EP0157877B1 - Appareil permettant de tourner des pages, a commande automatique - Google Patents

Appareil permettant de tourner des pages, a commande automatique Download PDF

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EP0157877B1
EP0157877B1 EP85900121A EP85900121A EP0157877B1 EP 0157877 B1 EP0157877 B1 EP 0157877B1 EP 85900121 A EP85900121 A EP 85900121A EP 85900121 A EP85900121 A EP 85900121A EP 0157877 B1 EP0157877 B1 EP 0157877B1
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Jean Claude André Noel MOREAU
Françoise CHAUDIERE
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D9/00—Bookmarkers; Spot indicators; Devices for holding books open; Leaf turners
    • B42D9/04—Leaf turners
    • B42D9/06—Leaf turners having an arm reset after each operation

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  • Patent EP-A-0 069 041 which describes a device for maneuvering pages, constituted by strips to be inserted between the pages to be turned.
  • patent BE-A-685,324 which describes a device for turning pages joined together of documents arranged on a support, of the type comprising, on the one hand a movable element controlled by a motor whose operation is controlled by a control member having to be actuated by a user, said element comprising two distinct but coordinated assemblies and constituted respectively by a member for lifting the pages one by one and by a double-acting push button having to be located directly above a document .
  • the present invention makes it possible to produce a device which alone can carry out all the movements described above, under the various conditions mentioned, at variable speed chosen by the user, and which uses the resources offered by the micro- electronics and microcomputing, using entirely new means.
  • the subject of the invention is a device for turning pages joined together of documents arranged on a support, of the type comprising a movable element controlled by a motor, the operation of which is controlled by a control member to be actuated by a user, said element comprising two distinct but coordinated assemblies and constituted respectively by a member for lifting the pages one by one and by a double-acting push-button having to be located directly above a document, the push-button having substantially the shape of a U with symmetrical branches, the ends of which are preferably provided with advantageously cambered pallets characterized in that the pusher is mounted movable in linear translation in two opposite directions in a direction transverse to the side of the pages of a document according to which they are joined together, when this document is placed on the support, and in that the page lifting device is t the pusher are also mounted movable perpendicular to the plane of the support which is to receive the document,
  • a device in accordance with the invention is in the form of an apparatus comprising a tilting desk 1, the central part 2 of which constitutes a support for documents and which must be placed dev'nt l '' user according to an adjustable inclination according to the latter by means of a stand 3 pivotally mounted around lateral pivots (not visible in the drawing) and a single control button 4.
  • a transparent pusher 5 in the general shape of a U, composed of a middle part 6 by which it is fixed to a mobile eqL..page (not shown) which s 'extends horizontally into a slot 7, and two symmetrical branches 8 and 9 provided with slightly cambered paddles 10, 11, 12 and 13.
  • the mobile assembly is secured to a carriage placed in the apparatus and kinematically connected to a motor to transmit to the pusher 5 a linear movement either from left to right or from right to left assuming a user located opposite the desk 1.
  • This element 14 is located in the axis of the pusher 5, that is to say that the branches 8 and 9 are symmetrical with respect to it.
  • the element 14 for lifting the pages is mounted mobile so that it can be either in the vicinity of the pages (active position), or away from them (inactive position). In the active position, the element 14 must exert on the page to which it is close a lifting action, by any known means, so that the page is kept raised for a short time at a level slightly higher than the top of the pallets 10- 11-12-13 so that they can go under the raised page, as will be explained later.
  • the aim of the upward bending of the pallets is to facilitate the sliding of the pusher on the pages and to prevent snagging of the edges of pages which are not raised, whether the pusher is moved from right to left or from left to right.
  • the console 1 contains all the necessary mechanical, electrical and electronic elements, supplied by a current source of any desired type: batteries, battery or mains.
  • a control member, or sensor is provided to give the user the possibility of controlling the operation of the device.
  • the sensor in the form of a button 15 connected to the desk 1 by a wire 16.
  • the sensor could be produced in a different way: keyboard, radio signal generator, remote control, humidity sensor. for saliva control (for paralyzed limbs), infrared rays, touch, Doppler radar, pneumatics etc.
  • console 1 On one side of console 1, there is a screen 17 and indicators 18 which should give the user information on the operation of the device: progress of a programmed cycle, display of a menu for the choice of different functions etc.
  • a rule 19 movable vertically and sliding with medium friction on the side edges 10a of the desk 1 which limit the support 2, so that the user can place it in a good position to support the document that the it is placed on the support 2 and, therefore, to prevent it from sliding.
  • the support 2 can also be made non-slip, either by an appropriate surface treatment, or by covering it with a coating so that the document remains stationary.
  • the assembly of the pusher 5, of the element 14 and of the mobile assembly which carries them is mounted mobi in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the support 2, that is to say for its raising and lowering.
