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(11) EP 0 123 188 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
10.07.1985 Bulletin 1985/28

(43) Date of publication A2:
31.10.1984 Bulletin 1984/44

(21) Application number: 84103879

(22) Date of filing: 09.04.1984
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 22.04.1983 JP 7016783

(71) Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
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(72) Inventors:
  • Kanno, Tetsuo
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  • Tsukamoto, Katsura
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(54) Automatic passbook front cover turning mechanism


(57) Automatic passbook front cover turning mechanism, where the initially closed passbook is bent and a separator (70; 52) opens the passbook cover by utilizing its greater elasticity compared with that of the pages, and where subsequently eitherthe passbook cover orthe opened passbook as the teading part is transported by feed rolls (71, 72; 43, 44), thus effecting a complete opening of the passbook.







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