Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Tatuo Nakatugawa

Tadayuki Onoda

Takuji Nakamura

Toshitugu Inoue

Disclosed is an improvement over a facsimile transmitter apparatus of the type in which a scanning system disposed within a transparent cylinder scans a subject copy wrapped around the cylinder, wherein one side edge of a subject copy wrapping belt is securely fixed to the outer surface of the cylinder in the axial direction thereof while the other side edge is securely fixed to a take-up roller after the belt having been wrapped therearound, the take-up roller being biased to resist the unrolling of the wrapping belt, and the transparent cylinder is rotated through in excess of 360.degree. from the initial position to the wrapping position where the subject copy is wrapped completely around the transparent cylinder and between the transparent cylinder and the wrapping belt, the cylinder being reversed in rotation to release and discharge the subject copy.

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Kadoma, Japan

Tatuo Nakatugawa