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AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsBarry P. Mandel, William R. Burger, Thomas E. Sollitt, Scott Miller, Mark L. Leveto
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As the individual pages of a book having a gutter and outside edge margins and being held at least partially open are being automatically sequentially turned over, in coordination therewith a flattening force is applied to the unimaged gutter margin areas of the book for flattening the pages after they have been at least substantially turned over, and unimaged outside edge margins of the book are clamped by automatic clamping members in coordination therewith, for appropriate page viewing and/or imaging. The flattening force may be applied with a V shaped reciprocally movable member, which may also be partially self-centering in the book gutter, and may also open to push outwardly on the then-open pages, as applied.
In a method of book page turning in which the individual pages of a book with a gutter and outside edge margins, which book is being held at least partially open, are sequentially automatically turned over from one side of the book to the other side of the book;
In a method of book page turning of a book, with a plurality of individual pages having unimaged outside edge margins, in which the book is being held at least partially open to expose individual pages of the book, and in which individual pages of the book are sequentially automatically turned over from one side of the book to the other side of the book;
In a method of imaging the individual pages of a book with gutter margins, which book is being held at least partially open, and which individual pages of the book are sequentially automatically turned over from one side of the book to the other side of the book;
In a system for imaging the pages of a book with gutter margins, and unimaged outside edge margins, with a book holder for holding the book at least partially open so that the book has first and second open sides, and with a book page turning apparatus for automatically sequentially turning over individual pages of the book from said first side of the book to the second side of the book, and a book page imaging system for imaging said pages of the book;
In a system for imaging the pages of a book with gutter margins, with a book holder for holding the book at least partially open so that the book has first and second open sides, and with a book page turning apparatus for automatically sequentially turning over individual pages of the book from said first side of the book to the second side of the book, and a book page imaging system for imaging said pages of the book;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.