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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:
Jul. 23, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabisha Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347262 ; 347264 ; 347153 ; 355308 ;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus provided with a document feeder, and in which a plurality of originals are set on a platen glass and read in a single reading operation to obtain image data. The obtained image data are stored in an image memory. The number of originals which can be placed on the platen glass varies in accordance with the size of the originals to maximize the number of originals to be placed on the platen glass.