JPH06133019A - Automatic calling equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve operability and to execute a half cutter operation by means of a natural operation by providing a tape discharge part at the right side of a base part viewing from a unit operation direction. CONSTITUTION:At the time of an automatic dialing, a user takes a handset 31 by a left hand, reads an optical identification mark by a scanner 9 and depresses a calling key 11. At the time of printing the optical identification mark, the user takes the set 31 and executes the calling operation by a telephone set 30. When a printing key 12 is depressed, telephone number data which is call-operated is converted into the optical identification mark and it is printed on a tape. The printed tape is discharged from a discharge part 3, and the user operates a cutter lever 8 so as to cut it. The tape which is cut is inserted into a slit 5 and a half cutter part 4 cuts the tape into halves.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is an automatic device having a function of reading a telephone number marked with an optical identification mark through an optical reading section and automatically dialing it, and a function of printing the optical identification mark. It relates to a transmitting device or a telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a call operation (dial operation or push button operation) in telephone communication or facsimile communication
To prevent mistakes, an automatic dial device has been proposed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-252738. The automatic dialing device is a device having a function of reading a bar code with a telephone number, sending a dial signal to a telephone line to call the other party, and a function of printing a bar code necessary for automatic dialing.

However, the above-mentioned automatic dial device merely proposes a function and does not consider the operability of the user.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide an automatic transmission device or telephone which improves the operability of the user.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention has the following constitution.

That is, the automatic transmission device of the present invention is an automatic transmission device provided with a base portion on which a telephone is placed, and which is viewed from the direction in which the tape discharging portion for discharging the printed tape operates. The automatic transmission device is provided on the right side of the base.

Alternatively, the telephone of the present invention is a telephone having an automatic transmission function, and is provided on the right side of the telephone as viewed from the direction in which the tape ejecting section for ejecting the printed tape is operated. It is a featured telephone.

Further, preferably, the half-cutter part for cutting a part of the printed tape is provided in front of the tape ejecting part, or the automatic transmitting device or the telephone.

Further, preferably, the automatic transmitting device or the telephone is characterized in that the angle of the slit of the half cutter is -10 ° to 45 °.

Further, preferably, the automatic transmitter or telephone is characterized in that the angle of the slit of the half cutter portion is -45 ° to -100 °.

Alternatively, the automatic transmission device of the present invention is an automatic transmission device having a base portion for disposing a telephone on the upper surface, and a protrusion for preventing the telephone from falling is provided on the upper surface of the base portion. It is a featured automatic transmission device.

[0012] Further, preferably, further, the projection is discontinuous, the automatic transmission device.

[0013]

The automatic transmission device or telephone of the present invention will be described in detail below.

The automatic transmission device of the present invention is basically provided with a base portion for disposing the telephone on the upper surface, and in consideration of the operability of the user, a tape discharging portion for discharging the printed tape. Is provided on the right side of the base portion when viewed from the direction of operation. Generally, when using a telephone, the user holds the telephone handset with his left hand. For this reason, if the tape ejection portion is provided on the right side of the base portion when viewed from the operating direction, the open right hand (hand without a handset) a. Take tape, b. Operations such as cutting the tape can be performed and operability is improved.

Further, the telephone of the present invention is basically configured to have an automatic transmission function, and in consideration of user's operability, further, from the direction of operating the tape ejecting portion for ejecting the printed tape. It is provided on the right side of the base when viewed. Therefore, the operability is similarly improved.

Further, preferably, a half cutter section for cutting a part of the printed tape is provided in front of the tape discharging section. Therefore, the user can easily confirm the position of the half cutter.

Further, preferably, the angle of the slit of the half cutter is -10 ° to 45 ° or -4.
It is 5 ° to −100 °. Therefore, the half cut operation can be performed without difficulty.

Alternatively, in the automatic transmitter of the present invention, the projection is provided on the upper surface of the base. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the telephone from falling from the base.

Further, preferably, the projection is discontinuous, and the automatic transmission device is further preferred. Therefore, it is possible to easily remove dust and the like adhering to the upper surface of the base from the discontinuous portion when cleaning the base.

The automatic transmission function in the present invention means that the telephone number and the FAX number marked with the optical identification mark are read through the optical reading section, converted into an appropriate dial signal, and sent to the telephone line to automatically It refers to two functions: a function that enables dialing and a function that prints an optical identification mark. Preferably, it further has a function of receiving telephone number data transmitted from a telephone or the like and converting it into an optical identification mark. The automatic transmission device is a device having an automatic transmission function. Here, the optical identification mark means a barcode, a two-dimensional code, an OCR (Op (Op)
mechanical Character Recogniti
on), etc., which are coded, and as long as they can be optically read by any optical reading reader according to them, the coding standard, etc.
It is not particularly limited.

