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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:
Apr. 24, 1984
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masaharu Tsukada, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346108 ; 346160 ; 358285 ; 350-65 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus in which a recording medium is scanned with plural light beams. The apparatus includes a beam generator for generating plural light beams, a scanner for scanning with the light beams, and an optical system for reducing the distance between the plural light beams on the recording medium.