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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:
Jul. 26, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Seiji Sagara, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355218 ; 3461531 ; 346160 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a unit to form a visible image onto a photo sensitive drum on the basis of input image information, a copy transfer unit to transfer the developed visible image onto a recording paper, a fixing unit to fix the visible image transferred to the recording paper, and a control unit to variably set an amount of image blank which is formed onto the recording paper on the basis of the input image information.