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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. 04, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347171 ;
Abstract
When a visible image on a printing area of a rewritable recording medium is erased by an erase head, a control unit and an erasing control device, respectively, control the electric current supplied to the erase head, based on a power supply pattern recorded in a storage device and a temperature information from a first temperature detecting device for measuring the ambient temperature.