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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:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/501 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/501 ;
Abstract
A color electrophotographic apparatus with a developing unit for one color larger than the developing units for the other colors, comprising a first optical path where the laser signals irradiated from a laser exposure device reach a mirror at the central portion of a columnar assembly of image forming units and a second optical path where the laser signals reflected by the mirror reach and expose the photoconductor of the image forming unit at the image forming position formed between two adjacent developing units is provided.