Patent ID: 8646193

Claim:
An automatic page-turning device for automatically turning pages of a book, comprising: a base; a book support slidably mounted to the base along a left-to-right direction, and including two supporting panels located above a left side and a right side of the base respectively for supporting the book; a page-pressing module mounted to a right side of the supporting panel which is located above the right side of the base, the page-pressing module including a driving module, and a pressing plate driven by the driving module, a distance between the pressing plate and a front edge of each page of the book being permanent; a pick-up and page-turning module mounted to the base and located in front of the book support, the pick-up and page-turning module including a pick-up holder having a driving mechanism, a pick-up arm and a path guiding mechanism, a front end of the pick-up arm being pivoted to and slidably mounted to the pick-up holder; and a system controller connected with the book support, the page-pressing module and the pick-up and page-turning module, the system controller controlling the driving module to raise up the pressing plate away from an uppermost page of a right side of the book which is supported by the supporting panel located above the right side of the base or lower the pressing plate to press down on the uppermost page of the right side of the book, the system controller controlling the driving mechanism to make the pick-up arm move leftward and rightward along the pick-up holder, in this process, a rear end of the pick-up arm being capable of being raised up away from the pages of the book or lowered to press down on the pages of the book under the cooperation guidance of the path guiding mechanism and the pick-up holder, wherein the pressing plate presses down on a right permanent position of the uppermost page of the right side of the book to fasten the uppermost page, the pick-up arm moves leftward and downward to make the rear end thereof rub against and further take along a right corner of a front of the uppermost page of the right side of the book so as to make a front edge of the uppermost page ruckled and spaced from the other pages, the pick-up arm goes on moving and the uppermost page keeps being fastened by the pressing plate so that cause the uppermost page to rebound over the pick-up arm, then the pressing plate is raised up away from the uppermost page of the right side of the book, the pick-up arm further moves leftward under the cooperation guidance of the path guiding mechanism and the pick-up holder to be raised up so as to complete turning the uppermost page leftward.