EP0448068A3 - Image forming apparatus - Google Patents

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EP0448068A3
EP0448068A3 EP19910104315 EP91104315A EP0448068A3 EP 0448068 A3 EP0448068 A3 EP 0448068A3 EP 19910104315 EP19910104315 EP 19910104315 EP 91104315 A EP91104315 A EP 91104315A EP 0448068 A3 EP0448068 A3 EP 0448068A3
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image forming
forming apparatus
image
forming
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EP0448068B1 (en
EP0448068A2 (en
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Shizuo C/O Konica Corporation Morita
Masakazu C/O Konica Corporation Fukuchi
Shunji C/O Konica Corporation Matsuo
Satoshi C/O Konica Corporation Haneda
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Konica Minolta Inc
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Konica Minolta Inc
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Priority claimed from JP2072706A external-priority patent/JPH03272936A/en
Priority claimed from JP2072705A external-priority patent/JPH03272924A/en
Application filed by Konica Minolta Inc filed Critical Konica Minolta Inc
Publication of EP0448068A2 publication Critical patent/EP0448068A2/en
Publication of EP0448068A3 publication Critical patent/EP0448068A3/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/65—Apparatus which relate to the handling of copy material
    • G03G15/6502—Supplying of sheet copy material; Cassettes therefor
    • G03G15/6508—Automatic supply devices interacting with the rest of the apparatus, e.g. selection of a specific cassette
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/65—Apparatus which relate to the handling of copy material
    • G03G15/6502—Supplying of sheet copy material; Cassettes therefor
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G2215/00—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes
    • G03G2215/00362—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes relating to the copy medium handling
    • G03G2215/00367—The feeding path segment where particular handling of the copy medium occurs, segments being adjacent and non-overlapping. Each segment is identified by the most downstream point in the segment, so that for instance the segment labelled "Fixing device" is referring to the path between the "Transfer device" and the "Fixing device"
    • G03G2215/00379—Copy medium holder
    • G03G2215/00383—Cassette
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G2215/00—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes
    • G03G2215/00362—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes relating to the copy medium handling
    • G03G2215/00367—The feeding path segment where particular handling of the copy medium occurs, segments being adjacent and non-overlapping. Each segment is identified by the most downstream point in the segment, so that for instance the segment labelled "Fixing device" is referring to the path between the "Transfer device" and the "Fixing device"
    • G03G2215/00396—Pick-up device
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G2215/00—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes
    • G03G2215/00362—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes relating to the copy medium handling
    • G03G2215/00535—Stable handling of copy medium
    • G03G2215/0054—Detachable element of feed path

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EP91104315A 1990-03-22 1991-03-20 Image forming apparatus Expired - Lifetime EP0448068B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP72705/90 1990-03-22
JP2072706A JPH03272936A (en) 1990-03-22 1990-03-22 Image forming device
JP72706/90 1990-03-22
JP2072705A JPH03272924A (en) 1990-03-22 1990-03-22 Image forming device

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EP0448068A2 EP0448068A2 (en) 1991-09-25
EP0448068A3 true EP0448068A3 (en) 1992-11-25
EP0448068B1 EP0448068B1 (en) 1996-02-14

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EP91104315A Expired - Lifetime EP0448068B1 (en) 1990-03-22 1991-03-20 Image forming apparatus

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Families Citing this family (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
IT1257370B (en) * 1992-01-30 1996-01-15 Olivetti Canon Ind Spa AUTOMATIC OPENING PAPER WAREHOUSE FOR A COPYING MACHINE OSIMILE OFFICE MACHINE.
US5991556A (en) * 1997-08-27 1999-11-23 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Sheet feeding method for image formation apparatus having a sheet transport path for one sheet cassette serving as a portion of a sheet transport path for another sheet cassette

Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4147426A (en) * 1976-06-02 1979-04-03 Mita Industrial Company, Ltd. Electrostatic photographic copying machine
US4277165A (en) * 1977-03-16 1981-07-07 Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha Photocopying machine equipped with variable magnification arrangement
EP0201711A2 (en) * 1985-04-12 1986-11-20 Hitachi, Ltd. A picture recording apparatus
EP0285139A2 (en) * 1987-03-31 1988-10-05 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha An image forming apparatus

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JPS59212858A (en) * 1983-05-18 1984-12-01 Mita Ind Co Ltd Paper feeding device of copying machine

Patent Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4147426A (en) * 1976-06-02 1979-04-03 Mita Industrial Company, Ltd. Electrostatic photographic copying machine
US4277165A (en) * 1977-03-16 1981-07-07 Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha Photocopying machine equipped with variable magnification arrangement
EP0201711A2 (en) * 1985-04-12 1986-11-20 Hitachi, Ltd. A picture recording apparatus
EP0285139A2 (en) * 1987-03-31 1988-10-05 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha An image forming apparatus

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 9, no. 83 (P-348)(1806) 12 April 1985 & JP-A-59 212 858 ( MITA K.K. ) *

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EP0448068B1 (en) 1996-02-14
DE69117079D1 (en) 1996-03-28
EP0448068A2 (en) 1991-09-25
DE69117079T2 (en) 1996-08-01

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