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Image forming apparatus

Granted 16 Jun 1998 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · originally Canon Inc.

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Inventors: Hideki Ito, Yasunori Senshiki · Examiner: Caron D. Veynar · AU 293 · TC 2900

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filed 30 Apr 1996
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US D395331
granted 16 Jun 1998

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of an image forming apparatus showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view seen from the top; and,

FIG. 8 is a perspective view seen from the bottom.

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