1. A lancet assembly comprising:
a housing comprising a proximal end, a distal end, a distal opening, an angled guide surface and a detention shoulder;
a cap removably mounted onto said housing and covering said distal opening;
a trigger member positioned within said housing, said trigger member comprising a nose extending through said distal opening of said housing, a body, a lancet bore extending through said nose and said body, an arm member connected to said body and extending toward said proximal end of said housing, said arm member having a free end, a detention member mounted on said free end of said arm member, and a cocking flange positioned on said arm member;
a lancet positioned within said housing and extendable through said lancet bore of said trigger member and through said distal opening of said housing, said lancet comprising a main body, a needle extending from said main body, and a cocking lug;
a spring member connected to said lancet;
wherein said trigger member and said lancet are retained within said housing in a manner allowing movement of said trigger member toward said proximal end of said housing and allowing movement of said lancet toward said proximal end and said distal end of said housing;
wherein in a pre-cocked condition said needle is positioned within said housing, and said cocking flange of said trigger member is positioned closer to said distal end of said housing than said cocking lug of said lancet;
wherein with said cap removed from said housing said trigger member may be moved toward said proximal end of said housing such that said cocking flange abuts said cocking lug, thereby moving said lancet main body toward said proximal end of said housing and loading said spring, such that said free end of said arm member is biased outwardly by said angled guide surface as said trigger member is moved toward said proximal end of said housing, such that said cocking flange is moved out of contact with said cocking lug, thereby allowing said spring to propel said lancet needle through and beyond said distal opening of said housing, and such that said detention member of said arm member is restrained by said detention shoulder of said angled guide surface, thereby preventing movement of said trigger member toward said distal end of said housing;
wherein after extension of said needle beyond said housing distal opening said spring retracts said needle into said housing, said cocking lug of said lancet now being positioned closer to the distal end of said housing than said cocking flange of said trigger member, such that said trigger member is now incapable of moving said lancet axially toward said proximal end of said housing.
2. The lancet assembly of claim 1, wherein said housing comprises a pair of angled guide surfaces and detention shoulders, and wherein said trigger member comprises a pair of arm members and detention members.
3. The lancet assembly of claim 2, wherein said lancet comprises a pair of cocking lugs and said trigger member comprises a pair of cocking flanges.
4. The lancet assembly of claim 1, further comprising a needle cover removably connected to said lancet main body and covering said needle, wherein said lancet needle cover is retained by said cap such that removal of said cap from said housing results in removal of said lancet needle cover from said lancet main body.
5. A lancet assembly comprising:
a housing comprising a proximal end, a distal end, a distal opening, an angled guide surface and a detention shoulder;
a cap removably mounted onto said housing and covering said distal opening;
a lancet retained within said housing, said lancet comprising a main body, a needle extending from said main body, and a cocking lug, said lancet comprising a longitudinal axis, wherein said lancet is movable in both axial directions relative to said housing;
a trigger member positioned within said housing, said trigger member comprising a nose extending through said distal opening of said housing, a body, a lancet bore extending through said nose and said body, an arm member connected to said body and extending toward said proximal end of said housing, said arm member having a free end, a detention member mounted on said free end of said arm member, and a cocking flange positioned on said arm member, wherein said trigger member is movable in the axial direction toward said proximal end of said housing;
said lancet being disposed within said lancet bore of said trigger member;
a spring member connected to said lancet;
wherein in a pre-cocked condition said needle is positioned within said housing, and said cocking flange of said trigger member is positioned closer to said distal end of said housing than said cocking lug of said lancet;
wherein with said cap removed from said housing said trigger member may be moved axially toward said proximal end of said housing such that said cocking flange abuts said cocking lug, thereby moving said lancet main body axially toward said proximal end of said housing and loading said spring, such that said free end of said arm member is biased outwardly by said angled guide surface as said trigger member is moved toward said proximal end of said housing, such that said cocking flange is moved out of contact with said cocking lug, thereby allowing said spring to propel said lancet needle axially through and beyond said distal opening of said housing, and such that said detention member of said arm member is restrained by said detention shoulder of said angled guide surface, thereby preventing axial movement of said trigger member toward said distal end of said housing;
wherein after extension of said needle beyond said housing distal opening said spring axially retracts said needle into said housing, said cocking lug of said lancet now being positioned closer to the distal end of said housing than said cocking flange of said trigger member, such that said trigger member is rendered incapable of moving said lancet in the axial direction toward said proximal end of said housing.
6. The lancet assembly of claim 5, wherein said housing comprises a pair of angled guide surfaces and detention shoulders, and wherein said trigger member comprises a pair of arm members and detention members.
7. The lancet assembly of claim 6, wherein said lancet comprises a pair of cocking lugs and said trigger member comprises a pair of cocking flanges.
8. The lancet assembly of claim 5, further comprising a needle cover removably connected to said main body and covering said needle, wherein said lancet needle cover is retained by said cap such that removal of said cap from said housing results in removal of said lancet needle cover from said lancet main body.
