AN IMPROVED CALENDAR RING
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Athol Edward Maudslay at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th February 1883.
ATHOL EDWARD MAUDSLAY, of Littlebourne in the County of Southampton,
Gentleman, "AN IMPROVED CALENDAR RING
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My invention relates to an improved annular or ring-shaped perpetual calendar,
that is to say, a calendar so formed that it may be worn as a finger-ring or necktie-
ring, or may serve in many other ways as a convenient and compact device for
registering and shewing the days of the week and month and for similar purposes.
It may be made of gold, silver, or other metal, and of any desired pattern or
configuration, and when designed to be worn as a finger-ring may be enriched
with precious stones or otherwise ornamented.
The said invention consists chiefly in making the ring in two parts so fitted
together that one will turn freely upon the other. When the said invention is
designed to serve as a finger-ring the two parts are preferably so formed that when
fitted together the ring has two rims or beads having between them a surface on
which are engraved, or otherwise produced, the numbers or characters representing
the dates that is to say, the days of the month. For this purpose I divide the
surface by vertical lines into seven spaces each of which has marked on it a series
of dates each one week later than the preceding date. The days of the week are
marked on one or both of the said rims, therefore if the first date in one division or
space of the days of the month is set opposite the division in which is marked the
corresponding day of the week then all the days of the month will be found
opposite the proper days of the week around the ring.
For convenience of construction one of the said rims or beads is formed on the
inner part of the ring, that is to say, the part which is to fit the finger and the
other rim is formed on the outer part in which the dates are marked and the two
parts are fitted together so that the ring appears as if made in one piece. The two
parts may be slightly tapered so that when one is placed upon the other and
closed or compressed upon the same they cannot be accidentally displaced or
disconnected; or for the same purpose one of the parts may have a small pin,
projecting into a groove in and around the other part. Or the two parts may be
united in any other convenient manner. In using the ring the outer part bearing

page_text: the date can be easily turned upon the other part so that for any given year the
days of the month shall correspond with those of the week.
If the said invention is designed to serve as a scarf-ring it will be substantially
the same as those described, and if designed to be fixed in a walking stick or
otherwise used in like manner the ring can be readily adapted to the same.
The rims, beads, or borders should be milled or otherwise so formed that they
may be firmly held when one part has to be adjusted upon the other. In some
instances these rims may have raised portions or projections cut therein or may be
set with gems. And the central portion may be enamelled or otherwise finished
and may have the dates coloured, embossed, or otherwise made plain so that they
can be distinctly seen upon the surface on which they are marked.