Page-turning apparatus
OwnerErnest E. Albrecht, Paul Cooperinventors
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a page-turning apparatus which includes a platform which can rest on a piano music rack or the like and upon which a book, sheet music or the like can be supported. Regardless of its size, adjustable clamps are arranged to hold the book centered on the platform, and central page hold-down means are releasably urged against the opened pages. A movable member at one side of the platform can be actuated to frictionally engage and push a single page and during such page turning, correlated means are actuated to release the page hold-down means.
Claims5
Apparatus for turning the pages of a book or the like which comprises
- a platform adapted to support a book thereon,
- a movable member having a frictional tip adapted to engage the surface of a book page,
- means for moving said movable member to frictionally engage and push the book page toward the opposite page of the book,
- page hold-down means normally but releasably urged into engagement with both of the adjacent pages of the book,
- means operative to release said page hold-down means from page engagement, and
- means connecting said member-moving means and said page hold-down means so that said latter means is released automatically to an inoperative position during movement of said member-moving means.
Apparatus for turning the pages of a book or the like which comprises
- a platform adapted to support a book thereon,
- a first movable member mounted on said platform adjacent the right side thereof and having a frictional tip adapted to engage the right page on a book,
- a second movable member mounted on said platform adjacent the left side thereof and having a frictional tip adapted to engage the left page of a book,
- separate means for moving said first and second movable members,
- page hold-down means normally but releasably urged into engagement with both the right and left pages of the book, and
- means operative in response to operation of either of said separate moving means to effect release of said page hold-down means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.