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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:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2011
Applicants:
Takashi Akutsu, Odawara, JP;
Tsutomu Nishiuwatoko, Numazu, JP;
Ken Kikuchi, Mishima, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/04 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1821 (2013.01); G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); G03G 21/1853 (2013.01);
Abstract
A guide surface of an attachment guide for a cartridge attached to a position nearest to a scanner has, in the vicinity of an inlet of the attachment guide, a portion oriented so as to be away from a guide surface of a guide unit for another cartridge from the upstream toward the downstream side in the direction in which the cartridges are attached.