Improvements in Almanacks or Calendars.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 27th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 18th June, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Almanacks or Calendars.
1 THOMAS MCNALLY, of Castlederg, Ireland do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in almanacks or calendars, and has for its
object to provide a sort of perpetual calendar, from which the various slips or sheets
carrying the date can be daily detached, by merely pulling a cord.
In carrying my invention into practice, I provide a box or frame in which the
slips or sheets,-365 in number-are stored.
In this box I arrange a pair of springs supporting a plate fixed to the free ends
of two wires hinged on the bottom of the box. This plate is guided by a pin fixed
in a vertical position upon the bottom of the box, and passing through a slot
formed in the front of the said plate upon which the slips or sheets are placed.
The latter are detached by means of a clipper or runner sliding across the upper
part of the box and mounted upon a carriage travelling on a rod fixed at each end
to the upright of a transverse frame forming the head of the box.
This carriage is operated by a cord attached centrally thereto and the two ends
of which pass respectively through staples fixed at the back of these uprights and
extending through the head along the box and issue at the bottom thereof, so as to
hang loosely downwards for handling purposes, being furnished at their ends with
suitable handles.
The clipper or runner carries a triangular plate in front, whereby the slips or
sheets are detached when either cord is pulled in turn, this clipper being guided
upon a brass rod fixed along the front edge of the box and along one side thereof;
this rod is centrally depressed.
Dated this 3rd day of November 1891
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Almanacks or Calendars.
I THOMAS MCNALLY, of Castlederg, co. Tyrone, Ireland, Merchant, 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 improvements in almanacks or calendars and has for its
object to provide a calendar or almanack from which the various slips or sheets
bearing the date, can be daily detached or lifted off without being torn from the
pin on which they are filed, and the next days date exposed to view, by the simple
action of pulling a cord.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have shown
same upon the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, wherein :
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the almanack or calendar case, with the sheets or
slips removed.
Fig. 2 a side view of same, partly broken away to show the arrangement of the
springs and plate.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the upper part of the almanack or calendar, and case.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of same, shewing one of the date sheets in the act of
being lifted off the pin.

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a is a box or frame of wood, metal or other suitable material in which the
slips or sheets b, 365 in number are arranged, as hereinafter to be described.
In this box or frame, I arrange a pair of springs d, which support a plate d'
fixed to the free ends of a bent wire or metal rod 2 hinged to the bottom of the
box or frame by means of a metal plate d³ folded over and screwed or riveted to
the bottom of the box or frame, the bent wire or metal rod d² passing through the
loop formed thereby.
The plate is guided by a pin d fixed in a vertical position upon the bottom of
the box or frame a and which passes upward through a slot d formed in the front
of the said plate d'. This plate and springs are provided for the purpose of
keeping the upper part of the sheets or slips well to the front at an incline, so that
they can be more readily detached.
b
These sheets or slips are filed upon the pin and are detached or lifted off
therefrom, by means of a clipper or runner which is mounted upon a carriage e
travelling upon a rod e fixed at each end to the upright of a transverse frame
forming the head of the box.
The clipper or runner carries a triangular plate e pivoted to same, the forward
angle or point of which (according in which direction in which it is travelling)
passes under the upper sheet or slip band lifts same off the pin d* without tearing
the paper or mutilating the underneath sheets or slips.
The carriage e¹ on which is mounted the clipper or runner as aforesaid is operated
by a cord et attached centrally thereto, the ends of which cord pass respectively
through staples or eyelets e fixed at the back of the aforementioned uprights of
the transverse frame forming the head of the box a, and extend through the said
head along the box, and issue at the bottom thereof, so as to hang loosely down-
wards, being provided for handling purposes, with suitable handles.
As will be readily seen, the clipper or runner e can travel backward and forward,
therefore the sheets or slips have each a longitudinal piece 6 cut from the top to
allow of the edge of the clipper or runner getting beneath same, and are filed upon
the pin with the second sheet or slip having the cut-away part to the opposite
side to which the cut-away portion of the upper sheet or slip faces, i.c. if the upper
sheet or slip is cut-away on the right-hand corner the sheet or slip beneath it will
be cut-away at the left hand corner and so on in the same order, right through the
whole 365 sheets or slips.
A metal rod hinged to one of the sides of the box or frame a is provided for
the purpose of preventing the sheets or slips 6 from falling out of the frame, and
also for guiding the clipper or runner e.
This rod is centrally depressed as shown, so that when the clipper or runner e
reaches the centre of same, it raises the said rod off the sheets or slips and so
allows the clipper or runner to remove the upper one. The said rod is normally
kept pressed down upon the sheets or slips 6 by means of an elastic or other suitable
spring, not shewn in the drawings.
A spring g regulated by a screw-threaded pin g' is provided for the purpose of
pressing upon the lower edges of the sheets or slips b, to take the weight of same
partly off the pin d' and so enable the said sheets or slips to be more easily removed
therefrom by the runner or clipper.
b
In order to adjust the sheets or slips upon the pin d, the top a¹ of the frame or
box a is formed so that it can be detached from the body of same, upon removal of
two pins (Fig. 2) which normally retain it in position.
On the back of the frame a, I hinge a flap which is raised or lowered according
to desire, by means of a T-shaped sliding piece, moving in a guide. This arrange-
ment is for the purpose of adjusting the calendar at any angle upon the wall from
which it. is suspended by eyelets or other suitable means.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. An almanack or calendar consisting of a frame or box a constructed with the

page_text: hinged plate d and spring d on which lie the sheets or slips 6 bearing the dates,
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. An almanack or calendar having a travelling carriage e on which is mounted
a clipper or runner e, for detaching the sheets or slips in combination with the rod f
and spring g substantially as herein described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
3. In an almanack or calendar such as described, the date sheets or slips having
their alternate sides cut or stamped out, substantially as described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
4. The complete almanack or calendar constructed substantially as herein
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 27th day of February 1892.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, Agents.