An Improved Calendar and Date Calculator, applicable to Pencil- cases, Pen-holders, Walking-sticks, and other Cylindrical Articles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 26th June, 1897
[Communicated from abroad by JAMES SINCLAIR HEITHERSAY, of Stirling
Terrace, Albany, in the Colony of Western Australia, Gentleman.]
An Improved Calendar and Date Calculator, applicable to Pencil-
cases, Pen-holders, Walking-sticks, and other Cylindrical
Articles.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 consists in the arrangement of the names of the months and of the
days of the week and the numbers, of the days of the month upon three separate
cylindrical surfaces capable of being moved relatively one against the other. The
names and numbers are so arranged that a person having the calendar in his
possession can at any time ascertain the day of the week any particular date ahead
or past falls upon.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I will describe the same
with reference to the accompanying drawings which represent on an enlarged scale
the calendar as applied to a pencil-case.
Figure 1 is an outside view shewing the calendar set for the year 1896.
Figure 2 is a central section.
Figure 3 shews how the names and figures are arranged upon the three cylindrical
surfaces the surfaces being shewn flattened out.
Although I have shewn the invention applied to a pencil-case it is equally suited
for pen-holders walking-sticks umbrellas and other cylindrical articles in
common use.
In order to provide for ordinary years and leap years the 'names of the months
are set out in two separate arrangements the one being for ordinary years as shewn
in the upper one A and the other for leap years as shewn in the lower one B the
surface displaying these I prefer to have formed on or fixed to the body of the
article.
The names of the days of the week are displayed in regular order upon the
surface C of a cylinder which is so fitted as to be capable of rotation upon the
article adjacent to the surface A B but it is provided with a catch whereby it may
be held in any desired position. The catch illustrated consists of a pin P upon the
end of a spring R which is secured to the pencil socket and projects up through
a slot and fits into one of a number of holes or indentations C₁ provided in the
cylinder.
The numbers 1 to 31 of the days of the month are displayed upon the surface D
of a cylinder adjacent to the surface C and also capable of rotation upon the
article. The numbers are arranged in regular order as shewn more particularly in
Figure 3.
In order to ascertain the day of the week that any particular date in any year
falls upon or vice versa it is necessary to set the surface C relatively to the
surface A B. For ordinary purposes this is done on the first day of January in
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each year the relative positions of the surfaces remaining unaltered until another
year is entered upon. The surface C is turned so that the name of the day on
which the First of January falls is brought immediately below the name January"
on the surface A if it be an ordinary year or on the surface B if it be a leap year.
Take for instance the year 1896. This being a leap year and the First of January
falling upon a Wednesday the name "Wednesday is brought immediately below
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January on the surface B. The spring R is then released and
the pin P engages one of the holes in C the surfaces being set for any date
in 1896.
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Now to find the day of the week of any particular month the figure "1" on the
surface D must be brought below the name of the month desired. The calendar
will then be set for that month and the day of the week any date falls upon can
be seen at a glance. For instance if it is desired to ascertain what day the
29th of September falls upon, the figure "i is turned to below the name
September. On reading up the column from the "29" the name
indicates that the 29th September 1896 falls upon a Tuesday.
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"Tuesday
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A. calendar and date calculator applicable to pencil-cases pen-holders walking-
sticks and other cylindrical articles consisting of the herein described cylindrical
surfaces capable of being moved relatively to one another on one of which surfaces
are displayed the names of the months on another the names of the days of the
weck and on the third the numbers of the days of the month substantially as
described and illustrated.
2. In combination-(a) a pencil-case pen-holder walking-stick or similar
cylindrical article on a suitable part of which are displayed the names of the
months arranged in the relative positions shewn more particularly in Figure 3.
(b) a cylindrical surface on which are displayed the names of the days of the week
such cylindrical surface being capable of revolution upon the article as desired
and (c) a cylindrical surface on which are displayed the numbers of the days of the
month such cylindrical surface being capable of revolution upon the article all
substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.
3. In a calendar and date calculator the arrangement of the names of the months
in the relative positions shewn more particularly at A and B of Figure 3 as and for
the purposes set forth.
4. The combination of the several parts substantially as described and illustrated
forming a calendar, and date calculator.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 5th June, 1897
[Communicated from abroad by HENRY EDGAR HENDLEY, of 134 State Street,
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Gentleman.]
Improvements in Devices for Use in Making Paper Stencils.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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:-
My invention relates to the art of producing pattern stencils of paper or other
suitable material by means of which stencils the embroidery pattern is put upon
the article to be decorated and my invention consists in forming a pattern plate
upon which the pattern to be pricked out upon the paper is formed by a multiplicity
of pointed pins, the points of the pins being type high, and the pattern plate being
adapted to be placed in an ordinary printing press. The sheets to be pricked can
be fed into the press in the usual manner and the paper stencils can be produced at
about the speed of ordinary printed matter.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a plan view of a pattern block; and
Figure 2 is an enlarged section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.
To form the pattern plate I take a sheet of leather board or other suitable
elastic and flexible material of (say) three sixteenths of an inch in thickness, and
mark the pattern upon its surface. The design is then followed out by drilling
a series of small holes at intervals of say one twenty fourth of an inch apart.
Into each of these holes is inserted a pointed pin D (say) three-eighths of an
inch long, which pin is driven through the sheet until the pointed end projects
(say) one-eighth of an inch. The size of the hole drilled to receive the pins is
such as to make a tight driving fit when the pin is inserted so that the pin is held
from any movement by the constrictive force of the pin plate. When all the holes
have been filled the pin plate A is mounted upon a base plate B of suitable height
to make the projecting points of the pins type high. The pattern plate thus
formed, may, as has been said, be worked as a type form is worked in an ordinary
printing press.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
The pattern plate above described formed of a sheet of elastic and flexible
material upon which a pattern is formed by points set in perforations along the
pattern line and held by friction in the sheet material.
Dated this 6th day of Anril 1897.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.