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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. 24, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1994
Norio Kajiwara, Ichikawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet mounting unit for accommodating sheets, a moving unit for automatically moving the sheet mounting unit between a feed position within a main body of the image forming apparatus for feeding the sheet and a drawn position wherein the sheet mounting unit is drawn from the main body of the image forming apparatus, wherein the moving unit includes a driving device for generating a driving force to automatically move the sheet mounting unit. Also provided are an image forming unit for forming an image on the sheet, a conveying unit for feeding and conveying a sheet from the sheet mounting unit at the feed position to the image forming unit, a sheet detection unit for detecting a stoppage of the sheet being conveyed by the conveying unit, and a control unit for controlling the moving unit to automatically move the sheet mounting unit from the feed position to the drawn position according to a detection by the sheet detection unit.
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