Title:
PAGE TURNING APPARATUS WITH A VACUUM PLENUM AND AN ADAPTIVE AIR FLUFFER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003078176
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An apparatus for the turning of pages of a bound book, comprising a fixture to hold the book, a paper fluffer for blowing air between individual pages of the held book and displacing at least a top page of the held book upwardly, and an air plenum positioned above the top page of the book for grasping and turning the top page by application of a vacuum to the top page.
Inventors:
BELKHIR LOTFI (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/008052
Publication Date:
February 19, 2004
Filing Date:
March 14, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KIRTAS TECHNOLOGIES INC (US)
BELKHIR LOTFI (US)
BELKHIR LOTFI (US)
International Classes:
B42D9/06; (IPC1-7): G06F15/00; G06K1/00
Foreign References:
| US4942482A | 1990-07-17 | |||
| US6181432B1 | 2001-01-30 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1490777A4
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