Improvements in and connected with Calendars.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 20th June, 1891-Accepted, 25th July, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Calendars.
I, JOHN LIDDLE of 154 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
As the want of a calendar always at hand is ofttimes a great inconvenience it has
occurred to me that one so constructed as to fit the end of any pencil or pen, or even
to be attached to a walking-stick or umbrella would be a great benefit. I have
therefore devised one which I think should meet this want.
It consists of a tube or casing of any suitable metal or material inside of which
is carried on a disc or discs the dates. In order to alter the date from day to day
the disc or discs is or are revolved by means of little knobs or handles. Slots are
provided in the front of the casing for exposing the date.
To prevent the disc or discs working round when the calendar is being carried
about, they may be notched at the edge and a spring with a small projection catches
into one of these notches.
A piece of india-rubber or ink-eraser is or may be provided at the end of the
casing.
It is to be understood that although I have described the dates as being carried
on discs I may so arrange them as to be carried on rollers, or in any other suitable
manner.
On the other side of the casing I may provide a moveable calendar for the
month.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Calendars.
I, JOHN LIDDLE of 7 University Gardens Terrace, Hillhead, Glasgow in the
County of Lanark, North Britain, Patent Agent 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in calendars for pencils, pencil-protectors
penholders or other articles of cylindrical form, and has for its object to combine
with such article a calendar so that it can be carried about in the pocket whereby
the date can be ascertained without trouble.
In order that my invention may be properly understood and readily carried into
effect, I have hereunto appended one sheet of drawings on an enlarged scale shewing
my improvements as applied to a pencil-protector, but as already explained it is to
be understood that they are applicable to a pencil, penholder, or any other article
of cylindrical form.
Figure 1, is a section.
Figure 2 is a front elevation.
Figures 3 and 4 are front elevations of the cylinders carrying the months and
dates respectively.
A is the tube or casing of any suitable metal or material, through the centre of
which there is a screw B fixed at a b. Carried on this screw there are two
cylinders C and D ; C indicating the months, and D the dates which can be either
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page_text: stamped thereon or printed on paper or other material and affixed thereto. These
cylinders are made to work on the screw by means of pins or rods E, F, which are
connected with movable discs G, H, having milled heads. These pins or rods E, F
fit into holes I, J in the cylinders so that when the discs G, H are revolved or
turned to alter the month and date the cylinders revolve with them. The month
and date are seen through the slots K, L respectively in the casing A, Figure 2.
In cases where it is preferred to indicate the days of the week as well as the
month and date, I may provide a third cylinder operated in the same manner as
those already described; but to take up less room I prefer to adopt the following
arrangement-I provide a small tube M, having a groove N all round it, in which
the days of the week, printed on paper or other material, are fixed. This tube M
fits tightly into the casing A, and is kept in position by friction, or it may be by
small pins passing through the casing A into another groove s made in the tube M.
The tube M is revolved by the collar O, the day of the week being seen through
the slot P in the casing A, the groove N preventing the letters rubbing against the
inner surface of the casing A.
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Should the dates etc. be printed on paper I think it would be advantageous to
varnish the paper to keep it longer clean.
A piece of india-rubber or ink-eraser Q is or may he provided at the end of the
case.
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 :-
1. The combination and arrangement of the several parts constituting my improve-
ments in calendars, substantially as described and shown on the accompanying
drawings.
2. The improvements in and connected with calendars and the application thereof
to pencils, pencil-protectors, penholders, or other articles of cylindrical form,
substantially as described and shown on the accompanying drawings.
Dated this day of June 1891.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.