Telephone answering service console
OwnerSteven M. Grayinventor
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Abstract
A telephone answering service console for use in an answering service system accepting incoming calls through a pair of standard telephone lines provided with "call forwarding" and "call waiting" service is described. The console has a desk level main deck which supports control panels and a numerical directory of subscriber accounts, before which the console operator is stationed, and a directory deck in spaced, parallel relation above the main deck supporting thereupon a plurality of arcuately arranged, upstanding subscriber account alphabetical listing directory board, the console further comprising a plurality of upstanding rows of message racks, one for each subscriber account, arcuately arranged between the main and directory decks.
Claims10
A telephone answering service console comprising, in combination, a desk-like console member having a horizontal main deck supported by laterally-opposed pedestal members, a directory deck member, means supporting said directory deck member in spaced parallel relation above said main deck member, said directory deck support means defining a vertically-extending space between said main deck and said directory deck, a plurality of message slip racks arranged in said space between said main deck and said directory deck, each of said message racks comprising a plurality of vertically-stacked message slip receptacles, a plurality of subscriber account name directories supported upon said directory deck for visual display to a console operator stationed in front of the console, a subscriber account numerical directory supported in horizontal disposition by said main deck and substantially flush with said main deck for ready visual observation by the console operator, and call receiving and switching means mounted in said main deck.
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