Improvements in and relating to Date Calendars and to Com- binations of the same with Memorandum Tablets and other Devices.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Oct., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 17th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 14th Sept., 1888
Improvements in and relating to Date Calendars and to Com-
binations of the same with Memorandum Tablets and other
Devices.
HERBERT CHURCHILL CAPEL of 24 Sandringham Road Dalston in the county of
Middlesex Engineer and JOHN YOUNG of 12 Chapter Road Willesden Green in the
county of Middlesex Accountant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
Our invention relates to Date Calendars either separately constructed or combined
with Memorandum Tablets, Desk Weights or receptacles for pens, penholders, ink
bottles and other articles or with other devices or with any two or more of such
devices.
The main feature of our said invention is the manufacture of the casings of
adjustable date calendars from sheet tin or other metal by stamping or otherwise.
For this purpose the sheet metal is cut to the desired size and shape and stamped
or otherwise worked to form the casing which may be in one or more parts.
Suitable rollers are passed through the sides of the said casing and a strip of paper,
on which are printed numbers for indicating the date of the month and also if
desired the names of the months and the days of the week, is suitably attached to
the said rollers. The front of the casing is made with an aperture through which
the date may be seen. A receptacle is provided on the front of the said casing for
containing cards or strips of paper having printed thereon the names of the months,
the days of the week, or numbers indicating different years.
The said casing is preferably provided with an eye or loop whereby it may be
suspended, or with a leg or strut projecting backward therefrom so that the Date
Calendar can stand upon a table or other flat surface.
Another feature of our said invention is the combination of an adjustable Date
Calendar with a Memorandum Tablet, a Desk Weight, and a receptacle for pens or
other articles-We make a hollow wedge-shaped desk weight of metal, porcelain, or
other suitable material, and divided into compartments. In one of these compartments
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page_text: we arrange a Date Calendar having a sheet metal casing, substantially as above
described, the said casing being so formed that it can be readily attached to and
detached from the said Desk Weight. We provide another of the said compartments
with a lid or cover which is suitably hinged or otherwise arranged so that it can
readily be opened and closed. This compartment is intended as a receptacle for pens
and other suitable articles. The top of the said lid or cover serves as a Memorandum
Tablet and is made of suitable material so that the memoranda can be written
thereon with a pencil and can be readily obliterated when desired; or the said lid or
cover is provided with a block of paper sheets which can be removed one at a time
as used.
We sometimes combine with the said Desk weight receptacles for pen holders, ink
bottles, pen wipers, sponges or other articles.
In some instances the strip of paper is provided in addition to the date indications
with spaces for memoranda thus affording the advantage that appointments or other
information can be noted for future dates by merely turning or winding the paper
forward and, when the necessary notes have been made, turning or winding the paper
back until it indicates the date of the day on which such notes are made. The Date
Calendar can thus be made to serve as a diary.
Dated this Seventeenth day of October 1887.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Date Calendars and to Com-
binations of the same with Memorandum Tablets and other
Devices.
HERBERT CHURCHILL CAPEL and JOHN YOUNG both of 57 Wall Street Balls Pond
Road in the county of Middlesex, Metal Stampers 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 :-
Our invention relates to Date Calendars either separately constructed or combined
with Memorandum Tablets, Desk Weights, or Receptacles for pens, pen-holders,
ink-bottles and other articles or with other devices or with any two or more of such
devices.
The main feature of our said invention is the manufacture of the casings of
adjustable Date Calendars from sheet tin or other metal by stamping or otherwise.
For this purpose the sheet metal is cut to the desired size and shape and stamped or
otherwise worked to form the casing which may be in one or more parts. Suitable
rollers are passed through the sides or top and bottom of the said casing and a strip
or strips of paper or other suitable material, on which are printed numbers for
indicating the date of the month and also if desired the names of the months and the
days of the week, is or are suitably attached to the said rollers. The front of the
casing is made with an aperture or apertures through which the dates may be seen.
Another feature of our said invention is the combination of an adjustable Date
Calendar with a Memorandum Tablet a Desk-weight and a Receptacle for pens or
other articles.
Our said invention, moreover, comprises other improvements hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation, Figure 2 is a side
elevation and Figure 3 a rear elevation of a Date Calendar constructed in accordance
with our said invention, Figure 4 is a front elevation and Figure 5 a side elevation of
another Date Calendar constructed in accordance with our said invention. Figure 6
is a plan and Figure 7 a side elevation of a combined Desk-weight and Date Calendar
constructed according to our said invention.
Referring to Figures 1 to 3, a b are the two parts of the casing which are formed
separately by stamping from sheet metal and are connected by projecting pieces 6' formed
on the front part ỗ and bent over at the back of the part a after these two parts are
placed together. Pieces c are partially stamped from the part a of the casing and are
bent to form the sides of the said casing and another piece d is partially stamped from
the said part a to form a projecting piece, leg, or strut for supporting the Calendar on a
table, desk or other flat surface. e. e are the rollers which are passed through holes
formed in the sides c before the front part b of the casing is connected to the part a
thereof. The travelling strip of paper or other material on which are printed the
numbers from 1 to 31 is then secured to the rollers e by adhesive material or other-
wise, and the two parts of the casing are united as above mentioned. A piece g is

page_text: partially stamped from the back part a of the casing to form a clip for holding cards
on which are printed the names of the months.
