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Advertising apparatus for telephone and information display apparatus

Assignee: KANEKEN Inc
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Filing: 1986-03-14
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2006-03-14
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Abstract

Abstract An advertising apparatus for a telephone includes a box provided with an advertising plate disposed in the front thereof and illuminating means disposed inside thereof, a power source for the illuminating means, detection means for detecting used and unused conditions of the telephone and control means for controlling to turn on and off the illuminating means in response to an output of the detection means. An information display apparatus includes a light source, a light transmitting plate for transmitting light incident from the light source, a light scattering transmissive plate for irregularly reflecting light produced from one side surface of the light transmitting plate, an information display film disposed at the front of the light scattering plate and on which information is displayed, a light transmissive front plate disposed in the front of the information display film, a frame for supporting the preceding members and a control unit for controlling to turn on and off the light source.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yoshiaki Sada

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 22:30
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/0001; G02B6/0011; G02B6/0013; G02B6/0023; G02B6/003; G02B6/0081; G09; G09F; G09F23/00; G09F23/02; G09F23/04; H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/02; H04M1/21; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S362/00; Y10S362/812; Y10S40/00; Y10S40/90

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim 64 words
An advertising apparatus for a telephone comprising a box including an advertising plate disposed at a front thereof and illuminating means disposed inside thereof, a power source for said illuminating means, detection means for detecting used and unused conditions of the telephone and control means for controlling to turn on and off said illuminating means in response to an output of said detection means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 64 words
An advertising apparatus for a telephone comprising a box including an advertising plate disposed at a front thereof and illuminating means disposed inside thereof, a power source for said illuminating means, detection means for detecting used and unused conditions of the telephone and control means for controlling to turn on and off said illuminating means in response to an output of said detection means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 30 words
An advertising apparatus according to Claim 1, wherein said advertising plate includes a semitransparent substrate, a half-mirror plate and an advertising film disposed between said substrate and said half-mirror plate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 41 words
An advertising apparatus according to Claim 1, wherein said half-mirror plate is mounted to a console of said box by means of a hinge so that the half-mirror can be angularly moved separately from said semitransparent substrate and said advertising film.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 40 words
An advertising apparatus according to Claim 1, wherein said detection means includes a switch mounted to a supporting member for a handset of the telephone and turned on and off when the handset is lifted up from the supporting member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 79 words
An advertising apparatus for a telephone according to Claim 1, wherein the telephone is integrally, formed with an advertising display unit comprising a box including an advertising plate disposed at a front thereof and illuminating means disposed inside thereof, a power source for said illuminating means, detection means for detecting used and unused conditions of the telephone and control means for controlling to turn on and off said illuminating means in response to an output of said detection means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 26 words
An advertising apparatus according to Claim 5, wherein said control means turns on said illuminating means when the telephone receives a signal from a telephone office.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 91 words
An information display apparatus comprising a light source, a light transmitting plate for transmitting light incident from said light source, a light scattering transmissive plate for irregularly reflecting light emitted from one side surface of said light transmitting plate, an information display film disposed at a front of said light scattering plate and on which information is displayed, a light transmissive front plate mounted at a front of said film, a frame body for supporting the precedent members and a controller for controlling to turn on and off said light source.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 91 words
An information display apparatus comprising a light source, a light transmitting plate for transmitting light incident from said light source, a light scattering transmissive plate for irregularly reflecting light emitted from one side surface of said light transmitting plate, an information display film disposed at a front of said light scattering plate and on which information is displayed, a light transmissive front plate mounted at a front of said film, a frame body for supporting the precedent members and a controller for controlling to turn on and off said light source.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 16 words
An information display apparatus according to Claim 7, wherein said light source includes a fluorescent light
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 27 words
An information display apparatus according to Claim 7, said controller turns on and off said light source in response to used and unused conditions of a telephone.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 19 words
An information display apparatus according to Claim 7, wherein said light scattering plate is a milk white acryl plate.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 20 words
1 1. An information display apparatus according to Claim 7, wherein said advertising film is formed of a plastic film.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 21 words
1 2. An information display apparatus according to Claim 7, wherein said front plate is formed of a half-mirror acryl plate.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 29 words
An information display apparatus according to Claim 7, wherein said light source includes a lens system for focussing an image of the light source into said light transmitting plate.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 28 words
14 . An information display apparatus according to Claim 7, wherein said light source includes a colored filter disposed between said light source and said light transmitting plate.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 26 words
An information display apparatus according to Claim 7, wherein said light source comprises a light shutter disposed between said light source and said light transmitting plate.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 32 words
1 6. An information display apparatus according to Claim 7, wherein said light transmitting plate is composed of a plurality of light transmitting plates which are shielded from light to each other.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 38 words
1 7. An information display apparatus according to Claim 7, wherein said light source includes a controller for controlling to turn on and off a fluorescent light and a signal input unit for controlling operation of said controller..
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 17 words
An information display apparatus according to Claim 7, wherein said signal input unit includes an ON-OFF switch.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 70 words
An information display apparatus according to Claim 7, wherein said signal input unit includes an ON-OFF switch, a timer circuit which initiates operation thereof in response to an signal from said ON-OFF switch and a flip:flop circuit which is set by an output of said ON-OFF switch and reset by an output of said timer circuit, an output signal of said flip-flop cidrcuit being an input signal of said controller.

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