JPH10290317A - Automatic answering telephone set printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce an installation area and to reduce the cost by utilizing the printer of a facsimile and a reader by photoelectric conversion, providing an external paper feeder in a copying and printing device and providing an automatic answering telephone system, a cordless telephone or a PHS telephone set terminal equipment further. SOLUTION: This automatic answering telephone set printer of a main body 1 uses voice as a normal telephone system in a receiver 2. Also, a transmission destination telephone number is decided by numeral buttons 3. In the respective kinds of device button groups 7, a button 11 is the switch of automatic recording and the button 12 is an automatic recording reproducing switch. Also, the button 14 is for redial and the button 15 is utilizable as an abbreviated number. The button 16 is a copying device switch and the main body 1 is the telephone of the voice only. The button 18 is the operation button of the facsimile, and when it is pressed, it is turned to a normal facsimile and transmission is made possible. When facsimile transmission is specified, conversion to electric signals is performed in a photoelectric converter and the transmission is performed to the outside.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a personal or personal office, which integrates devices such as a facsimile machine, a printer, and a copying machine into a single telephone and an answering machine. By being able to print letters, numbers, symbols, images, etc., you can use a single answering machine, even if you do not own any of the answering machine, facsimile, printer, and copier
The message recording, facsimile, copier printer, etc. may be collectively processed by an answering machine, and a cordless phone or a PHS terminal device may be attached. And it can feed inside roll paper and outside. This can provide a storage space that can be reduced and the total cost can be reduced.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional techniques include, for example, an answering machine,
A facsimile machine, a copier, and a printer device from various information processing devices were combined. However, the paper size was limited only by roll feeding, and various paper sizes could not be selected. The use of the device has been limited. Another technique combines a copying machine, a facsimile machine, and a printer, but the paper is loaded in a built-in holder, requiring several types of holders, and is bulky.

[0003]

In the prior art, there are two types of multifunction devices, one is a facsimile device, the other is a copying device and various information processing devices, such as a personal computer.
It is a printer device from a word processor or the like, has no answering machine, and the paper size is large because it is built in several types of paper holders, making it unsuitable for personal use. Another technology is answering machine,
A facsimile machine, a copier and various information processing devices, such as a personal computer, a word processor, etc. as a printer device were combined and combined, but only internal roll paper feeding and only one size were available. Because of limited use, equipment for each application had to be installed, requiring a lot of installation space, which increased the total cost and increased the installation area.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the answering machine printer according to the present invention uses a conventional facsimile printer and a photoelectric conversion reader to copy and print data. It has an external paper feeder, can handle paper of different sizes, has an answering machine and a cordless telephone, or a PHS telephone terminal, and has more than one device in a single device,
The installation area of a private office is small, and the cost is low, and it can be easily installed in individuals and private offices.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A telephone answering machine printer constructed as described above has a telephone with each device and complements each other, and uses a printing device attached to a facsimile to another device personal computer. It can be used as a printer device such as a word processor, a digital camera, etc. It has an internal roll paper feeder and an external paper feeder, and can be used as a reading device of a copier by an attached photoelectric conversion device, and can also be used as a normal facsimile. it can. It can also be used as a normal answering machine, and may also be combined with a cordless phone and a PHS terminal receiver.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a top view showing an embodiment of one answering machine printer device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view, and FIG. 3 is a side sectional view. FIG. 4 is a front view of a cordless phone handset or a PHS phone. FIG. 5 is a bottom view of FIG. 4 and shows a connector 33 connected to the charging connector 34 via a wire 4 such as a personal computer or a word processor. FIG. 6 is a system diagram showing the function and apparatus of the answering machine printer device according to the present invention.
This answering machine printer uses a conventional telephone facsimile printer and can be used for personal computers,
A word processor, digital camera 35, etc., can print letters, numbers, symbols, images, etc., and a conventional facsimile, copier, printer and other telephone answering machines are installed. This is a device that can reduce the size. As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, the size is about 400 mm in width, 270 mm in depth and 130 mm in height.
Each unit has various devices, and each of the answering machine, facsimile, personal computer, word processor and digital camera printer uses a printer device.
There is no need to own it, the total cost is low, the storage area is small, and it is compact.

The answering machine and the printer unit 1
It has an answering machine, a facsimile machine, a copying machine, and a printing device such as a personal computer, a word processor, and a digital camera 35, and further has a cordless phone or a PHS25 terminal receiving device. The antenna 9 in FIG. As shown, the information signal can be transmitted and received from the outside of the main unit 1 by using the radio wave 38 by using the slave unit 25, which is a cordless phone or a PHS
Telephone Figure 4 Various information equipment 3 of FIG.
5 can be transmitted and received by a radio wave 38, or can be directly connected to the connector 10 of the main body 1 of FIG. 2 and various information devices 35 as shown in FIG. Can print and through the antenna 9 of the main body 1
Alternatively, various kinds of information can be communicated using an external telephone company through the telephone line 5 through the telephone answering machine printer device main body 1 using the connector device on the side surface 10 of the main body 1, for example.

