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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:
Nov. 24, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 15, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355308 ; 226199 ; 355321 ;
Abstract
An electrophotographic printing apparatus with a pivotable paper buffer and a pivotable guide member which together, depending on their position in relation to each other, form either a loading configuration or a printing configuration. In the loading configuration, the pivoting end of the buffer is adjacent to the pivoting end of the pivotable guide member to form a horizontal path for the paper to travel between the photosensitive member and the fixing portion. In the printing configuration, the buffer pivots upward away from the guide member so that it is in a position to receive a paper sheet as it is fed by a tractor after being contacted by the photosensitive member.