PAGE TURNING MACHINE

An Innovation to change and strive - By Innovation Scholar & Entrepreneur

- Swapnanil Talukdar

WHY NEED A PAGE TURNER CONCEPT ?Humans have from ever since made use of the

hands for completing different tasks, among them the fingers for turning the pages forms an unavoidable part. But, there are people who are unable to use their fingers to turn the pages of a book due to disability, partial paralysis, injury, etc and we fail to understand them. They generally have some limited alternatives for book-page turning i.e. they can use their legs (foot), tongue, and chin or may ask someone else to do so. Suppose, we use our mouth-parts such as chin, tongue for page turning, but for novels containing 300 plus pages or big newspapers it becomes a tiresome job.

WHAT IS THIS PAGE TURNER DEVISE ?This invention relates to a machine

that can turn or flip the pages of a book, the operation of which is controlled manually by foot. It provides an efficient solution to people who are unable to use the fingers to turn the pages of a book. It is solely based on manual foot controls and hence is totally independent of any power requirement.

ADVANTAGES OF THE MANUAL DEVISE

Low cost production Easy maintenance Accurate in its functioning Can be used for all types of books Can be used in any hostile environment Can be used for any size of books Self-sufficient machine, as it doesn’t consume

any electrical power Easy to operate Noiseless Can be manufactured in very less time

SKETCH OF THE UPPER BOARD OF THE DEVISE WHILE IN FUNCTION

MANUAL DEVISE IN OPERATIONAs seen in the picture the devise is being used to flip book pages without any use of hands. This clearly shows its success of providing the differently able a means of hope.

THE AUTOMATED PAGE TURNING CONCEPTWith new technologies coming up,

the new version of Page turner is getting ready with fully equipped sensors and is ready to hit the market within this coming year.

This new devise is being made to fulfil the growing needs of consumer application and most importantly for the differently able.