The answering machine printer device of the main body 1 can use voice as a normal telephone device with the receiver 2, and the destination telephone number can be determined by the number buttons 3. Button group of various devices is 7, button 11 is an answering machine recording switch, button 12 is an answering machine recording / playback switch, button 13
Is a call recording switch, button 14 is a redial, button 15 is an abbreviated number, presses the button 15 to set an abbreviated number, and presses it with the numeric button group 3 to determine the destination, and button 16 is a facsimile switch during the copying operation. Cannot be used, the main body becomes a normal telephone, the button 17 becomes a printer device, and the main body 1 becomes a voice-only telephone.
The button 18 is a facsimile operation button, and when pressed, becomes a normal facsimile and can be transmitted. If facsimile transmission is designated, the user can press the button 18 and convert it into an electric signal by the photoelectric conversion device 21 in FIG. 3 and transmit the signal to the outside. Also, the signal can be transmitted to the personal computer, word processor and the like in FIG. The button 19 can be used as an extension designation switch for a cordless phone or a PHS telephone. The cordless phone or the PHS body 25 shown in FIG.
6. The cordless phone or PHS telephone slave unit 25 is connected to a personal computer, a word processor, a digital camera 35, and the like via a cable 4 and a printer 22 of the main unit 1 through the cable 4 or the radio wave 3 as shown in FIG.
At 8, characters, numbers, symbols, and images of a personal computer, a word processor, a digital camera 35, and the like can be printed as extensions from a distance. Transmission and printing of characters, numbers, symbols, and images from a personal computer, word processor, digital camera, etc. are externally instructed by tone signals of a touch phone.

The copying apparatus reads characters, numerals, symbols, images, and the like using the photoelectric conversion device 21 in the side sectional view of FIG. 2 such as personal computer, word processor, digital camera, etc. 35 characters, numbers, symbols, images, etc.
Or through the antenna 9, the main unit 2 of FIG.
As a terminal receiver 5, characters, numerals, symbols, and images from a personal computer, word processor, digital camera, etc. 35 can be printed by a printer device shown in FIG. The internal paper and the external paper can be manually fed from the paper feeder 23 or the paper feed table 6, for example.
For example, paper is fed at the time of printing by the roll feeder 24,
Feeding at the time of facsimile or copying photoelectric conversion is performed from the paper insertion inlet 36 and paper is fed, for example, by the roll feeder 24. In addition, it can be widely used for voice mail message recording and the like, which is widely used by individuals and the like.

[0010]

The answering machine printer according to the present invention (FIGS. 1 to 5) is constructed as described above. Conventionally, the answering machine facsimile machine is a device up to the copying machine printer, and the copying machine is a facsimile machine and a printer. It was up to the device. The present invention further provides an answering machine printer device which can perform internal roll paper feeding and external sheet feeding, can cope with different paper sizes, and can be used as a single answering machine recording, facsimile, copy, printer device. It can be processed by a single device, and can be stored at low cost in individuals and private establishments, and the area of ownership can be reduced. In addition, personal computers, word processors, digital cameras, etc., letters, numbers, symbols, images, etc., using cordless phones, PHS telephone terminals, etc. Can also be printed wirelessly, wired, and externally via a telephone company.
This is a multipurpose telephone that can print symbols, images, etc., can be used as an answering machine, and can also be used as a normal telephone.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a top view of an answering machine printer device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the answering machine printer.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the answering machine printer, FIG. 1A-A.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the answering machine printer cordless phone or PHS phone.

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the cordless phone or PHS phone.

FIG. 6 is a system diagram showing the operation of the answering machine according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Answering machine printer 2 Handset 3 Telephone push button 4 Wired 5 Telephone line 6 External paper feed tray 7 Answering machine printer device button 8 Paper exit 9 Antenna 10 Connector 11 Answering button 12 Answering / playback button 13 Call recording button 14 Redial 15 Abbreviated number button 16 Copy device button 17 Printer device button 18 Facsimile device button 19 Cordless phone or PHS phone, extension designation button 20 Feed adjustment knob 21 Photoelectric conversion unit 22 Printer unit 23 Internal roll paper 24 Feed feeder 25 Cordless phone or PHS Telephone main body 26 Speaker 27 Antenna 28 External telephone switch 29 Telephone off switch 30 Internal telephone switch 31 Handset power switch 32 Microphone 33 Connector 34 Charging connector 35 Personal computer Data, a word processor, a digital camera or the like 36 a facsimile document inlet 37 facsimile document outlet 38 Telecommunications

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Using a printer of an answering machine facsimile machine and a photoelectric conversion device, a signal from a personal computer, a word processor, a digital camera, etc., together with a copying machine, is sent to an attached printer device for letters, numbers, symbols, and images. It can print cordless phones, PHS phones and terminal receivers together with telephone devices, and can print information from personal computer word processors, digital cameras, etc. wirelessly with attached cordless phones or PHS phones, An answering machine printer that can feed roll paper and external paper.