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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 1986
Filed:
May. 28, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bradford E Hanscom, Downey, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fortel, Inc., Compton, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ; H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379165 ; 379 82 ; 379372 ; 379442 ;
Abstract
An adapter circuit and system for coupling a telephone answering machine to two telephone lines. The adapter may be set so that the telephone answering machine will answer one or the other of the telephone lines, as determined by setting a mode selector switch to an 'automatic' position; so that the telephone answering machine will answer only one of the telephone lines as determined by setting the mode selector switch to a 'Line #1' position, or so that the telephone answering machine will answer only the other of the telephone lines by setting the mode selector switch to the 'Line #2' position.