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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7435892 | Power-operated page rotating device A page rotating device includes a planar support plate. A cylindrical housing that has a first longitudinal length is coupled to the support plate. A central shaft has opposed top and bottom ends, has a second longitudinal length, and is rotatably seated within the ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7259312 | Page-lifter and page-turning apparatus A device for lifting a page of a stack of pages with a binding or stitching, in particular of a book of music, has a drive for at least one lifting element and a supporting surface for the page. The at least one lifting element is driven in a rotational movement abo... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7145069 | Motorized page turner The motorized page turning device automatically turns the pages of a multiple-page musical composition silently and accurately. Each page of the musical composition is attached to a respective shuttle. Each shuttle is rotatably connected to a shaft and has two oppos... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7019203 | Automatic page turner with turnstile element An apparatus for turning bound pages, the apparatus having a support assembly for holding the bound pages; a lifting assembly coupled to the support assembly and capable of lifting at least a portion of a page; a turnstile assembly, the turnstile assembly comprising... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6978563 | Apparatus for automatically turning page of book An apparatus for automatically turning a page of a book comprises a casing 10 on which a music book 5 can be placed in an opened state; a page holding means 40 which is installed within the casing 10 and holds a page 6 of the opene... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6935058 | Automatic page turner with belt drive element An apparatus for turning bound pages, the apparatus having a frame; a book support assembly coupled to the frame; at least one pickup arm coupled to the frame; a motor assembly coupled to the frame; and a conveyor assembly coupled to the frame. The conveyor assembly... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6830453 | Apparatus for turning pages of book The present invention provides an apparatus for turning pages of a music book. When a music performer manipulates a power switch, an actuating lever disposed in a housing of the apparatus is raised out of a guide groove of the housing and presses down and carries a ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6828035 | Wall pedestal for displaying animal heads and other wildlife objects A wall pedestal for displaying and rotating an animal head and other wildlife objects next to a wall. The wall pedestal includes a wall mounting plate adapted for securing the pedestal to the wall at various heights. The wall mounting plate includes an outwardly ext... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6249999 | Apparatus for turning over individual boards assembled as a stack, preferably for leafing the program boards of a music box (juke box) Apparatus for turning over individual boards assembled as a stack, preferably for leafing the program boards of a music box (juke box) is provided, in which boards may be rotated around mutually parallel pivot axes lying in a plane, pivoting bilaterally w... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6246461 | Image positioning device and method An image positioning device includes surface elements having front and back sides and images on the front and/or the back sides. An end of a first surface element and a front side of a second surface element are turnably coupled along a first axis of rota... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6151819 | Page manipulating book support A reading item supporting system is provided including a reading item support for supporting a book thereon. Also included is at least one ruler assembly positioned on the reading item support with the book therebetween. The ruler assembly includes a rule... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6049033 | Page turning device A page turning device (10) is provided having a motor housing (12), an activator switch (14) and a book platform (16). A motor (18) is carried within the motor housing (12) and includes a drive shaft (20) that carries a spring arm (24) that, in turn, carr... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5794365 | Method and apparatus for turning a page in a book A method and apparatus for safe and fast turning of a page in a book is taught which is more flexible with respect to the varying characteristics of the applied books, is independent of the mechanical and electrical tolerances of the system and from syste... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5575097 | Page turning device A page turning device for use with any bound pages such as books, music scores, or binders, which have small ferrous elements (14) attached to the edge of each page. The device uses a motorized arm (16) with a magnetic tab (17) mounted on the end to engag... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5477630 | Split flap display device A split flap display device for displaying changing information of all kinds, where a substantially tool-free, rapid removal of the complete set of flaps is made possible. For this purpose, the rotor unit includes a rotor shaft, two receiving rollers and ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5471277 | Book document reading device having a page turning capability In a book document reading device having a page turning capability, a turn belt has a flat portion at the underside thereof and is supported by a turn roller. The turn roller selectively moves the turn belt to a first position where the flat portion of th... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5367804 | Indicating register Presented is an indicating register that serves for indicating the content of magazine or the like, and having a simple and space-saving construction. Several pivotably-journaled pages each have a page appendage projecting from their pivot axis and offset... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5286956 | Printer having page-turning apparatus for passbooks and with page-turning capability even after initial deformation of sheets to be turned In a printer for passbooks or the like, a passbook or the like, which is brought in on a transfer path, is stopped at the position of a page-turning roller, where a sheet is turned over by the operation of the page-turning roller. When a sheet is turned o... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5247755 | Automatic page turning-over apparatus An automatic page turning-over apparatus has spacing means for spacing an uppermost sheet original of a book-like original having a bundle of bound sheet originals apart from the remainder of the bundle of sheet originals, wherein, a moving member moves u... | 09/28/1993 |
