Year: 1887

page_text: We ADOLPHUS S. GOODRICH and JOHN J. MOORE of New York City in the County
and State of New York, one of the United States of America, Stationers 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:-
Our invention consists of a calendar base plate made of wood or other approved
material in suitable length, breadth and thickness to serve for a ruler and having a
channel way along one side in which the calendar printed on a strip of card board or
equivalent material is inserted and retained for use and is removable for renewal when
its period has passed all as hereinafter fully described reference being made to the
accompanying drawing in which:
Fig. 1 is a plan view of the side of the device showing the calendar.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the other side, and
Fig. 3 is an end view.
We take a long narrow and thin strip or bar a, of wood rubber or other approved
material suitable for a ruler and make a channel way b, along one side nearly the
whole breadth, with a retaining groove e, along each edge adapted to receive and
retain a calendar strip d, of paper, card hoard or equivalent material and provide a
time calendar e, printed on such a strip, and insert it in the channel way as shown,
said strip being of such breadth and thickness as will bind it in the grooves with
sufficient friction to hold it securely during the period of its use but will allow it
to be drawn out freely when its period has expired and another is to be substituted.
For large and distinctly visible figures of the calendar we prefer to use the whole
length for an annual calendar, but in a bar of sixteen inches or thereabout bi-annual
calendars of sufficient clearness may be employed. We intend to print both sides of
the strips consecutively so that one renewal may be had by reversing the strip,
afterward a new strip printed for the succeeding periods is to be substituted.
The names of the months may be printed on the card strips along with the numbers
of the days in the common way but as the names do not require to be changed we
prefer to print them on one of the margins of the bar, as represented in fig. 1, in
order to utilize all the space of the card strip for larger and more conspicuous numbers.
SD G2

page_text: These may be burned in or impressed with dies so as not to be rubbed or worn off
by the abrasion to which the surface is exposed. The card strips are not exposed
to wear by reason of the channel being considerably deeper than the thickness of
the card.
We make a bevel edge f, on the back and mark a scale of measure thereon as is
usual in rules of common form and thus provide a combined tool or instrument com-
prising a calendar, ruler and measure in which the ruler serves for one of the elements
of the calendar, viz. the base plate, and said base plate of the calendar constitutes
the ruler all in one device affording greater convenience than two separate devices
and avoiding the duplication of parts necessary when made separately.
We are aware that a calendar has been fastened on the surface of a thin plate, and
we are also aware that a ruler has been made with a chamber having a sliding cover
to contain pencils and make no claim for such device.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :
1st. The improved calendar consisting of the channelled and grooved base plate or
bar and the card board calendar strip combined, said strip being inserted in the
channelled groove below the surface of the bar substantially as described.
2nd. The improved calendar consisting of the channelled and grooved base plate
or bar having the names of the months along one of the margins of the channel and
the card board calendar strip having the numbers of the days of the months
correspondingly printed on it substantially as described.
Dated th: 9th of 1007