AN IMPROVED CALENDAR INKSTAND
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jean Marie Gille, of No. 24, Rue du Mont Thabor,
Paris, in the Empire of France, Knight of the Imperial Legion of Honour,
for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED CALENDAR INKSTAND."
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Jean Marie Gille at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and Declaration,
on the 9th July 1862, pursuant to the 9th Section of the Patent Law
Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JEAN
MARIE GILLE, of No. 24, Rue du Mont Thabor, Paris, in the Empire of
France, Knight of the Imperial Legion of Honour, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention of "AN IMPROVED CALENDAR
INKSTAND," and have petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for the same, and
made solemn declaration that I am the first and true Inventor thereof.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, said Jean Marie Gille, do hereby declare that
the following Complete Specification, under my hand and seal, fully describes
and ascertains the nature of the Invention, and the manner in which the
same is to be performed, reference being had to the Figures of the accom-
panying Drawing, and to the letters marked thereon, that is to say:
My Invention consists in an improved combination of mechanism applied
to the construction of inkstands, with a view to the production of a perpetual
calendar.

page_text: Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing is a view of the complete inkstand,
which may be formed of metal, porcelain, delft, marble, stone, crystal, wood,
and other materials; Figure 2 is a cross section of the same.
a is an outer vessel, in the front of which are pierced the longitudinal
apertures b, c, d, giving view to the dates; e is the ink reservoir, surrounded by
a projecting circle f, on the circumference of which are marked at equal
'distances the date numbers corresponding with the aperture c; g is a species
of saucer, pierced at the centre to give passage to the upper part of the
reservoir e, and marked on its circumference with the day of the week corre-
sponding with the aperture.b; h is an open circle set in the bottom of the
outer vessel a, and marked on its circumference with the name of the month
corresponding with the aperture d. It is understood that all these pieces,
though free to move in the outer vessel, should be fitted as closely as possible
to the latter.
To set the calendar to any given date the ink reservoir and saucer e, g, are
removed, and the. circle h moved round until the required month is presented
to the aperture d, after which these pieces are replaced and turned separately
until the date number and day of the week correspond with the apertures c, b.
It is needless to observe that the external form and decoration of the ink-
stand may be varied at will.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of the said Invention, and
the manner in which it may be performed, I declare that what I claim and
desire to protect by Letters Patent, is the improved combination of moveable
saucer, reservoir, and circle, respectively marked on their circumference with
the indication of the months of the year, the days of the month, and the days
of the week, applied to the construction of calendar inkstands, substantially in
the manner herein set forth and represented in the Figures of the accom-
panying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jean Marie Gille, have hereto set my
hand and seal, this Seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.