By partially stamping the pieces c from the part a and bending them to form
the sides of the casing we effect considerable economy in the amount of metal used
for the said casing.
The said casing is preferably provided with an eye or loop a¹ whereby it may be
suspended against a wall or otherwise.
In the modification of our invention shown in Figures 4 and 5 we employ rollers
fitted one within another in such a manner that they can be rotated either simul-
taneously or independently of each other as hereinafter described. In this modification
the two parts a, b are stamped from sheet metal the part 6 being bent over to form
the top, Eottom and sides of the casing. The part-6 is, moreover, stamped so as to
form slight depressions for the strips of paper or other material to travel in, suitable
slits being formed at the sides of the said depressions for the passage of the said
strips out of and into the casing. The strip fon which the numbers are printed is
passed through the slits of the middle depression and is secured to the rollers e; the
strip on which the days of the week are printed is passed through the slits of the
upper depression and is secured to hollow or tubular rollers ; and the strip f2 on
which the names of the months are printed is passed through the slits of the lower
depression and is secured to hollow or tubular rollers j. The rollers h, j are fitted
upon the rollers e so that they may be rotated thereon, and the rollers e are made to
extend beyond the upper ends of the rollers so that they may be rotated independently
of the rollers h, that is to say without moving the said rollers h, or by grasping one
of the rollers e and the corresponding roller ½ between the finger and thumb both of
these rollers may be rotated simultaneously. The two parts a and b of the casing are
united as above described with reference to Figures 1 to 3 or in any other convenient
manner.
The date and the day of the week may be altered simultaneously by rotating
together one of the rollers e and the corresponding roller h. To vary the relation of
the strips ff at the commencement of a month so that the date and day of the week
will be correct, one of the rollers e may be turned without moving the corresponding
roller, or one of the rollers h may be turned without moving the corresponding
roller e.
The stripfis adjusted to change the name of the month by turning one
of the rollers j.
In Figures 6 and 7 k is the Desk-weight which is formed of metal, porcelain, or
other suitable material, and which has a compartment k¹ for the Date Calendar.
The upper surface of the smaller part of the Desk-weight is made to serve as a
Memorandum Tablet. The rollers are fitted upon the rollers e as above described
and are dropped into grooves in the Desk-weight k after the strips have been secured
to the said rollers. A cover stamped or otherwise formed out of sheet metal or
other suitable material is secured by screws or otherwise over the compartment k¹, the
said cover being formed with apertures through which the printed numbers and names
may be seen.
We sometimes make the smaller part of the desk-weight hollow to form one or
more receptacles for penholders, ink bottles, pen-wipers, sponges or other articles,
and provide the same with a lid or cover, the upper surface of which will serve as
a Memorandum Tablet.
In some instances the strip of paper is provided, in addition to the date indications,
with spaces for Memoranda thus offering the advantage that appointments or other
information can be noted for future dates by merely turning or winding the paper
forward and when the necessary notes have been made turning or winding the paper
back until it indicates the date of the day on which the said notes are made. The
Date Calendar can thus be made to serve as a Diary.
The Date Calendar shown in Figures 4 and 5 may, if desired, be arranged to show
the date only or the date and the name of the month or the day of the week. Tho
Date Calendar shown in Figures 6 and 7 may, if desired, be arranged to show the

page_text: date only or the date the day of the week and the name of the month, or the date
and the day of the week or the name of the month.
A receptacle is sometimes provided in the front of the casing of the Date Calendar
for containing cards or strips of paper having printed thereon the names of the months,
the days of the week or numbers indicating different years.
We sometimes divide the Desk-weight into compartments in one of which we
arrange a Date Calendar having a sheet metal casing substantially as above described,
the said casing being so formed that it can be readily attached to and detached from the
said Desk-weight. We provide another of the said compartments with a lid or cover as
above described. The Memorandum Tablet is made of suitable material so that the
memoranda can be written thereon with a pencil and can be readily obliterated when
desired; or the said lid or cover is provided with a block of paper sheets which can
be removed one at a time as used.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and the manner in which it is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
First. A Date Calendar in which one or more travelling strips are mounted on
rollers and the casing of which is formed of sheet metal substantially as hereinbefore
described.
Second. A Date Calendar in which the rollers for adjusting the dates and names
are fitted one within another substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Third. A combined Desk-weight and Calendar with or without a Memorandum
Tablet and with or without a receptacle for pens or other articles.
Fourth. The manufacture of a Date Calendar substantially as described with
reference to Figures 1, 2 and 3 and with reference to Figures 4 and 5 of the
drawings.
Fifth. The improved combined Desk-weight, Date Calendar and Memorandum
Tablet constructed substantially as described with reference to Figures 6 and 7 of
the drawings.
Dated this Seventeenth day of July 1888.