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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. 31, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mitsuo Shibusawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yosiharu Hariu, Yamato, JP;
Assignee:
Rocoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355309 ; 355 75 ;
Abstract
A copier selectively operable in a cover plate mode which uses a cover plate and an automatic document feeder (ADF) mode which uses an ADF. After a cover plate mode operation of the copier, a person is inhibited from operating the copier when a condition wherein the cover plate is closed and documents are loaded on a document feed table of the copier is detected.