Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 17th May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 17th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 26th Mar., 1898
I, JOHN FREDERICK BENNET, of No. 82, Queen Street, Cheapside, in the City of
London, Manufacturing Stationer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:
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My invention relates to calendars which display at any one time only one day's
date or the dates of only a limited period, and more particularly to the method of
bringing the current day's date into view.
According to my invention I so arrange the sheets forming the calendar that they
may be rotated or turned round or over so that the day's date either with or with-
out the day of the week and name of the month or one of them may be brought
into prominence.
"
In one form of my calendar I arrange the dates, together preferably with the
name of the month and days of the week, on a rotating tablet of circular, polygonal,
or star shape, or other convenient outline, centered on a hub and pin or the like in
the centre so that the figures arranged round the edge may each successively be
brought up to a sight opening in a cover or mount by which it is covered. One
very convenient form in which this may be made is that of an eight pointed star,
with one day's date and particulars in each angular space up to the seventh, and
on the eighth space may be inscribed the words tear off" so that when one week's
figures have been used there is no danger of user going back accidentally to the
first day of the past week, but the notice to tear off the sheet appears in the place
of the date and when the user has lifted the mount which is jointed for that
purpose, and torn off the front sheet, the first day of the next seven is exposed, and
the apparatus needs only to be rotated on its centre until one point occupies the
place of the next, each day, until again the eighth space is in view and the tearing
off has to be repeated. A stop arrangement is provided by which the extent of each
days rotation is determined.
I prefer to use a substantial back of millboard or the like on which the rotary
tablet is mounted so as to turn on its central pivot, and to one side of this, pre-
ferably the top of it, the cover or mount with the sight opening for the exhibition
of the date is hinged by say a flexible joint or otherwise.
On the front of such cover or mount may be inscribed or placed such matter,
advertisements, decorations, or other things as may be desired, and a monthly or
annual or other date sheet or series of date sheets may be mounted either so as to
be torn off one by one or otherwise, according to taste or the requirements.
Instead of the sheets being made to tear of from period to period, the matter may
be printed on pasteboard or the like and all or only one of them at one time be
placed on the central pin or hub and at each period the front one may be removed
and placed at the back of the others, or otherwise, or if only one is placed on the
centre at one time the others may be kept in reserve in a pocket at the back, or
otherwise, and the cards may be printed on both sides, to economize their number,
so that at each alternate period the card may be turned over instead of being
removed.

page_text: In another form the sheets are mounted with two rings at the upper edge
through which rings a rod of preferably an ornamental character is passed, such
rod being supported, generally horizontally, in a suitable stand or frame, and so
that sheet by sheet may be passed over from back to front or front to back on the
rings without disturbing the other sheets and I may in some cases use separate
sheets for the days of the month, the days of the week and the names of the month,
so that they may be turned over independently.
1005
Improvements in Calendars.
I, JOHN FREDERICK BENNET, of No. 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 calendars of the class which display, at any one time,
only one day's date or the dates of only a limited period, and more particularly to
the method of bringing the current day's date into view.
According to my invention I so arrange the sheets forming the calendar that they
may be rotated or turned round so that the day's date, either with or with-
out the day of the week and name of the month or either of tliem, may be brought
into prominence.
In one form of my calendar I arrange the dates, together preferably with the
name of the month and days of the week, on a rotating tablet of circular polygonal
or star-shape, or other convenient outline pivotted on a hub and pin or the like in
the centre so that the figures arranged near the edge may each successively be
brought up to a sight-opening in a cover or mount by which it is covered. One
very convenient form in which this may be made is that of an eight-pointed star,
with one day's date and particulars in each angular space up to the seventh, and
in the eighth space may be inscribed the words "tear off" so that when one week's
figures have been used, there is no danger of the user going back accidentally to the
first day of the past week, but the notice to tear off the sheet appears in the place
of the date and when the user has lifted the mount which is jointed for that
purpose, and torn off the front sheet, the first day of the next seven is exposed, and
the apparatus needs only to be rotated on its centre until one point occupies the
place of the next, each day, until again the eighth space is in view and the tearing
off has to be repeated. A stop arrangement is provided by which the extent of each
day's rotation is determined."
