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Copying magnification setting device for an electrophotographic copying apparatus
Assignee: Minolta Co Ltd
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Filing: 1988-09-16
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Granted: 1990-09-11
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Expires: 2008-09-16
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed herein is a device for setting a copying magnification in an electrophotographic copying apparatus. The device comprises means for manually inputting a numerical value, a plurality of memory means, selection key means for selecting one from the plurality of memory means and control means for memorizing a numerical value input by the numerical value input means in said one of memory means selected by the selection key means, so that the copying apparatus operates to set a copying magnification by a numerical value memorized in said one of memory means.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenji Shibazaki
- 👤 Yutaka Irie
- 👤 Masazumi Ito
- 👤 Tomoji Murata
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 14:26
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/50; G03G15/5016
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
226 words
A copying machine comprising: means for forming an image of an original to be copied on copying paper; a plurality of copy magnification selection keys each of which is assigned to a predetermined numerical value; first display means having a plurality of display elements each of which corresponds to each of the copy magnification selection keys and is enabled when a corresponding copy magnification key is operated; second display means for displaying numeric values when any one of said copy magnification selection keys is operated to as to display the numeric value corresponding to the operated copy magnification selection key; an up key; a down key; means, operatively connected to said up key and said down key, for varying the numeric value in such a manner that the contents of the display is either increased or decreased by a predetermined value in response to the operation of said up key or down key; control means for controlling said image forming means so that the numeric value displayed on the second display means corresponds to the ratio of the size of the image of the original and the size of the image of the copy paper, and display control means for disabling the operation of said first display means when the numeric value displayed on said second display means is varied by said numeric value varying means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
226 words
A copying machine comprising: means for forming an image of an original to be copied on copying paper; a plurality of copy magnification selection keys each of which is assigned to a predetermined numerical value; first display means having a plurality of display elements each of which corresponds to each of the copy magnification selection keys and is enabled when a corresponding copy magnification key is operated; second display means for displaying numeric values when any one of said copy magnification selection keys is operated to as to display the numeric value corresponding to the operated copy magnification selection key; an up key; a down key; means, operatively connected to said up key and said down key, for varying the numeric value in such a manner that the contents of the display is either increased or decreased by a predetermined value in response to the operation of said up key or down key; control means for controlling said image forming means so that the numeric value displayed on the second display means corresponds to the ratio of the size of the image of the original and the size of the image of the copy paper, and display control means for disabling the operation of said first display means when the numeric value displayed on said second display means is varied by said numeric value varying means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
189 words
A copying machine comprising: image forming means for forming an image of a desired size on a copying paper: a plurality of selection keys each being assigned to a predetermined numeric value; first display means having a plurality of display elements each of which corresponds to each of said selection keys, each of the display elements is enabled when a corresponding selecting key is operated; second display means for displaying numeric values in such a manner that when one of the selection keys is operated, the numeric value corresponding to the operated selection key is displayed; means for varying the numeric value displayed on said second display means by either increasing or decreasing by a predetermined value; control means for controlling said image forming means so that the numeric value displayed on the second display means corresponds to the ratio of the size of the image of the original and the size of the image of the copy paper; display control means for disabling the operation of said first display means when the numeric values displayed on said second display means is varied by said numeric value varying means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
189 words
A copying machine comprising: image forming means for forming an image of a desired size on a copying paper: a plurality of selection keys each being assigned to a predetermined numeric value; first display means having a plurality of display elements each of which corresponds to each of said selection keys, each of the display elements is enabled when a corresponding selecting key is operated; second display means for displaying numeric values in such a manner that when one of the selection keys is operated, the numeric value corresponding to the operated selection key is displayed; means for varying the numeric value displayed on said second display means by either increasing or decreasing by a predetermined value; control means for controlling said image forming means so that the numeric value displayed on the second display means corresponds to the ratio of the size of the image of the original and the size of the image of the copy paper; display control means for disabling the operation of said first display means when the numeric values displayed on said second display means is varied by said numeric value varying means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
181 words
