Improvements in Indicators for Calendars.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 29th May, 1891-Accepted, 4th July, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Indicators for Calendars.
I, JOHN FREDERICK BENNET, of 82 Queen Street, Cheapside, in the City of
London, Manufacturing Stationer, do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN INDICATORS FOR CALENDARS to be as
follows:-
"
My invention relates to a means or apparatus for indicating the current day of
the month on sheet calendars, more particularly such as have one page or sheet to
each month, but it is also applicable to other sheet calendars, and is intended to
render the current date conspicuous so that it may be seen at a glance and without
the necessity of referring to the letters representing the days of the week.
My invention comprises a small movable mount or frame which I propose to
call an "attractor" it being intended to attract the eye to the figures it surrounds,
and which may conveniently be made of pasteboard, thin metal, or any suitable
material the opening or "sight" being of such size as to enclose the figures repre-
senting one day's date, and I place one such "attractor" on the face of the calendar
and attach it so that it may be moved from day to day so as to surround the
figures representing the current day's date.
A convenient method of attaching the attractor to the calendar is to stretch an
indiarubber band round the calendar so that it may lie across the face thereof and
on or near and parallel with the line of figures representing one week's dates and
the attractor may be formed with suitable projections, depressions and be either
attached to the band or placed under it, or be otherwise supported and retained
thereby, provided only that it be so arranged as to be easily moved to and adjusted
over any desired figure or figures. In some cases, as when, for instance the material
on which the calendar is printed is not sufficiently firm and stiff to admit of the use
of the indiarubber band employ other means of attaching the attractor to the
calendar such as pins or the like or any well known device for this purpose.
It will be readily understood that I find it advantageous to colour my attractor
with some bright pigment so that it may the more readily catch the eye and the outer
edge of it may be made in any ornamental or other shape or device.
Dated this Twenty-ninth day of October 1890.
NEWNHAM BROWNE,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Indicators for Calendars.
I, JOHN FREDERICK BENNET, of 82, Queen Street, Cheapside, in the City of
London, Manufacturing Stationer, 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 a means or apparatus for indicating the current day of
the month on sheet calendars, more particularly such as have one page or sheet to
each month, but it is also applicable to other sheet calendars, and is intended to
render the current date conspicuous so that it may be seen at a glance and without
the necessity of referring to the letters representing the days of the week.
My invention comprises a small movable mount or frame which I propose to call
an "attractor" it being intended to attract the eye to the figures it surrounds, and
which may conveniently be made of pasteboard, thin metal, or any suitable material
Price 8d 1

page_text: the opening or "sight" being of such size as to enclose the figures representing one
day's date, and I place one such "attractor" on the face of the calendar and attach
it so that it may be moved from day to day so as to surround the figures repre-
senting the current day's date.
A convenient method of attaching the attractor to the calendar is to stretch an
indiarubber band round the calendar so that it may lie across the face thereof and
on or near and parallel with the line of figures representing one week's dates and
the attractor, or may be formed with suitable projections, or depressions, and be
either attached to the band or placed under it, or be otherwise supported and
retained thereby, provided only that it be so arranged as to be easily moved to and
adjusted over any desired figure or figures. In some cases, as when, for instance
the material on which the calendar is printed is not sufficiently firm and stiff
to admit of the use of the indiarubber band I employ other means of attaching
the attractor to the calendar such as pins, or the like, or any well known device
for this purpose.
It will be readily understood that I find it advantageous to colour my attractor
with some bright pigment, so that it may, the more readily, catch the eye and the
outer edge of it may be made in any ornamental or other shape or device.
In the accompanying sheets of drawings are shown the best and most advan-
tageous methods I am acquainted with of carrying my invention into practice and
it will be observed that extreme simplicity in construction and consequent cheapness
combined with facility of the daily setting of the "attractor are absolutely
essential.
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In all the figures the letter A indicates the attractor; B, the wire, cord, or the
like, to which the attractor is attached, and along which it slides across the face of
the calendar, which latter obviously may be got up in any variety of style and
with any ornamentation which may be thought desirable. In some of the figures
only a few dates are shown by way of example.
Fig. 1 is an elevation and Fig. 2 a horizontal section of a calendar with one
month on a sheet, twelve sheets one of each of which is intended to be torn off
each month being superimposed on a piece of cardboard or the like d, and the
whole mounted on a back E, two slips of pasteboard being placed between d and E,
so as to leave space between them for the tongues of the holders, or for the elastic.
B, is a piece of elastic cord passing through a loop or fold in or on the attractor,
preferably by the covering of the attractor" (if it is covered with leather or the
like) being carried over from front to back so as to form a loop through which the
elastic is passed, so that the attractor will slide along the elastic with only about
sufficient friction to cause it to stay where it is placed. If the attractor be made
of sheet metal the upper edge of it may be bent over to receive the cord, each end
of such elastic may be fastened to a holder C made of a slip of sheet metal bent
into the form shown in the drawing and having a tongue cpunched out of its
central portion and a small hole through which the cord is passed and knotted.
Fig. 3, represents the attractor, cord and holders detached from the calendar, the
holders being so placed as to show their opposite sides, the curled part or loop c²
of the holder serves as a handle which is easily grasped between the thumb and
finger when the elastic B has to be placed one line lower or raised. Another con-
venient method of attaching the elastic is to carry it quite round the calendar
behind the cardboard d, two small loops being made in it take the place of and
serve the same purpose as the curls or loops on the metal holders.
Fig. 4, is an elevation, Fig. 5, a vertical section; Fig. 6, a horizontal section, of
a calendar intended to stand on a table, or the like, consisting of twelve sheets (one
for each month) held in a case or mount which has a back-piece jointed at the top
as shown in Fig. 5 and which case is open at the top so that the front, or facing
card, may be changed at the expiration of each month. B is a wire, preferably of
flattened section, on which the attractor is supported and slides, it is bent towards
each end, as shown in Fig. 7, so that the ends may pass in between the front sheet
of the calendar and the mount as shown in Fig. 6. The loops c² serve as handles

