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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:
Apr. 14, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takeshi Honjo, Kawasaki, JP;
Noriyoshi Ueda, Yokohama, JP;
Akimaro Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Adachi, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiya Kanazawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Kaneko, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355233 ; 355235 ; 355313 ; 355 50 ;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus has an automatic original transporting device, a scanning device for effecting exposure scanning of the original while moving relative to the original over a platen glass, and a control circuit for controlling the scanning device to cause it to effect exposure scanning while moving it in a direction opposite to the direction in which the original is being transported. An image forming apparatus which includes the above image reading apparatus is also provided.