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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Naomasa Kimura, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Yoshiyuki Koshimizu, Abiko, JP;
Masakazu Mori, Toride, JP;
Hideki Mori, Toride, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus comprising an original document reading means for optically reading an image on an original document; and an image forming means arranged below the original document reading means for making a recording on a recording medium corresponding to image information read by the original document reading means. The image forming means is one-sidedly arranged to one side in a longitudinal direction of the original document reading means to create a space is obtained on the opposite side.