Printing apparatus
First Claim
1. An apparatus for printing a page of a book, comprising:
- printing means for printing a page of said book;
page turning means, adjacent to and separated from said printing means to define therebetween a path of book conveyance, said page turning means for turning a page of said book;
guide means for guiding the book along said book conveyance path defined between said print means and said page turning means, said guide means movable between a print position wherein said guide means is disposed inside of said page turning means to expose a page of the book to said printing means to thereby permit said print means to print upon the page exposed thereto and, a page turning position wherein said guide means is disposed inside of said printing means to expose a page of the book to said page turning means to thereby permit said page turning means to turn the page exposed thereto; and
driving means operatively coupled to said guide means for moving said guide means between said print and page turning positions when a page of the book is to be printed upon by said print means or turned by said page turning means, respectively, to thereby guide the book between said print means and said page turning means.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a printing apparatus for printing a page of a book. The printing apparatus comprises printing means, page turning means, and a shutter movable between the printing means and the page turning means for guiding the book. The shutter is located inside the printing means to guide the book when the book is transferred to the printing means, and is taken out from the printing means and transferred to the page turning side to allow printing when the page of the book is to be printed by the printing means. The shutter is located inside the page turning means to guide the book when the book is transferred to the page turning means, and is taken out from the page turning means to allow page turning when the page of the book is to be turned by the page turning means. In such construction, the single shutter can guide the book for both printing and page turning.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus for printing a page of a book, comprising:
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printing means for printing a page of said book; page turning means, adjacent to and separated from said printing means to define therebetween a path of book conveyance, said page turning means for turning a page of said book; guide means for guiding the book along said book conveyance path defined between said print means and said page turning means, said guide means movable between a print position wherein said guide means is disposed inside of said page turning means to expose a page of the book to said printing means to thereby permit said print means to print upon the page exposed thereto and, a page turning position wherein said guide means is disposed inside of said printing means to expose a page of the book to said page turning means to thereby permit said page turning means to turn the page exposed thereto; and driving means operatively coupled to said guide means for moving said guide means between said print and page turning positions when a page of the book is to be printed upon by said print means or turned by said page turning means, respectively, to thereby guide the book between said print means and said page turning means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus for printing a page of a book which is opened to expose a pair of pages lying within a plane of conveyance of the book, said apparatus comprising:
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printing means for printing onto one page of said exposed pair of pages of the book; page turning means adjacent to and separated from said printing means to define a path of book conveyance, said page turning means for turning said one page of said exposed pair of pages; and guide means for guiding the book along said book conveyance path defined between said print means and said page turning means, said guide means movable between a print position wherein said guide means is disposed inside of said page turning means to expose a page of the book to said printing means to thereby permit said print means to print upon the page exposed thereto and, a page turning position wherein said guide means is disposed inside of said printing means to expose a page of the book to said page turning means to thereby permit said page turning means to turn the page exposed thereto; and first driving means operatively coupled to said guide means for moving said guide means between said print and page turning positions;
wherein said page turning means includes(a) a roller selectively rotatable in first and second opposite directions; (b) first transfer means for selectively transferring said roller along said conveyance path between a first position above said one page and a second position above the other page of said pair of exposed pages, wherein said one and other pages are picked up and caused to run onto said roller when said roller is in said first and second positions, respectively; (c) pressing means for pressing said one and other pages against said roller when said roller is in said first and second positions, respectively; (d) second driving means for rotating said roller in said first direction when said roller is in said first position so that said one page is picked up and caused to run onto said roller, and for rotating said roller in said second direction, opposite to said first direction, when said roller is in said second position so that said other page is picked up and caused to run onto said roller; and (e) second transfer means for transferring said book in a conveyance directly within said conveyance path when said one page is located on said roller in said first position so that said roller is shifted from said first position toward said second position thereby turning said one page, and for transferring said book when said other page is located on said roller in said second position so that said roller is shifted from said second position toward said first position thereby turning said other page. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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