Patent ID: 7430035
Filing Date: 2008-09-30
Classification: B42D

Abstract:
1. An automatic device for turning the pages of a bound document, comprising: support ( 11 ) on which the document is placed, first means ( 14 ) arranged for separating one page from the other pages of the document by suction, and second means ( 12 ) for holding the pages which are to be turned and for turning the separated page in order to bring it onto a stack of turned pages, said support ( 11 ) being formed by two movable trays ( 16 ) connected together by at least one rod ( 17 ), and with the document being placed in a roughly horizontal plane so as to be set on the pages forming the cover of the document, the visible pages being presented towards the top, wherein the first means for separating the pages of the document entail perforated hollow element ( 36 ) which houses diaphragm ( 37 ) formed by two parts ( 39 , 40 ) which are movable with respect to one another, each of these parts being provided with an open zone and a closed zone so as to be able to orient the direction of the suction flow and to change its flow rate and its speed by movement of one of the parts with respect to the other.