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US 4,543,452 AGranted
Apparatus for the storing and recovery of information, subscriber's numbers, subscriber's addresses, etc.
AssigneeConfon AG
InventorHeiko Ippen
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for the storage and recovery of information and subscriber's numbers while using a telephone register. By means of selection keys, the desired register card is removed from a stack of such cards by extending a drawer or the flapping up of a cover. A device connectable to a telephone makes it possible to automatically call up and dial stored subscriber's numbers. The keyboards with the selection keys of the telephone register and the subscriber's number dialing device are arranged in juxtaposed or superimposed manner in the telephone register casing (FIG. 1).
Claims40
Apparatus for the storing and recovery of information, like subscriber's numbers and subscriber's addresses, characterized in that in a casing (2) a register card selection and release device (20, 20a, 20b) is provided, comprising:
- a plurality of selection keys (240-263) combined into a keyboard (6) and a drawer (230) under the action of a compression spring and closable by means of a locking device with a stack (9) of register cards (401-424) housed therein, which on their back edge portions have selection tongues (402a-424a) with openings (450), each selection key (240-263) being fixed to a swivel arm (270-293) constructed as a lever and mounted in the casing (2) and which carries at its free end (270b-293b) a card retaining pin (310-323) directed perpendicular to the base plate (226) of the casing bottom part (221), the card retaining pins (310-323) being juxtaposed in two rows and being staggered relative to one another in such a way that the pins of every other swivel arm are combined into a row, while a resiliently mounted drawer retaining strip (371) is arranged in the vicinity of the movement path of the card retaining pins (310-323) in the rear area of the base plate of the casing bottom part (221), said retaining strip being in operative connection with a drawer locking device (270) releasing the extension of the drawer under the action by the card retaining pin of a depressed selection key and the openings (450) for the card retaining pins (310-333) in the rear edge portions of the register cards (401-424) extend in stepped manner and are increasing in size by in each case one selection tongue carrying an opening from the lowermost register card (402) with the first opening (450) from right bottom to top left and the uppermost register card (424), each selection tongue (404a) having a number of openings (250b) corresponding to the number of openings (450) of the selection tongues (420a-424a) of the in each case lower register card (402), increased by one opening, wherein the opening by which each register card is increased compared with the openings of the selection tongues of the in each case underlying register card overhangs with respect to the card portions of the in each case underlying register cards carrying the tongue-like openings, whilst the openings in the selection tongues of the register cards are arranged in a superimposed manner, the selection tongues of every other register card having a sloping portion (402b) for releasing an opening (450b) of the selection tongue (403a) of the in each case underlying register card (403), and furthermore
- a device (30) arranged within said casing for automatically dialing stored subscriber's numbers connectable to a telephone, and which is provided with a subscriber's number storage unit (31) having a keyboard (36), figures keys (37), and operating keys (38).
Apparatus for the storing and recovery of information, like subscriber's numbers and subscriber's addresses, characterized in that in a casing (2) a register card selection and release device (20, 20a, 20b) is provided, comprising:
- a plurality of series juxtaposed and superimposed selection keys (540-551) combined into a keyboard (6) and a drawer (530) under the action of compression springs and closable by means of a locking device having a stack (9) of register cards (701-712) arranged therein, which on their rear edge portions have selection tongues (701a-712a) with openings, each selection key (540-551) being fixed to a swivel arm (560-571) constructed as a lever and mounted in the casing and which carries at its other free rear end a U-shaped card retaining pin (630), wherein the vertically upwardly directed bar (630a) of every card retaining pin (630) has a cam-like projection parallel to the leg (640b) of the U-shaped portion (640) of the card retaining pin, wherein the drawer comprising a plate-like drawer bottom (531) with a front closing strip (532) closing the drawer extension opening (520) in the casing front wall (512, 522) when the drawer (530) is inserted is constructed to be open at the back and at both sides and in its rearward edge area has a number of slot-like recesses (660-671) corresponding to the number of card retaining pins (630) and having a length corresponding to that of the U-shaped portions (640) at the ends of the swivel lever (560, 571), while the two lateral drawer boundary walls are formed by the two boundary walls (519, 519a) arranged on either side of the plate-like drawer bottom (531) and shaped onto the inner wall surface of the casing cover part and wherein for guiding the swivel lever, each swivel lever is provided on the end (560b-571b) carrying the card retaining pin (630) with a vertically directed slot-like opening (590-601) in which engages a cam (610-621) shaped onto the inner wall surface of the casing cover part (511) and is guided in said opening, and furthermore
- a device (30) arranged within said casing for automatically dialing stored subscriber's numbers connectable to a telephone, and which is provided with a subscriber's number storage unit (31) having a keyboard(36), figures keys (37), and operating keys (38).
Apparatus for the storing and recovery of information, like subscriber's numbers and subscriber's addresses, characterized in that in a casing (2) a register card selection and release device (20, 20a, 20b) is provided, comprising:
- an extendable and retractable drawer (802) arranged in the casing (2) with a stack (9) of register cards (801) with selection cutouts (820) and with a depression (816) formed in the drawer bottom for separating the selected register card from the register cards left behind in the casing (2) and for transferring the selected card into an extension plane by means of selection keys (807) combined into a keyboard (6), and with dogs (806), and furthermore
- a device (30) arranged within said casing for automatically dialing stored subscriber's numbers connectable to a telephone, and which is provided with a subscriber's number storage unit (31) having a keyboard (36), figures keys (37), and operating keys (38).
Apparatus for the storing and recovery of information, like subscriber's numbers and subscriber's addresses, characterized in that in a casing (2) a register card selection and release device (20, 20a, 20b) is provided, comprising:
- a casing (1002) with selection means, wherein the casing (1002) with a box-like base part (1211), whose upper casing cover p1ate (1214) is provided with a dish-shaped depression (1213) for receiving a stack of loose register cards (1009) carrying reference numbers, is provided on the edge with register-like selection cutouts (1222-1333), a cover being pivotably mounted on the casing about a horizontal axis (1216) which covers the dish-shaped depression (1213) with the cards, said cover (1215) being in operative connection with two-armed selection and control levers (1270-1281) which can be depressed by vertical pushbutton pressure and acting on the register cards via swivel levers having at its front free ends selection keys (1220a-1231a) combined into a keyboard (1006) and at the ends opposite to the selection keys tongue-like portions, (1240c-1251c), the register cards of the stack being held in lateral guides (1217, 1218) in the vicinity of the cover swivel axis (1216), and furthermore
- a device (30) arranged within said casing for automatically dialing stored subscriber's numbers connectable to a telephone, and which is provided with a subscriber's number storage unit (31) having a keyboard (36), figures keys (37), and operating keys (38).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.