An Improved Ruler for use in Offices, Counting-houses, Banks, for Ruling Paper and Books.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application. 10th June, 1891
Complete Specification Lef, 11th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 21st May. 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Ruler for use in Offices, Counting-houses, Banks, for
Ruling Paper and Books.
JAMES RICHARD GRANT 20 Mode Wheel Road Weaste Salford Dyers
Representative and HENRY DAGNALL 29 Derby Road Heaton Moor near
Stockport & 36 Fountain Street Manchester, Merchant do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The outer portion of the ruler, that is the surface along which the pen will travel
in ruling will be nearly semicircular in form and hollow underneath and will be
made seperately or combined of wood, metal, vulcanite or any other composition as
may be required to suite public taste, on each side and at the bottom of this outer
portion there will be a gutter or channel to receive any ink which may fall from
the sides of the ruler and so prevent any possibility of smearing the paper. This
channel or gutter will obviate any necessity to pick up the ruler to wipe it, any
number of lines can be ruled consecutively without fear of smearing the paper.
The outer portion of the ruler will always maintain an upright position, that is it
will not revolve but will travel along the paper by means of two parallel rollers
fitted in the cavity underneath.
The two parallel rollers will be made of wood metal vulcanite or any other
composition and will be covered with india rubber or some similar pliable substance
in order to grip the paper and prevent the ruler from swerving as is the case with
ordinary rulers.
We believe these advantages cannot be claimed for any other ruler.
Dated this Ninth day of June 1891.
JAMES RICHARD GRANT.
HENRY
DAGNALL.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Ruler for use in Offices, Counting-houses, Banks, for
Ruling Paper and Books.
We JAMES RICHARD GRANT, of 20 Modewheel Road, Weaste, Dyer's
Representative, and HENRY DAGNALL, of 36 Fountain Street, Manchester,
Merchant, both in the County of Lancaster, 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 :-
And in order that our invention may be more fully understood we have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is partly a longitudinal section and partly a side elevation, Fig. 2 a plan
and Fig. 3 a cross section of our improved ruler.
This invention relates to a ruler consisting of a casing a in which is mounted a
pair of rollers 6 covered with rubber or other soft adhesive material.
The outer portion or casing a of this ruler, that is, the surface along which the
pen will travel in ruling, will be nearly semi-circular in form and hollow underneath
and will be made seperately or combined of wood, metal, vulcanite or any other
composition as may be required to suite public tastes. On each side and at the
bottom of this outer portion or casing a there is formed a gutter or channel c, sec
more particularly Fig. 3, which slightly receeds from the side of the outer portion
or casing a and is adapted to receive any ink which may fall from the sides thereof
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page_text: and so prevent any possibility of smearing the paper. This gutter or channel c will
obviate any necessity to pick up the ruler to wipe it. Any number of lines can be
ruled consecutively without fear of searing the paper.
The outer portion or casing a of the ruler will always maintain an upright
position, that is it will not revolve but will travel along the paper by means of the
two parallel rollers b, which are adapted to rotate in each end of the outer portion
or casing a and the surface of which slightly projects from the bottom of the outer
portion or casing a.
The two parallel rollers will be made of wood, metal, vulcanite or any other
composition and will be covered with india-rubber or some similar pliable substance
in order to grip the paper and prevent the ruler from swerving, as is the case with
ordinary rulers.
It will be understood that the said gutter or channel may also be formed on an
angular shaped casing without departing from the nature of our invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1st. A ruler consisting of a pair of rollers mounted in a casing of semi-circular
or similar form, substantially as set forth.
2nd. In a ruler, having a pair of rollers inside a casing a, forming the latter
with a gutter or channel e substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 9th day of April 1892.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4. Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicants.