Pun
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 4th July, 1896-Accepted, 21st Nov., 1896
THOMAS THOMASON GREENWOOD Paper Stainer Punstock Darwen Lancashire
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A round piece of any kind of wood the length of an ordinary ruler. A brass or
other metallic shell covers three sides of it having the ends turned down and a
small hole in each which is fastened to the ends of the ruler (now become a roller).
A tip of the same metal is fixed in the middle of the back for the thumb and
index finger, thus dispensing with continual lifting of the fingers and preventing
slipping also.
A strip of blotting paper is pasted near the pen line, which absorbs all surplus
ink, thus preventing the blotting so common to the ordinary rulers in use.
The ruler can be handled with greater facility than any ruler in use and the
improvement can be applied to existing rulers.
Dated this 4th day of February 1896.
THOMAS THOMASON GREENWOOD.
THOMAS THOMASON GREENWOOD Paper Stainer Punstock Darwen Lancashire
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 rulers so constructed that they can
be more easily and quickly moved up or down the paper in a parallel or straight
direction than heretofore, and when ruling lines with a pen there is no liability
of the ruler being smeared with the ink, and so inking or smearing of the paper
is obviated.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in
which
Fig. 1 is a plan view of the improved ruler.
Fig. 2 is an end elevation of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a sectional end elevation of the improved ruler, drawn to an enlarged
scale.
According to this invention, I employ an ordinary ruler 1 which is partly covered
or enclosed by a metallic shell or casing 2. The shell or casing 2 covers the whole
of the ruler excepting the part which is in contact with the paper, and said ruler 1
is mounted in the end 3 of the shell or casing 2 by means of pins 4 passing
through holes in the ends 3 of the casing and into the ends of the ruler 1, such
pins 4 forming axes for the ruler. In the centre of the back of the shell or
casing 2, I fix a thumb piece 5, and along the front or ruling edge of the casing or
shell, I paste a strip of blotting paper 6, which absorbs all surplus ink from the
pen and prevents the paper being smeared. The strip of blotting paper 6 can
readily be removed when dirty, and a clean strip pasted in its place.

page_text: The ruler is used as follows:-The thumb piece 5 is held between the thumb
and finger, and the ruler can be moved or rolled up and down the paper with
ease and rapidity, and when ruling a line the pen or pencil rests against and is
guided by the edge of the shell or casing 2, so that the ruler itself, which is in
contact with the paper, always remains clean.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1.) The ruler 1, metallic shell or casing 2, thumb piece 5, and strip of blotting
paper 6, all in combination, as and for the purpose herein described, and
substantially as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
(2.) The ruler 1, metallic shell or casing 2, and thumb piece 5, all in com-
bination, and as and for the purpose herein described, and substantially as
illustrated by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 1st dow of October 1806
THOMAS THOMASON GREENWOOD,
By his Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.