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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7433092 | Transparency media adapter and methods of use thereof Transparency media adapter and methods of using the same. Implementations of a system may comprise an imaging device having a light source and at least one sensor. A media adapter operatively associated with the imaging device includes a first reflective surface and... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7228088 | Color image forming apparatus and color image forming method In an image forming apparatus of the present invention capable of forming a full-color image by superposing a black toner image formed by a black image forming unit using a developing and simultaneous cleaning type developing unit over color toner images obtained by... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7110697 | Developer layer thickness regulating device for a developing unit A developer layer thickness regulating device for a developing unit improves the sealing effect of a developer by regulating a thickness of a developer layer formed on a developing roller. The device includes a blade having a blade body that is in resilient contact ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6587247 | Optical lens of optical scanner An optical scanner that may assemble the lens design for varying the focus and resolution, having a light source, a reflection compound mirror, a charge coupled device, a basic objective lens and a compound lens. The basic objective lens is designed by si... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6542257 | Image formation apparatus which forms images of four pages on both faces of sheet in such a manner as images of two pages are formed on each face An image formation apparatus that loads a sheaf of originals obtained by stacking a sheaf of the originals to be copied and a sheaf of originals for front and reverse cover sheets, feeds the originals one by one from the loaded sheaf, reads the fed origin... | 04/01/2003 |
| 4771316 | Copying device utilizing a parallel lens array An electrophotographic copying machine device provided with a pair of lens arrays installed in parallel to enable variable- or actual-size copying and a means for selectively directing the light-path, allowing each lens array to select its light-path befo... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4653898 | Scan type anamorphic magnifying apparatus A scan type anamorphic magnifying apparatus provided with a scanning device for scanning an original document in form of a slit, an image forming device for projecting and forming an image of the scanned document on a photosensitive member, and a device f... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4624543 | Method and apparatus for electrophotographically processing information Electrophotographic apparatus capable of being operated in the copying mode and scanning mode and in the printing mode and scanning mode, in which a latent electrostatic image, formed on the photoconductor, is developed. The photoconductor has a light-ref... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4595275 | Variable magnification copying apparatus In m1 magnification copy mode, a photosensitive member, at the first exposure station is exposed to the light image of an original existing at the first illumination position through a first lens array. In m2 magnification copy mode,... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4483608 | Variable magnification copying apparatus A variable magnification copying apparatus for obtaining a copy changed in size from an original pattern comprises an optical system having an optical axis, a movable carrier on which the optical system is mounted so as to be movable with the carrier and ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4459010 | Linear lens array scanning system for a multi-magnification copier A document reproduction system is disclosed which employs an imaging array assembly positioned to transmit reflected images from a document in an object plane onto an imaging plane. The imaging assembly includes a 1X lens array and at least one reduction/... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4420245 | Electrophotographic copier having movable optical elements for changing the magnification of an original document An electrophotographic copier for forming a copy of a document with a unit image magnification and a modified magnification, i.e. reduced or enlarged magnification is disclosed. A converging optical fiber array for forming a life-size image of a document ... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4415259 | Variable magnification and reciprocal exposure copying method A variable magnification and reciprocal exposure copying method in which the image of an original is introduced onto a photoconductor which is moved in a predetermined direction by reciprocating mirrors relative to the original, so that the photoconductor... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4370055 | Duplicating system comprising electrophotographic copying apparatus and option device A duplicating system comprises an electrophotographic copier which includes a first optical scanning system for making a slit exposure, a first document feeder for feeding a first document to be copied at a first speed with respect to the first optical sc... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4118118 | Electrostatic copier machine with selectable magnification ratios A xerographic copier machine capable of producing copies of an original document in a selectable magnification ratio. The machine includes an object mirror and a light source forming a scanning assembly which travels at a uniform velocity under a transpar... | 10/03/1978 |
