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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:
Jan. 19, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazuhiro Araki, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355243 ; 355203 ; 355208 ; 355209 ; 355308 ;
Abstract
An indication mechanism is controlled in a timing after the size of an original to be used for a copying operation is detected prior to the copying operation so as to indicate the size of a copy paper and a copying magnification to be automatically selected which are based on an action mode which has been set and the detected size information, and a mode changing action which corresponds to the indication is controlled to be performed prior to the copying operation basing on a copying action starting signal.