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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:
Aug. 23, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Minoru Isobe, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
OKI Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355308 ; 346160 ; 355202 ; 355208 ; 355233 ;
Abstract
An electrophotographic recording apparatus containing a scanner is provided with a common medium receptacle unit adapted to insert media such as an original document and a print sheet, and/or a cassette for accommodating media, and a separator mechanism adapted for separating the media depending on whether they are to be fed between a light emitting/intercepting head and a photoconductor or between a transfer assembly and the photoconductor. The media may be selectively fed between the light emitting/intercepting head and the photoconductor or between the transfer assembly and the photoconductor in accordance with whether originals or printing sheets to be read.