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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:
Jan. 26, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399139 ; 271301 ; 399-2 ; 399-8 ; 399 17 ; 399367 ;
Abstract
An image forming machine including a host computer, a printer, a copying machine, and a document supply device for conveying a document printed by the printer to an automatic document feeder of the copying machine, in which a controller is provided for controlling a copy action based on a copy command from the host computer. The controller sends a left-behind document signal when a document is present on document stand of the automatic document feeder, while the host computer shows the presence of the left-behind document on a display when receiving the left-behind document signal from the controller.