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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:
Feb. 07, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takahiro Wakikaido, Yao, JP;
Kazuya Akura, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355311 ; 355209 ; 355313 ;
Abstract
A sheet size determining apparatus for use in a copying machine employing sheet containers capable of accommodating copy sheets of different sizes. The apparatus includes sensors for unidirectional detection of a dimension of sheets contained in the containers. An operator is induced by the apparatus to select the size of sheets actually contained in the containers, from possible sizes which, according to their orientation, would coincide with the dimension measured by the sensor. The size of the sheets to be utilized in a subsequent image forming operation thus is determined.