IMPROVEMENTS IN BLOCK CALENDARS AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the "International
Patent Office," No. 8, Southampton Buildings, London, Consulting
Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BLOCK CALENDARS
AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES." A communication from abroad by
Madame Adrien Maurin and Gustave Toiray, both of Paris, in the
Empire of France.
Sealed the 11th January 1870, and dated the 30th July 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 30th July 1869.
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I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the "International Patent Office,"
No. 8, Southampton Buildings, London, Consulting Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BLOCK
CALENDARS AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLIB," a communication, to be as
follows:-
The said Invention relates to certain improvements and modifications
in the calendar'known as and designated by the name of the American "
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page_text: calendar. It is well known that the said calendar is composed of a block
of three hundred and sixty-five leaves, representing the number of days
in the year, and each one giving divers indications, such as the date, the
month, the day, the Saint's name, the phases of the moon, the ephe-
merides, and others. The said block, from which a leaf is removed each
day, is firmly fixed by glueing or otherwise upon a base or back of
ornamented card carrying the number of the year, and the whole is
designed to be suspended in a convenient position to be seen in an office,
shop, or room.
The improvements in the said calendar which are the object of the
present Invention relate, first, to the block of leaves, which is made
moveable so that it can at pleasure be placed upon and removed from the
base; second, to the base, which may be made of any suitable material,
but which is preferably formed of metal, so that it may serve for an
unlimited time. The said base is furnished with grooves, clips, feet, og
other devices which will permit the ready attachment and detachment
of the block. Furthermore, the number of the year is moveable, that is
to say, the place for the indication of the year in the base is open in
such a manner that it can be readily changed and replaced by the
following year, the same being imprinted, cut out, and forming part of
the envelope of the block.
The advantages obtained by this new and improved "American"
calendar are the following:-First, great facility of packing and trans-
portation. It will be readily understood that all the blocks and all the
bases are packed together, but the latter are kept distinct from the
former. Second, economy with regard to the base, since the same being
metallic or of some durable material, and above all, having the number
These
of the year removeable, its duration is practically unlimited.
American" calendar
improvements may be applied not only to the "
above described, but also to other articles, such as that known as the
"memorandum block."
In order that the nature of the said Invention may be fully understood
I have illustrated one of the said improved calendars in the accompanying
Drawing.
Figure 1 is a view of the face of the said calendar complete; Figure 2
is a side view of the same; Figure 3 is a horizontal section on the
line 1-2, Figure 1; Figure 4 shews the block separately enveloped in a
covering upon which is printed the number of the year. This view also

page_text: illustrates the method of cutting away the removeable number of the
year to be adjusted to the upper part of the base. Figure 5 shews the
base without the block, the grooves being shown and the opening for the
number of the year being empty. The same letters indicate the same
parts in all of the Figures.
a is the moveable block, composed of three hundred and sixty-five
leaves, each indicating a day, month, phase of the moon, and other
events or divisions of time. The back or under part of the said block is
formed of a card b entering the grooves in the guides c on the base d;
f is the removeable part with the number of the year, serving as a
covering for the block and to be fixed at the upper part of the base in
the opening g. This number of the year is printed upon the said covering,
as shewn in Figure 4, and is cut away according to a line of perforations,
such, for example, as those of postage stamps.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 15th January 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the "International Patent Office," No. 8, South-
ampton Buildings, London, Consulting Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, hearing date the Thirtieth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Robert Lake, Her special
licence that I, the said William Robert Lake, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Robert Lake,
time
agree
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
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 for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BLOCK CALENDARS AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Robert Lake, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or

page_text: 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 YF, that 1, the said William Robert Lake, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawing, forming a part of this Specification:-
The said Invention relates to certain improvements and modifications
in the calendar known as and designated by the name of the "American"
calendar. It is well known that the said calendar is composed of a block
of three hundred and sixty-five leaves, representing the number of days
in the year, and each one giving divers indications, such as the date, the
month, the day, the Saint's name, the phases of the moon, the ephe-
merides, and others. The said block, from which a leaf is removed each
day, is firmly fixed by glueing or otherwise upon a base or back of
ornamental card carrying the number of the year, and the whole is
designed to be suspended in a convenient position to be seen in an office
shop, or room.
The improvements in the said calendar which are the object of the
present Invention relate, first, to the block of leaves, which is made
movable so that it can at pleasure be placed upon and removed from the
base; second, to the base, which may be made of any suitable material,
but which is preferably formed of metal, so that it may serve for an
unlimited time. The said base is furnished with grooves, clips, feet, or
other devices, which will permit the ready attachment and detachment
of the block. Furthermore, the number of the year is moveable, that is
to say, the place for the indication of the year in the base is open in
such a manner that it can be readily changed and replaced by the
following year, the same being imprinted, cut out, and forming part of
the envelope of the block.
"
The advantages obtained by this new and improved American"
calendar are the following:-First, great facility of packing and trans-
portation. It will be readily understood that all the blocks and all the
bases are packed together, but the latter are kept distinct from the

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former. Second, economy with regard to the base, since the same being
metallic or of some durable material, and above all, having the number
of the year removable, its duration is practically unlimited.
improvements may be applied not only to the American calendar
above described, but also to other articles, such as that known as the
"memorandum block."
In order that the nature of the said Invention may be fully understood
I have illustrated one of the said improved calendars in the accompanying
Drawing.
Figure 1 is a view of the face of the said calendar complete; Figure 2
is a side view of the same; Figure 3 is a horizontal section on the
line 1, 2, Figure 1; Figure 4 shews the block separately enveloped in a
covering, upon which is printed the number of the year. This view also
illustrates the method of cutting away the removable number of the
year to be adjusted to the upper part of the base. Figure 5 shows the
base without the block, the grooves being shewn, and the opening for
the number of the year being empty. The same letters indicate the
same parts in all of the Figures.
a is the moveable block, composed of three hundred and sixty-five
leaves, each indicating a day, month, phase of the moon, and other
events or divisions of time. The back or under part of the said block is
formed of a card b entering the grooves in the guides c on the base d;
f is the removable part with the number of the year, serving as a
covering for the block, and to be fixed at the upper part of the base in
the opening g. This number of the year is printed upon the said covering,
as shewn in Figure 4, and is cut away according to a line of perforations,
such, for example, as those used for postage stamps.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondents, and shewn how the same may be
conveniently and advantageously carried into practise, I claim,-
"
First. The block or pile of three hundred and sixty-five leaves, repre-
senting the days of the year (either for the so called "American
calendar or a memorandum block) independent of the base or body of
the said calendar, the said block being fastened thereto by means of glue,
by hooks or clasps, or otherwise, in such a manner the base and the
block can be united when desired.

page_text: Second. The base of the said calendar with the number of the year
removable, the whole being designed to afford the results (manufacturing
and commercial) substantially as herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE. (L.S.)
Witness,
H. J. GEDGE,
Clerk to Messrs. Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
8, Southampton Buildings,
London.