EP1417103A1 - Automatic device for turning the pages of a bound document - Google Patents
Automatic device for turning the pages of a bound documentInfo
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- EP1417103A1 EP1417103A1 EP02750750A EP02750750A EP1417103A1 EP 1417103 A1 EP1417103 A1 EP 1417103A1 EP 02750750 A EP02750750 A EP 02750750A EP 02750750 A EP02750750 A EP 02750750A EP 1417103 A1 EP1417103 A1 EP 1417103A1
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- Prior art keywords
- document
- pages
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- suction
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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
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a device for turning the pages of a bound document, in particular a book, a magazine, a filing cabinet or a newspaper, for making pages accessible or taking an image of these pages, comprising a support on which the document is placed, means arranged to separate, by suction, a page from the other pages of the document and means for keeping the pages to turn and turn the separated page to bring it onto a stack of turned pages , said support being formed of two mobile plates and linked together by at least one rod, and the document being placed in a substantially horizontal plane so as to be placed on the pages forming the cover of the document, the visible pages being presented towards the high.
- Such a device is for example described in American patent US Pat. No. 4,943,502.
- This device comprises two transparent trays on which the document is placed in such a way that the pages of the document are turned downwards. Between the two plates is a slot below which there are two adjacent cylinders, one of which has suction holes.
- the document is held by a movable template so that it can be moved relative to the trays.
- To turn a page the document is pushed by means of the template in the direction of the slot.
- a page of this document is sucked up by the cylinders provided with suction holes.
- This page turns between the two cylinders and enters a housing located under the cylinders.
- the page is removed from the slot and is placed on the side of the sheets already turned.
- This device has a number of drawbacks. Since the sheets travel around the suction cylinder, the device cannot be used for certain types of paper. In particular, it is not possible to turn cardboard pages. In addition, a document must necessarily be opened before starting to turn the pages. In addition, if it contains a cardboard insert page, the machine freezes. Due to the position of the document face down and the curvature to which the pages are subjected, these can be damaged or destroyed and this in particular by the fact that the pages presented are pressed by the weight of the document against the holding device. . This device is therefore not suitable for old and / or precious documents. In addition, since the template must be adapted to the dimensions of the document, the device is impractical for processing documents having different formats. The document being turned down, it is necessary to integrate into the frame, a device that can perform photocopies or scanning. This means that it is necessary to choose a given type of device and that it is then practically impossible to change it without designing a completely new machine.
- Another device intended particularly for disabled people, is also known from French patent FR 2 713 149.
- This device comprises two plates, mounted independently of one another by means of elastic means, on which the document. Each tray can apply the pages of a document against at least one finger. These fingers are retractable.
- the page-turning member is a roller fitted with a pressing device and comprises means for lateral translation to go from one edge to the other of the document.
- the main drawback of this embodiment is linked to the fact that, as the document retaining plates are independent but connected by elastic means, it is very difficult to manage the force applied to the document between the plates and the retractable fingers.
- the device which is the subject of US Pat. No. 4,691,909 comprises two movable plates which are inclined towards one another and on which the document is placed.
- the page is kept open by a device of sticks which press on the visible pages.
- a rotatable roller is brought into forced contact against the document. It turns in one direction and can take several sheets, it brings these sheets against a pinch member then turns in an opposite direction to eliminate the additional pages.
- the roller and the pinch member send the page turned on the other side. This page falls by its own weight and is taken up by the stick system.
- the page-turning member rotates and drives the pages by friction on their surface, which can damage sensitive pages, or even erase the content at the point of friction.
- the process of separating pages implies that the entrained page is flexible so that it can bulge when pushed from its end towards its binding point.
- the efficiency of page separation by friction and relative movement is highly dependent on the type of paper and the surface condition of the paper. This type of page separation presents difficulties in ensuring that only one page is turned at a time.
- the fingers or sticks holding the pages have support points concentrated on a small surface which can mark or damage the document. These objects are also troublesome for the visibility of the pages.
- US Patent 5,471,277 relates to a document reading device provided with a page turner arranged to be installed in a photocopier, a fax machine or the like, comprising a document support table and a page turner produced under the form of a belt made of a dielectric material associated with an electric field generator to attract the page electrostatically.
