Matsushita Graphic Communication Systems, Inc.

Hiroyuki Yamada

Toshihiro Kumano

Masanori Sato

Shiro Takamizawa

Yuji Ishii

Takashi Naito

Minoru Ichimura

A facsimile transceiver is provided which includes a housing body, a paper cassette for storing therein a stack of recording paper sheets, a printer for printing images on the recording paper sheets, a recorded image outlet formed in an upper surface of the housing body, a paper feeder for feeding the recording paper sheets in sequence to the recorded image outlet through the printer along a feeding path extending from the paper cassette disposed on the bottom of the housing body to the recorded image outlet through a front side of the housing body, and a front cover openable to expose the feeding path for maintenance thereof.

Facsimile transceiver

An image communication device having a lower and an upper chassis, the lower chassis having a plurality of rollers for transporting original documents and a guide plate for guiding them, the upper chassis being located above the lower chassis and having a plurality of rollers for transporting recording paper. The lower chassis has a pair of side plates whose top edges contain a plurality of open-ended recesses. Inside the recesses are bearings that rotatably support the document transporting rollers. The guide plate has projections that press the bearings against the recess bottoms. Attaching the guide plate to the lower chassis causes the projections of the former to fix the bearings concurrently. The bearings and guide plate are preferably made up of conductive materials. The rollers are connected to ground via the bearings and guide plate.

Image communication device

An image reading device comprising a device body and an image sensor unit located near the bottom of the body and facing the path through which original documents are transported. The image sensor unit is retained by a retaining member rotatably mounted on a rotary fulcrum shaft located near the bottom of the body. Turning the retaining member around the shaft causes the image sensor unit to extend out of the device and be exposed to perform maintenance thereon.

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Chiisagata, Japan

Hiroyuki Yamada