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US 5,208,627 AGranted
Recording apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshihiko Yoshihara, Masahiro Shirai
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Abstract
A recording apparatus for recording images of an object on a plurality of recording media records the object images on the recording media at different reduction factors. It also records an object image independently on each of the recording media.
Claims17
A recording apparatus for recording a document to a recording medium comprising:
- a first holding unit for removably holding a first recording unit having a recording medium and a photographing lens;
- a second holding unit for removably holding a second recording unit having a recording medium and a photographing lens having a different reduction factor other than that of the photographing lens of said first recording unit;
- and
- transport means for transporting the recording medium in said first and second recording units held by said first and second holding units at different speeds.
1 more element
A recording apparatus for recording a document to a recording medium comprising:
- a first holding means for removably holding a first recording unit for housing a recording medium;
- a second holding unit for removably holding a second recording unit for housing a recording medium;
- detection means for detecting amounts of unused recording medium in said first and second recording units held by said first and second holding units, respectively;
- transport means for independently transporting the recording medium in said first and second recording units held by said first and second holding means;
- and
- means for controlling said transport means to selectively transport the recording medium of said first and second recording units in accordance with the amount of recording medium detected by said detection means.
3 more elements
A recording apparatus comprising:
- first holding means for removably holding a recording unit having a first shaft for rotatably holding a supply reel having a recording medium wound thereon, a second shaft for rotatably holding a take-up reel and a capstan roller for transporting the recording medium from the supply reel to the take-up reel;
- second holding means for removably holding a recording unit of the same construction as that of said recording unit;
- first drive means arranged in a body of said apparatus for transmitting driving forces to the first shaft, the second shaft and the capstan roller of the recording unit hold by said first holding means;
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- second drive means arranged in the body of said apparatus for transmitting driving forces to the first shaft, the second shaft and the capstan roller of the recording unit held by said second holding means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.