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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:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Noriaki Koyanagi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399 13 ; 358474 ; 399118 ; 399377 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a sheet feeding device, an image forming device for forming an image on a sheet fed, a plurality of conveying paths for directing the sheet on which the image has been formed to discharging portions, a changeover device for selecting a desired conveying path from the plurality of conveying paths and a changeover controlling device for controlling the changeover device in conformity with whether a reading device for reading the image of an original has been set at a predetermined position in a body of the apparatus.