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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. 27, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Naoki Otomo, Hachioji, JP;
Toshio Shida, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355200 ; 355210 ;
Abstract
A clamshell-type copying machine for reproducing an image of a document. The copy machine has a body flame consisting of an upper half body, a lower half body, and a hinge-like connector of these half bodies. There are provided a first urging member, located in a vicinity of the opening, and a second urging member, located in a vicinity of the connector. Both of these urging member urge the upper half body and the lower half body to be separated from each other in which an urging force of the second urging member is greater than that of the first urging member.