Patent ID: 8680384
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: B42D

Abstract:
1. A booklet page turning apparatus comprising: a conveying device that conveys a booklet to a page turning position along a conveying path; upper and lower vacuum pads configured to be pressed against and to suck and hold upper and lower surfaces of the booklet conveyed to the page turning position by the conveying device; a drive device that moves the upper vacuum pad to raise, by a predetermined angle, a page of the booklet in a direction for opening the booklet about a stitch of the booklet; a contact roller unit that moves into a position below the page raised by the predetermined angle; and a control device that performs control, such that the contact roller unit moves to the position below the page, thereafter the lower vacuum pad cancels sucking and holding the page and the booklet is conveyed for a predetermined distance, and thereafter the upper vacuum pad cancels sucking and holding the page, so that the page is turned.