Patent ID: 8017848

Claim:
A page turning apparatus for books, the apparatus comprising: a. a housing, the housing receiving a book; b. a shaft operatively connected to the housing, the shaft rotating to whirl a page of the book and subsequently moving linearly to turn the page; c. a first set of protrusions and a second set of protrusions on the shaft, d. one or more energy means, the one or more energy means providing a rotational and a linear motion to the shaft for turning the page of the book, wherein the rotational motion of the shaft is followed by the linear motion along a horizontal axis of the housing, and wherein the first set of protrusions grips and pull the page as the shaft rotates, and wherein the second set of protrusions slip under the page and push the page in such a manner to cause the page to flip as the shaft advances linearly to complete the page-turning process.