单词 | thermo-fax |
释义 | Thermo-Faxn. The proprietary name of a process for copying documents by means of infra-red radiation, and of a type of overhead projector employing copies made by this process. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [noun] > devices for > specific meter1832 time stamp1855 telemeter1877 tape recorder1892 slot-meter1899 motor meter1903 check meter1909 Recordak1928 Thermo-Fax1953 ultramicrofiche1967 ultrafiche1971 electronic tag1980 1953 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 17 Mar. 574/1 Thermo-Fax. For electrically operated machine employing infrared light source for producing copies of printed or pictorial matter by means of heat-sensitive paper. Claims use since November 1949. 1956 Trade Marks Jrnl. 18 Apr. 236/2 Thermo-fax... Reproducing (copying) apparatus for office use. Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company.., manufacturers. 1962 A. Günther Microphotogr. in Libr. (Unesco) 16 Some microfilm readers have special accessories for the occasional production of enlarged prints. Either a dry process such as ‘Thermofax’ is used or a semi-dry process such as diffusion printing (e.g. ‘Copy-rapid’) or stabilization techniques. 1964 Times 7 Feb. (Advt. Suppl.) p. ii/5 This is the situation the Thermo-Fax overhead projector is designed to overcome... It uses large transparencies which are inexpensive and simple to make—a Thermo-Fax infra-red copying machine takes just 4 seconds to produce one. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1953 |
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