Patent · US Expired

Facsimile apparatus with two different sized paper supply rolls having timer/counter to choose primary supply roll to prevent curling

US5268766A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 11, 1990
Grant dateDec 7, 1993
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Expiry dateJul 11, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/33315
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A facsimile apparatus which includes a control part, first and second rolls of first and second recording sheets of different sizes, a platen roller being driven to transport a recording sheet selectively being fed from either the first roll or the second roll, a thermal recording head being provided in contact with the platen roller for carrying out thermal recording, a first feed roller being driven to transport the first recording sheet from the first roll to the platen roller, and a second feed roller being driven to transport the second recording sheet from the second roll to the platen roller. The facsimile apparatus further includes a sheet size sensing part for sensing a sheet size from a sheet size code included in a prescribed control signal being provided each time transmission data when received from an external facsimile terminal, and a counter part for counting the number of each of first and second sheet size occurrences at the sheet size sensing part, so that a leading edge of either the first recording sheet or the second recording sheet, whichever has a greater number of the sheet size occurrences obtained by the counter part, is preferentially placed on the plate…

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