The angle of the slit of the half cutter portion in the present invention is the angle θ shown in FIG.

The half cutter referred to in the present invention is a cutter that cuts only a part of a printing tape composed of a main tape, a peeling tape, etc., for example, only the main tape, so that the printing tape can be easily peeled off. Say. As a mechanism of the half cutter, a rotary cutter mechanism mainly composed of a circular blade and a roll is preferable.

More preferably, as shown in FIG. 3, when the tape 40 is inserted into the slit 5, the tape detection sensor 4c detects the tape insertion, and the circular blade 4a is automatically inserted.
Alternatively, a mechanism in which the roll 4b rotates and the tape 40 is half-cut is preferable.

[0024]

The present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the following examples.

FIG. 1 is an external view model diagram showing one embodiment of the automatic transmission device of the present invention. 2 is a base part for placing the telephone on the upper surface, 3 is a tape discharging part for discharging the printed tape, 4 is a half-cutting part for half-cutting the tape, 5
Is a slit for guiding the tape to the half cutter, 6 is a protrusion for preventing the telephone from falling, 7 is a tape cassette containing a tape for printing, a ribbon, etc., 8 is a cutter lever for cutting the printed tape, and 9 is an optical A scanner for reading the identification mark, 19 is a take-out recess for taking out the tape cassette, and 40 is a printed tape. A display unit 10, a call button 11, and a print button 12 are arranged on the front surface of the device. Reference numeral 9a is a scanner cord, and it is preferable that the winding direction of the cord is reversed in the middle, and the connector portion of the scanner is preferably connected inside the apparatus. Further, it is preferable that the tape cassette 7 is directly mounted on the base portion 2, and that the tape cassette 7 is printed on the tape in a direction perpendicular to the installation surface of the apparatus and discharged.

Next, an example of the operation procedure of the automatic transmission device will be described with reference to FIG. In the case of automatic dialing, the user first picks up the handset 31 with his left hand, then reads the optical identification mark with the scanner 9, and presses the call button 11. The read telephone number data is converted into an appropriate dial signal, sent to the telephone line, and the other party is called. When printing the optical identification mark, the user picks up the handset 31 and uses the telephone 30 to make a call. Next, when the print button 12 is pressed, the telephone number data of the calling operation is converted into an optical identification mark and printed on the tape. The printed tape is ejected from the tape ejecting section 3, and the user operates the cutter lever 8 to cut it. Next, the cut tape is inserted into the slit 5 and half-cut by the half cutter unit 4.

As described above, as a method of operation, the normal user picks up the handset with his left hand. Generally, a commercially available tape printer is provided on the left side of the stand when viewed from the direction in which the tape eject section operates, but according to the automatic transmission device of the present invention, the tape eject section is provided on the right side of the stand. Since the printed tape can be cut with the right hand without a handset, the operability is greatly improved. Also, the telephone handset code 32
Is usually located on the left side of the phone. If the tape ejecting part is provided on the left side of the base part, the handset code will be very obstructive during the cutting operation of the printed tape. However, according to the automatic transmitting apparatus of the present invention, the tape ejecting part It's on the right side, so the handset code doesn't get in the way. Although it is conceivable to provide the tape ejecting section on the front side of the apparatus, it is necessary to provide operation buttons such as a print button and a display section on the front side of the apparatus, and it is difficult to secure an installation space.

Further, it is preferable that the half cutter portion is provided in front of the tape discharging portion. For this reason, the user can easily confirm the position of the half cutter portion, and further, as a series of operations of the cutting work, after the tape is cut, the tape is pulled forward, that is, to the user side. Half-cutter operation can be performed by operation.

Further, it is preferable that the angle of the slit of the half cutter is -10 ° to 45 °. If the angle of the slit is −10 ° to 45 °, the tape can be half-cut by swinging it down from above, and the half-cut operation can be performed without difficulty. More preferably, 0 ° to 25 ° is preferable.

Further, it is preferable that the angle of the slit of the half cutter portion is -45 ° to -100 °. In the case of the operation of swinging the tape from the bottom to the top, if the angle of the slit is −45 ° to −100 °, the half cut operation can be performed without difficulty. More preferably, it is −55 ° to −80 °.