  • This mobility must be automatic because it is intended to allow the pusher 5 to remain constantly at the level of the pages of the document whereas this level varies since each page turned withdraws height from the stack on the right and adds height to the stack of left, height equal to its thickness.
  • a simple and practical solution is to mount this sliding assembly on guides along which it slides freely.
  • the element for lifting the pages consists of a tube 20, the end 21 of which can be brought into communication with a vacuum cleaner 22 and the end 23 of which is free.
  • the tube 20 is pivotally mounted in order to be able to occupy either an active position shown in solid lines, follows an inactive position represented in broken lines.
  • the tube 20 When the tube 20 is placed in the active position, its end 23 is placed close to the page A to be turned and its end 21 is placed in communication with the vacuum cleaner 22, so that the vacuum which prevails at the end 23 sucks page A and maintains it at a level x slightly higher than that y of the top of the pallets 10 to 13.
  • the pusher 5 can then, as will be explained, be moved laterally so that the pallet 12 (if it is necessary to turn page A from right to left) or palette 11 (if you have to turn page A from left to right) goes under page A.
  • the tube 20 is raised in the direction of the arrow F1 until it reaches the inactive position, and in particular passing through the intermediate position shown in dotted lines, the end 21 may then be facing a solid part of the vacuum cleaner 22 and no longer facing an opening, so the suction action is neutralized at the same time as the tube 20 is raised.
  • the element for lifting the pages consists of a member 30 connected by a wire 31 to a very high voltage generator 32 itself connected by a wire 33 to the pages B of the document or to the support 2, this assembly constituting an electrostatic charge system.
  • the member 30 When the member 30 is put in the active position, it is brought close to the page A to be lifted and, simultaneously, the generator 32 creates positive charges in the pages B (and therefore on the page A which at this time still does part of the pitches B) and of the negative charges on the member 30. This results in an electrostatic field and an attraction of the page A by the member 30.
  • page A must be maintained at a level x higher than that y of palette 12.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 a variant is shown according to which the page lifting element can act repeatedly.
  • a friction roller 40 of non-circular section that is to say polyhedral and more particularly triangular, and mounted on a rotary axis 41 parallel to the edge of the pages B along which they are joined together.
  • the axis 41 is controlled by a motor 42 and when the roller is lowered into the active position, the motor is rotated, so that the roller rotates in the direction of the arrow F2 (FIG. 5) to drive in friction according to the arrow F3 several pages B one after the other if the motor 42 is allowed to run for a certain time. If, on the contrary, the motor 42 is stepped in step by step, it turns pages B only one by one. The user can thus, in particular, carry out a rapid leafing.
  • An electronic assembly is placed in the desk 1 and allows the user to choose, thanks to an appropriate sequencing, the orders which he wishes to give to the device.
  • the user After having put the document in place as said above, and having visualized the order which he wishes to execute, the user gives a command pulse by means of the sensor 15 which can be, as said above, of any known type and not forming part of the invention.
  • a motor (not shown) drives a member such as a cam which inclines the suction tube 20 towards page A; at this time, the turbine of the vacuum cleaner 22 is started, which makes it possible to produce a vacuum promoting the bonding of the page A to the tube 20; then the motor actuates the cam again, which raises the tube 20 and lifts the page.
  • the engine of the moving assembly is actuated in the opposite direction to the previous one and, as a result, the pusher 5 is driven in the direction of the left.
  • the push-button 5 is then brought back to the center of the document, in the position for waiting for a new cycle order, for maintaining the pages.
  • the device is immediately reusable in the same movement or in reverse. Since branches 8 and 9 as well as palettes 10-13 and 11-12 are symmetrical, the explanations given above to turn a page from right to left are valid mutatis mutandis to turn a page from left to right.
  • An improvement to the invention consists in using a digital display, for example with light-emitting diodes, with liquid crystals or any other known device.
  • This digital display allows, by automatic increment, to choose in advance the number of pages that you want to turn in a given direction, without the device stopping in the meantime. The choice of the number of pages is then stopped by means of the user's sensor. When this choice has been determined, the sequencing of the program described above resumes and the user can choose to turn the pages to the right or to the left, in a predetermined number.

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AT85900121T ATE61766T1 (de) 1983-10-04 1984-10-03 Automatisch gesteuerte blattwendevorrichtung.

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FR8315757A FR2552714B1 (fr) 1983-10-04 1983-10-04 Appareil permettant de tourner des pages, a commande automatique
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EP (1) EP0157877B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
JP (1) JPS61500111A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
AT (1) ATE61766T1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (1) DE3484311D1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
FR (1) FR2552714B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
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FR2552714B1 (fr) 1996-09-13
JPS61500111A (ja) 1986-01-23
EP0157877A1 (fr) 1985-10-16
WO1985001479A1 (fr) 1985-04-11
DE3484311D1 (de) 1991-04-25

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