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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:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoichi Horaguchi, Tajimi, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358475 ; 358474 ;
Abstract
A mirror frame for an image forming apparatus has first and second mirror holders for holding a reflection mirror at two different locations and angular orientations. The reflection mirror is installed in either the first or second holder, depending on the type of condenser lens unit used in the device, so that a light beam used to read a document is accurately focused on a light receiving device. The apparatus may also include a V-shaped condenser lens unit mounting frame that allows different sized condenser lens units to be used on the same frame.