9. A lancet assembly comprising:
a housing comprising a proximal end, a distal end, a distal opening, a pair of angled guide surfaces and a pair of detention shoulders;
a cap removably mounted onto said housing and covering said distal opening;
a trigger member positioned within said housing, said trigger member comprising a nose extending through said distal opening of said housing, a body, a lancet bore extending through said nose and said body, a pair of arm members connected to said body and extending toward said proximal end of said housing, said arm members each having a free end, a detention member mounted on each said free end of said arm members, and a cocking flange positioned on each said arm member;
a lancet positioned within said housing and extending through said lancet bore, said lancet comprising a main body, a needle extending from said main body, and a pair of cocking lugs; and
a spring member connected to said lancet and to said housing.
10. The lancet assembly of claim 9, wherein said detention members abut said angled guide surfaces and said cocking flanges abut said cocking lugs.
11. The lancet assembly of claim 9, further comprising a needle cover removably connected to said lancet main body and covering said needle.
12. The lancet assembly of claim 11, wherein said needle cover is connected to said cap in a manner such that rotating said cap relative to said housing rotates said needle cover and separates said needle cover from said lancet main body.
13. The lancet assembly of claim 9, wherein said trigger member and said lancet are disposed within said housing such that said trigger member is movable toward the proximal end of said housing and said lancet is movable toward said proximal end and said distal end of said housing.
14. The lancet assembly of claim 13, wherein movement of said trigger member toward said proximal end of said housing results in movement of said lancet first toward proximal end of said housing and then toward said distal end.
15. The lancet assembly of claim 14, wherein after said lancet moves toward said distal end of said housing, said spring retracts said lancet needle into said housing by moving said lancet toward the proximal end of said housing.
16. The lancet assembly of claim 9, wherein said trigger member, said cocking flanges, said cocking lugs, said angled guide surfaces and said arm members are disposed within said housing such that movement of said trigger member toward said proximal end of said housing results in separation of said arm members such that said cocking flanges no longer abut said cocking lugs, thereby allowing said lancet to move toward said distal end of said housing.
17. The lancet assembly of claim 16, wherein said detention members and said detention shoulders are disposed within said housing such that said movement of said trigger member toward said proximal end of said housing results in said detention members abutting said detention shoulders, thereby preventing said trigger member from moving toward said distal end of said housing.
18. The lancet assembly of claim 15, wherein said trigger member, said cocking flanges, said cocking lugs, said angled guide surfaces and said arm members are disposed within said housing such that said movement of said trigger member toward said proximal end of said housing results in separation of said arm members such that said cocking flanges no longer abut said cocking lugs, thereby allowing said lancet to move toward said distal end of said housing.
19. The lancet assembly of claim 18, wherein said detention members and said detention shoulders are disposed within said housing such that said movement of said trigger member toward said proximal end of said housing results in said detention members abutting said detention shoulders, thereby preventing said trigger member from moving toward said distal end of said housing.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An Internet facsimile communication method comprising:
forming image data of an original per page to be transmitted;
attaching each of the formed image data to one electronic mail respectively; and
transmitting each electronic mail,
wherein a plurality of the electronic mails to which each of the image data formed per page of the original has been attached respectively, are transmitted to a mail server at a destination within a same electronic mail forwarding protocol session.
2. The Internet facsimile communication method according to claim 1, wherein the mail server at the destination is not a relay mail server, but an Internet facsimile machine having a mail server function.
3. An Internet facsimile communication method comprising:
judging whether or not a destination of image data is a destination to which electronic mail can be transmitted without passing through a relay mail server, and whether or not the destination of the image data is an Internet facsimile machine having a mail server function;
forming image data of an original per page to be transmitted, and transmitting each of the image data formed per page as an attached file of one electronic mail respectively, if the destination of the image data is the destination to which electronic mail can be transmitted without passing through the relay mail server, and the destination of the image data is the Internet facsimile machine having the mail server function;
forming all pages of the original as one image file, and transmitting the image file as an attached file of one electronic mail, if the destination of the image data is not the destination to which electronic mail can be transmitted without passing through the relay mail server, or if the destination of the image data is not the Internet facsimile machine having the mail server function.
4. An Internet facsimile machine comprising means for receiving electronic mail; and means for, if receiving a plurality of electronic mails within one electronic mail forwarding protocol session, carrying out output processing of each of the electronic mails each time the each of the electronic mails is received.
5. An Internet facsimile machine comprising means for receiving electronic mail; and means for, if receiving a plurality of electronic mails within one electronic mail forwarding protocol session, sending back electronic mail showing a reception processing result of each of the electronic mails each time the each of the electronic mails is received.
6. An Internet facsimile machine comprising means for receiving electronic mail; and means for, if receiving a plurality of electronic mails within one electronic mail forwarding protocol session, sending back electronic mail showing a reception processing result of all of the electronic mails by one transmission after receiving all of the electronic mails.
7. An Internet facsimile machine comprising: means for forming image data of an original, per page, to be transmitted; and means for transmitting each image data formed per page as an attached file of one electronic mail respectively to a mail server at a destination within a same electronic mail forwarding protocol session.
