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Title: US7019203: Automatic page turner with turnstile element
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Country: US United States of America

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Inventor: Wolberg, George; Woodmere, NY, United States of America
Sadegh, Ali; Franklin Lakes, NJ, United States of America

Assignee: Pageflip, Inc., Woodmere, NY, United States of America
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Published / Filed: 2006-03-28 / 2003-12-29

Application Number: US2003000747989

IPC Code: Advanced: B42D 9/04; G10D 1/00; G10G 7/00;
Core: B42D 9/00; more...

ECLA Code: B42D9/04;

U.S. Class: 084/486;

Field of Search: 084/486-489,491-516

Priority Number:
2003-12-29  US2003000747989

Abstract:     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 a plurality of flippers; and a motor assembly secured to the support assembly and coupled to the turnstile assembly; wherein the turnstile assembly has a rest position in which one of the plurality of flippers is positioned across two opposed bound pages to hold the bound pages in an open condition; wherein the turnstile assembly is rotated by the motor assembly causing the lifting assembly to lift one of the pages and one of the plurality of flippers to rotate underneath the lifted page; and wherein the finger underneath the lifted page is rotated to turn the page and to place the turnstile in the rest position.

Attorney, Agent or Firm: Karish, Marc ; Sheldon & Mak ;

Primary / Asst. Examiners: Lockett, Kimberly;

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    1. An apparatus for turning bound pages, the apparatus comprising:

a support assembly for holding the bound pages comprising:

a) an expandable bracket for supporting a spine of the bound pages;

b) a horizontal crossbar mounted on the expandable bracket; and

c) a pair of expandable folding arms coupled to the horizontal crossbar;

a lifting assembly coupled to the support assembly and capable of lifting at least a portion of a page; and

a turnstile assembly, the turnstile assembly comprising a plurality of flippers;

a motor assembly coupled to the support assembly and coupled to the turnstile assembly;

wherein the turnstile assembly has a rest position in which one of the plurality of flippers is positioned across two opposed bound pages to hold the bound pages in an open condition; and

wherein the motor assembly rotates the turnstile assembly causing the lifting assembly to lift one of the pages and one of the plurality of flippers to rotate underneath the lifted page; and

wherein the finger underneath the lifted page is rotated to turn the page and to place the turnstile in the rest position.



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Buy PDF- 7pp US4040195  1977-08 Claypool et al.  Delich; Donald C. Page turner apparatus
Buy PDF- 13pp US4160334  1979-07 Willis  Symot Limited Reversible page turner
Buy PDF- 9pp US4463651  1984-08 Hammer   Page-turning device
Buy PDF- 6pp US4644675  1987-02 Berger et al.  Regents of the University of Minnesota Page turning device
Buy PDF- 10pp US4685374  1987-08 Goldner   Page turning apparatus and method
Buy PDF- 8pp US4719712  1988-01 Moreau et al.  Societe Anonyme Handisoft Automatically controlled apparatus for turning pages
Buy PDF- 6pp US5203248  1993-04 Carr et al.   Portable page turner for music sheets
Buy PDF- 8pp US5233900  1993-08 Fitzgerald   Music page turner
Buy PDF- 10pp US5373772  1994-12 Shemoul   Page turner
Buy PDF- 29pp US5493943  1996-02 Horikawa  Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Page turner
Buy PDF- 13pp US5575097  1996-11 Chou et al.  Chou; Jeffrey P. Page turning device
Buy PDF- 14pp US5962801  1999-10 Bowman et al.   Page turner
Buy PDF- 10pp US6049033  2000-04 Dallas   Page turning device
Buy PDF- 7pp US6107558  2000-08 Cowan   Universal semi-automatic hand-portable page-changer
Buy PDF- 7pp US6215058  2001-04 Molchak et al.   Remote controlled page turner utilizing a plurality of movable fingers
       
Foreign References: None

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US2003000747989 2003-12-29  is a related to the prior publication
     US20050145097A1 issued 2005-07-07  Automatic page turner with turnstile element


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