13, wherein the colorant attracting toner particles are stained by the colorant.
17. The method according to claim 13, wherein the colorant is a dye or a pigment.