Automatic book page turner for imaging
US6574014B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 28, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 9, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/0434
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The pages of a book being held at least partially open may be sequentially automatically turned over from one side of the book to the other by pivoting an elongated arm from one side of the book toward the other and turning over individual pages with a vacuum head pivoting relative to the elongated pivoted arm about a different pivot axis as the elongated arm moves to reduce undesirable forces on the individual book pages being turned over. The vacuum head may initially pivot to bend the edge of an individual page up away from the book, to aid in page separation, and then subsequently differently pivot to help peel the same page gently away from the vacuum head and flip it over onto the opposite side of the book. This may be assisted by moving frictional belts on the vacuum head.
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