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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. 20, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1989
Masakatsu Akashi, Yawata, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A paper pressing device for an image forming apparatus including an intermediate tray for temporarily holding a sheet of copy paper in the course of conveying the sheet of copy paper from a discharging side of the image forming apparatus to a feeding side of the image forming apparatus, a conveying path changer pivotably provided above the intermediate tray for changeably providing a first position of permitting a sheet of copy paper smaller than a predetermined size to move over the conveying path changer, and a second position of permitting a sheet of copy paper larger than the predetermined size to move under the conveying path changer, a pressing device attached to the conveying path changer and made of resilient material, the pressing means being pressable on a surface of the intermediate tray when the conveying path changer is set in the second position.
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