Facsimile machine
US5923436A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 13, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 13, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/00551
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A facsimile machine includes a machine housing; an upper guide member disposed above the machine housing and adapted to be movable between an operating position, in which a document transport path is formed, and an open position, in which the document transport path is opened; an operating panel mounted on the top of the upper guide member and provided with dial number call keys for calling previously stored dial numbers of destinations, and a function switching key for selecting from two alternative call dial numbers stored for each of the dial number call keys; and a key switching plate having openings through which the key heads of the dial number call keys are exposed with the key switching plate disposed on the operating panel so as to be invertible between a first position and a second position and adapted to move the function switching key in a switching manner upon the inversion thereof. The key switching plate is adapted to be located at the same one of the first and second positions each time the upper guide member is brought to the open position.
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