IMPROVEMENTS IN WRITING PADS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake of the Firm of Haseltine Lake
& Co. Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WRITING PADS" A communication from abroad by
Emil M. Engel of Vienna, Austria,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th January 1882.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine Lake and Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings London "IMPROVEMENTS IN WRITING PADS." [A com-
munication from abroad by Emil M. Engel of Vienna, Austria,]
The object of these improvements is to construct a writing pad which will also
serve as a diary and from which the leaves may be easily torn off.
The writing pads, as ordinarily made are inconvenient in several respects. If the
separate sheets are secured by pasting a strip of paper around their edges a ragged
appearance is frequently occasioned when the upper used sheets are stripped off, and
a portion of this sheet is liable to be left around the edges unless considerable care
is exercised in the act of making the separation. Moreover it frequently happens
that the strip becomes detached at some parts from the sheets and then the latter
become loose. If the separate sheets are merely put into a leather or other case
with overlapping corners, the said sheets do not lie in an even and firm condition
and are liable to bulge upwards and thus cause considerable inconvenience to a
person using the same. My Invention obviates all these inconveniences in a very
simple manner and provides a pad which is exceedingly compact and of great
utility.
A writing pad made according to these improvements consists of a number of
sheets of paper (preferably blotting paper) which are bound together at one edge
by a strip of cloth and are perforated along the bound edge so that each sheet can
be easily torn off when desired.

page_text: The bottom of the pack of sheets is formed by a piece of cardboard of the size of
the sheets. The edge of the sheets opposite to the afore-said bound edge is held
down by a strip of india-rubber fastened to the cardboard bottom.
For the purpose of enabling the writing pad to be used as a diary for one year,
or half a year part of the surface of each sheet is printed with columns containing
the dates and leaving spaces for memoranda and the number of sheets is arranged
to suit the number of days printed on each sheet. Thus the writing pad consti-
tuting a diary for one year will consist of about 26 sheets, if about 14 days are
printed on each sheet, or of 52 sheets if the days of one week are printed on each
sheet.
If desired other useful or instructive matter may be also printed on each sheet

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
7th July 1882.
"
A com-
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. IMPROVEMENTS IN WRITING PADS"
munication from abroad by Einil M. Engel, of Vienna, Austria,
The object of these improvements is to construct a writing pad which will also
serve as a diary, and from which the leaves may be easily torn off.
The writing pads as ordinarily made are inconvenient in several respects. If the
separate sheets are secured by pasting a strip of paper around their edges a ragged
appearance is frequently occasioned when the upper used sheets are stripped off
and a portion of these sheets is liable to be left around the edges unless considerable
care is exercised in the act of making the separation. Moreover, it frequently
happens that the strip becomes detached at soine parts from the sheets, and then
the latter become loose. If the separate sheets are merely put into a leather or
other case with overlapping corners, the said sheets do not lie in an even and firm
condition and are liable to bulge upwards and thus cause considerable inconvenience
to a person using the same. The present Invention obviates all these incon-
veniences in a very simple manner and provides a pad which is exceedingly
compact and of great utility.
A writing pad made according to these improvements consists of a number of
sheets of paper (preferably blotting paper) which are bound together at one edge
by a strip of cloth and are perforated along the bound edge so that each sheet can
be easily torn off when desired.
The bottom of the pack of sheets is formed by a piece of cardboard of the size of
the sheets. The edges of tho sheets opposite to the aforesaid bound edge are held
down by a strip of india rubber or by an elastic band fastened to the cardboard
bottom.
For the purpose of enabling the writing pad to be used as a diary for one year
or other period, part of the surface of each sheet is printed with columns con-
taining the dates and leaving spaces for memoranda, and the number of sheets
employed will depend upon the number of days printed on each sheet. Thus the
writing pad constituting a diary for one year, will consist of about 26 sheets, if
about 14 days are printed on each sheet, or of 52 sheets if the days of only one
week are printed on each sheet. If desired other useful or instructive matter may
be also printed on each sheet.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent and the manner of performing the same, I wish it understood
that I claim,
A writing pad consisting of a number of sheets of blotting or other paper
suitably bound together and having printed upon them consecutive portions of a
calendar or diary, substantially as set forth.
In witness whereof I the said William Robert Lake have hereunto set my
hand and seal this Seventh day of July in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
W. ROBT, LAKE. (L.S.)