- Publication GB 2 207 423 relates to an apparatus for turning the pages of a document comprising a table on which the document is placed open, means for applying a friction force on the upper page in order to lift it and allow seems to fit between this page and the next. The insertion of a transparent plate movable horizontally in the space thus created turns the raised page.
- the present invention proposes to overcome the drawbacks of the devices known from the prior art, by producing a device which makes it possible to turn the pages, from left to right or from right to left, of any type of document and any form of bound work, whatever the rigidity, porosity and fragility of the pages, and which can be easily adapted to the chosen application.
- this device automatically detects cases of gripping of a single page, failure of gripping of page, gripping of multiple pages, end of document, flexible or rigid pages and adapts to their specific treatment without requiring human intervention.
- the perforated hollow element is movable relative to the plates.
- the perforated hollow element is provided with sealing means arranged to limit the suction surface longitudinally.
- the rod connecting the two plates pivots about a horizontal axis, this horizontal axis being vertically movable, which synchronizes the movement of the movable plates, and a compression member is arranged to compensate for the weight of the elements supported by said horizontal axis.
- the plates advantageously comprise means for blocking their relative position and each plate is secured to a horizontal return element arranged to allow the document to be centered.
- each tray is formed by a box having a flat upper face provided with holes and at least one suction inlet.
- This upper face of the boxes can be provided with a mask adapted to the size of the document whose pages are to be turned.
- the means for turning a page of the document comprise at least one transparent plate movable relative to the plates.
- the means for turning a page of the document may include two transparent plates arranged in parallel planes, movable relative to each other and relative to the plates.
- the device further comprises control means arranged to measure the dimensions of the document and the number of pages taken, as well as means for measuring the suction pressure in the perforated hollow element.
- the or each transparent plate comprises, on an edge substantially parallel to the binding of the document, a duct arranged to expel air towards the pages of said document as well as at least one movable duct, perpendicular to said binding of the document, also arranged to expel air towards the pages of said document.
- the perforated hollow element can be equipped with a removable filter element in order to protect the turned pages against contamination.
- the device When the device is intended to take an image of the turned pages of the document, it includes means for recording these images.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic overview of the device according to the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a sectional view of part of the device of FIG. 1, and
- Figures 3a and 3b are sectional views of the element of Figure 2 in different positions.
- the device 100 comprises a frame 10 in which are arranged a support 11 for the document whose pages must be turned, means 12 for keeping the pages to be turned and turning the page separate, control means 13 for the pages turned or to be turned, means 14 for separating the pages to be turned and means 15 for recording images.
- the support 11 for the document comprises two plates 16 linked together by means of a rod 17.
- each plate 16 is mounted on a horizontal rail 18 which allows it to slide along a longitudinal axis relative to the device.
- These horizontal rails are themselves secured to a carriage (not shown) sliding in a vertical rail 20, which ensures linear guidance of the plates.
- the rod 17 is articulated around its center.
- This center is materialized by an axis 21 can be moved in a vertical guide 22 by means of a motor.
- the plates can be moved either in two opposite directions, or in the same direction. In other words, when one of the plates is raised, the other can either be lowered around the center of the rod 17, or also raised along the vertical rail 20.
- Each horizontal rail 18 is also integral with a vertical bar 24 passing near the articulated rod 17.
- This rod is provided with locking means 25 arranged near each of the vertical bars so that when these means are actuated, they retain the bars and thus prevent them from moving.
- a compression member 9 linked to the vertical guide 22 makes it possible to compensate for the weight of the elements supported by the horizontal axis 21. In this way, the plates 16 remain in their relative position whatever the force applied to them.
- Each tray is formed by a box 26, the substantially planar upper face of which is provided with a multitude of small holes 27 and which includes one or more suction inlets 28.
- This box can also be provided with a perforated mask 29, the the perforations coincide with the holes 27 so that these holes are blocked, either by the cover of the document whose pages are to be turned, or by the mask. This allows a good maintenance of said document and avoids losses due to aspiration through unplugged holes.
- the document is centered on the plates by horizontal return elements 19 secured to the plates 16.
