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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. 28, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399107 ;
Abstract
The top surface of the exterior case of a printing apparatus is formed of a first top surface portion which lies substantially above a fixation unit and a paper ejector, a second top surface portion which lies substantially above a control unit, and a third top surface portion which lies substantially above development units, a photosensitive belt and a transfer drum. The levels of the respective top surface portions are higher in the order of the first top surface portion, the second top surface portion and the third top surface portion. Top surface portions of higher levels are located from the front of the upper surface of the exterior case toward the back.