An Improved Calendar.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 14th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 18th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Calendar.
I GEORGE HUGHES, of 38, Chancery Lane, London, in the County of London,
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication to
me from abroad by John T. Hawkins of Taunton in the County of Bristol and
State of Massachusetts, U.S. America, Consulting Engineer) to be as follows :—
The object of this invention is to provide a calendar in which one or more of
the past or coming months, or both, may be readily referred to on each page or
exhibition face for the current month, without manipulation or disturbance of said
calendar.
The invention consists in printing, or otherwise displaying on the same page
or exhibition face of a calendar with the usual table for the current month,-
horizontally or vertically, as the particular arrangement of column may call
for-additional columns containing the names or abbreviations for the days of
the week of the past or coming months in such order as to be referable to the
same columns of dates as those placed for the current month.
I provide several variations in order to make the several months provided for
on a single page or face readily distinguishable the one from the other.
In this method of constructing calendars, the date numbers for the maximum
of 31 days are printed on every table of dates; and to call the attention of the
observer to the use of the proper number of days only, at or near the end of
each month, the figures for the last three days are printed or otherwise displayed
in some distinguishing color, form or size from the other 28 numbers, and they
may be varied in color or in any way that will sufficiently distinguish them.
In any of the arrangements of figures &c. it is desirable to make the several
sets of figures and letters as different from each other, in color, form, size or
otherwise, as possible so as to avoid error in referring to the auxiliary months.
Dated this 14th dox of Antil 1892
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, Agents.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Calendar.
I GEORGE HUGHES, of 38, Chancery Lane, London, in the County of London,
Patent Agent, (a communication to me from abroad by John T. Hawkins, of
Taunton, in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, United States of
America, Engineer) 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide a calendar in which one or more of the
past or coming months, or both, may be readily referred to on each page or
exhibition face for the current month, without manipulation or disturbance of said
calendar.
Fig. 1 is a diagram of a calendar page or exhibition face, as arranged for the
month of January, 1891.
Fig. 2 is a similar page for February, and Fig. 3 for December of the same
year; arranged so that the month last past and the month next ensuing may be
referred to on the same page with the table for the current month.
Figs. 4 and 5 are similar diagrams of pages containing calendar tables for the
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page_text: months of January and December, 1891, arranged so that the two months last past
and the two months next ensuing may be referred to in each case.
Figs. 6 and 7 are modifications hereinafter described. .
The invention consists in printing, or otherwise displaying, on the same page or
exhibition face of a calendar with the usual table for the current month,-
horizontally or vertically, as the particular arrangement of columns may call
for additional columns containing the names or abbreviations for the days of the
week, of the past or coming months, in such order as to be referable to the same
columns of dates as those placed for the current month.
The object of the several variations shown, is to make the several months
provided for on a single page or face, readily distinguishable the one from the
other.
In this method of constructing calendars, the date numbers for the maximum of
31 days are printed on every table of dates; and to call the attention of the
observer to the use of the proper number of days only, at or near the end of each
month, the figures for the last three days are printed or otherwise displayed in
some distinguishing colour, form or size from the other 28 numbers. In Figs. 1, 2,
3, 4 and 5, the dates 29, 30, and 31 are made in open outline figures, those from 1
to 28 inclusive being solid. In Figs. 6 and 7, the last three are made smaller than
the rest for the same purpose; and they may be varied in color or in any way that
will sufficiently distinguish them.
In Fig. 6, the column of names or abbreviations of the days of the week for the
current month are placed near the centre of the page, between two lines of date
figures, and those for the auxiliary months, at the top and bottom, in order to
distinguish the several months the more readily one from the other.
In Fig. 7, the abbreviations for the days of the week, as placed for the current
month, are set in a vertical column in the middle of the page between two columns
of date figures, and those for the auxiliary months at the sides in similar vertical
columns.
In any of the arrangements shewn, it is desirable to make the several sets of
figures and letters as different from each other, in color, form, size or otherwise,
as possible, so as to avoid error in referring to the auxiliary months.
The tables and columns may be arranged in many other ways in conformity with
this invention, without departing from its gist, and I do not confine myself to the
specific arrangements of them shown; nor do I confine myself to the number of
past or coming months provided for on each page or face as shown, as it is obvious
that any number of auxiliary months may be thus provided for without departing
from the gist of this invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. Calendar pages or exhibition faces so constructed or printed as to contain
in addition to a table of dates and a corresponding column or row of names or
abbreviations of the days of the week for the current month, one or more columns
or rows of names or abbreviations of the days of the week for the month or months 4
last past, or one or more columns or rows of names or abbreviations of the days of
the week for the month or months next ensuing, one series or both arranged to
conform in position to the columns or rows of date figures of the current month, so
as to indicate the proper day of the week for the proper dates of the said past or
coming months, substantially as described and illustrated.
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2nd. A calendar consisting of pages or exhibition faces so constructed or printed.
as to contain each, a table of dates consisting of 31 date numbers arranged in seven
rows or columns corresponding to the days of the week, in combination with two or
more rows or columns of names or abbreviations of the days of the week; one of
the said columns or rows of names or abbreviations of the days of the week being 5
placed with reference to. said table. of date numbers to. suit the.current month and

page_text: the others placed to suit a month or months last past, or a month or months next
ensuing, one series or both, substantially, as described and illustrated.
3rd. In a calendar, having pages or exhibition faces containing each a table of
date numbers with 31 numbers thereon, and one or more columns or rows of names
or abbreviations of the days of the week, arranged in suitable order for reference to
said table of date numbers for the given months, printing or otherwise displaying
the last three date numbers on each page or face in color, form, size or otherwise,
so as to distinguish them readily from the other date numbers, substantially as
described and illustrated.
Dated this 14th day of January 1893.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.