An Improved Revolving Scribbling Diary, the Improvements being Applicable for Indicating Lessons in School Rooms and for. Exhibiting Scriptural Quotations in Railway Stations and the like.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 13th June, 1889-Accepted, 13th July, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Revolving Scribbling Diary, the Improvements being
Applicable for Indicating Lessons in School Rooms and for.
Exhibiting Scriptural Quotations in Railway Stations and the
like.
I, FREDERICK ALBERT LAWRANCE, of Datchworth, Stevenage, in the County of
Herts, Timber Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to the construction of a revolving scribbling diary adapted to
be applied to the lid of a writing desk or the like or to be used in the form of a book
or otherwise.
In carrying out my invention I fit two rollers in the lid of a writing desk or in a
suitable frame and over the said rollers I apply a strip of paper divided and printed
with the months and days of the month and of the required length to suit the space of
time for which the diary is to serve. The paper is attached by its ends to the rollers
and is wound upon one of the rollers and as the length of paper between the two
rollers is used the paper is unwound from the one roller and wound onto the other roller,
the movement of the roller being effected by means of a handle; or the lid of the desk
or cover of the diary may be arranged to move the paper by means of suitable
gearing.
The lid of the desk or cover of the diary may be advantageously provided with a
blotting pad.
This arrangement can also be used for hanging on the walls of school rooms for
indicating lessons and of waiting rooms of railway stations and like places for exhibiting
scriptural quotations.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Revolving. Scribbling Diary, the Improvements being
Applicable for Indicating Lessons in School Rooms and for
Exhibiting Scriptural Quotations in Railway Stations and the
like.
I, FREDERICK ALBERT LAWRANCE, of Datchworth, Stevenage, in the County of
Herts, Timber Merchant, 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 construction of a revolving scribbling diary adapted to
be applied to the lid of a writing desk or the like or to be used in the form of a book
or otherwise.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a revolving scribbling diary constructed according
to my invention applied to a writing desk and adapted to be revolved by hand.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.
Figure 3 is a section of part of the diary illustrating a suitable arrangement for
automatically operating the same each time the lid of the desk is raised.
In carrying out my invention as represented in Figures 1 and 2 I fit two rollers a
and b in the body of a writing desk c, (or in the lid thereof or in a suitable frame) and
over the said rollers I apply a strip of paper d divided and printed with the months

page_text: and days of the month and of the required length to suit the space of time for which
the diary is to serve. The paper is attached by its ends to the rollers and is. wound
upon the roller a, and, as the length of paper d between the two rollers is used the
paper is unwound from the one roller a and wound onto the other roller 6 the move-
ment of the rollers being effected by means of knobs or handles. e. The lid of the
desk or cover of the diary may be advantageously provided with a blotting pad g...
This arrangement can also be used for hanging on the walls of school rooms for
indicating lessons and of waiting rooms of railway stations and like places for exhibiting
scriptural quotations as will be well understood without illustration.
I can in some cases as shewn in Figure 3 arrange the apparatus so that the strip of
paper shall be unwound from one roller onto the other each time the lid of the desk
is opened. For this purpose the lid may conveniently be provided with a pawl h
giving motion when the lid is raised to a ratchet wheel i mounted loosely on the
spindle of the roller b, multiplying gear wheels k, l, m and n being used if necessary
to give the roller the requisite amount of movement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
.I claim is :-
(1) A revolving scribbling diary or apparatus for indicating lessons in school-rooms
and for exhibiting scriptural quotations in railway stations and the like, consisting of
a writing desk or suitable frame having rollers fitted therein over which is applied a
strip of paper or other material marked with the dates or other required information or
matter the whole being adapted to be operated. in the manner and for the purpose
substantially as herein before described.
(2) The improved revolving scribbling diaries hereinbefore described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawing.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.