Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Apr., 1887.
Complete Left, 27th Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 3rd June, 1887.
I, JOHN MORGAN of Pontardawe Swansea Valley, in the county of Glamorgan
Surveyor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is designed to supply a more conveniont form of Pocket or Office
Diary whereby engagements and appointments can be readily registered beforehand
and tabulated for easy reference.
My appointment register is adapted for pocket or table use, and can be arranged
with sufficient leaves for a month or more, or for a week only or even as a daily
reminder, as preferred.
It can be made of any material suitable for writing on and of any convenient size-
It is peculiarly adapted for pocket use, and I will therefore proceed to describe it
for that purpose and as prepared to contain the engagements of a current month.
It consists then of a cover and say 15 thin circular or oval discs of ivory or
parchment or other substance with good writing face. These discs are connected
together at one side by a loose rivet or pivot in such a way that they turn freely to
either side. On another part of the rim is a snap or other fastening in which may be
a recess for a pencil which may be so contrived that the pencil fastens the snap or
secures the fastening-A pencil sharpener may also be attached to the fastening or to
some part of the diary if preferred.
In the centre of the disc is a ring in which the numerals are placed with space for
the name of the month to be added in pencil-Thus the first disc will be marked 1
or 1st in the centre of its front face, while its reverse will be marked 2 or 2nd; these
figures standing for the first and second of the month-Similarly the next disc will be
marked 3 and its reverse 4, and so on throughout.
The outer edge or periphery of the disc, will be marked with numerals corresponding
to the hours of the day, so that appointments can be entered directly against the hour
to which they refer-Between the hours dots can be placed to represent every five

page_text: minutes if desired-The face of the diary will therefore greatly resemble the dial of a
watch or clock. The hours can be arranged to commence at 8 a.m. and leave off at
8 p.m. or from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. or in any other way preferred. The inside of the front
cover can be stamped "Memos," and used for Memoranda-The whole Register will
be about the size of a watch and can be easily carried in the Waistcoat pocket, or may
be attached to the watch-chain if preferred.
The advantages of my appointment Register are obvious, amongst them being
portability, accessibility and a great saving of trouble, while a proper consecutive
arrangement is ensured.

page_text: I, JOHN MORGAN, of Pontardawe, Swansea Valley, in the County of Glamorgan,
Wales, Surveyor, 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 is intended to remove the defects in pocket tablets and similar
articles as now manufactured and to supply a more convenient form of pocket or office
diary than is now procurable, wherein not only can the usual memoranda be made,
but engagements and appointments can be registered beforehand with extreme
precision and ease, and preserved in the most convenient form for reference. My
appointment Register can be made of any material suitable for writing on, and of any
convenient size. It can be arranged with sufficient leaves for a month or more, or for
a week only, or as a daily reminder as preferred. It is specially adapted for pocket
use and I will therefore describe it as prepared for that purpose.
As a pocket Register it consists of a number of separate leaves or pages of some
suitable material, having a good writing surface. A material capable of being cleaned
such as ivory is preferred. These leaves may be oblong, oval, octagonal, round, half-
round, or of any preferred shape, and may be connected together by a rivet acting as
a pivot-joint, or by a string, or in any other way, so as to allow of ready access to
both sides. A snap or fastening may be fitted to them, and a loop or recess attached
to hold a pencil.
This pencil may be made to fasten the leaves together, and when desired, a pencil-
sharpener can be added.
The special feature of my Register, is the way in which each page is divided by
lines, bearing figures, which indicate the hours of the day, so that an appointment can
be at once entered against the hour to which it refers.
These lines radiate as from a common centre towards the edge of the leaf, and thus
resemble the spokes of a wheel, while the numerals placed on the lines give the leaf
the appearance of a watch or clock-dial without hands, or of a portion-of-a-dial.
Space is left where the lines converge, to insert the name and day of the month, in
pencil. Thus the first leaf will be marked Jany. 1st. while its reverse will be marked
Jany. 2 and so on throughout.
It will be seen that each day takes the whole of a page, and each leaf represents two
days. Thus 16 leaves would cover a whole month.
Between the numerals shewing the hours, dots can be placed to represent each
quarter of the hour. The hours could commence at 8 a.m. and end at 8 p.m. or at any
other numbers preferred.
A cover pivotted on in like manner so as to protect the leaves from injury would be
placed on each side of the leaves, and the inside of this cover could be utilised for
memoranda.

page_text: The size of the pocket Register will be about the same as a watch, and it can be
easily carried in a waistcoat pocket or may be attatched to the Watch chain if
preferred.
The advantages of my "Appointment Register" are so obvious as to require little
in the way of explanation. The chief amongst them are its convenience, saving of
trouble, and ensuring a consecutive arrangement of engagements.
My Appointment Register can also be made in larger sizes, suitable for office
requirements, and combined with an ordinary diary if preferred and may be pivotted
as before stated or tied together edgeways or bound up as a book or arranged to hang
on a wall, or in any other convenient form.
In the accompanying drawings;
Fig. 1. shows a pocket Register of circular shape.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 3.
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an Office Register of semicircular shape for hanging up.
an octagonal office Register, for Table use.
A is the pivot joint or rivet.
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» snap or fastening.
CC are the lines or rays with numerals shewing the hour.
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) A daily Register or tablet arranged in the form of a Clockface or part of a
clockface with rays or lines corresponding to numerals denoting the hours; for
registering appointments at various hours of the day, as herein described and set
forth.
(2) A combined diary and Register divided into segments of a circle or other con-
venient spaces, such spaces corresponding with indicated intervals of time, as herein
described and set forth.
(3) A pocket Register containing a number of leaves divided as before described,
and furnished when preferred, with pencil and pencil-sharpener as herein described
and set forth.