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Image forming apparatus

US4905042A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 3, 1988
Grant dateFeb 27, 1990
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/041
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus comprises an optical system for regenerating an original manuscript; a regenerating member capable of regenerating the original manuscript in different modes; a means for setting the position of the optical system in accordance with respective modes; a detector for detecting information relating to the respective modes from the set position of the optical system, and a control device for controlling the regenerating member in accordance with the detected information by the detector. A protective apparatus is further provided which comprises a process load; a detector for detecting a continuous operation time of the load from the power frequency of an a.c. current supplied to the load, and a control device for controlling the operation of the process load in accordance with the output from the detector. The process load may be a lamp for exposing light on an original manuscript.

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