Alternatively, in the automatic transmission device of the present invention, the protrusion is provided on the upper surface of the base portion. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the telephone from falling from the base.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, it is preferable that the protrusion is discontinuous. If the protrusions are discontinuous, it is possible to easily remove dust or the like from the discontinuous portion when cleaning the base.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a block diagram of the automatic transmission device of the present invention. Only the main part is shown in FIG.
13 is a printing unit for printing an optical identification mark, 14 is a dial signal transmitting unit for transmitting a dial signal, 15 is a dial signal receiving unit for receiving a dial signal, 16 is a line for relaying signal transmission between a telephone line and a device. The interface part 17 is a control part for controlling each part.

FIG. 6 shows an appearance model diagram showing another embodiment of the automatic transmission device of the present invention. This is an automatic transmission device of the type in which a signal is transmitted to a telephone by an acoustic coupler. 18
Is an acoustic coupler unit for placing a handset and transmitting signals.

The case of the automatic transmission device has been described above, but the same can be done with a telephone. FIG. 7 shows an appearance model diagram showing one embodiment of the telephone of the present invention.

[0036]

As described above, according to the automatic transmitter or telephone of the present invention, since the tape ejecting portion is provided on the base portion or the right side of the telephone when viewed from the operating direction, it is possible to cut the tape or the like. It is possible to operate with the right hand that does not have a handset, which greatly improves operability.
Also, the handset code on the phone doesn't get in the way. In addition, as a preferred embodiment, since the half cutter portion is provided in front of the tape discharging portion, it becomes easy to confirm the position of the half cutter portion, and further, the half cutter operation can be performed by a natural operation.
Further, as a preferred embodiment, the angle of the slit of the half cutter portion is -10 ° to 45 ° or -45 ° to -1.
Since it is 00 °, the half-cut operation can be performed without difficulty.

Alternatively, in the automatic transmission device of the present invention, the protrusion is provided on the upper surface of the base. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the telephone from falling from the base. In addition, as a preferable mode example, since the projections are discontinuous, it is possible to easily remove dust or the like from the discontinuous portion when cleaning the base.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view model diagram showing an example of one embodiment of an automatic transmission device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a state in which a telephone is arranged in the device of the present invention shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an angle of a slit.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a protrusion.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of one embodiment of an automatic transmission device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an appearance model diagram showing another embodiment of the automatic transmission device of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an appearance model diagram showing an example of one embodiment of the telephone of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Automatic transmission device (telephone) 2: Stand part 3: Tape ejection part 4: Half cutter part 4a: Circular blade 4b: Roll 4c: Tape detection sensor 5: Slit 6: Protrusion 7: Tape cassette 8: Cutter lever 9: Scanner 9a: Scanner code 10: Display section 11: Call button 12: Print button 13: Printing section 14: Dial signal sending section 15: Dial signal receiving section 16: Line interface section 17: Control section 18: Acoustic coupler section 19: Extraction Recessed portion 30: Telephone 31: Handset 32: Handset code 40: Tape

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. An automatic transmission device comprising a base portion on which a telephone is arranged on an upper surface, wherein a tape discharging portion for discharging a printed tape is provided on the right side of the base portion when viewed from the operating direction. An automatic transmission device characterized in that 2. A telephone having an automatic transmission function, wherein the telephone is provided on the right side of the telephone when viewed from the direction in which a tape ejecting portion for ejecting a printed tape is operated. 3. The automatic transmission device according to claim 1, wherein a half cutter portion for cutting a part of the printed tape is provided in front of the tape discharging portion. 4. The angle of the slit of the half cutter is −
4. The automatic transmission device according to claim 3, wherein the angle is 10 [deg.] To 45 [deg.]. 5. The angle of the slit of the half cutter is −
The automatic transmission device according to claim 3, wherein the automatic transmission device has an angle of 45 ° to -100 °. 6. An automatic transmission device comprising a base portion for disposing a telephone on the upper surface, wherein a protrusion for preventing the telephone from falling is provided on the upper surface of the base portion. 7. The automatic transmission device according to claim 6, wherein the protrusion is discontinuous. 8. The telephone according to claim 2, wherein a half cutter portion for cutting a part of the printed tape is provided in front of the tape discharging portion. 9. The angle of the slit of the half cutter is −
9. The telephone set according to claim 8, wherein the angle is 10 [deg.] To 45 [deg.]. 10. The angle of the slit of the half-cutter part is −45 ° to −100 °.
The listed phone.