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AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorsHirokazu HASEGAWA, Toshiaki KANAMURA, Yasushi MURAI
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Support auxiliary members are each constituted by an elongate member having a triangular prism shape and extending from one end to the other end of a holding plate. The support auxiliary member is arranged between a book holder and the final page of a book at a page-turning start point, and supports the vicinity of a binding portion of the book so as to lift it from below. The support auxiliary member is arranged between the holding plate and a spine portion of the book placed on the holding plate, and supports the spine portion. The support auxiliary members form a V-shaped structure only in the vicinity of the binding portion of the book because of their shapes and installation positions, whereby the spine portion of the book is held in a downwardly curved state.
An apparatus for turning pages of an opened book, comprising:
An apparatus for turning pages of an opened book, comprising:
A method for supporting a book held in an opened state by a holding table including a pair of holding plates, wherein a first auxiliary member arranged between the holding table and a final page at a page-turning start point of the book lifts vicinity of a binding portion of the book from below so as to support a spine portion of the book in a downwardly curved state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.