System for turning pages of a material
AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorsCornelius S. McNab, Darryl T. Rathbun, Denis A. Stemmle
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Abstract
The present invention relates to using transparent page turning sheets or discs that are inserted into pages of a book or other material to turn selected pages of the book or material. Data from the pages may be recorded and/or reproduced by an associated photocopier, computer or printer device.
Claims24
An apparatus adapted to turn leaves of a material having a plurality of leaves, comprising:
- a plurality of transparent leaf turning sheet pairs, each transparent leaf turning sheet pair has a first transparent leaf turning sheet and a second transparent leaf turning sheet, wherein each transparent leaf turning sheet pair is inserted between two leaves of the material prior to initiating a leaf turning operation;
- a plurality of support members, each support member connected to a corresponding transparent leaf turning sheet member, each support member adapted to support the associated transparent leaf turning sheet member;
- a drive unit adapted to move one or more of the support members from a first position to a second position, thereby turning one of the transparent leaf turning sheet members of a pair so that the first transparent leaf turning sheet member turns a first leaf of the material and the second transparent leaf turning sheet member is in contact with a second leaf of the material.
A method of turning pages of a material, comprising the steps of:
- positioning the material such that two pages of the material are exposed;
- inserting a pair of transparent leaves under a selected page of the material;
- moving a first transparent leaf such that the selected page is turned;
- maintaining a position of a second transparent leaf such that the second transparent leaf remains in contact with a second page that is underneath the selected page.
An apparatus for turning leaves of a material comprising:
- a plurality of transparent sheet members, each sheet member adapted to move one leaf of the plurality of leaves of the material that contains data;
- a plurality of support members, each support member connected to a corresponding sheet member;
- a drive unit adapted to move each of the support members from a first position to a second position, thereby turning a corresponding one of the transparent sheet members so that the transparent sheet member turns a corresponding leaf of the material.
An apparatus adapted to turn leaves of a material having a plurality of leaves, comprising:
- a plurality of transparent leaf turning member pairs;
- a plurality of support members, each support member connected to a corresponding transparent leaf turning member pair, adapted to support the associated transparent leaf turning member pair,
- wherein a first transparent leaf turning member is positioned on a first portion of a leaf and a second transparent leaf turning member is positioned on a second portion of the leaf;
- and
- a drive unit adapted to move one or more of the support members from a first position to a second position, thereby turning a corresponding leaf of the material.
A method for turning pages of a material comprising:
- providing one or more transparent sheet pairs, wherein each transparent sheet pair is attached to a support arm;
- positioning a first transparent sheet of the pair on a front surface of a page;
- positioning a second transparent sheet of the pair on a back surface of the page;
- and
- moving the support arm thereby turning the page.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.