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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. 17, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshio Shida, Hachioji, JP;
Hisao Satoh, Hachioji, JP;
Naoko Otomo, Hachioji, JP;
Takeshi Sakabe, Hachioji, JP;
Shigeru Okazaki, Hachioji, JP;
Tadayoshi Ikeda, Hachioji, JP;
Atsushi Ogane, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 50 ; 355 48 ; 355200 ; 355212 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a lower half body; an upper half body which is mounted on the lower half body and has an axis arranged in parallel to a sheet passage so that the upper half body can be pivoted around the axis; and a platen cover provided on the upper half body so as to open or close in the same direction as that of the upper half body: wherein the sum of pivot angle of the upper half body and the platen cover is smaller than 90 degrees.