8. The Internet facsimile machine according to claim 7, wherein the mail server at the destination is not a relay mail server, but an Internet facsimile machine having a mail server function.
9. An Internet facsimile machine comprising:
means for judging whether or not a destination of image data is a destination to which electronic mail can be transmitted without passing through a relay mail server, and whether or not the destination of the image data is an Internet facsimile machine having a mail server function;
means for forming image data of an original per page to be transmitted, and transmitting each of the image data formed per page as an attached file of one electronic mail respectively, if the destination of the image data is the destination to which electronic mail can be transmitted without passing through the relay mail server, and the destination of the image data is the Internet facsimile machine having the mail server function; and
means for forming all pages of the original as one image file, and transmitting the image file as an attached file of one electronic mail respectively, if the destination of the image data is not the destination to which electronic mail can be transmitted without passing through the relay mail server, or if the destination of the image data is not the Internet facsimile machine having the mail server function.
10. An Internet facsimile communication method comprising the steps of:
judging whether or not an Internet facsimile machine at a transmitting side is connected directly to an Internet facsimile machine at a receiving side without passing through other mail server(s);
designating proceeding to a special communication mode to the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side if it is judged that the Internet facsimile machine at the transmitting side is connected directly to the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side without passing through the other mail sever(s);
receiving, by electronic mail, ability information of the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side which has received designation of the proceeding to the special communication mode;
forming image data based on the received ability information;
transmitting the formed image data by electronic mail to the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side,
wherein the transmitting and the receiving of the electronic mails are carried out reciprocally between the Internet facsimile machines at the transmitting side and at the receiving side within a same electronic mail forwarding protocol session.
11. The Internet facsimile communication method according to claim 10, wherein in the step of forming the image data, a format concerning one of or both of resolution of the image data and a paper size is determined based on the ability information.
12. The Internet facsimile communication method according to claim 10, wherein, the judgment in the step of judging is made based on whether or not a domain name of a mail address of the destination corresponds to a domain name of a mail server of the destination, and the domain name of the mail server is obtained by asking a DNS server.
13. The Internet facsimile communication method according to claim 10, wherein the judgment in the step of judging is made based on a response command from the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side which is a response to an electronic mail forwarding protocol command which has been transmitted from the Internet facsimile machine at the transmitting side and designates a receiver of electronic mail.
14. An Internet facsimile machine at a transmitting side comprising:
means for judging whether or not connection is made directly with an Internet facsimile machine at a receiving side without passing through other mail server(s);
means for designating proceeding to a special communication mode to the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side, and transferring a transmission right of electronic mail to the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side, if it is judged that the connection is made directly with the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side without passing through the other mail server(s);
means for transmitting, to the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side, image data formed based on ability information of the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side when the Internet facsimile machine at the transmitting side is notified of the ability information of the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side which has received notification of the proceeding to the special communication mode, and the Internet facsimile machine at the transmitting side receives the transmission right.
15. The Internet facsimile machine according to claim 14, wherein a format concerning one of or both of resolution of the image data and a paper size is determined based on the ability information when the image data is formed.
16. An Internet facsimile machine at a receiving side comprising:
means for notifying ability information of the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side to an Internet facsimile machine at a transmitting side, and transferring a transmission right of electronic mail to the Internet facsimile machine at the transmitting side, when from the Internet facsimile machine at the transmitting side connected to the receiving side, proceeding to a special communication mode is designated to the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side, and the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side receives the transmission right of electronic mail; and
means for receiving image data transmitted, by electronic mail, from the Internet facsimile machine at the transmitting side which has received the ability information.
17. The Internet facsimile machine according to claim 16, wherein the ability information is used for determining a format concerning one of or both of resolution of the image data and a paper size.
18. An electronic mail communication system comprising:
a machine at a transmitting side for carrying out forwarding of electronic mail with a machine at a receiving side, and transmitting a transmission right reversing command after transmitting electronic mail having a delivery confirmation demand to the machine at the receiving side; and
the machine at the receiving side for transmitting delivery confirmation concerning the received electronic mail when the machine at the receiving side receives the transmission right reversing command after receiving the electronic mail having the delivery confirmation demand.
19. An electronic mail communication machine for forwarding electronic mail to a machine at a receiving side, wherein in a case where it is certain that when the electronic mail communication machine transmits electronic mail having a delivery confirmation demand, the machine at the receiving side sends back delivery confirmation, the electronic mail communication machine transmits a transmission right reversing command after the electronic mail communication machine transmits the electronic mail having the delivery confirmation command so that the electronic mail communication machine can receive the delivery confirmation from the machine at the receiving side.
20. An electronic mail communication machine for receiving electronic mail transmitted from a machine at a transmitting side, wherein in a case where the electronic mail communication machine receives a transmission right reversing right from the machine at the transmitting side after receiving electronic mail having a delivery confirmation demand, the electronic mail communication machine transmits delivery confirmation concerning the received electronic mail.