Patent · US Expired

Telephone answering device utilizing Mobius loop activating switch

US3953679A · kind A · utility

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6References
9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 11, 1974
Grant dateApr 27, 1976
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 11, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/6515
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A telephone answering device employing a conventional tape recorder and an endlesss broadcast recording tape having a twist of 180.degree. therein, popularly known as a Mobius loop, driven by the drive capstan of the conventional tape recorder, activates a tone switch and a shut-off switch in alternate 360.degree. revolutions of the broadcast tape.

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