IMPROVEMENTS IN. APPARATUS FOR INDICATING AND RECORDING WORDS AND SYMBOLS
Year: 1881

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LETTERS PATENT to John Morris Jones, of 287, Battersea Park Road, in the
County of Surrey, Gentleman, for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN.
APPARATUS FOR INDICATING AND RECORDING WORDS AND SYMBOLS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Morris Jones at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th June 1881.
JOHN MORRIS JONES, of 287, Battersea Park Road, in the County of Surrey,
Gentleman. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR INDICATING AND RECORDING
WORDS AND SYMBOLS."
The improvements relate to apparatus used for indicating and recording payments,
dates, and such like, and consist of a receptacle or box made of suitable material,
and having one of its sides or faces made of glass or transparent material. The
interior is fitted at one end with a roller with spring attachment, having wound
on it a convenient length of paper, parchment, or other material, which is attached
to another roller at the other end of the box or receptacle, this second roller being
provided with a small handle to admit of the paper or other material being wound
from one roller to the other, and having also attached to it a bell, which is sounded
when the roller has been wound the required distance. The glass-face above
referred to is furnished at the one end with holes to admit of figures or words
being written on the paper or other material; and when such words or figures have
been written, the handle on the second roller is turned, and the paper or other
material advanced a certain distance towards the second roller, leaving a clean
surface for further figures or words, and at the same time leaving the words or
figures already written visible through the glass face. The second roller is provided
with an ordinary rocket wheel to prevent the roller being turned backwards.
And the rollers are fitted with any suitable arrangement to admit of a fresh supply
of paper or other material when required. The glass-face may be engraved with
either words or figures appropriate to the purpose for which the apparatus is to
be used, or the paper or other material may be prepared for a similar purpose, or
either of them in conjunction with the other.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Morris Jones in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
29th December 1881.
JOHN MORRIS JONES, of 287, Battersea Park Road, in the County of Surrey,
Gentleman. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR INDICATING AND RECORDING."
The improvements relate to apparatus used for indicating and recording payments,
dates, and such like, and consist of a receptacle or box made of suitable material,
and having one of its sides or faces made of glass or other transparent material.
The interior is fitted at one end with a roller with spring attachment, having
wound on it a convenient length of paper, parchment, or other material, which is
attached to another roller at the other end of the box or receptacle, this second
roller being provided with a small handle to admit of the paper or other material
being wound from one roller to the other, and having also attached to it a bell,
which is sounded when the roller has been wound the required distance. The
glass face above referred to is furnished at the one end with holes to admit of figures
or words being written on the paper or other material; and when such words or
figures have been written, the handle on the second roller is turned, and the paper
or other material advanced a certain distance towards the second roller, leaving a
clean surface for further figures or words, and at the same time leaving the words
or figures already written visible through the glass face. The second roller is
provided with an ordinary ratchet wheel to prevent the roller being turned back-
wards, and the rollers are fitted with any suitable arrangement to admit of a fresh
supply of paper or other material when required. The glass face may be engraved
with either words or figures appropriate to the purpose for which the apparatus is
to be used, or the paper or other material may be prepared for a similar purpose,
or either of them in conjunction with the other.
In the accompanying Drawings, which show a billiard marker embodying my
Invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation; Figure 2, a plan with the top removed;
Figure 3, a sectional side elevation through line C-D of Figure 1; Figure 4, a
front elevation of mechanism, the door having been opened; and Figure 5, a
section through line A, B, of Figure 4.
The same letters indicate the same parts in all Figures.
A is the case of the apparatus; B, the front door; C, the back door; D, the
winding handle; E and E are spur wheels for turning the roller F and F¹; G, G',
are side plates for supporting the roller; H is a ratchet wheel fixed to the roller F¹;
hand are respectively the ratchet pawl and spring for same; J is a set screw,
and a tension spring for producing the necessary pressure between the rollers F
and F K is a cross plate connecting the plates G and G¹ and carrying the set
screw J which acts on the spring j; L is a cam, and a catch for the same; ¹ is a
hammer for striking the bell M when moved by the catch ; O is a supply roller
for holding the travelling sheet.; N, a waste roller, upon which the sheet is wound
after having passed between the upper rollers; P is a box for holding the supply
roller is the travelling sheet of paper or other suitable material; R, the sheet
of glass in the front door, and 1, 2, 3, are holes in the glass.
In witness whercof, I, the said John Morris Jones, have hereunto set my
band and seal this Twenty couranth dau
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