A copying machine comprising: image forming means for forming an image of a desired size of a copy paper; a plurality of selection keys; first display means having a plurality of display elements corresponding to said selection keys, each of the display elements being turned on when the corresponding selection key is operated; second display means for displaying numeric values in such a manner that when one of said selection keys is operated, a numeric value related to the operated selection key is displayed; means for varying the numeric value displayed on said second display means by either increasing or decreasing the displayed value by a predetermined value; control means for controlling said image forming means so that the numeric value displayed on the second display means corresponds to the ratio of the size of the image of the original and the size of the image of the copy paper, and displayed control means for disabling the operation of said first display means when the numeric value displayed on said second display means is varied by said numeric value varying means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
181 words
A copying machine comprising: image forming means for forming an image of a desired size of a copy paper; a plurality of selection keys; first display means having a plurality of display elements corresponding to said selection keys, each of the display elements being turned on when the corresponding selection key is operated; second display means for displaying numeric values in such a manner that when one of said selection keys is operated, a numeric value related to the operated selection key is displayed; means for varying the numeric value displayed on said second display means by either increasing or decreasing the displayed value by a predetermined value; control means for controlling said image forming means so that the numeric value displayed on the second display means corresponds to the ratio of the size of the image of the original and the size of the image of the copy paper, and displayed control means for disabling the operation of said first display means when the numeric value displayed on said second display means is varied by said numeric value varying means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
158 words
A copying machine comprising: image forming means for forming a image of a copy paper; a plurality of selection keys; first display means having a plurality of display elements each of which corresponds to a respective selection key, each of the display elements being turned on when a corresponding selection key is operated; second display means for displaying numeric values in such a manner that when one of said selection keys is operated, the numeric value related to the operated selection key is displayed; means for varying the numeric value displayed on said second display means by either increasing or decreasing the displayed value by a predetermined value; control means for controlling said image forming means corresponding to the numeric value displayed on said second display means, and display control means for disabling the operation of said first display means when the numeric value displayed on said second display means is varied by said numeric value varying means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
158 words
A copying machine comprising: image forming means for forming a image of a copy paper; a plurality of selection keys; first display means having a plurality of display elements each of which corresponds to a respective selection key, each of the display elements being turned on when a corresponding selection key is operated; second display means for displaying numeric values in such a manner that when one of said selection keys is operated, the numeric value related to the operated selection key is displayed; means for varying the numeric value displayed on said second display means by either increasing or decreasing the displayed value by a predetermined value; control means for controlling said image forming means corresponding to the numeric value displayed on said second display means, and display control means for disabling the operation of said first display means when the numeric value displayed on said second display means is varied by said numeric value varying means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
174 words
A copying machine comprising: image forming means for forming an image of an original document at a predetermined arbitrary magnification ratio; data storage means including a plurality of storage areas each of which is capable of storing a predetermined numerical value; means for selecting one of said storage areas; a plurality of first display means each corresponding to one of said storage areas for indicating a selected storage area; first display control means for energizing one of said display means in response to the selection of a corresponding storage area; second display means, responsive to said selecting means, for displaying the numerical value stored in the selected storage area; varying means for manually increasing or decreasing the numerical value displayed on said second display means by a predetermined value; control means for controlling said image forming means so that the numerical value displayed on said second display means corresponds to the magnification ratio, and second display control means for deenergizing the energized first display means in response to the operation of said varying means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
174 words
A copying machine comprising: image forming means for forming an image of an original document at a predetermined arbitrary magnification ratio; data storage means including a plurality of storage areas each of which is capable of storing a predetermined numerical value; means for selecting one of said storage areas; a plurality of first display means each corresponding to one of said storage areas for indicating a selected storage area; first display control means for energizing one of said display means in response to the selection of a corresponding storage area; second display means, responsive to said selecting means, for displaying the numerical value stored in the selected storage area; varying means for manually increasing or decreasing the numerical value displayed on said second display means by a predetermined value; control means for controlling said image forming means so that the numerical value displayed on said second display means corresponds to the magnification ratio, and second display control means for deenergizing the energized first display means in response to the operation of said varying means.
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