Patent ID: 9481194
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: B42D

Claim Text:
1. A page-turning device for turning a page of a book comprising: an adhesive part which adheres to the page of the book, which is opened; an arm part with the adhesive part provided on a top end, the arm part being configured to swing such that the adhesive part adheres to the page at a departure position of the page and separates from the page at a destination position of the page while the adhesive part goes to and fro between the departure position and the destination position over the book; and a first drive unit which swings the arm part around a drive shaft of the first drive unit, wherein the adhesive part has a substantially-columnar shape, wherein the adhesive part obliquely comes into contact with the page at one circumferential end portion of the substantially-columnar adhesive part at the departure position at an initial stage of the contact, and wherein after the adhesive part comes into contact with the page at the departure position, the adhesive part comes into close contact with the page at a generating line of the substantially-columnar adhesive part.