Page turner
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasaaki Horikawa
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Abstract
A book holder for placing thereon a book held open includes a pair of support plates for respectively supporting the left hand side and the right hand side of the book held open, a pair of support plate adjusting mechanisms for respectively supporting the support plate on the right hand side and the support plate on the left hand side, height position controlling members for controlling respectively the left hand side and the right hand side of the top page of the book held open to be set at predetermined height positions. In the above arrangement, the left hand side and the right hand side of the top page of the book held open can be placed at predetermined height positions by page restraints. Even when scanning the book, for example, by a CCD, a scanning can be carried out without requiring complex device nor mechanism structure.
Claims37
A page turner comprising:
- a book holder including support plates which respectively support a left hand side and a right hand side of a book held open on said book holder;
- a pair of support plate moving means for respectively activating the support plate on the left hand side and the support plate on the right hand side to move up and down;
- height position controlling members, provided in predetermined height positions respectively above the left hand side and the right hand side of the book;
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- page turning means for successively turning pages of the book held open on said book holder.
A page turner comprising:
- a book holder provided with a support plate for supporting a book held open;
- support plate rotation means for rotating said support plate;
- book holder moving means for moving said book holder along a lengthwise direction thereof;
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- page raising means for raising a top page of the book held open on said book holder, and also for enabling the top page to be released.
A page turner comprising:
- book holder for placing thereon a book held open;
- a position controlling member, provided along a circumference of said book holder, for controlling the position of the book to be set on said book holder;
- height position controlling members, provided on predetermined height positions respectively above the left hand side and the right hand side of the book;
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- page turning means for successively turning pages of the book held open on said book holder;
- said position controlling member being provided in such a way that a mounted position thereof can be adjusted relative to said book holder so that the position of the book to be set can be adjusted according to the size of the book.
A page turner comprising:
- book holder for placing thereon a book held open;
- a position controlling member, provided along a circumference of said book holder, for controlling the position of the book to be set on said book holder;
- height position controlling members, provided in predetermined height positions respectively above the left hand side and the right hand side of the book;
- page turning means for successively turning pages of the book held open on said book holder;
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- a pair of sliding members which form a groove for accommodating a spine of the book held open, said pair of sliding members being capable of sliding along a lengthwise direction of said book holder so as to adjust a width of the groove.
A page turner comprising:
- book holder for placing thereon a book held open;
- a position controlling member, provided along a circumference of said book holder, for controlling the position of the book to be set on said book holder;
- height position controlling members, provided in predetermined height positions respectively above the left hand side and the right hand side of the book;
- page turning means for successively turning pages of the book held open on said book holder;.
- page raising means for raising a top page of the book held open on said book holder, and also for enabling the top page to be released;
- book holder moving means for moving said book holder along a lengthwise direction thereof;
- page dropping means for dropping the page turned from one side to the other side of the book;
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- page pressing means for pressing the turned page.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.