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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. 29, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 1/62 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 1/62 ;
Abstract
This invention discloses an image forming apparatus having an electron source on which a plurality of electron-emitting devices are arranged, an image forming member on which an image is formed by electrons emitted by the electron-emitting devices, and a structure for maintaining an interval between the electron source and the image forming member, in which an interval between two electron-emitting devices adjacent to each other via the structure is larger than an interval between two electron-emitting devices adjacent to each other without the mediacy of the structure, and electrons emitted by the electron-emitting devices are deflected toward the structure.