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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:
Dec. 25, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nobuo Tezuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358302 ; 3461 / ; 369117 ;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus which is arranged to convert an optical image into an electrical image signal by an image pick-up and to record the image signal via a recording head on a flexible record bearing medium is provided with a head shifting mechanism which, after the apparatus is triggered, shifts the recording head from a retired position thereof to a recording (or confronting) position relative to the medium in response to the operation of the apparatus performed prior to commencement of an exposure operation by an exposure device performed on the image pick-up.