A COMBINED DATE, MEMORANDUM, AND STATIONERY CABINET
Year: 1884

page_text: I, HERBERT PRICE LAVENDER, of Cleveland Safe Works, Wolverhampton, in
the County of Stafford Managing Partner, do hereby declare the nature of my
said Invention for "A COMBINED DATE, MEMORANDUM, AND STATIONERY
CABINET," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
I first construct, of wood, japanned metal, or other suitable or convenient
material, the main frame or case of my cabinet, which may be about thirteen
inches long, seven and a half to eight inches high, and six inches broad, from front
to back; (more or less ;) the top, bottom, back, one end, and the internal divisions
being, by preference,-fixtures, to unite an give the necessary strength and
rigidity to the whole; the two former being moulded to show as a "cap" and
"base," and the top being also recessed for inks, pens, etcetra, in the manner of
an ordinary inkstand. One of the ends may be hinged, or made portable, and
fitted as a writing or blotting pad, and may also be secured, when closed, by a
spring or other lock.
The internal divisions are three in number, dividing the length into four врасез
or chambers;-two of these being fitted with horizontal divisions or shelves, giving
together, say-thirty-two spaces between the shelves.
These two-shelved-recesses are, by preference, the right hand one, and the
second from the left hand end, thus causing the unshelved openings to alternate
with them.
I now construct a sliding frame or door for the front, as follows:-height,
sufficient to cover the openings; length equal to three of the openings or recesses,
and having an opening in the middle, equal in width and size, to one of the shelved
recesses; so that, when slided to the left hand, both the shelved recesses will be
exposed, and when slided to the right hand both of them will be covered, and can
be rendered private by a lock for securing the sliding frame or front.
The two plain, solid, or end portions of the said frame or door are constructed
to receive printed papers, indicating the months, and days of the week, and dates,
for the year, and these are so fixed, that the printing,-of the days and dates,―
shall range with the before described spaces between the shelves; and also, so that
as each month passes, a paper on each can be removed, for exposing the next one
behind it, for use during the ensuing month.

page_text: These papers are twenty-four in number,-twelve for each board and range or
"nest of shelves or spaces.
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I now construct two sliding "pointers" and fit them to work,-without falling,-
up and down each of the date boards and papers; the use or object of these,
being to point to and indicate the days and dates, by being adjusted each morning,
in the usual manner.
To complete the full use and convenience of my Invention, I furnish the recesses
or spaces between the shelves, with a number of pieces of paper or thin card
board, or books, of a size to nearly fill them, and so that they can be conveniently
withdrawn and replaced; these being for receiving odd daily memoranda, as
occasions and circumstances may require; the plain or "unshelved" openings
being usefull for storing these, or for paper, -envelopes, and other stationery
requisites.
In the accompanying illustrations, Figure 1. is a plan of the top; Figure 2. is a
front elevation, as opened for use, and Figure 3. is the same when closed.
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: The combined arrangement, construction and use, of the herein before
described parts and details, to constitute a combined date, memorandum and
stationery cabinet "in one;" virtually as, or after the manner hereinbefore
described and set forth.