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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:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2003
Applicant:
Takao Sameshima, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventor:
Takao Sameshima, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming unit is detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus and includes an image bearing member and an intermediate transfer member to which a toner image on the image bearing member is transferred. The image bearing member and the intermediate transfer member are movable relative to each other in the image forming unit.