A Combined Blotter and Ruler.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 21st June, 1892-Accepted, 23rd July, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Blotter and Ruler.
I, SAMUEL GREGORY YOUNG, of 114 Lexington Avenue, in the City, County
and State of New York, United States of America, Clerk, 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 :-
This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in combined'
blotters and rulers of that class in which the ruler is provided with slits or channels
for the reception of a strip of blotting paper. It has for its objects among others
to provide an improved device of this character which shall be cheap of manufacture,
more durable, requiring less labor and time in inserting or removing the blotter-
and provides also for drawing the same taut.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a combined ruler and blotter embodying my
invention.
Fig. 2 is a side view with parts broken away and in section illustrating another.
form.
Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of other forms.
Fig. 4 is a like view of still another form.
Fig. 5 is an edge view of another form.
Fig. 6 is a similar view of a slightly different form.
Fig. 7 is a view in side elevation with portions broken away and in section, of
another form in which is embodied a pad.
Figure 8 is a like view of one of the forms made bendable.
Like letters refer to like parts in all the figures.
Referring now to the details of the drawing by letter, A, designates a body-piece
or ruler which may be of any suitable material, preferably gutta-percha, although
sheet metal may be used. As shown in Fig. 1 there is a thin strip B, preferably
of spring metal extending the entire length of the ruler, being secured to the same
at a distance from the ends by any suitable means as rivets a, so that suitable
spaces are provided at the ends for the reception of the ends of the blotter C,
which is preferably of the same width as the ruler, or possibly slightly narrower.
After the ends of the blotter are inserted in the spaces at the ends, the said ends
will be firmly held against displacement by the pressure of the spring strip as will
be readily understood. In order to provide greater resiliency the ruler may be
provided with openings A' which may be of any desired shape and number; one
form is seen in Fig. 1.
In the form shown in Fig. 2, the strip B, extends the whole length of the ruler
but instead of being in close contact therewith, I have interposed the short strips
or pieces B', which may be of any suitable material and are held in place by the
rivets which also hold the said strip to the ruler. This provides a space
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the ends between the ruler and the strip B into which the ends of the blotters are
fitted and in which they are held.
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The forms shown in Figs. 3 and 4 comprise the ruler A and a metallic strip D,
in the former case this strip is secured to the under side of the ruler as by rivets a
and its outer end is slit as seen at b to form the spring tongue D' under which the
end of the blotter is held. In Fig. 4 this strip is held at the inner end only, the
outer end being free and sufficiently resilient to permit of the insertion of the end
of the blotter in a manner and in operation similar to the form shown in Fig. 1
except that the strip does not extend the entire length of the blotter and ruler.
In Fig. 5 I employ a short metal strip E secured at a distance from its end by
rivets a but the under face of the ruler is cut away to form a recess or space for
the reception of the end of the blotter. That form shown in Fig. 6 is substantially

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the same except that the strip E is set into a recess in the under face of the ruler
so as to make it flush with the under side thereof, the space for the end of the
blotter being formed by cutting out the under face of the ruler.
The form shown in Fig. 7 is substantially the same as that in Fig. 2 with the
interposition of a pad F of any suitable material between the blotter and the ruler,
and at the ends between the blotter and the strips B, the strip B in this case not
extending the entire length of the ruler, but for a distance from each end only.
In Fig. 8 the device is shown as consisting of the ruler A, spring strip B secured
at a distance from its ends by rivets a, and the blotter C, the ends of the blotter
being secured in recesses provided by cutting away the under face of the ruler at
the ends.
The ruler may be flexible or not as may be preferred for many uses it is desirable
to have it formed of such material as will permit of bending the same to accom-
modate it to the various curves and angles under which it may be found desirable
or necessary to use it. While only the form shown in Fig. 8 is shown in the
drawings as being flexible it is to be understood that all of the other forms may be
employed in constructions where a flexible ruler is desired.
The ruler may be provided with graduations as shown at H, Fig. 1.
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 combined blotter and ruler herein shown and described.
2. The combined blotter and ruler consisting of a flexible ruler having openings
therethrough and having an absorbent pad attached thereto.
Dated this 20th day of June 1892.
H. B. BARLOW,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agent for Applicant.