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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:
Sep. 19, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yasuhiro Hatano, Ebina, JP;
Hajime Takayama, Yokohama, JP;
Yasushi Fukada, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiko Kurita, Odawara, JP;
Kazuo Nojiri, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Graphic Communication Systems, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358494 ; 358496 ; 358498 ; 358296 ;
Abstract
A facsimile apparatus is provided which includes a casing, a system control unit for controlling a facsimile operation, an optical system, reading facsimile data of a transmit document, arranged below the system control unit within the casing, and a document feeding path, provided above the system control unit, for feeding the transmit document to a reading station where the optical system reads the facsimile data of the transmit document. These arrangements provide a compact structure of the facsimile apparatus.