British merchant Peter Durand invented the tin can in 1810.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20070153079 | Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively avoiding an adverse temperature effect to an optical scanning system An image forming apparatus includes a first support member, an image carrying member configured to carry a toner image thereon, and an optical writing apparatus connected to the first support member and configured to form an electrostatic latent image on the image carry... | 07/05/2007 |
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| 20070019060 | Substrate sheet, manufacturing method of circuit substrate, and ink jet head A plurality of external electrodes 11c, 11m are disposed in parallel along two sides facing each other of a region 300 corresponding to the circuit substrate to be manufactured, and a probing electrode is formed, which is connected to ... | 01/25/2007 |
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| 20060192836 | Image forming apparatus This invention provides a image forming apparatus, which combines the prevention of warp and the prevention of resonance of the unit chassis in which the optical instruments for image formation are mounted, neither with additional parts nor additional mounting processes... | 08/31/2006 |
| 20060050135 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes LED heads protected from scratching. An optical head is mounted on an inner side of a lid pivotally mounted to a body of the apparatus. A protector is mounted to the lid. A mechanism is operatively coupled to the lid such that when th... | 03/09/2006 |