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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. 15, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshiyuki Yamashita, Osaka, JP;
Masazumi Ito, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355313 ; 355 25 ; 355209 ; 355230 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus capable of indicating document orientation for a reference to set an original document on a document platen, the image forming apparatus including a document orientation display member for displaying the document orientation at a normal copy mode in a normal display form in which the document orientation coincides with an orientation of a fed copy sheet, and at a specific copy mode which differs from the normal copy mode in a specific display form which differs from the normal display form at the normal copy mode.