- the means 12 for holding pages to turn and turn the separate page comprise at least one transparent plate or in the example shown two transparent plates 30, for example made of glass, placed above the document. These plates can slide in a plane parallel to the pages of the document and in a direction perpendicular to the binding of this document. To this end, they are integral with translation guide elements known per se and not shown.
- the edge of the transparent plate which is in contact with the page of the document to be turned has a duct 33 connected to a blower so that air is blown towards the pages so as to push the sheet to turn by air cushion .
- the duct 33 can be placed on only one or both of the plates and the blower can be operated in one or both of the ducts, depending on the direction in which the pages are turned.
- the means 14 for separating the pages of the document consist of suction means 34 and displacement means 35 of these suction means. In the illustrated embodiment, they allow pages to be turned from left to right or from right to left. However, it is possible to make a machine with reduced dimensions if it only has to turn the pages in one direction.
- the suction means 34 illustrated in more detail in FIGS. 2, 3a and 3, are formed of a perforated hollow element, which can be in the form of a tube 36 provided with a diaphragm 37.
- the tube 36 has a multitude of holes 38 having a flared peripheral zone in the form of a suction cup. According to a preferred embodiment, the holes are staggered on the lower surface of the tube so as to ensure optimum grip of the sheets to be turned.
- the diaphragm 37 is formed by two parts 39, 40 movable with respect to each other, which can be produced in the form of tubes sliding in the tube 36, each of these tubes being provided with a closed zone and d an open area such as a slot extending over an angular area less than 180 °, so that the rotation of one of the tubes relative to the other makes it possible to completely close the diaphragm or to open it.
- the tubes 39, 40 forming the diaphragm are supported by bearings.
- These suction means 34 also include sealing means in order to limit the suction surface longitudinally.
- these closure means are formed by two movable sleeves 44 disposed at each end of the tube 36 so that the holes 38 of said tube 36 can be blocked either by a page of the document, or by the diaphragm, either by one or the other of the sleeves. As in the case of the mask 29 on the box, these sleeves ensure optimal suction.
- the perforated tube 36 can be equipped with a removable filter element.
- the displacement means 35 of these suction means comprise two rails, a vertical rail 46 and a horizontal rail 47, as well as drive motors.
- the tube 36 is moved in a relative movement relative to the page obtained by the combination of a vertical movement and a horizontal movement.
- the control means 13 essentially make it possible to ensure that only one page of the document is turned at a time.
- These control means include a first rangefinder 48a which measures the number of pages captured by the page separation means as well as a second rangefinder 48b for determining the exact position and size of the document.
- the device also includes means 50 for measuring the pressure in the suction means 34. In fact, when a page is sucked, the pressure varies according to a determined curve. If a page could not be taken correctly, the pressure will remain constant and the curve will not correspond to the conventional curve, which can be detected.
- pressure measurement means 50 also make it possible to distinguish a standard page of the document from a different page, such as for example a flexible page from a rigid page. Indeed, a flexible sheet bends slightly around the tube of the suction means and plugs a number of holes 38, which generates a determined pressure curve. When two standard sheets are taken at the same time, the pressure curve is almost identical to the curve for one sheet. On the other hand, the number of pages measured by the range finder 48a differs. When a rigid sheet is gripped, it folds less than a standard sheet and plugs fewer holes 38 in the suction means 34. The pressure curve will be different from the conventional curve. Thus, it will be possible to ignore the measurement made by the range finder 48a.
- the image recording means 15 can be adapted to the chosen application. Indeed, pages can be photographed or scanned and scanned. According to a concrete embodiment, these recording means may include a fixed or mobile digital camera 51 mounted so as to be able to move above the document on a set of rails integral with the frame. This camera takes an image of each double page, digitizes it and transmits it to a storage and / or processing system such as a computer (not shown).
- the device 100 of the invention may also include a mechanism 53 for separating the pages 54 in the form of a conduit perpendicular to the binding of the document. Air is blown from this duct in a direction parallel to the binding, which has the effect of slightly separating the pages by introducing between them, a small cushion of air. This greatly reduces the friction between the pages and increases the reliability of the device by preventing several pages from being taken simultaneously.
