Single Finger Piece Patents (Class 84/507)
  • Booklet page turning apparatus, booklet page turning method, and booklet processing apparatus
    Patent number: 8227680
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a booklet page turning apparatus includes a guide member which is provided near a vacuum pad to freely project/retreat from a plane corresponding to the suction surface of the vacuum pad, the guide member moving integrally with the vacuum pad and coming into contact with a page of a booklet at the page turning position to regulate rising of the page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Yukinobu Ishioka
  • System for turning pages of a material
    Patent number: 6762356
    Abstract: The present invention relates to using transparent page turning sheets or discs that are inserted into pages of a book or other material to turn selected pages of the book or material. Data from the pages may be recorded and/or reproduced by an associated photocopier, computer or printer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Cornelius S McNab, Darryl T Rathbun, Denis A. Stemmle