
An inadvertent off-hook apparatus for use in a telephone system having a handset for automatically restoring an inadvertently off-hook telephone to an on-hook in order to receive an incoming call. The apparatus comprises a current sensing unit comprising a photo-coupler coupled to one of a tip and a ring terminal of the telephone line, for sensing variations of current of the telephone line in response to an incoming call and detecting a handset misplacement signal indicating that the telephone ...











