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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:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shigeru Sawada, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
Abstract
The system monitors the number of sheets that should be housed in the finishing tray based on the information from the copying machine, the output from the sensor located on the sheet conveyance path to the finishing tray unit and the signals that indicate ejection of the sheets from the finishing tray. When jam correction is performed, the system determines the number of sheets for which image formation should be re-performed in accordance with the output from the finishing tray paper detection sensor.