Improvements in Almanacs.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Nov., 1891-Accepted, 12th Dec., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Almanacs.
I, FRIEDRICH AUGUST JULIUS RUDOLPH TE PEERDT, of 2, Adolf Strasse,
Berlin, in the Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, 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 kind of almanacs in which the indications of months
and days are printed on leaves to be detached one by one and my object has been
to reduce the number of these leaves and thereby also the work in printing and
manufacturing the said almanacs as well as their weight and bulk; I obtain hereby
great advantage and saving when the almanacs have to be mailed. A further
object of my improvements is firmly to secure the block of leaves to the piece of
paste-board which is to be attached to the wall.
I will now proceed to describe an almanac made according to my improvements,
reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figs. 1, 2 & 4 illustrate the particular disposition of the leaves,
Fig. 3 is a table showing the manner in which the leaves are distributed in two
halves, as hereinafter more clearly explained,
Figs. 5 to 8 illustrate the method of fixing the block of leaves to the paste-
board.
Similar letters denote similar parts throughout the several views.
My improved almanac is composed of 190 leaves in all. Each of these is divided
in two parts by means of a cut S or of a series of perforations P, so that each of
the parts can be removed separately. One half O of each leaf bears the indication
of the month M, the other U that of the date T and of the day of the week, Fig. 1.
The latter halves only are removed day by day, the former remaining in its place
during a whole month (Fig. 2). At the beginning of a new month this half leaf is
also pulled off, and then the indications of month and date change their respective
places, the month being for instance indicated on the lower half if it was at first
indicated on the upper one, as shown in Fig. 4.
For a leap year there are 366 half leaves with dates and days of the week
indicated on them, and besides 12 with the indications of the months, making in all
378 half or 189 entire leaves.
The dates and days of the week pertaining to consecutive months are printed
alternately on the top and bottom halves of the leaves, as already mentioned.
Thus for six months the indication of the date is at the bottom, for the remaining
six at the top of the leaf. As will be understood by the table, Fig. 3, one half of
the block has 182 half leaves, and the other 184 with dates; therefore, as one half
of the last and last but one leaves are not printed upon, an additional 190th leaf is
necessary. In a common year, one half of the last leaf but two is also left blank.
In the usual almanacs of the same kind the leaves are attached only at one side,
in my improved one they are fastened on both sides and thereby remain always
smooth.
In order to secure the block of leaves to the usual piece of paste-board C which
is generally printed in different colours, I cut out of C a piece A of exactly the
size of the block of leaves at the place where the latter is to be secured. The cut
out piece A is fixed to the back of the block B and both to a piece of paper-
board of a little larger size by gluing, nailing, riveting or sewing them together
(Fig. 6).
The block B and the cut out piece A. are from the back inserted into the hole L
of the plate C. The niece R. prevents the block B from cliding through the

page_text: hole Land the object to which the almanac is suspended prevents the same from
falling backwards.
In order to fix the block B to the plate of paste-board C in a perfectly reliable
manner, it is advisable to make the cut out piece A on top and on bottom about
half a line shorter than the block B (Fig. 8). It is then possible to pass the
block B through the hole L only by force, and this is facilitated by making
incisions in the four corners E of the hole L, as shown in Fig. 7. In this case the
piece of paste-board R needs not be larger than the block B, as will be easily
understood and may be seen in Fig. 8.
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 1
claim is :-
1. An almanac consisting of separate leaves, each of which is divided in two
parts, one half bearing the indication of the date, the other that of the month, the
latter half being removed only at the end of the month, and the indications of date
and month changing their respective places every month, substantially and for the
purpose as described.
2. The method of securing the almanac claimed in 1 to the frame of paste-
board C whereby the same is attached to the wall, consisting in cutting out of C
an opening L of the same size as the block of leaves B, and in securing to the
latter the cut out piece of paste-board A and another piece R a little larger in size,
and in inserting the block B through the opening L, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
3. The method of securing the almanac claimed in 1 to the frame of paste-
board C whereby the same is attached to the wall, consisting in cutting out of C
an opening L a little shorter in height than the block of leaves B, and in securing
to the latter the cut out piece of paste-board A and another piece R of the same
size as block B, and in forcing the latter through the opening L, this being
facilitated by making incisions in the corners E of the opening L, substantially as
and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 3rd day of November 1891
FRIEDRICH AUGUST JULIUS RUDOLPH TE PEERDT,
By Robert Deissler,
Agent for the Applicant.