Improvements in or connected with Apparatus or Appliances for Teaching Children and others.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1898
Inda Onni Lantian Last 10th Ann 4000
Macontad
00th
1.900
Date of Application, 20th July, 1898
Complete Specification Loft, 10th Apr., 1900 Accepted, 20th July, 1900
PROVISIONAL DIECIFICATION..
Improvements in or connected with Apparatus or Appliances for
Teaching Children and others.
I, CLARA MARGARETTA WESTGATE, of 97, Anson Road, Southtown, Great
Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk, Infant School Mistress, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention refers to improved apparatus for teaching, and is applicable
to various subjects, such as word building, and notation, the apparatus being
particularly suitable for teaching by Kindergarten methods.
According to my invention I provide a plate of suitable dimensions and say
of rectangular form, and I form a series of horizontal slots through same, in a
horizontal line; at a distance below these slots I form a second similar series of
slots, each of the lower slots being directly below one of the upper slots.
Strips of flexible material such as fabric bands are threaded from the back of
the plate through the upper slots, pass for a distance over the front of the
plate and are then threaded through the lower slots, and at each end of a
band, so threaded, there is attached a roller, or other means are provided,
whereby the ends of the bands are prevented from again passing through the
slots of the plate.
Upon the face of the bands, and generally at regular distances apart I print-
or otherwise produce, by printing, perforating, embossing or other means, a
series of characters, letters, or other matter, which is to be exhibited by the
apparatus, say for example word building is to be taught, I may provide five or
six of such bands, each band having all the letters of the alphabet printed
thereon, at such distances apart that as the bands are drawn through the slots
of the plate, one letter of each band will be exhibited at one time on the front
of the plate.
By this means the letters exhibited are changed, and a foundation of words
may be shewn by two or three of the bands, and various changes made therein
by adjustment of one or more of the adjacent bands. Notation may be taught
by the apparatus, the bands then having figures or numerals worked thereon,
and I may provide a series of rings or hooks on the plate, to suspend a series
of beads or the like, which accord in number with the numbers shewn on the
bands, with the object of combining instruction of the abstract with the
concrete.
The bands may be of various colors and the construction of the apparatus is
readily adaptable to be made attractive to children, while it is cheaply and
easily manufactured, and does not get out of order. The apparatus should be
made in various sizes according to the purpose of its use, if for public or lecture
use, it may be of large size, or if for personal use of the children it can be of
small size, and its construction specially adapts it to these various uses, for
whether of large or small size it is worked with equal ease and celerity.

page_text: In some cases the bands might be endless, and may be made of transparent
material, also the plate between the slots may be panelled with transparent
material while the letters or numerals may be opaque.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or connected with Apparatus or Appliances for
Teaching Children and others.
I, CLARA MARGARETTA WESTGATE, of 102, Anson Road, Southtown, Great
Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk, Infant School Mistress, 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 refers to improved apparatus for teaching, and is applicable
to various subjects such as word building and notation, the apparatus being
particularly suitable for teaching by Kindergarten methods.
According to my invention I provide a plate of suitable dimensions and say
of rectangular form, as shown in drawing annexed, and I form a series of
horizontal slots (a) through same in a horizontal line; at a distance below these
slots I form a second similar series of slots (b) each of the lower slots being
directly below one of the upper slots.
Strips of flexible material such as fabric bands are threaded from the back of
the plate through the upper slots, (a) pass for a distance over the front of the
plate and are then threaded through the lower slots (b) and at each end of a
band so threaded there is attached a roller, or other means are provided
whereby the ends of the bands are prevented from again passing through the
slots of the plate.
Upon the face of the bands, and generally at regular distances apart, I print,
or otherwise produce, by printing, perforating, embossing, or other means, a
series of characters, letters, or other matter, which is to be exhibited by the
apparatus, say for example word building is to be taught, I may provide five or
six of such bands (c) each band having all the letters of the alphabet printed
thereon, at such distances apart that as the bands are drawn through the slots
of the plate, one letter of each band will be exhibited at one time on the front
of the plate.
By this means the letters exhibited are changed and a foundation of words
may be shown by two or three of the bands, and various changes made therein
by adjustment of one or more of the adjacent bands.
Notation may be taught by the apparatus, the bands then having figures or
numerals worked thereon, and I may provide a series of rings or hooks on the
plate to suspend a series of beads or the like, which accord in number with
the numbers shewn on the bands, with the object of combining instruction of
the abstract with the concrete.
The bands may be of various colours, and the construction of the apparatus is
readily adaptable to be made attractive to children while it is cheaply and
easily. manufactured, and does not get out of order.
The apparatus should be made in various sizes according to the purpose of
its use.
if for public or lecture use it may be of large size, or if for personal
use of the children it can be of small size, and its construction: specially adapts

page_text: it to these various uses, for whether of large or small size it is) worked with
equal ease and celerity.
In some cases the bands might be endless, and may be made of transparent
material, also the plate between the slots may be panelled with transparent
material, while the letters or numerals may be opaque.
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:-
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1. To have provided a wordbuilder the novel feature of which consists in
the moveable strips and arrangement of the slots, permitting the use of any
number of letter strips so that the shortest and longest words may be built up
visibly before the class.
Dated this 18th day of April 1899.