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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:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/106 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/106 ;
Abstract
A platen structure for a printer includes rigid members and a plurality of support parts disposed along the platen length to support a recording medium. Any warp due to integrated molding of the platen or any aging change due to influence of environmental conditions can be avoided.