Claims
- 1. A direct reading book comprising a housing having a face wall, a magnifying lens carried by said face wall, means within said housing for mounting in roll form a printed web, a printed web in roll form mounted in said mounting means, said web comprising a book in miniaturized form and said mounting means providing that an intermediate portion of such printed web underlies said magnifying lens, said magnifying lens being designed to re-magnify said book, and positioning means within said housing for maintaining that portion of such printed web in constant preselected spaced relation to said magnifying lens for providing constant magnification of such printed web, said positioning means being a pair of spaced parallel shoes extending downward from the bottom surface of said face wall, and said wall, and said web mounting means includes means for advancing a web.
- 2. A book according to claim I together with a hingedly mounted cover member for said face wall.
- 3. A book according to claim 1 wherein said face wall includes a hingedly mounted panel providing access to the interior of said housing, said lens being mounted in said panel and said positioning means extending from the bottom surface of said panel.
- 4. A book according to claim 1 wherein said web mounting means includes feed and take-up shafts, means for releasably mounting said shafts in said housing for facilitating the mounting and removal of a printed web, and drive means releasably connected to at least said take-up shaft.
- 5. A hook according to claim 4 wherein said drive means includes drive means for said feed shaft, and means coupling aids drive means for said feed and take-up shaft generally in unison.
- 6. A book according to claim 1 wherein said printed web in roll form is in the form of a cassette.
- 7. A book according to claim 6 wherein said cassette includes a casing, said casing having a spool therein, and there being a passage in said casing for a projecting web.
- 8. A book according to claim 7 wherein said projecting web terminates in a loop.
- 9. A book according to claim 7 wherein there are two of said casings with said web extending between said casings.
- 10. A book according to claim 7 wherein there are two of said casings with said web extending between said casings, said casings being separate and having releasable connectors for interconnecting said casings for storage.
- 11. A book according to claim 7 wherein there are two of said casings with said web extending between said casings, said casing being permanently interconnected in spaced relation by an intermediate web guide, said web guide being said positioning means.
- 12. A book according to claim 1 wherein said web is paperlike.
- 13. A book according to claim 1 wherein said web is opaque.
- 14. A book according to claim I wherein the web includes a sound track along the edge or edges thereof whereby at least a portion of said web produces sound.
- 15. A book according to claim 14 wherein the sound track will be synchronized with the web speed by use of a variable speed speech control.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 06/608,093 filed May 8, 1984 now abandoned.
This invention relates in general to new and useful improvements in books, and more particularly to a book which, in lieu of printed pages, includes a housing which receives interchangeable webs in roll form.
The book of this invention is particularly adapted for use in textbooks which must be carried by students from class to class, and will be described in reference to that application. It will be apparent, however, that the reader book will have numerous other applications, including in a home library, or a law library, as well as other libraries where storage is a problem. At the present, students must carry large numbers of books with them, with these books being a considerable burden. In accordance with this invention there is provided a housing having the appearance of a book and which housing is provided with means for feeding a web supplied in roll form and having printing thereon. The printing is preferably miniaturized and the book device will have a magnifying lens which will increase the size of the miniature printing to a readily readable size.
In accordance with this invention, it is merely necessary for students to carry with them the necessary rolls of printed webs and to interchange the webs as they go from class to class.
It is envisioned that the size of the permissible web and the printing thereon will be such that at least several chapters of a conventional textbook may be carried by each web.
It is further preferred to provide the webs in the form of cassettes for ready handling.
A principle feature of the invention is the relative simplicity of the device and the fact that due to the miniaturization of the printed text, the webs may be printed at a cost no greater than existing textbook printing.
It is preferred that the web be in the form of an opaque substrate and that reading of the printed matter will be direct through the magnifying lens without the use of any projectors, light sources, or the like.
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Patent Grant
4802693
