DE2627608A1 - Page turning and holding device for bed ridden person - with book support and holder but pages are turned manually - Google Patents

Abstract

Page turning device which serves to hold a book in a reading position for a person lying down. The device consists of a support installation for an open book either supported by legs or suspended, transparent and with two surfaces lying higher on a common border than on the outer side edges. The pages of the open book the spine of which lies over the edge can reach be supported on one surface. In addition the turning device is fitted with a holder (5) to hold the book (1) whilst it is removed from the support installation (2) so that the pages may be turned. The support installation (2) has a turntable bearing on the holder (5) with the latter having two holding sections extending along its length.

Description

June 19, 1976

Werner Parthum

Blokken 73

3460 Birkeröd, Denmark

Page turning device

The invention relates to a page turning device that is used to hold a Book and the like is used in the reading position for a person lying down and a transparent one supported by legs or suspended .Support device for an open book with two surfaces which are higher on a common edge than on the outer margins, with the pages of the opened book lying with the book spine over the edge on one surface each are supportable.

Leaf turning devices of this type are already known (US Pat. No. 2,823,489) and are used in particular by people who are in a lying position, either because they are temporarily or permanently in bed because of illness or because healthy people want to read in bed. The page turning device enables you to see the pages of the book in a lying position through the transparent support, as the device reads the book in the

609882/0361

cream reading distance and essentially at right angles to the Holding face. Turners of this type do not make it easier for the reader to turn the pages either by themselves or by looking at them a helper lift the book from the support, turn it over and must put the book back, after which reading can be resumed.

Furthermore, there are time-leaf devices with mechanical turnover devices known that either with the help of a rotatable arm (US-PS 2 755 580) or with a rotating roller with a turning the stick over (Swedish patent specification 165 259) or with a rotating suction cup (DIE-QS 2 520 961). These mechanical handling devices are expensive, depend on electrical power, and are heavy. They are also noisy and not very reliable, especially at the beginning and at the end of thick books, so you have to help manually. learner the pages are easily damaged by this mechanical turning, especially if the quality of the paper is poor.

It is the purpose of the invention to eliminate the shortcomings of the known to fix manual turning devices and a simple turning device indicate whose mechanical handling equipment is simplified and therefore cheaper. This is achieved when the device is further provided with a holding device for holding the book in place while it is out of contact with the support device is removed so that the turning can be made.

This ensures that a person lying down without difficulty the recorded book with a slight separation of the Support device and the holding device can manually turn over, after which the book for further reading in Attachment can be brought to the support facility. The page turning device can therefore easily be carried out by the person lying down can be operated with just one arm. Since the device is easy to manufacture, the price is insignificant compared to the fully automatic handling equipment. The separation of the support facility and the holding device can be manual though

6098 82/0361

also with a simple mechanical auxiliary source, e.g. an electrical, hydraulic or pneumatic lifting device, be carried out semi-automatically, the device can be operated by the reader, who only handles the sheet manually must lead from one support surface to the other in order to turn over.

By the mentioned in claim 2 and 3 storage of the support device or the holding device is used, a simple and useful separation of the parts is achieved. Finally, the types mentioned in claim 4 and 5 are the Holding the book on the page turning device is particularly suitable because it is gentle and the book remains in the device to back up.

Embodiments of the invention are described in more detail below with reference to the drawing. Show it:

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the page turning device; FIG. 2 the same device in perspective; and Figure 3 shows a modified embodiment of the device from the side.

B _e i the device shown in Figure 1 and 2, the support device consists of a transparent plate 2, as shown in Figure 2, is bent about a center line 4 in the longitudinal direction, wherein two equal colliding at a common edge surfaces are present which form an angle on which a book 1 can be placed, the plate 2 forms the lower part of the device. The plate 2 is mounted on a holding device 5 by a hinge 10 which is arranged at the lower end of the device and which enables the plate 2 to be folded down. The holding device 5 has an upper part which is designed like the plate 2. The hinge 10 is attached to the upper part. In the example shown, the upper part is provided with four legs 3, each of which has a suitable length and is spread apart to such an extent that the correct inclination and stability is achieved. Instead of the legs, the device can be hung or mounted on a wall. On the long sides of the upper part is provided with holding parts 7 around the book cover and possibly some

609882/0361

of the pages can grip and hold the book while the base is folded down. The holding parts can be slidable Use rails or terminal blocks or the like that can be adjusted to hold books of different Record sizes. To the plate 2 and the holding device 5 to hold together, the parts are with a suitable lock 12 provided, which by a pull on the operating arm 11 is unlocked. Any suitable lock can be used for this purpose, e.g. a magnetic lock, a push-button connection or similar.

When the device is to be used, it is attached to the point of use, e.g. in a bed, and a book is placed in the Holding device 5 attached when the support 2 is folded down as shown in dashed lines in FIG. The book is opened at the desired position Place attached. The plate 2 is then brought upwards and held in place by the locking device 12. The reader can now See the book through the transparent plate 2 without difficulty. When turning over, the plate 2 is pulled down manually of the arm 11 pivoted down, after which the sheet can be turned over, since the book is held in the upper part and since the leaves are released. Compartment, the plate 2 is moved back up and locked, after which reading can be resumed.

Another embodiment is shown in FIG. Here the support device or the plate 2 is immobile, while the holding device 6 on the plate 2 with a hinge 10 or the like is rotatably mounted. In this configuration, the book 1 is opened by operating the arm 11 raised. Since the book is suspended in a suitable support device 9, which for example consists of displaceable pegs can, which can be inserted from both sides under the spine, it is held on the holding device 6, and you can turn from one page to the next.

609882/0361

In the aforementioned exemplary embodiments for the device, only the manual pivoting of the lower part or the upper part is required of the device by operating an arm 11 mentioned. These Movement can also be carried out by mechanical means in any suitable way, e.g. by an electric gear, Printing cylinders and the like. Such facilities can be remotely controlled are made, with disabled people both separating the upper part and lower part of the device as well as turning over can make. The turning itself can then from one side 'of the center line 4 to the other z. B. with one with the mouth operated rod or the like happen.

609882/0361

Claims (5)

- 6 claims 1.j page turning device, which is used to hold a book and Bichen is used in the reading position for a person lying down and has a leg-supported or suspended, transparent support device for an open book with two surfaces that are higher on a common edge than on the outer margins, the pages of the open with the spine over the edge of the book can be supported on one surface each, characterized in that the device is also provided with a holding device (5 f 6) for holding the book (1) while it is removed from the system on the support device (2) so that turning can be made. 2. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the Support device (2) is rotatably mounted on the holding device (5). 3. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the Holding device (6) is rotatably mounted on the support device (2). 4. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that that the holding device (6) two in the longitudinal direction extending holding parts (7) comprises, which on the two side edges (8) attack the book. 5. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that that the holding device (6) has two support devices (9) which engage above and below in the spine of the book. 609882/0361 Blank page