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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:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroyoshi Maruyama, Yokohama, JP;
Yuji Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikuni Toyama, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichi Tanada, Isehara, JP;
Toshihiko Kusumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiko Yashiro, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399407 ; 270 5201 ; 271290 ; 399408 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a sheet post-treatment apparatus for receiving a sheet material on which an image was formed by an image forming apparatus and for post-treating such sheet material and for sending the sheet material to a next post-treatment apparatus. A sheet receiving opening has the same height as a sheet sending opening.