Patent ID: 7435892
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: B42D

Abstract:
1. A power-operated page turning device for automatically turning a musicians page during a musical performance, said power-operated page turning device comprising: a planar rear support plate; an elongated and cylindrical housing having a first longitudinal length, said housing being directly and statically coupled to said support plate; an elongated and rectilinear central shaft having axially opposed top and bottom ends registered along a vertical plane, said central shaft having a second longitudinal length and being rotatably seated within said housing, said second longitudinal length being shorter than said first longitudinal length; a plurality of page-holding sections operably coupled to said central shaft, each of said page-holding sections having an inner linear edge disposed adjacent to said central shaft and extending parallel to said central shaft; and means for selectively rotating said page-holding sections about said central shaft such that said inner edges of said page-holding sections remain equidistantly spaced from said central shaft and travel substantially 180 degrees along an arcuate path; wherein said rotating means rotates said page-holding sections in clockwise and counter clockwise directions when said central shaft is rotated in clockwise and counter clockwise directions respectively; wherein said rotating means comprises a finger having a body directly engaged about said central shaft, said body being linearly displaced along said central shaft and traveling along said second longitudinal length when said central shaft rotates, said finger further having an arm monolithically formed with said body, said arm extending laterally and horizontally away from said central shaft and terminating within said housing; a motor operably coupled directly to said top end of said central shaft, said motor driving said shaft; and a controller electrically mated to said motor, said controller being disposed exterior of said housing and tethered to said motor such that a user can easily operate said motor while playing an instrument; wherein said housing includes an exterior wall provided with a plurality of equidistantly spaced curvilinear slots formed therein; wherein said arm engages said page-holding sections and thereby causes said inner edges to independently articulate about said curvilinear slots and rotate along the arcuate path respectively.