Improvements in and relating to Rulers.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 31st Oct., 1894-Accepted, 15th Dec.,
1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Rulers.
We, GEORGE NEWNES, of Wildcroft, Putney Heath, in the County of Surrey,
Member of Parliament, and CHARles Welch, of 3 Tenby Street North, in the
City of Birmingham, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to rulers employed in writing, drawing, and other
operations, for the purpose of forming a guide or support to the pen, pencil, or
other instrument when drawing or ruling a straight line.
The object of our invention is to form such a ruler in combination with a rule
or standard measure, and also to adapt the ruler for employment as a case or holder
for the purpose of securing a pen, pencil, pencil sharpener india-rubber, and other
drawing and writing requisites. In this manner we obtain in the one compact and
convenient form, a combination of several instruments or useful articles.
We
In carrying our invention into effect we construct our improved ruler of wood,
metal, or other suitable material, but preferably of box or other hard wood.
form the body of the ruler preferably of a circular section, but with an extended
flat projecting surface on one side, the edge of which we cut or divide into inches
or other standard measurements. We taper down the upper edge of the rule or
measure surface to allow of the dimensions being more readily marked off upon the
paper or other desired surface, and for convenience in grasping or holding the ruler,
we form a groove between the front reading edge of the rule or measure, and the
circular body of the ruler.
Upon the back edge of the flat surface we sometimes cut or divide any suitable
standard measure that may be desired, or we print or display rules, tables, advertise-
ments, or other matter upon such surface, and also on the circular surface of the
ruler.
We cut or hollow out the interior or part of the interior of the body of the ruler,
and insert within the space or spaces thus formed, a pen, pencil, pencil sharpener,
or other desired articles, and we close the open end or ends of the ruler by suitable
stoppers or covers of wood or other material.
With our improved ruler a straight line may be drawn with a pencil or pen, by
the guidance formed by the circular body of the ruler, as with a solid or other
circular ruler of usual and ordinary construction. A straight line may also be
drawn with a flat pointed pencil or other scribing or marking instrument, by
the guidance formed by the flat portion, or the straight edged surface of the ruler.
We thus obtain the advantages of a circular and of a straight edge ruler, in
combination with the articles carried or secured within the interior of the same as
hereinbefore described.
We sometimes construct our improved ruler in a solid or other form, but without
the contained articles as herein before described, and we make other modifications
in the configuration and construction of the ruler, without departing from the
essential features of our invention.
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MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Rulers.
We, GEORGE NEWNES, of Wildcroft, Putney Heath, in the County of Surrey,
Member of Parliament, and CHARLES WELCH, of 3 Tenby Street North, in the
City of Birmingham, Engineer, 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 rulers employed in writing, drawing, and other
operations, for the purpose of forming a guide or support to the pen, pencil, or
other instrument when drawing or ruling a straight line.
The object of our invention is to form such a ruler in combination with a rule or
standard measure, and also to adapt the ruler for employment as a case or holder
for the purpose of securing a pen, pencil, pencil sharpener, india-rubber, and other
drawing and writing requisites. In this manner we obtain in the one compact and
convenient form, a combination of several instruments or useful articles.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings,
Figure 1 is an illustration of our combined ruler and rule, representing the front
edge or face, while Figure 2 represents the back edge or face.
Figure 3 is an end view of the rule and ruler.
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We
Figure represents our combined ruler and rule arranged to form a case or holder,
for a pen or pencil and india-rubber, or other drawing or writing requisites.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
In carrying our invention into effect we construct our improved ruler of wood,
metal, or other suitable material but preferably of box or other hard wood.
form the body A of the ruler preferably of a circular or like configuration, but with
an extended or projecting piece A' on one side, the edges of which we cut or divide
into inches or other standard measurements. We taper down the upper edge of the
projecting piece A¹ to allow of the dimensions indicated thereon being more readily
marked off upon the paper or other desired surface; and for convenience in
grasping or holding the ruler, we form a groove A² (Figure 3) between the front
reading edge of the rule or measure, and the circular body of the ruler. The back
edge or flat surface of the projecting piece A¹ we sometimes cut or divide as a
protractor for setting out angles, or cut or impress thereon any suitable standard
measure that may be desired, or we print or display rules, tables, advertisements,
or other matter, upon such surface, and also on the circular surface of the ruler.
We cut or hollow out the interior or part of the interior of the body of the ruler,
and insert within the space or spaces thus formed, a pen, pencil, pencil sharpener
or other desired articles, and we close the open end or ends of the ruler by suitable
stoppers or covers of wood or other material as illustrated at Figures 4 and 5.
With our improved ruler a straight line may be drawn with a pencil or pen, by
the guidance formed by the circular body of the ruler, as with a solid or other
circular ruler of usual and ordinary construction. A straight line may also be
drawn with a flat pointed pencil or other scribing or marking instrument, by the
guidance formed by the projecting piece A', or the straight edged flat surface of
the ruler. We thus obtain the advantages of a circular and of a flat straight edge
ruler, in combination with the articles carried or secured within the interior of the
same as herein before described. The provision of the flat surfaced projecting piece
also prevents the ruler from rolling when placed on an inclined desk or table.
We construct our improved ruler in a solid or hollow form, either with or without
the contained articles as herein before described, and we make other modifications in
the configuration and construction of the ruler, without departing from the essential
features of our invention.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A combination ruler and rule constructed from wood or other material having
a circular ruling surface and a flat straight edged ruling surface with a standard
measure or measures cut or impressed thereon, substantially as described.
2. The construction of a combination ruler and rule with circular and flat straight
edged ruling surfaces, having a tapered or inclined measuring edge, and a grooved
or recessed surface for convenience in handling, substantially as hereinbefore
described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. The combination of a combined ruler and rule having circular and flat straight
edged ruling surfaces, with a pencil, pen, india-rubber or other drawing or writing
requisites, substantially as herein before described and as illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated this 30th day of October 1894.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicants.