US4905040A
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Board copying apparatus
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1987-11-09
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Granted: 1990-02-27
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Expires: 2007-11-09
Abstract
Abstract A board copying apparatus comprising a writing board unit carrying a sheet which enables an image to be written thereon, a copying unit capable of forming, on a recording material, a copy image of an image carried by an original, and also capable of forming, on the recording material, a copy image of the image written on the sheet of the board means, a first density setting device for setting the density of the copy image of the image on the board unit, and a second density setting device for setting the density of the copy image of the image on the original. This arrangement eliminates the necessity for troublesome work for adjusting the copying density each time the copying unit is used in board copying mode for copying the image on the board unit.
Inventors
- 👤 Mamoru Nagai
- 👤 Yukio Takemura
- 👤 Toshiya Kanazawa
- 👤 Sohei Tanaka
- 👤 Fumio Mikami
- 👤 Hiroyuki Nakano
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 21:25
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03B; G03B27/00; G03B27/32; G03B27/52; G03B27/62; G03B27/6207; G03B27/625; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/04; G03G15/04036; G03G15/22; G03G15/221; G03G15/043; G03G15/0435
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 34
Claim 1
Independent Claim
184 words
A board copying apparatus comprising: board means carrying a sheet which enables an image to be written thereon; copying means for selective copying on a recording material an image written on said sheet and capable of forming, on said recording material, a copy image of an image of an original different from said sheet; first density setting means for setting the density of said copy image of said image written on said sheet; second density setting means for setting the density of said copy image of said image on said original; and copying density control means for automatically controlling said first and second density setting means such that when said copying means copies said image written on said sheet, a copying operation is executed with a density set by said first density setting means regardless of a density set by said second density setting means, and such that when said copying means copies said image of said original, a copying operation is executed with a density set by said second density setting means regardless of a density set by said first density setting means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
184 words
A board copying apparatus comprising: board means carrying a sheet which enables an image to be written thereon; copying means for selective copying on a recording material an image written on said sheet and capable of forming, on said recording material, a copy image of an image of an original different from said sheet; first density setting means for setting the density of said copy image of said image written on said sheet; second density setting means for setting the density of said copy image of said image on said original; and copying density control means for automatically controlling said first and second density setting means such that when said copying means copies said image written on said sheet, a copying operation is executed with a density set by said first density setting means regardless of a density set by said second density setting means, and such that when said copying means copies said image of said original, a copying operation is executed with a density set by said second density setting means regardless of a density set by said first density setting means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first density setting means is provided on said board means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second density setting means is provided on said copying means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said board means includes first exposure means for exposing said image written on said sheet, while said copying means includes a second exposure means for exposing said image on said original.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first density setting means is adapted to set the copy density at a predetermined constant level.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said first density setting means includes means for modifying said predetermined constant level.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second density setting means enables the copy density to be set at any desired level.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first density setting means sets a density associated with a density of texture of said sheet.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
99 words
A board copying apparatus comprising: board means having a sheet on which information is writable; copying means for copying on a recording material an image written on said sheet; first density setting means for setting a copy density of said image at a predetermined constant level by keeping constant an operation condition regarding a density of said copying means; second density setting means for setting a copy density of said copy image at a desired level; and selecting means for selecting one of said first and second density setting means when an image written on said sheet is copied.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
99 words
A board copying apparatus comprising: board means having a sheet on which information is writable; copying means for copying on a recording material an image written on said sheet; first density setting means for setting a copy density of said image at a predetermined constant level by keeping constant an operation condition regarding a density of said copying means; second density setting means for setting a copy density of said copy image at a desired level; and selecting means for selecting one of said first and second density setting means when an image written on said sheet is copied.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said first density setting means includes means for modifying said predetermined constant level.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
26 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said first density setting means sets a density associated with a density of texture of said sheet.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
34 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said copying apparatus includes means for selectively copying said image written on said sheet and an image of an original different from said written image.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
34 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said copying means executes the copying operation with a density set by said second density setting means when said image of said original is copied.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
123 words
A board copying apparatus comprising: board means having a sheet on which information is writable; copying means for repeatedly copying on a recording material an image written on said sheet, said copying means and said board means being mutually movable; transfer means for transferring said image written on said sheet to said copying means; detecting means for detecting relative position between said board means and said copying means during a copying operation; and controlling means for stopping the operation of said copying means and discharging said recording material which was used for the copying operation when said detecting means detects a relative positional shift between said board means and said copying means during the copying operation of said image written on said sheet.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
123 words
A board copying apparatus comprising: board means having a sheet on which information is writable; copying means for repeatedly copying on a recording material an image written on said sheet, said copying means and said board means being mutually movable; transfer means for transferring said image written on said sheet to said copying means; detecting means for detecting relative position between said board means and said copying means during a copying operation; and controlling means for stopping the operation of said copying means and discharging said recording material which was used for the copying operation when said detecting means detects a relative positional shift between said board means and said copying means during the copying operation of said image written on said sheet.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
65 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising exposure means exposing said image written on said sheet, said transfer means further including a light-receiving window for receiving light reflected from said sheet and a shutter for shutting off the light coming through said light-receiving window, said controlling means being adapted for shutting off said shutter upon detection of a shift of relative position.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
36 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising means for moving said sheet, said controlling means being adapted to move said sheet to a predetermined position upon detection of a shift of relative position.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
27 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said controlling means moves said sheet to a position where said sheet was positioned before the copying operation.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
31 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said controlling means moves said sheet by a single image from a position where said sheet was positioned before the copying operation.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
38 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said copying means includes scanning means for scanning said original, and wherein said copying means selectively copies said image written on said sheet and said image of said original.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
101 words
A board copying apparatus comprising: board means having a sheet on which information is writable; moving means for moving said sheet; copying means for copying on a recording material an image written on said sheet while said moving means is moving said sheet; detecting means for detecting an abnormality of said recording material; and controlling means for controlling said copying means and said moving means such that when said detecting means detects said abnormality, operation of said copying means is stopped and said moving means moves said sheet to a position wherein said sheet has been positioned before the copying operation.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
101 words
A board copying apparatus comprising: board means having a sheet on which information is writable; moving means for moving said sheet; copying means for copying on a recording material an image written on said sheet while said moving means is moving said sheet; detecting means for detecting an abnormality of said recording material; and controlling means for controlling said copying means and said moving means such that when said detecting means detects said abnormality, operation of said copying means is stopped and said moving means moves said sheet to a position wherein said sheet has been positioned before the copying operation.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
41 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 20, wherein said copying means includes a second scanning means for scanning an original and is adapted for forming a copy image of an image on said original scanned by said second scanning means.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
53 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 20, further comprising exposure means for allowing said image written on said sheet to be exposed, said controlling means being adapted to stop the operation of said exposure means upon receipt of output signal from said jam detecting means indicative of jamming of said recording material.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
142 words
A board copying apparatus comprising: board means having a sheet on which information is writable; exposing means for exposing an original written on said sheet; detecting means for detecting a quantity of light from said exposing means; a switch for supplying power to said exposing means; and control means for controlling said exposing means such that said exposing means is turned on in response to power supplied by said switch and such that when a quantity of light from said exposing means is more than or equal to a predetermined value after a predetermined time period since the turn on of said exposing means, said exposing means is turned off, and when said quantity of said light is less than said predetermined value after said predetermined time period since the turn on of said exposing means, said exposing means is maintained on.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
142 words
A board copying apparatus comprising: board means having a sheet on which information is writable; exposing means for exposing an original written on said sheet; detecting means for detecting a quantity of light from said exposing means; a switch for supplying power to said exposing means; and control means for controlling said exposing means such that said exposing means is turned on in response to power supplied by said switch and such that when a quantity of light from said exposing means is more than or equal to a predetermined value after a predetermined time period since the turn on of said exposing means, said exposing means is turned off, and when said quantity of said light is less than said predetermined value after said predetermined time period since the turn on of said exposing means, said exposing means is maintained on.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
45 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said control means controls said exposing means such that when said quantity of said light is less than said predetermined value after said predetermined time period, said exposing means is maintained on with a lower power.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
135 words
A board copying apparatus comprising: board means having a sheet on which information is writable; exposure means for exposing an image written on said sheet; copying means for selectively copying on a recording material said image written on said sheet and an image of an original different from said written image; optical means for selectively transmitting and intercepting a reflecting light from said image exposed by said exposing means to said copying means; and control means for controlling said optical means such that when said image written on said sheet is copied, said optical means intercepts said reflecting light to said copying means until a completion of preparation for a copying operation, and said optical means allows a transmission of said reflecting light to said copying means after completion of preparation for the copying operation.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
135 words
A board copying apparatus comprising: board means having a sheet on which information is writable; exposure means for exposing an image written on said sheet; copying means for selectively copying on a recording material said image written on said sheet and an image of an original different from said written image; optical means for selectively transmitting and intercepting a reflecting light from said image exposed by said exposing means to said copying means; and control means for controlling said optical means such that when said image written on said sheet is copied, said optical means intercepts said reflecting light to said copying means until a completion of preparation for a copying operation, and said optical means allows a transmission of said reflecting light to said copying means after completion of preparation for the copying operation.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
25 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 25, wherein said optical means includes a shutter for selectively shutting off said reflecting light from said sheet.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
49 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 25, wherein said controlling means is adapted for prohibiting the formation of said copy image of said image written on said sheet, when the quantity of light from said exposure means has failed to reach a predetermined level in a predetermined time.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
44 words
A board copying apparatus according to claim 25, further comprising detecting means for detecting a quantity of light from said exposing means, wherein said control means recognizes said completion of preparation when said quantity of light from said exposing means reaches a predetermined value.
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