Improvements in Measures of Length.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 13th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 18th June, 1896-Accepted, 3rd Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Measures of Length.
I, ANNA MARIA KONE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cool Well,
in the County of Amherst, and State of Virginia, U.S.A., do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to rules, squares and other measuring sticks; and the
object thereof is to provide means whereby the different parts of the scale may be
more quickly and easily seen and read; and with this and other objects in view the
invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and claimed.
In the practice of my invention, I provide a rule, square, or other measuring
stick which is provided with the usual scale, which represents inches, and fractions
thereof, and the smaller fractions are represented by short lines and the half inch
fractions by longer lines and in my invention each of the lines which represent the
scale or indicate the same, is separately and distinctively colored, the colors
employed being preferably such as may be easily and quickly distinguished such as
black, blue, red, yellow and many others.
My invention is not limited to the color employed, and it will be understood that
a great variety of colors may be selected from and when the character of the scale
is such as to permit, the separate parts thereof may be indicated by grooves
instead of mere lines, in which event the grooves will be colored as hereinafter
described.
It will be apparent that the rule or measuring stick may be provided with a scale
on both sides thereof, or on both edges of one side, and that the separate parts in
each case may be indicated by means of colors as herein set out. And my invention
is not limited to the form of the rule, square, or measuring stick to which it
is applied.
Dated this 12th day of May 1896
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in Measures of Length.
I, ANNA MARIA KONE, a citizen of the United States residing at Cool Well, in
the County of Amherst, and State of Virginia United States of America, 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 rules, squares, and other measuring sticks; and the
object thereof is to provide means whereby the different parts of the scale may be
more quickly and easily seen and read; and with this and other objects in view the
invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and claimed.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, said drawing being a plan view of au ordinary
rule or measuring stick, provided with my improvement.

page_text: In the practice of my invention, I provide a rule, square or other measuring
stick, A, which is provided with the usual scale which represents inches, and
fractions thereof, and in the form shown in the drawing the scale represents inches,
and eighths of an inch, said fraction being represented by short lines B, and the half
inch being represented by a longer line C, and in my invention, each of these lines
which represents the scale, or indicate the same, is separately and distinctively
colored, the colors employed being preferably such as may be easily and quickly
distinguished, such as black, blue, red, yellow, and many others.
My invention is not limited to the color employed, and it will be understood that
a great variety of colors may be selected from, and when the character of the scale
is such as to permit, the separate parts thereof may be indicated by grooves
instead of mere lines, in which event the grooves will be colored as hereinbefore
described.
It will be apparent that the rule or measuring stick may be provided with a scale
on both sides thereof, or on both edges of one side, and that the separate parts in
each case may be indicated by means of colors as herein set out. And my invention
is not limited to the form of the rule, square or measuring stick to which it is
applied.
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. A rule, measuring stick, square or similar article provided with a scale,
the fractions or parts of which are designated by colors, substantially as shown and
described.
2. A rule, measuring stick or similar device, provided with a scale or scales, the
fractions or parts of which are distinctively desiguated by colors, which are placed
thereon, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 18th day of June 1896.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.