Improvements in Rollers for Carrying Sheets of Paper and the like for Teaching and similar Purposes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Sept., 1899
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Complete Specification Left, 3rd May, 1900-Accepted, 30th June, 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Rollers for Carrying Sheets of Paper and the like
for Teaching and similar Purposes.
I, EDWIN HAPPER KERTLAND, of 9, Chlorine Gardens, Malone Road, Belfast,
Ireland, Damask Linen Factory Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the hanging rollers or devices for
carrying a series of sheets of paper or cloth on which are printed various
characters or texts, such devices being commonly used in schools for teaching
purposes each succeeding sheet being turned over its carrying device so as to
expose the next succeeding sheet and so on.
Heretofore the roller or device has been carried by strings or cords and when
a sheet had to be turned back it had to pass between the cords or strings and
was consequently very liable to be damaged thereby, or at all events was sub-
jected to considerable wear and tear. The object of this invention is to over-
come this 'defect and to provide a hanging device or roller for carrying the
several sheets which will allow of their being quickly turned over without liability
to damage.
According to this invention I employ a roller or rod to which the upper edges
of the several sheets are attached, and this rod or roller is in turn suspended
from or connected to a second roller or rod which latter is suspended by hooks,
rod, or cord to a fixed point. The two rods or rollers are a little distance apart
and are connected by vertical connections fixed at each end, and when a sheet is
turned back its edges do not come into contact with the connections and there
is little liability of undue wear and tear.
The lower rod or roller may be connected to the upper one by rigid or flexible
connections or both rods and connection made in one piece as desired.
Dated this 0th day of Santember 1899
Improvements in Rollers for Carrying Sheets of Paper and the like
for Teaching and similar Purposes.
I, EDWIN HAPPER KERTLAND, of 9, Chlorine Gardens, Malone Road, Belfast,
Ireland, Damask Linen Factory Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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This invention relates to improvements in the hanging rollers or devices for

page_text: carrying a series of sheets of paper or cloth on which are printed various
characters or texts, such devices being commonly used in schools for teaching
purposes, each succeeding sheet being turned over its carrying device so as to
expose the next succeeding sheet, and so on.
Heretofore the roller or device has been carried by strings or cords, and when
a sheet had to be turned back it had to pass between the cords or strings, and
was consequently very liable to be damaged thereby, or at all events was sub-
jected to considerable wear and tear. The object of this invention is to over-
come this defect and to provide a hanging device or roller for carrying the
several sheets which will allow of their being quickly turned over without liability
to damage.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, in
which:
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved roller or paper carrying device."
Fig. 2 is a sectional end view of the same."
Fig. 3 is a similar view of a modified form of the carrying device.
According to this invention I employ a roller or rod 1 to which the upper
edges of the several sheets 2 are attached, and this rod or roller 1 is in turn
suspended from or connected to a second roller or rod 3 which latter is sus-
pended by hooks, rod, or cord 4 to a fixed point or nail 5 in the ordinary manner.
The two rods or rollers 1 and 3 are a little distance apart and are connected by
vertical connections 6, 6 fixed at or near éach end, and when a sheet 2 is turned
back its edges do not come into contact with the connections and there is little
liability of undue wear and tear.
The lower rod or roller 3 may be connnected to the upper one 1 by rigid con-
nections 6, 6 (see Figs. 1 and 2) or by flexible connections (see Fig. 3) or both
rods 1 and 3 and connections 6, 6 made in one piece, as desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The improved roller or device for carrying sheets of paper and the like as and
for the purpose herein described and substantially as illustrated by the annexed
drawings.
Dated this let day of Nov 1900
EDWIN HAPPER KERTLAND.
By his Agents,
Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.