I prefer to use a substantial back of millboard or the like on which the rotary
tablet is mounted so as to turn on its central pivot, and to one side of this the
cover or mount with the sight opening for the exhibition of the date is hinged by
say a flexible joint or otherwise.
I will describe my invention by reference to the accompanying drawings in
which:--
Fig. 1 is a front elevation, partly broken away, of one form of my improved
calendar.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a front elevation and Fig. 4 an edge view of another form of the
calender

page_text: Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 are front elevations, partly broken away, of other forms of
the calendar and
Fig. 9 is a vertical section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8.
Like letters of reference indicate like or corresponding parts throughout the
various figures of the drawings.
The hanging calendar represented in Figs. 1 and 2 comprises a rigid millboard
or other back A provided with a pin or stud a on which is pivotted a rotatable
tablet B in the form of an eight pointed star. The tablet consists of a millboard
or other suitable back 6 and a series of superposed tear-off sheets 61 each of which
latter bears a series of figures 62 representing the dates for one week, and, adjacent
to these figures, the names 63 and 6 of the month or months and the days of the
week respectively. The figures 2 and the particulars appertaining thereto are
situated in or adjacent to seven of the angular spaces or points 65 of the star-shaped
tablet B and in the eighth of the said spaces are depicted instructions to "raise
cover and tear off" indicating the operations necessary for exposing the dates and
particulars appertaining to the next following week.
At the front of the calendar is a cover Chinged or otherwise suitably connected
to the back A so that it may be raised away from the front of the tablet B. This
cover C is provided with a sight-opening or wicket c at which the figures 62 may in
turn be presented; in Fig. 1, which, it may be mentioned, represents a calendar
for the year 1899 the figure 1 and the words January and Sunday are exposed to
view through the opening C.
The cover C is of such shape as to provide an abutment surface against which
the hand or finger of the operator will abut each time the tablet B has been
rotated sufficiently to bring any one of the figures 62 opposite the opening c; in
Fig. 1 the portion of the cover which fulfils this function is broken away but its
position is indicated by the letter c. For rotating the tablet B the operator presses
his finger upon the particular point of the tablet B which is then at the tablet at
this part projecting beyond the cover C which there takes the form indicated by
the dotted line and the said tablet until his finger abuts against the surface c¹ of
the cover C. By this means each figure will be presented in turn to the open-
ing c. When the words raise cover and tear off" appear at the opening
c the
operator raises the cover C and tears off one of the sheets from the tablet B,. the
figure immediately following the last on the sheet thus removed, then being in
proper position for exposure through the opening c when the cover C is again
lowered.
The tablet B may be rotated to the desired extent by pressing upwards the par-
ticular point thereof which projects beyond the left-hand side of the cover C the
abutment surface c² then serving to stop the rotation of the tablet when the
operator's finger reaches the surface ² and figures 62 are presented at the opening c.
In the calendar shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the cover C is formed in part with, or
constitutes the front of, a casing C¹ one side of which is open to enable the back A
and the tablet B pivotted on the said back, to be readily inserted thereinto or (as
shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3) removed therefrom. In this example the tablet B
differs somewhat in shape from that shown in Fig. 1 though it has the same number
of projections 65 which are in turn caused to project outside of the casing C¹ as
shown in Fig. 3. The abutment surface C is provided by forming a recess in
the casing C At the end of each week the back A and tablet B are withdrawn
from the casing C¹ and one of the sheets of the tablet is detached, the back and
tablet being thereafter replaced in the casing C¹. The casing is shown as pro-
vided with a strut by which the calendar may be supported on a desk, table or
the like.
The calendar shown in Fig. 5 is in the form of a steering wheel. In this
arrangement the operator turns the tablet B by pressing down the handle at 6*
until his finger abuts against the fixed handle c which is formed in part with the
cover C, or, if desired, instead of the handle any other convenient part of the
cover C may be employed as the stop for determining the rotary movements of the
tablet. The tablet B is provided with eight handles 65 which are accessible for

page_text: operation only when they occupy the position indicated at 6* at which part the
cover B has no handle or projection as indicated by the thick dotted line marked C
in Fig. 5; all the other handles 65 of the revolvable tablet B are rendered inacces-
sible for operation by being situated behind the handles c¹ or other parts of the
cover C. In this arrangement the cover C may be hinged at the lower edge
the mill-board or other back A which is not represented in Fig. 5 but to which, as
in the two before described arrangements, the tablet B is pivotted in any con-
venient manner.
