Telephonic communications – Telephone line or system combined with diverse electrical... – To produce visual-graphic copy
Patent
1986-12-16
1989-04-18
George, Keith E.
Telephonic communications
Telephone line or system combined with diverse electrical...
To produce visual-graphic copy
358256, 379132, H04M 1700, H04M 1502, H04M 1100
Patent
active
048233765
ABSTRACT:
A pay facsimile machine, which is similar to a pay telephone, is allowed to be connected to a network for a communication time period, the length of which is determined depending on the amount of money deposited. When the end of the communication time period approaches, a warning signal is given to the user, and if an additional deposit of money is made, the communication time period is extended; however, if no additional deposit is made, the connection is automatically disconnected. If an original document is half transmitted when such a disconnection has happened, the original document is held as it is in a reading unit. When the transmission is resumed, the original document is transported in a forward direction, or, alternatively, is first moved backward for a predetermined distance and then moved forward. A pay facsimile machine is also preferably provided with a remaining time indicating device which indicates the remaining amount of the communication time period either visually or audibly.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3112361 (1963-11-01), Kubota et al.
patent: 4198545 (1980-04-01), Haist et al.
patent: 4434326 (1984-02-01), Koeck et al.
George Keith E.
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
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