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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hideo Muramatsu, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; G03G / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358400 ; 358498 ; 355308 ; 355321 ; 271213 ;
Abstract
A facsimile apparatus comprises a paper discharge tray for storing original documents having been read and image-carrying recording paper. The tray is shiftable by a switching mechanism between a plurality of position for selectively receiving the documents and recording paper. The switching mechanism is operable in response to each operation for reading a series of original documents or recording a series of images on the recording paper, so that the documents and recording paper are sorted according to respective sets on the discharge tray.