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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998

Filed:

Jun. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Masato Yasui, Toyokawa, JP;

Kazunobu Maekawa, Toyokawa, JP;

Assignee:

Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399 66 ; 399 49 ;
Abstract

The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus having a first forming device forming a first toner image on a first surface of a sheet, a second forming device forming a second toner image on a second surface of the sheet, a detecting device detecting the amount of adhered toner on the first surface of the sheet, a setting device setting an forming output according to the amount of adhered toner detected by detecting device, and inputting device inputting the forming output to the second forming device in order to form the second toner image by the settled forming output. The object of the present invention is to provide a reliable image forming.


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