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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:
Feb. 05, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 / ; 355 / ; 355 30 ;
Abstract
In image formation control apparatus having a process unit for forming an image on a recording medium and mechanisms for assisting in the image formation, there is provided a first controller for controlling the timing of the process unit. A second controller is provided for rendering at least a portion of the process unit inoperative when an image formation is not being executed, and for thereafter rendering at least one of the assisting mechanisms inoperative while continuing to apply power to the first controller to enable image formations to be resumed.