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Multifunction printer

Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1995-06-27
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Granted: 1996-10-22
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Expires: 2015-06-27
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Abstract

Abstract A multifunction printer having scanning and printing functions includes: a first cover located at one side surface of the deice body of the printer; a second cover located in the device body, inside of the first cover; a first paper transfer path connected to an image reading unit having the scanning function, the first paper transfer path being defined between the first and second covers; a second paper transfer path connected to a printing unit, the second paper transfer path defined in the device body inside of the second cover; and diverging means for selectively diverging the paper into one of the first and second paper transfer paths. Whereby, if jamming occurs in the first paper transfer path, jamming paper can be easily removed by opening the first cover, whereas if jamming occurs in the second paper transfer path, jamming paper can be easily removed by opening the second cover after opening the first cover.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yasuo Egashira
  • 👤 Isao Yamasaki

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 20:14
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00519; H04N1/00543; H04N1/00546; B; B41; B41J; B41J13/00; G; G03; G03G; G03G21/00; G03G21/16; G03G21/1604; G03G21/1623; G03G21/1628; G03G21/1633; H04N1/00567; H04N1/0057; H04N1/00588; H04N1/00591; H04N1/00596; H04N1/00599; H04N1/00602; H04N1/0062; H04N1/00623; G03G2215/00; G03G2215/00362; G03G2215/00535; G03G2215/00544; G03G2221/00; G03G2221/16; G03G2221/1672; G03G2221/1675

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 110 words
A multifunction printer comprising: a device body having first and second opposite sides; a first cover journalled at its one end to said device body on said first side so as to be rotatable, and adapted to be opened and closed; and a second cover located in said device body, inside of said first cover, journalled at its one end to said device body so as to be rotatable, and adapted to be opened and closed; a first paper transfer path defined in said device body between said first cover and said second cover; and a second paper transfer path defined in said device body inside of said second cover.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 110 words
A multifunction printer comprising: a device body having first and second opposite sides; a first cover journalled at its one end to said device body on said first side so as to be rotatable, and adapted to be opened and closed; and a second cover located in said device body, inside of said first cover, journalled at its one end to said device body so as to be rotatable, and adapted to be opened and closed; a first paper transfer path defined in said device body between said first cover and said second cover; and a second paper transfer path defined in said device body inside of said second cover.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 41 words
A multifunction printer according to claim 1, further comprising: reading means located in said first paper transfer path, for reading text data from a document; and printing means located in said second paper transfer path, for printing data on the paper.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 40 words
A multifunction printer according to claim 1, further comprising: printing means located in said first paper transfer path, for printing data on paper; and reading means located in said second paper transfer path, for reading text data from a document.

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