page_text: by which the wire may be adjusted. The dotted lines in Fig. 4, show the attractor
and wire in another position.
Fig. 8, is an elevation and Fig. 9 a vertical section of a similar calendar and
calendar-case, but the dates are arranged in vertical columns instead of horizontal
lines, the wire B is bent as shown in Figs. 9 and 10, the ends g' being made pointed to
pass into holes g the wire then forming the loops 2 and being bent so as to fit over
the edge of the case and lie close to the face of the calendar. When the wire is
placed vertically, as in this case, I line or partly line the loop in the attractor
through which the wire passes with cork, or other substance, which will increase
the friction and prevent the attractor falling to bottom of the wire by its own
weight, or a slight grip may be given by the elasticity of the material. It will be
obvious that the same construction of wire may be fitted to calendars arranged
horizontally and in some cases I may attach the attractor direct to the calendar by
a tongue or pins attached to the back of the attractor and which take into holes
which I provide for that purpose in the face of the calendar at or about the figures
representing each day's date.
Fig. 11, represents a blotting pad with a calendar attached.
Fig. 12, is a section of the same. In this case B is an elastic cord the ends of
which are passed through the back E, and there knotted. Only one week is shown
on one sheet of the calendar the number of sheets being increased accordingly.
Fig. 13, is an elevation; Fig. 14, a horizontal section, and Fig. 15, a section of
a calendar with the dates in vertical columns. A is the attractor which, in this
instance, is preferably a metal ring of sufficient weight to keep it steady, it is
suspended by a fine cord B which passes over one of a series of notches in the
top of the calendar and then down between the backs and E and has at its free
end attached to a counter weight k to balance the attractor. In this arrangement
the attractor is drawn down one figure every day until it reaches the lowest figure
and is then drawn up by pulling the counterweight down and shifting the cord into
the next notch so as to suspend the attractor over the highest figure in the next
column.
Fig. 16 is a section of a similar calendar provided with a back support and
intended to stand on a table, in this the counterpoise is a disc and is suspended at
such level as to be always behind the calendar and above the table.
Fig. 17 represents a modification of the foregoing. The dates are arranged
horizontally and the current date is indicated by an attractor A. which is carried
by a wire B, provided with a knob at each end to prevent lateral motion and which
is suspended by two cords which pass through holes in the upper part of the
calendar and down the back of it, uniting near the lower part and carrying a
counterpoise k.
Fig. 18, represents a small well known spring clip, drawn double its linear size,
which I sometimes employ to grasp the edge of the calendar and two of which
serve to carry the ends of the bar or cord supporting the attractor.
It will be obvious that the shape of the attractor may vary indefinitely, and
although I prefer that it should form a kind of frame or mount through which the
date is seen it may be made so as to only partially surround the figures, say crescent-
shaped, or the like, or it may be contracted into a simple indicator pointing out the
particular figures representing the days date.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
1. Calendars on which the days' date is indicated by an indicator which is
moveable along a right line or two right lines at right angles to each other on
the face of the calendar and which is intended to be set daily over or adjacent
to the figure or figures representing the days' date constructed substantially in the
manner and for the purpose set forth and shown in the drawings.
2. The adaptation to calendars containing several days' dates on one page or

page_text: sheet, of an
attractor,"
," that is to say an indicator by which the eye is attracted
or led at once to the current day's date substantially as described and shown.
3. The manufacture and use of indicators and fittings or supports therefor
applicable to calendars substantially as described and set forth.
Dated the 29th day of May 1891.
JOHN FREDERICK BENNET.