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The calendar shown in Fig. 6 consists of a front C with suitable wickets or
sight-openings c, and three separate discs B1 B2 B3 pivotted to the front C and all
independently adjustable so that the date-indications on each of the said discs may
be presented at the respective sight-openings. The disc B¹ has depicted on it the
figures 1 to 31 inclusive so that it may be used for indicating the date of every day
of the year.
In this arrangement certain parts of the discs B1 B2 B3 project beyond
the edges of the front C which is recessed so as to present abutment surfaces C¹
for determining the movements of the said discs.
The calendar shewn in Fig. 7 is in the form of a bicycle the steering wheel of
which is provided with date-indicating devices of somewhat the form previously
described with reference to Figs. 1 to 5. Here however the abutment surface c¹ of
the front C is formed by the lower end of a segmental slot c and the revolvable
tear-off tablet B is provided with a series of openings 66 into which the operator
may insert one of his fingers, when the said openings are presented at the back of
the slot c, so as rotate the tablet 13 to the desired extent. In this arrangement
as in Fig. 5 the cover and back which latter does not appear in Fig. 7 excepting
the parts which would be visible through the slot c and openings 66 are hinged
together at the lower edge c^.
The calendar shown in Figs. 8 and 9 differs from those previously described
principally in the means employed for rotating the tear-off tablet B. In the
present example the tablet is secured on an octagonal spindle d which is pivotted
on a stud d¹ secured in the back A and provided at its front end with a milled
head d by means of which it may be readily rotated on the stud and conse
quently the tablet turned into any desired position. To the back A there are also
secured two springs e which engage with a groove d³ formed in the rearward end
of the spindle d, these springs serving to hold the spindle and tablet at either of
the eight different points of rotation while admitting of the spindle when desired
being moved longitudinally on and off the stud d'.
Instead of the sheets being made to tear off from period to period as herein before
described with reference to Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 the date-indicating matter
may be printed on paste-board or the like and all placed on the central pin or pivot
and at each period the front one may be removed and placed at the back of the
others or otherwise, or, they may be placed on the central pin or pivot one at a
time under which arrangement the others may be kept in reserve in a pocket at
the back or otherwise. The cards may be printed on both sides, to economize
their number, so that at each alternate period the card may be turned over instead
of being removed.
On the front of the cover or mount C, as also on the revolving tablet or card,
may be depicted or placed advertisements, decorations, or other such matter as
may be desired, and as shown for example in Figs. 1, 3 and 6, a yearly or monthly
or other date sheet or series of date sheets may be mounted either so as to be torn
off sheet by sheet or otherwise according to taste or requirements.
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 improvements in calendars herein before described.
2. In a calendar formed in parts one of which for exposing the date-indications,
is movable in nolation to the other or othara eator for datamining the m

page_text: at each successive exposure substantially as herein before described with reference
to the accompanying drawings.
3. A calendar with a rotary date tablet or tablets portions of which are succes-
sively exhibited through an appropriate sight opening or openings in the cover,
having a series of projections, indentations or the like at its or their circumference,
and with a fixed stop against which the operator's finger abuts and by which it is
stopped when the tablet has been turned through the pre-arranged distance in such
wise that the desired figures or inscription are in the centre of the sight opening.
4. In a calendar having in one part an opening for exposing the date-indica-
tions, a tear-off tablet having the date-indications depicted thereon and which
tablet is moveable so that the said date-indications may be successively presented
to the exposure opening substantially as herein before described.
5. The combination with a calendar of a rotatable tear-off tablet each sheet of
which is divided into a number of parts on one of which immediately over the
irst date-indication of the next ensuing sheet are depicted the instructions necessary
to be followed to bring the said further indication into view or prominence substan-
tially as herein before described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
6. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the calendar sub-
stantially as herein before described and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, Figs. 3 and 4,
Fig. 5, Fig. 6, Fig. 7 or Figs. 8 and 9 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated the Sixtoanth day of February 1898