Abstract: The cleaner includes a long pole having a mirror adjacent its upper end for inspection of the gutter from the ground without using a ladder. A gutter-clearing tool above the mirror has a downwardly angled arm provided with a lower working tip that may be in the nature of a scoop. The arm may comprise a two-part construction having an inner work component in the form of a pick for removing downspout clogs and an outer component in the nature of a scoop so that the cleaner can either be used with the scoop or pick as the exposed operating device. Components of the tool can be infinitely adjusted to accommodate gutters of various shapes and sizes and to assure that the user has positioned the device at the most advantageous angle of attack for inspection and cleaning.

Abstract: The cleaner includes a long pole having a mirror adjacent its upper end for inspection of the gutter from the ground without using a ladder. A gutter-clearing tool above the mirror has a downwardly angled arm provided with a lower working tip that may be in the nature of a scoop. The arm may comprise a two-part construction having an inner work component in the form of a pick for removing downspout clogs and an outer component in the nature of a scoop so that the cleaner can either be used with the scoop or pick as the exposed operating device. Components of the tool can be infinitely adjusted to accommodate gutters of various shapes and sizes and to assure that the user has positioned the device at the most advantageous angle of attack for inspection and cleaning.

Abstract: A telephone console (10) for use in a telephonic call distribution system (12) for selectively interconnecting a plurality of telephonic units (16) of an external telephonic network (18) with a plurality of consoles (10) of the system, a prerecorded voice message system having a portable voice message storage unit (40) with a recorded voice message, a connector module (26) for releasable connection with the portable voice message unit (40) and a microprocessor (20) programmed to control the playing back of a recorded message to a console (10).

Abstract: A telephonic console (10) having a visual display (12) and a keyboard (14) for making manual entries to control the console (10) to perform different functions in conjunction with an automatic call distribution system (14) interconnecting telephonic units (16) of an external network (18) with a plurality of telephone consoles (10), a console personality programming apparatus having a nonvolatile memory (32) within the console storing a personality code associated with one of a plurality of different personalities, a microprocessor (20) for reading the personality code and for controlling the console (10) to function in accordance with the one personality associated with the read code.

Abstract: A transmit path limiting circuit that allows other equipment, such as a caller identification device, to more readily decipher information signals on a telephone line. The circuit includes a ring detector, register, and controller. The ring detector senses that a call is incoming to the telephone and responsively provides an initiation signal. The register normally transmits outgoing signals from the telephone to the telephone network. After receiving the initiation signal, however, the controller enables the register, for a predetermined interval, to transmit a quiet code in lieu of any signal being transmitted from the telephone. Consequently, reflected noise is lowered during the predetermined interval, so that the caller identification box may more easily interpret data on the telephone line.