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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. 11, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2003
Applicants:
Masakatsu Yamada, Ibaraki, JP;
Toshiyuki Takano, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasuhiro Matsumoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G015/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including: an image recording portion that records an image on a sheet; a sheet stacking portion which is provided above the image recording portion and on which the sheet delivered from the image recording portion is stacked; and an image reading portion that is provided above the sheet stacking portion and reads an image on an original, the image reading portion being disposed on a rear side so that the sheet delivered from the image recording portion onto the sheet stacking portion is partially exposed to the outside on a front side of the image reading portion.