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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. 10, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Junichi Arakawa, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 346105 ; 400120 ; 400323 ; 400208 ;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus is provided with a device for detecting the presence or absence of an ink ribbon, which is characterized in that one of a one-direction recording mode and a both-direction recording mode is selected in accordance with the result of the detection of the detecting device.