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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1981
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroshi Ikeda, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355-8 ;
Abstract
A slit exposure scanning type electrophotographic copying apparatus equipped with a braking device for the scanning system. The braking device includes a brake shaft rotatably disposed in a driving mechanism of the scanning system, and a spring member which is mounted on the brake shaft and is adapted to impart a braking force at least at a scanning starting position which is decreased in its braking force following starting of the scanning.