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Method and apparatus for turning over pages of book-original

US5390033A · kind A · utility

31Cited by
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20Claims
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Filing dateDec 6, 1991
Grant dateFeb 14, 1995
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Expiry dateDec 6, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0436
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for turning over a page of a book-type original using a belt as a device for turning over the page. The original is set with spread pages arranged upward. The method includes the steps of disposing the belt over spread pages of the original so that the belt comes in contact with a surface of the spread pages, attracting one of the spread pages of the original to the belt by an attracting devices, and deforming a part of the belt upward at a portion of the belt continuously along the surface of the spread pages while moving the portion from one end of the page to the other end thereof so that the page attracted to the belt is separated from a next page of the original.

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