JP3790952B2 - Facsimile machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to a facsimile machine. The facsimile apparatus includes a multifunction machine having a facsimile function and a copying function.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In a multifunction machine having a facsimile function and a copying function, an LED for notifying a user that a facsimile has arrived (hereinafter referred to as a FAX incoming notification LED) is not an operation display unit, but a front surface of the multifunction machine main body. There is something that is provided. The reason why the FAX incoming notification LED is provided not on the operation display unit but on the front surface of the MFP main body is as follows. In other words, since the operation display unit is mounted upward, when a FAX incoming notification LED is provided in the operation display unit, even if the FAX incoming notification LED is lit, a user who is far from the multifunction device Because I can't see it.
[0003]
In such a multi-function peripheral, it is necessary to provide a FAX incoming notification LED separately from the operation display unit, and thus there is a problem that its manufacture and assembly are not easy.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention, it is possible to provide a unit having a display unit the indicator for informing that there facsimile incoming to the user, that there facsimile incoming call to a user who is away from the facsimile apparatus and to provide a facsimile apparatus capable to inform.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, in a facsimile apparatus having a unit having a display, an indicator lamp is provided for notifying a user that a facsimile has arrived at the unit. The display light is easy to see from the user when the user is operating the facsimile machine, the display surface of the display is almost upward, and the indicator light is from a place away from the facsimile machine body. It is characterized in that it is attached to the main body of the facsimile apparatus in such a way that the position can be freely changed to a position where the display surface of the display device faces almost forward .
The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 1 , the indicator lamp blinks when a facsimile is received.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the indicator lamp comprises an LED.
[0006]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a multi-function machine having a facsimile function and a copying function will be described below.
[0007]
FIG. 1 shows the external appearance of the multifunction machine.
[0008]
A unit mounting portion 2 that extends in the left-right direction and has an upper surface formed in a curved shape is formed on the upper front surface of the multifunction device 1. A horizontally long operation display unit 3 whose lower surface is formed in a curved shape similar to the upper surface of the unit mounting portion 2 is attached to the unit mounting portion 2.
[0009]
The operation display unit 3 is provided with a FAX incoming notification LED 31 which is blinked when a facsimile incoming is received.
[0010]
The user can change the position (tilt) of the operation display unit 3. That is, when the user uses the multi-function device 1, the operation display surface of the operation display unit 3 faces substantially upward as shown in FIG. 1 so that the operation display surface of the operation display unit 3 can be easily seen from above. The position of the operation display unit 3 can be set to a state position (hereinafter referred to as a first position).
[0011]
Further, when the user is not using the multifunction device 1, the operation display surface of the operation display unit 3 is almost as shown in FIG. 2 so that the FAX incoming notification LED 31 can be seen from a position away from the multifunction device 1. The position of the operation display unit 3 can be set at a state position facing forward (hereinafter referred to as a second position).
[0012]
A method for changing the position of the operation display unit 3 will be described. For example, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a vertically long hole 4 is opened in the unit mounting portion 2. A screw hole 5 is opened at a position corresponding to the vertically long hole 4 on the back surface of the operation display unit 3. Then, the screw portion of the bolt 6 is passed through the vertically long hole 4 from the back side of the unit mounting portion 2, and the screw portion of the bolt 6 is loosely screwed into the screw hole 5 of the operation display unit 3. Then, after positioning the operation display unit 3 at the first position (see FIG. 3) or the second position (see FIG. 4), the bolt 6 is tightened. Thereby, the operation display unit 3 can be fixed to the first position or the second position.
[0013]
When the position of the operation display unit 3 is changed, after loosening the bolt 6, the operation display unit 3 may be positioned at a position to be changed and then the bolt 6 may be tightened.
[0014]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, an indicator lamp for notifying a user that a facsimile has arrived can be provided in the unit having the indicator, and a facsimile has arrived for a user far from the facsimile apparatus. it becomes possible to inform the.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a multifunction machine when an operation display unit is located at a position where an operation display surface of the operation display unit faces substantially upward.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of the multifunction machine when the operation display unit is located at a position where the operation display surface of the operation display unit faces substantially forward.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a method of changing the position of the operation display unit 3;
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a method of changing the position of the operation display unit 3;
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Multifunction device 2 Unit mounting part 3 Operation display unit 4 Long hole 5 Screw hole 6 Bolt 31

Claims (3)

In a facsimile machine provided with a unit having a display,
An indicator lamp is provided to inform the user that a facsimile has arrived at the unit,
The above unit is distant from the facsimile apparatus main body and the position where the display content displayed on the display unit is easy to see from the user when the user operates the facsimile apparatus, the display surface of the display unit faces almost upward. A facsimile apparatus, wherein the indicator lamp is attached to the main body of the facsimile apparatus in such a manner that the display lamp can be easily seen from the place and the display surface of the display device faces almost frontward .   2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the indicator lamp blinks when a facsimile is received.   3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the indicator lamp comprises an LED.

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