US 5,183,431 AGranted

Toy facsimile machine

AssigneeStaff Co., Ltd.

InventorMasatoshi Todokoro

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Abstract

A toy facsimile machine has a hollow case for housing a rotatably mounted roll of paper, transfer roll members that frictionally engage the paper to unroll it, a plate positioned between the roll and the transfer roll members to support the unrolled paper so that the user of the toy may write and draw on the paper, a motor for activating the transfer roll members, an integrated circuit for generating tone signals, a speaker for converting those signals into sound, and a battery for operating the motor and integrated circuit. A window frame formed in the case exposes the paper so that the user may write and draw on it. A delivery port is formed in a leading end of the toy and operation of the transfer roll members feeds the paper out of the hollow interior of the toy through that port. A cutting device is positioned at the port so that the discharged paper may be cut off by pulling up on it. Further features include a model telephone head set cradled by the case and a manually operated rotatably mounted spool for taking slack out of the roll of paper.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A toy facsimile machine, comprising:

a hollow case having the external appearance of an operable facsimile machine;
a take-up shaft rotatably mounted within said hollow case;
said take-up shaft adapted to support an elongate sheet of recording paper disposed in rolled relation thereabout;
a pair of rotatably-mounted transfer roll members, also positioned within said hollow case, for frictionally engaging a leading end of said recording paper so that rotation of said transfer roll members causes said recording paper to unroll from said take-up shaft, a first transfer roll member contacting a lower side of said recording paper and a second transfer roll member contacting an upper side thereof;
said take-up shaft being positioned in a rearward part of said hollow case and said transfer roll members being positioned in a forward part thereof;
a delivery port formed in said hollow case in said forward part thereof, said delivery port having a size sufficient for said recording paper to pass through when said transfer roll members are rotated so that said recording paper is delivered to the environment external to said hollow case when said transfer roll members are rotated;
a cutting means disposed adjacent said delivery port for cutting said recording paper;
a window frame means formed in said case to expose a predetermined area of said recording paper to an individual playing with said toy;
a handset seat formed in said case;
a model handset selectively positionable in said handset seat;
a group of push buttons positioned on an upper surface of said hollow case so that said individual playing with said toy may manipulate said push buttons;
a motor means for effecting rotation of said transfer rolls;
a speaker means positioned in close proximity to said handset seat;
an integrated circuit connotatively coupled to said speaker means;
said integrated circuit adapted to generate a plurality of distinct tones in response to manipulation of said push buttons, there being a different tone associated with each of said push buttons;
a battery means for supplying power to said motor means, said integrated circuit, and said speaker means;
and
a plurality of switch means for activating said motor means, said integrated circuit, and said speaker means.

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A toy facsimile machine, comprising:

a hollow case for housing a rotatably mounted roll of paper;
a pair of rotatably mounted transfer roll members that frictionally engage the paper to unroll it;
a flat ground plate positioned between the roll of paper and the transfer roll members to support the unrolled paper so that the user of the toy may write and draw on the paper;
a motor for activating the transfer roll members;
an integrated circuit for generating tone signals;
a speaker for converting those signals into sound;
a battery means for operating the motor and integrated circuit;
a window frame formed in the case to expose the paper so that the user may write and draw on it;
a delivery port formed in a leading end of the toy so that operation of the transfer roll members feeds the paper out of the hollow interior of the toy through said port;
a cutting device positioned at the port so that the discharge paper may be cut off by pulling up on it;
a model telephone head set cradled by the case;
and
a plurality of push buttons electrically connected to said integrated circuit;
whereby a user of the toy may write and draw on the paper in registration with the window frame, may lift the model headset from the case, may punch the push buttons to generate distinct tones, may hear said tones played through the speaker, may activate the motor to cause unrolling of the paper, and may tear off a part of the paper having drawing and writing thereon after said part has been discharged from the toy through said delivery port.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.