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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:
Jun. 30, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masakazu Fukuchi, Hachioji, JP;
Shizuo Morita, Hachioji, JP;
Satoshi Haneda, Hachioji, JP;
Hisao Satoh, Hachioji, JP;
Tadayoshi Ikeda, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Corporatoin, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355200 ; 355208 ; 355210 ; 355308 ; 271162 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus having a cassette for containing copy sheets, the cassette being releasable responsive to the opening of an upper cover to cover an upper portion of the apparatus. The image forming apparatus may be further provided with a cartridge for carrying at least one of an image carrying body, developing units and a cleaning unit, and the cartridge is also released responsive to the opening of the upper cover of the image forming apparatus.