摘要 |
A compact structure of a facsimile machine is provided. This facsimile machine includes a casing, a document-recording sheet inlet for insertion of a document and a recording sheet, a document-recording sheet outlet for ejection of the document and the recording sheet, a rotatable roller arranged in the casing to feed the document sheet and the recording sheet along a given path of travel extending from the document-recording sheet inlet to the document-recording sheet outlet, an image reading sensor for reading an image printed on the document moving along the given path of travel, and an image recording head for recording an image stored in an image memory on the recording sheet. The image recording means is arranged upstream of the image reading means along the given path of travel and urges the document and the recording sheet against the rotatable roller under a preselected pressure for providing thrust to advance the document and the recording sheet according to rotation of the rotatable roller along the given path of travel.
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