Information communication apparatus

An information communication apparatus such as a facsimile machine comprising:

• an apparatus main body;
• an operation panel portion provided at a front end of an upper surface of the apparatus main body;
• a recording paper outlet opening provided at a rear end of said upper surface of the apparatus main body;
• and
• a tray serving as a manuscript holder as well as a recording paper tray which is hingedly supported at a rear end of the apparatus main body so as to be opened or closed between an opened position where the tray extends rearward and obliquely upward and a closed position where the tray covers the upper surface of the apparatus main body.

An information communication apparatus such as a facsimile machine comprising:

• an apparatus main body;
• a manuscript inlet opening provided at substantially a center of an upper surface of said apparatus main body;
• a recording paper outlet opening provided behind the manuscript inlet opening on said apparatus main body;
• an operation panel portion which is provided at a front end of the upper surface of said apparatus main body and on which a plurality of buttons are arrayed to constitute a matrix of a plurality of lines and rows;
• a tray serving as a manuscript holder as well as a recording paper tray which is hingedly supported at a rear end of the apparatus main body so as to be opened or closed between an opened position where the tray extends rearward and obliquely upward and a closed position where the tray covers the upper surface of the apparatus main body;
• a cutout formed on said tray so as to expose the operation panel portion when the tray is located at said closed position where the tray covers the upper surface of the apparatus main body;
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• said lines constituted by said buttons being obliquely arranged with respect to the front edge of the apparatus main body.

An information communication apparatus such as a facsimile machine comprising:

• an apparatus main body;
• an operation panel portion provided at a front end of an upper surface of the apparatus main body;
• a manuscript inlet opening provided at substantially the center of the upper surface of said apparatus main body;
• a recording paper outlet opening provided behind the manuscript inlet opening on said apparatus main body;
• a tray serving as a manuscript holder as well as a recording paper tray which is hingedly supported at a rear end of the apparatus main body so as to be opened or closed between an opened position where the tray extends rearward and obliquely upward and a closed position where the tray covers the upper surface of the apparatus main body;
• a cutout formed on said tray so as to expose the operation panel portion when the tray is located at said closed position where the tray covers the upper surface of the apparatus main body;
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• said tray being located at said closed position when the information communication apparatus is used as a normal telephone and, to the contrary, located at said opened position when the information communication apparatus is used for transmitting a manuscript.