Telephone-line dedicating apparatus

• US 5,502,760 A
• Filed: 11/10/1994
• Issued: 03/26/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: General Research of Electronics, Inc.
• Original Assignee: General Research of Electronics, Inc.
• Inventors: Yokoyama, Nobuaki, Gilbert, Wayne
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Wing F.
• Application Number:
  US08/337,121
• Time in Patent Office: 502 Days
• Field of Search: 379/90, 379/93, 379/96-99, 379/184, 379/186-190, 379/193-196, 379/198, 379/199, 379/442
• US Class Current: 379/93.05
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/738 Interface circuits for coupling substations to external telephone lines H04M1/78 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/74 with means for reducing interference; with means for reducing effects due to line faults
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32704 Establishing a communication with one of a facsimile and another telecommunication apparatus sharing a single line
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32708 Telephone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32756 Inhibiting connection of another apparatus when a first one is connected
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32763 Supplying power to the apparatus

Abstract

A telephone-line dedicating apparatus which is connected between an external telephone-line and a specified telephone-line utilization apparatus such as a telephone-set, facsimile machine or the like and which upon energization causes one or more other telephone-line utilization apparatus to be unable to function connected to said external telephone-line is disclosed. Specially, when said specified telephone-line utilization apparatus is a facsimile machine, any influence on said facsimile machine which is in use, due to noises from the other equipments connected to the same external telephone-line can be prevented. The telephone-line dedicating apparatus comprises: impedance insertion means for inserting impedance means across said external telephone-line to decrease the telephone-line DC voltage level, in response to the operative condition of said specified telephone-line utilization apparatus; and operating-current path setting means including a DC power supply and establishing an operating-current path from said DC power supply to said specified telephone-line utilization apparatus through said impedance means when said impedance means has been inserted across said external telephonel-ine.

Claims

1. A telephone-line dedicating apparatus which is connected between an external telephone-line and a specified telephone-line utilization apparatus such as a telephone-set, facsimile machine or the like and which upon energization causes one or more other telephone-line utilization apparatus to be unable to function connected to said external telephonel-ine, comprising:

impedance insertion means for inserting impedance means across said external telephone-line to decrease the telephone-line DC voltage level, in response to the operative condition of said specified telephone-line utilization apparatus; and

operating-current path setting means including a DC power supply and establishing an operating-current path from said DC power supply to said specified telephone-line utilization apparatus through said impedance means when said impedance means has been inserted across said external telephone-line.

2. The telephone-line dedicating apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said impedance means comprises an inductor which has a sufficiently low DC resistance value to reduce the DC voltage level on said external telephone-line to be unable to operate said other telephone-line utilization apparatus connected to said external telephone-line and has a sufficiently high impedance value to enable the usual operation of said specified telephone-line utilization apparatus with respect to speech/frequency response.

3. The telephone-line dedicating apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said impedance insertion means includes relay means which is adapted to be energized when said specified telephone-line utilization apparatus is conditioned to be operated, and following the energization of said relay means said impedance means is inserted across said external telephone-line.

4. The telephone-line dedication apparatus as claimed in claim 3 wherein said impedance insertion means includes switch means for causing, when operated, said relay means to be energized after said specified telephone-line utilization apparatus is conditioned to be operated, and said operating-current setting means causes a series circuit to be established, which comprises said DC power supply, said impedance means which has been inserted across said external telephone-line by the energization of said relay means and said specified telephone-line utilization which has been conditioned to be operated.

5. The telephone-line dedication apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein said switch means is a push switch for temporary on-operation, and further comprising means for self-holding the energization of said relay in response to the establishment of said series circuit.