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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:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuaki Takahashi, Numazu, JP;
Masanori Yamagata, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 2/116 ; G03G 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 2/116 ; G03G 1/500 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming units, each having an image carrier for transferring images of each color to a transfer medium. Each of the image forming units has an exposing device for exposing the image carrier, and wherein the image forming units adjacent to one another are in contact with one another.