US 4,788,709 AGranted

Facsimile communication terminal with memo pattern memory

AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorKoichi Matsumoto

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Abstract

A communication terminal apparatus such as a facsimile apparatus used together with a telephone set has a recording device to record data which is received through a telephone line on a recording paper; a memory to store a pattern; an indicating device to instruct the recording device to record; and a control unit to read out the pattern from the memory in accordance with a predetermined order and to allow the recording device to record this pattern on the recording paper when the indicating device is operated. The pattern may be one for a memo paper or may include time data. After the pattern is recorded on the recording paper, the paper may be cut and discharged from the apparatus by a cutting device. With this apparatus, the recording paper can be promptly used as a memo paper, so that the area which is occupied by the memo paper can be reduced and the telephone set can be easily used.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A communication terminal apparatus which is adapted to be used in combination with a telephone set;

said terminal apparatus comprising:
recording means for recording information which is obtained through a line on a recording medium;
memory means for storing a predetermined pattern;
a manual switch for manually instructing that the recording medium used in said recording means is used for a memorandum and for manually instructing said terminal apparatus to cause said recording means to record on the recording medium said predetermined pattern stored in said memory means;
discharge means for discharging the recording medium, in response to instruction by said manual switch;
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control means for controlling such that the information obtained through the line is recorded on the recording medium by said recording means during a reception operation of said terminal apparatus, said predetermined pattern is read out from said memory means in a predetermined order in response to the instruction from said manual switch to be recorded on the recording medium by said recording means when an operation other than recording of information obtained through the line is being executed, and the recording medium on which said pattern is recorded is discharged by said discharge means.

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Facts

Application: 06/901,058Filed 26 Aug 1986
Priority: JP 60-1931253 Sep 1985
Granted: 29 Nov 1988
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H04M 1/26
Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers: devices for calling a subscriber
H04M 1/56
Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers: arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
H04M 1/57
Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers: arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called…
H04N 1/00281
Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture…:…