An Improved Appliance for use with Scholastic Copy-books and Slates.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Jan., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 24th Sept., 1890-Accepted, 29th Nov.,
1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for use with Scholastic Copy-books
and Slates.
We, ALFRED WATSON of No. 8 First Avenue, Bush Hill Park, Enfield, in the
County of Middlesex, Electrical Engineer and ROBERT JOSEPH HOOPER-RASTRICK
of No. 30 Lavender Gardens, Lavender Hill, Wandsworth, in the County of Surrey,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention is devised as a substitute for the head lines of scholastic copy-books,
and has for its object to secure greater accuracy in copying than is possible with
existing types of copy-books.
The device or appliance according to our invention comprises a cylinder of suitable
form, such for instance as round, square, hexagonal or the like in section, and of a
length preferably corresponding to the width of an ordinary copy book, said
cylinder being mounted by means of a rod or spindle upon a suitable frame. Upon
one end of said spindle, which is caused to extend beyond the frame, is fixed a small
hexagonal or other shaped disc according to the number of head lines arranged upon
the cylinder, against the periphery of which disc presses a spring whereby the
cylinder may be retained in any desired position. Or, we may employ a disc having
a number of recesses, indentations or perforations formed upon its outer face, into
which presses a projection formed upon the end of the spring.
It will be obvious that, with the appliance above described, which may be moved
towards the student as the work of copying progresses, the angle of vision is
constant instead of varying as is the case with copy books having fixed head lines,
thus enabling the student to show more satisfactory results.
In adapting our improved appliance for use with slates, we may use a narrow
clamp or a bent piece of metal fixed to each end of the frame, so that it may be
capable of sliding freely to and fro on the slate.
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EDGAR GEORGE,
27, Bow Lane, Cannon Street, E.C., Agent.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for use with Scholastic Copy-books
and Slates.
We, ALFRED WATSON of No. 8 First Avenue, Bush Hill Park, Enfield, in the
County of Middlesex, Electrical Engineer, and ROBERT JOSEPH HOOPER-RASTRICK of
No. 30 Lavender Gardens, Lavender Hill, Wandsworth, in the County of Surrey,
Gentleman, 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 is devised as a substitute for the fixed head lines of scholastic
copy books, and has for its object to ensure that the line of vision shall be constant
and thus secure greater accuracy in copying than is possible with the fixed head lines
as at present adopted in existing copy books in which the line of vision varies as the
work progresses.
Referring to the accompanying drawings
Figures 1 and 2 represent front and end elevational views of our improved device,
the cylinder being hexagonal in section; Figures 3 and 4 are similar views, the
cylinder being octagonal in section; and Figures 5 to 9 inclusive show means of
adapting the device to slates or the like.

page_text: The device or appliance according to our invention comprises a cylinder A of
suitable form, such for instance as round, square, hexagonal or the like, in section,
and of a length preferably corresponding to the width of an ordinary school copy
book. The cylinder, which is mounted between two uprights a a' fixed to a base B,
is supported by a spindle C, upon one end c of which is fixed a small disc b of
suitable shape as shown in Figures 2 and 4, having upon its periphery flat faces
corresponding with the number of lines of copy with which the cylinder A is
provided. Against the faces of the disc presses a spring whereby the cylinder
may be retained in the required position. Instead of the flat faces above described
we may substitute therefor a circular disc having formed upon its outer face a number
of recesses, indentations or perforations, into which would press a projection formed
upon the end of a spring.
It will be obvious that with the appliance above described, which may be moved
towards the student as the work of copying progresses, the line of vision is constant
instead of varying as is the case with copy books having fixed head lines, thus
enabling the student to show more satisfactory results.
In adapting our improved appliance for use with slates we may employ narrow
clamps e Figures 5 and 6, which, when not required, may be turned up as shown by
the arrow and dotted lines in Figure 6; or we may use a piece of bent metal f
capable of sliding up and down as shown in Figures 7, 8 and 9, the bent end entering
a recess formed in the base B as shown at g Figures 7 and 8.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we'
claim is :-
The improved appliance for use with scholastic copy books and the means einployed
therewith for retaining the head lines in the position desired substantially as set
forth.
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day of September 1830.
EDGAR GEORGE,
29, Chesterfield Grove, East Dulwich, S.E., Agent..