- the rangefinder 48b moves to determine the exact position and size of the document. The cover page is then opened. If we start with an open document, the document is positioned on the two trays, the rangefinder 48a is moved longitudinally along the machine and measures at each point, the distance between the rangefinder and the document. This determines the position of the edges of a page as well as the position of the middle of the document
- connection between the plates 16 is such that whatever the number of pages on each of the plates, the upper page of each part of the document is substantially located in the same plane. Indeed, the side of the document having the most pages, therefore the thickest, the tray will be pressed down. Thus, the two visible pages of the document will be substantially in the same plane.
- the trays are locked in position by means of blocking means 25 so that the pages of the document remain in the same plane when the document is moved away from the plates 30.
- the trays 16 are mounted simultaneously until they press the document, with a determined pressure, against the right transparent plate 30 of the device.
- the visible double page can then be processed, that is to say photographed or scanned.
- the trays 16 are lowered simultaneously by a distance such that the document cannot close on its own and that the pages which tend to turn are retained by one transparent plates 30.
- the plates are then moved to the left so that the left plate retains the pages of the document which tend to close and that the right plate has its free edge more to the right than the document.
- a space is created between the two plates. This space is wide enough to allow passage to the suction means 34.
- this diaphragm 37 in the tube 36 of the suction means makes it possible to adjust the suction force. Indeed, if the diaphragm slot is such that it faces a small number of holes in the outer tube, the suction force will be distributed over a very small number of holes and will be very large. This is used when turning very rigid or heavy pages like hard cover pages or rigid interleaved pages. Conversely, when the open area of the diaphragm is in contact with a large number of holes, the force per hole is relatively low. This mode of use is suitable for the interior pages of a document which are generally flexible.
- the adjustment of the suction force can be done manually, depending on the quality of the paper of the document from which the pages must be turned. It can also be done automatically. In this case the pivoting of the diaphragm is managed by motors which automatically adjust the opening angle according to the paper.
- the suction means 34 are then moved in a movement, the trajectory of which is obtained by the combination of a vertical movement and a horizontal movement.
- the two tubes 39, 40 forming the diaphragm 37 are also pivoted inside the tube 36 so that the bisector of the diaphragm opening angle is always in contact with the same area of the page to be rotated. This bisector is oriented perpendicular to the page during the movement of the page to be turned. This is all the more important as the page is rigid.
- the rangefinder 48a measures the number of pages captured. If an insert page with a thickness different from that of conventional pages is entered, this can be detected by measuring the pressure in the suction means.
- the suction means are moved until they are arranged above the plane defined by the right transparent plate 30. This is then moved to the left.
- the suction means release the page by stopping the suction. This is driven by the movement of the transparent plate. This movement is coordinated with the movement of the left plate which kept the document open.
- the movements of the plates are stopped.
- the trays 16 are raised so as to press the pages of the document against the transparent plates or so as to approach the document at a chosen distance from the plates 30 when the document is not to be pressed. An image of the two open pages is taken.
- the transparent plates are then moved to the right so as to return to their initial position. A cycle is then restarted.
- the blowing duct 33 formed on the edge of the transparent plates 30 blows air before the plate comes into contact with the page to be turned.
- the page is pushed by an air cushion and does not come into contact with the plate. In this way, it is possible to deal with the particularly precious and / or fragile document.
- This same duct can also blow air during the page separation phase.
- the pressure applied to the document against the transparent plates 30 can be adapted to the document.
- the document can be simply placed open on the support 11 without any pressure being applied.
- the image of the document taken by the recording means 15 can be worked on by computer to correct the deformations due to the lack of flatness of the document.
- This device has many advantages over similar devices of the prior art.
- the document can have any dimension between the A6 format and the A1 format. It also automatically adapts to a very wide variety of qualities or thicknesses of paper. In addition, the documents can naturally be placed closed on the support 11 without it being necessary to position them in a particular way.
- the speed of movement of the different components can be increased or slowed down depending on the fragility of the pages of the document. All movements of these components can be motorized
- the trays 16 can be moved vertically, it is possible to press the document against the transparent plates so that the two pages are flat.
- the means of control make it possible to ensure that all the pages will be turned one after the other, one page at a time.
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