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US 5,261,985 AGranted
Method for receiving confidential facsimile documents
OwnerShao-Chia Lininventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for receiving confidential facsimile messages includes a receiver to receive a sheet of facsimile paper having two margins each coated with a heat-molten adhesive strip and to form the sheet of facsimile paper into a paper roll, a first rolling means and a second rolling means to roll the paper flat, and a heating element to melt the heat-molten strip so that the margins are sealed.
Claims10
A method for receiving and securing confidential messages exiting a conventional facsimile machine, comprising the steps of:
- receiving the facsimile message printed on sealable paper with a heat-molten strip on each edge thereof;
- rolling and securing the sealable paper into a tubular roll;
- compressing the tubular roll between two rollers having at least one heating element disposed on each;
- heating one of the strips with a pair of the heating elements;
- conveying the tubular roll with the rollers;
- and
- heating the other strip with the heating element.
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A method for receiving and securing messages exiting a conventional facsimile machine, comprising the steps of:
- providing a sealable paper and adhesion means on the sealable paper;
- receiving the sealable paper from the facsimile machine and rolling the sealable paper into a tubular roll;
- and
- sealing the sealable paper while maintaining the tubular roll.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.