-AN INDRAWER CALENDAR INSTAND
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Emanuel Ruegg, of 39, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris,
and 4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Bird Cage Manufacturer, for
the Invention of 66-AN INDRAWER CALENDAR INSTAND"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Emanuel Ruegg at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with, his Petition, on the
3rd July 1857.
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I, EMANUEL RUEGG, of 39, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris, and 4, South Street,
Finsbury, London, Bird Cage Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
the Invention of "AN IMPROVED CALENDAR INKSTAND," to be as follows, that is
to say :-
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My Invention consists in applying a calendar to an inkstand, so that the
two apparatus united may form but one.
I apply various kinds of calendars to various kinds of inkstands; I prefer,
however, employing a peculiar form of calendar of my contrivance for carrying
out my Invention, and which consists of four or eight cylinders placed behind
a flat tablet in a suitable chamber or box, which tablet and chamber may be
made of metal, wood, cardboard, or any other suitable material. The tablet:
may have two or more small holes covered over with a glass or other suitable-
material, and behind which I place tables shewing the days of the week and+
the dates of the year-and-month. These tables are rolled upon different,

page_text: cylinders, provided externally with knobs serving to work them. The tables
indicating the years, months, and days, are raised and lowered by the cylinders,
but the tables shewing the days and weeks also set on cylinders are immove-
able. The cylinders may be placed vertically or horizontally. The front of
the tablet is secured to the chamber enclosing the cylinders and tables by
screws, which may be removed when required to change the cylinders and
tables or for other purposes.
I apply the above described calendar, or any other already in use, to any
kind of inkstand, either by means of screws or other suitable means.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Emanuel Ruegg in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
31st December 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EMANUEL
RUEGG, of 39, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris, and 4, South Street; Finsbury,
London, Bird Cage Manufacturer, send greeting...
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twenty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Emanuel Ruegg, Her special license that I, the said Emanuel
Ruegg, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Emanuel Ruegg, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention of "AN
IMPROVED CALENDAR INKSTAND," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Emanuel Ruegg, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Emanuel Ruegg, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following

page_text: statement, reference being had to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings and to
the figures and letters marked thereon, that is to say :-
My Invention consists in the application of an improved calendar to ink-
stands of any suitable form, and I will now proceed to describe the construction
and application of a form of calendar to an inkstand.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents a perspective view
thereof. Figure 2 is a modification of the calendar.
The calendar is provided with four to eight cylinders which are placed in a
box or chamber fixed at the back of a tablet or dial plate A. This tablet and
the box or chamber may be made of metal, wood, cardboard, or any other
suitable material. In the tablet, openings B, B, are made covered with glass,
behind which I place the tables C containing the names of the days of the
week and the dates of the months and year. These tables are passed round.
the cylinders or rollers, which are provided with handles or knobs D, by which
they are put in motion. The tables which indicate the years, months, and
days, are raised and lowered by moving the cylinders, but the cylinders
holding the tables representing the days of the week are fixed. The cylinders
are placed in a vertical or horizontal position. The tablet fixed in front of
the chamber containing the cylinders holding the tables may be removed when
required.
I apply the calendar to the inkstand by supports t, t¹, fixed by screws,
solder, or other means.
Having now described the nature of the Invention and the mode of carrying
it into effect, I observe, in conclusion, that I do not confine myself to the
exact form of inkstand and calendar herein described, but what I claim is the
application of an improved calendar to inkstands, as herein-before described
and represented in the annexed Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Emanuel Ruegg, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of December, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
EMANUEL RUEGG. (L.S.)
Witness,
M. F. MENNONS.