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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:
Aug. 22, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masami Higuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355300 ; 355210 ; 355211 ;
Abstract
A control system for an electrophotographic copier of the type using a photoconductive element having a seam varies the position for starting counting timing pulses, which are adapted to control the operations of various units or electrical loads of the copier, in dependence upon the copy mode. The control system reduces the period of time necessary for the first copy to be produced by the copier.