Improvements relating to Calendars.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 29th Sept., 1896-4ccepted, 28th Nov.,
1896
Improvements relating to Calendars.
I, JAMES TREADAWAY HOARE, of 208 Goswell Road, and 393 Holloway Road,
both in the County of London, Surgeon Dentist, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My present invention relates to that class of perpetual calendars, especially
applicable for attachment to books, covers, cases, or the like, which consist
essentially of a tablet bearing the consecutive dates of the month and having in
proximity thereto a sliding or moving part bearing twice in their proper order the
names of the days of the week. In such calendars the proper manipulation of the
said sliding or moving part produces a correct indication for any month.
My present invention has for its chief objects to the better maintain the sliding
or moving part in any required position and thus ensure that the said part shall be
so held that the names of the days are precisely opposite the dates of the month;
to provide means for the more convenient manipulation of the said sliding or moving
part, and to construct the tablet so that it can be affixed to a book or like article
with or without the aid of separate fasteners or rivets.
The tablet may bear the dates of the month in vertical, horizontal or other
columns and the moving part may take the form of a sliding bar, ribbon or the
like; alternatively the tablet may be in the form of a circle or segment of a circle
the dates being arranged in concentric rows and the moving part circular; or other
forms might be employed.
According to my invention I stamp or otherwise conveniently form elliptical
or other protuberances on the tablet and corresponding indentations upon the
moving part at suitable intervals, or I otherwise similarly provide the said parts
with means whereby the one interlocks into the other at desired points. The
moving part is affixed to the tablet in such manner that, though it is adjustable, it
presses firmly thereon and the said parts becoming interlocked at the desired
positions require the exertion of extra pressure to alter them and then they will
not easily rest until they again interlock in the next desired position.
The said sliding or moving part may, for the purpose of more convenient
manipulation, be provided with a stamped or other protuberance, hole, groove or
slot to which a finger nail or the like may be applied when the same is required to
be moved.
may
For the purpose of more convenient attachment to a book or the like I
either in addition to, or in substitution for, rivets or fasteners passing through the
metal tablet and the book, cover or case, stamp such tablet out with sharp pointed
teeth or projections at suitable positions around its edges. These may be turned at
right angles away from the face of the tablet. Suitable slits having been cut or made
in the book cover or case to which it is required to attach the calendar, the said
projecting teeth can be passed therethrough and clinched or closed on the opposite
side.
I may conveniently convert the back of a watch or like article on the herein-
before mentioned principles so that the outside may present the calendar. In that
case preferably the dates are arranged concentrically around a central revolving
piece suitably held in position which bears the names of the days of the week.

page_text: I may either form the back of a watch or other article as described or fit a metal
plate over it consisting of the calendar arrangement.
Dated this 31st day of December 1895.
A. F. SPOONER,
124 Chancery Lane, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements relating to Calendars.
I, JAMES TREADAWAY HOARE, of 208 Goswell Road, and 393 Holloway Road,
both in the County of London, Surgeon Dentist, 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 present invention relates to that class of perpetual calendars, especially
applicable for attachment to books, covers, cases, or the like, which consist
essentially of a tablet bearing the consecutive dates of the month and having in
proximity thereto a sliding or moving part bearing twice in their proper order the
names of the days of the week. In such calendars the proper manipulation of the
said sliding or moving part produces a correct indication for any month.
My present invention has for its chief objects to the better maintain the sliding
or moving part in any required position and thus ensure that the said part shall be
so held that the names of the days are precisely opposite the dates of the month;
to provide means for the more convenient manipulation of the said sliding or moving
part, and to construct the tablet so that it can be affixed to a book or like article
with or without the aid of separate fasteners or rivets.
The accompanying drawing illustrates how my invention may be conveniently
and advantageously carried into practice.
Figure 1 is a front view, and
Figure 2 is a transverse section through the line x-x Figure 1 of one form of
calendar made in accordance with my invention.
Figure 3 is a front view of a modified form thereof, and
Figure 4 is an obverse view of part of the latter.
In carrying out my invention the tablet A may bear the dates of the month in
vertical columns as shown in Figure 1 or in horizontal ones, or otherwise, and the
moving part may, as shown in the same figure, take the form of a sliding bar,
ribbon, or the like B retained upon the said tablet, as shown in the drawing (but
which does not constitute part of my present invention) or otherwise. Or the
tablet may, as shown in Figure 3, be in the form of a circle or segment of a circle,
the dates being arranged in concentric rows, and the moving part C being circular
or of such other shape as to correspond with the form of the tablet and pivoted
thereto as shown.
For the purpose of ensuring that the moving part shall be retained in the
correct position and so that the names of the days shall be in line with the dates of
the month, I, according to my invention, provide one portion of the calendar with
apertures D as seen in Figure 4, and the other part with a stump or projection E
as seen in Figure 3, or I might form elliptical or other protuberances on the one
part and corresponding indentations on the other part or otherwise similarly
provide the said parts with means whereby the one interlocks into the other at,
desired points. The moving part is affixed to the tablet in such manner that,"
though it is adjustable, it presses firmly thereon and the said parts becoming
interlocked at the desired positions require the exertion of extra pressure to alter
them and then they will not easily rest until they again interlock in the next
desired position.

page_text: The said sliding or moving part may, for the purpose of more convenient
manipulation, be provided with a stamped or other protuberance or tail F, or a hole,
groove slot or the equivalent to which a finger nail or the like may be applied when
the same is required to be moved.
The tablet may, for the purpose of more convenient attachment to a book or the
like, be provided with apertures as indicated at G in Figures 3 and 4 and through
which and the book, cover, or case rivets or fasteners may be passed and clinched
on the reverse side, or in lieu thereof the tablet may, as shown in Figures 1 and 2,
have tongues H stamped thereout at suitable positions. These are turned at an
angle away from the face of the tablet as shown so as to produce sharp pointed
teeth or projections. Suitable slits having been cut or made in the book, cover, or
case to which it is required to attach the calendar, the said projecting teeth can
be passed therethrough and clinched or closed on the opposite side.
may conveniently convert the back of a watch or like article on the herein-
before mentioned principles so that the outside may present the calendar. In that
case preferably the dates are arranged concentrically around a central revolving
piece suitably held in position which bears the names of the days of the week.
may either form the back of a watch or other article as described or fit a metal
plate over it consisting of the calendar arrangement.
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. In a calendar having a fixed and a movable part, the one bearing the dates
of the month and the other the names of the days of the week, the means for
maintaining the moving part in its correct position substantially as set forth.
2. In a calendar of the kind referred to in the preceding claim, the protuberance
or tail F or the equivalent whereby the movable part of the calendar can be
manipulated substantially as set forth.
3. In a calendar such as hereinbefore described, one or more tongues H stamped
and turned from the tablet and serving as a means for attachment to a book, cover,.
case, or the like substantially as set forth.
4. The improved calendar constructed substantially as hereinbefore described.
and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 29th day of September 1896.
A. F. SPOONER,
124, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agent for the Applicant..