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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:
Mar. 20, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355203 ; 355207 ; 355308 ; 271275 ;
Abstract
An electrophotographic copying machine of a type having a drum for supporting a document to be copied therearound and being provided with an automatic document feeder adapted to carry out a preliminary copying operation for testing includes a timer for counting up a predetermined period of time after the completion of preliminary copying, or is alternatively so programmed that a choice can be made after a preliminary copying operation whether a document remaining in the copying position should be ejected. Jamming of documents and injury to the copying machine can be avoided effectively thereby.