| 4995184 | Passbook page turning mechanism A passbook page turning mechanism includes independently movable and spaced upper rollers and independently movable and spaced lower rollers which are vertically movable and which grip the passbook and move the passbook from a printing station to a page t... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4936034 | Reading stand with page turning mechanism A reading stand includes a page turning mechanism which has two turning arms extending radially from a rotary shaft located adjacent to an intermediate part of a back plate member. The arms are turned from one side of the shaft to the other side so as to ... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4916839 | Page turning apparatus The uppermost page of an opened volume is rubbed toward the volume's spine to buckle the uppermost page and permit air to enter a space between the buckled page and the next page. The buckled page is then released to fall back toward its initial position ... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4780977 | Page turning apparatus Apparatus is disclosed which is operable for turning a page of a book, or other like reading material, and for retaining said page in a turned position. The page is turned via a vacuum arrangement which draws a single page away from the rest of the pages ... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4773297 | Page turning device A page turning device. Ferrous flat plate members are detachably secured to the pages to be turned of a book. A magnet member is carried by an elongate arm member that is pivotally mounted to swing in a plane. In a first embodiment, a spring member under ... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4719712 | Automatically controlled apparatus for turning pages An automatic page turning device of the type comprising a movable element controlled by a motor of which the operation is controlled by a control member to be actuated by the user. It is characterized in that it comprises a suction tube to lift a page as ... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4700497 | Automatic document page turning apparatus An automatic page turning apparatus for use with a passbook or like document wherein drive rollers advance the passbook to a page turning station, pressing means moves the passbook into position for a page turning roller to engage with and to turn up the ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4693594 | Platen transport and vacuum plenum for book copying An arrangement for transporting a book facedown onto an and off of a copier includes a platen transport and a belt transport positioned on opposite sides of a vacuum plenum that is used to peel the bottommost page from a book to turn the same as the book ... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4691909 | Device for turning over book leaves A device for turning over book leaves is disclosed, which comprises a book holder for supporting a book in an open state, a movable unit disposed above the book holder and capable of vertical and horizontal movement, and a turn-over roller and a pinch mem... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4685374 | Page turning apparatus and method A page turning device is provided in which a first elongated arm is rotatably mounted for circular motion substantially parallel to but above the plane of the volume. A page lifting facility cooperates with the rotation of the first elongated arm to permi... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4677778 | Sheet manipulating apparatus A working apparatus comprises a plurality of rollers and a control unit for controlling rotation or movement of the rollers. The control unit controls the rollers such that at least one of the rollers is located on the opposite side of the other rollers w... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4663873 | Page flipper for book copying An arrangement for turning the pages of a booklet within a copier. A air knife fluffer, the pages and a wheel is translated against the page to be turned and creates a buckle in the previously separated page. The vacuum wheel is then lifted bringing the p... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4644675 | Page turning device A page turner device for an open book comprises a support for the book, and a power driven disc configured to rest on the top of the pages of such open book. When the power drive is energized, the disc will start to rotate while in contact with the open p... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4546689 | Sheet music holder There is disclosed a novel music sheet holder for a book having a front and a back cover, a spine and individual pages, comprising a body member having a shaft member, a first pair of outer leg members downwardly extending from the shaft member and second... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4545141 | Automatic document page turning apparatus An automatic page turning apparatus associated with a closed passbook and the like includes feed means for positioning and holding one edge of a passbook at a station located along a guide chute, and a drive member movable in a direction perpendicular to ... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4516866 | Printing apparatus Disclosed is a printing apparatus for printing a page of a book. The printing apparatus comprises printing means, page turning means, and a shutter movable between the printing means and the page turning means for guiding the book. The shutter is located ... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4488367 | Page turning apparatus Disclosed is an apparatus for selectively turning the pages of a book forward and backward. The apparatus of the present invention comprises a roller, first transfer means, pressing means, driving means, and second transfer means. The roller can rotate se... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4441270 | Staggered flip-page display folder A multi-page folder having a staggered array of interleaved pages successively flipped by manual actuation of a drawstrip. The folder includes a back cover panel bounded by a right fold line joining it to an overlying contiguous base panel, a central slot... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4432154 | Page manipulation apparatus in apparatus for automatically turning pages Apparatus for sequentially turning pages of a book or the like includes a turned page holder having a first part movable up and down, and a second part carried by the first part that swings over the turning pages during holder displacement between up and ... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4160334 | Reversible page turner A page turner capable of turning the pages of a book forwards or backwards which includes a roller mounted on a mounting above a book support. The mounting is movable relative to the support so that the roller can engage pages on either side of a book spl... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4121361 | Apparatus for automatically turning pages Apparatus for sequentially turning stacked pages includes several actuator driven elements. These include a pusher to frictionally push an exposed page in a turn direction and resulting in upward bulging of the page; a foot to clamp a page to be turned to... | 10/24/1978 |
