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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. 14, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fumito Ide, Zama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 / ; 355 / ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus reciprocally operates one of the image forming body units and the document feeding units. A first control circuit produces signals necessary for image formation operation, while keeping an automatic document feeder in a wait state. A second control circuit operates the automatic document feeder only when the image formation operation is not in progress. Therefore, the power source which is provided can be shared between the image forming body unit and the automatic document feeder without the necessity for excess capacity.