Patent ID: 7939739

Claim:
A page turner apparatus suitable for turning the pages of a book, magazine, or other printed matter having a plurality of pages which can be turned from one side of a central axis to the other, the apparatus comprising: (a) a book holder assembly having a left side and a right side for retaining a book, magazine or other printed matter, such that the pages of the book, magazine or other printed matter can be alternatively disposed at a left side location proximate to the left side of the book holder assembly and/or at a right side location proximate to the right side of the book holder assembly; (b) at least one page turning assembly comprising a rotator portion and a page retention portion, the page retention portion having a pair of spaced apart page retaining arms defining a page retention gap therebetween, the at least one page turning assembly being laterally moveable to the left side of the book holder assembly and alternatively, to the right side of the book holder assembly, the page retaining arms being rotatable by the rotator about an axis of rotation such that the page retaining arms are rotated to the right of the axis of rotation when the at least one page turning assembly is moved to the right side of the book holder assembly and rotated to the left of the axis of rotation when the at least one page turner assembly is moved to the left side of the book holder assembly; and (c) driver means for laterally moving the at least one page turner assembly towards the right side of the book holder assembly and, alternatively, towards the left side of the book holder assembly and for driving the rotator to rotate the page retaining arms as the at least one page turning assembly is moved laterally back and forth between the left side of the book holder assembly and/or the right side of the book holder assembly.