Improvements in and in connection with Rulers or Rolling Pins.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct.,
1898
Complete Specification Left, 6th July, 1899-Accepted, 6th Oct., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Rulers or Rolling Pins.
I, WILLIAM MARTIN ECKERSLEY, of Willow Bank, Stretford, near Manchester,
Advertising Contractor, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to
be as follows:-
It relates partly to the invention for which I obtained Letters Patent No. 23113
on the 8th day of October 1897, and consists of a ruler or rolling pin made of
celluloid from the sheet with a strip of xylonite, or like material fixed on to
the exterior of the tube, and over the abutting edges of the celluloid, and
designed to receive advertising or like matter, or be marked as a rule or scale.
The ends of the ruler or rolling pin are fitted with discs, or the sliding handles
described in my former specification.
A further feature of my invention consists in leaving the ruler hollow for
the reception of pen or pencil, and introducing such objects through an opening
closed by the strip aforesaid. A further feature consists in employing celluloid
with lettering or advertising matter formed in it during its manufacture and
thrown up by a suitable colored or plain backing within the ruler, or by an
opaque or other suitable back-ground formed in the material.
Dated this 5th day of October 1898
Improvements in and in connection with Rulers or Rolling Pins.
I, WILLIAM MARTIN ECKERSLEY, of Willow Bank, Stretford, near Manchester,
Advertising Contractor, 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: -
It relates partly to the invention for which I obtained Letters Patent No. 23113
on the 8th day of October 1897 and consists of forming a ruler or rolling pin
from celluloid in the sheet with a strip of xylonite or like material fixed on to
the exterior of the tube, and over the abutting edges of the celluloid and may
be of an opaque nature to receive advertising or like matter or be marked as a
rule or scale.
The ends of the ruler or rolling pin are fitted with discs or the sliding handles
described in my former specification.

page_text: A further feature of my invention consists in leaving the ruler hollow for
the reception of pen or pencil and introducing such objects through an opening
closed by the strip aforesaid. A further feature consists in employing celluloid
with lettering or advertising matter formed in it during its manufacture and
thrown up by a suitable colored or plain backing within the ruler or by an
opaque or other suitable back ground formed in the material.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a broken-off view of a ruler made
according to my invention.
Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same.
Fig. 3 is a section of one of the end discs.
Fig. 4 is a section illustrating a modification.
(A) is the body part of the ruler made of celluloid bent round from the sheet
the abutting edges of which are fastened together by means of a strip of xylonite
or like material (B) which may be opaque and have printed upon it a rule scale
or advertising matter. The body (A) may be colored or have colored paper
inside and to give desired weight a core of wood (C) may be inserted forming
the sliding handles as described in my former specification, or the ends can be
finished off by placing discs (D) of celluloid or xylonite made with turned in
edges as seen in Fig. 3 to fit inside the body part (A).
In some cases I leave the body (A) hollow so that pencils or pen holders may
be placed therein through a gap left for this purpose and to cover such gap I
fasten strips of the xylonite extending up say a quarter of the length of the ruler
at each end made so that a covering strip (E) can slide upon them in either
direction as seen in Fig. 4.
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
1: A ruler or rolling pin made of celluloid in combination with a strip or
strips of xylonite placed over the abutting edges of the celluloid and fitted with
end discs of the same material or with sliding handles as and for the purpose
herein set forth.
2. A ruler or rolling pin made as aforesaid in combination with advertising
matter as herein set forth.
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