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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:
Jun. 18, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Seiji Sakata, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358296 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus capable of executing a plurality of functions at the same time to promote efficient use thereof. The apparatus includes reading means for reading a document, recording means for forming an image on a sheet, and an operating section for setting modes and displaying information. Control means causes the recording means to print simultaneously and continuously image data read by the reading means and a plurality of independent data written to a memory by a plurality of functions.