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US 4,872,061 AGranted
Facsimile
AssigneeTokyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorMasahiro Uchiyama
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Abstract
A facsimile includes a body cover, a U-turn feed unit contained in the body cover and having a turnabout roller for changing an original-sheet feed direction, a reading sensor contained in the body cover to read an image on an original sheet transported in the U-turn feed unit, and an image recording unit contained in the body cover to record an image on a recording sheet. The reading sensor is situated at a position within a space surrounded by a U-turn feed path in the U-turn feed unit such that the reading sensor cannot interfere with the turnabout roller.
Claims15
A facsimile comprising:
- a body cover shaped to define a space therein;
- U-turn feed means contained in the space defined by the body cover and having a turnabout roller for changing an original-sheet feed direction;
- a reading sensor in the space defined by the body cover to read an image on an original sheet transported in the U-turn feed means;
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- image recording means in the space defined by the body cover to record an image on a recording sheet,
- said reading sensor being situated at a position within a space surrounded by a U-turn feed path in the U-turn feed means such that said reading sensor cannot interfere with the turnabout roller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.