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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:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2002
Applicants:
Kanae Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;
Kohji Hikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shohji Asanuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus receives image data from a plurality of external input means and forms an image on a sheet of paper based on the image data. In the image forming apparatus, an operation part for a user to perform an input/output operation is provided in the front side of the housing formed with a stage. Additionally, an extended housing is provided on the housing so that the top of the extended housing is higher than the location of the operation part. Further, a light emitting part for indicating the operational status of the image forming apparatus is provided on the extended housing.