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US 5,369,689 AGranted
Facsimile apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorWataru Kawamura
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Abstract
A facsimile apparatus which (1) sends a predetermined dial signal to a telephone line and (2) calls an attached telephone set. The predetermined dial signal is sent at a predetermined time, and the call to the attached telephone set is made after the predetermined dial signal has been sent to the telephone line.
Claims13
A facsimile apparatus comprising:
- memory means for storing a time and a dial number;
- sending means for sending a dial signal to a telephone line, the dial signal being either a pulse type and a tone type;
- ringing means for ringing an attached telephone set;
- and
- control means for controlling said sending means so as to send a dial signal according to the dial number stored in said memory means to the telephone line at a first timing according to the time stored in said memory means and the type of the dial signal,
- wherein said control means controls said ringing means so as to ring the attached telephone set at a second timing according to the time stored in said memory means.
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A communication apparatus comprising:
- setting means for setting a first time and a dial number;
- sending means for sending a dial signal according to the dial number set by said setting means to a telephone line at a second time which is earlier than the first time by a predetermined time;
- and
- driving means for driving a sound generator to generate a sound at the first time set by said setting means.
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A communication apparatus comprising:
- memory means for storing a time and a dial number;
- sending means for sending a dial signal according to the dial number stored in said memory to a telephone line at a first timing according to the time stored in said memory means and a number of digits of the dial number;
- and
- driving means for driving a sound generator to generate a sound at a second timing according to the time stored in said memory means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.