An Improved Apparatus for Use in Teaching Writing:
Year: 1895

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Date of Application, 20th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 12th Oct:, 1895
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Use in Teaching Writing:
I, WILLIAM TYREE, of 71, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, in the Provincial
District of Canterbury, in the Colony of New Zealand, Inventor, 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
statément:
:
In teaching writing it is the common practice to employ manuscript copying
books having a printed head line at the top of the page..
In practice this is found objectional, as in writing each succeeding line, the
scholar is liable to imitate his own handwriting in the preceding line instead of
imitating the head line..
Now this invention provides a simple apparatus for use in connection with
copy hooks, whereby, the head line which the scholar is desired to copy may be
moved down from line to line as he proceeds.
It consists of a light case, one side of which forms a frame through which
the copy or head line is displayed. The case serves as a receptacle for a number
of such copies, which may be substituted for each other as desired.
It may also
serve as a receptacle for pencils, pens, or other implements; it can be used as
a ruler for ruling lines, and is provided on one or more of its sides with a pad
of blotting material.
The shape of the frame maintains the copy in a sloping position, making it
more readily visible to the scholar.
Referring to the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating my invention in use on a copy book.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of the side forming the frame.
Fig. 3 an inverted plan showing clips for securing blotting material.
Fig. 4 a transverse section on line 4, 4, Fig. 2.
Similar reference letters apply to the same parts in all the figures.
The case (a) is preferably made of thin sheet metal, and preferably of
approximately triangular form. The side (6) has hinges (d) connecting it to
the side (e) of the casing, and is made with an opening through which a copy
line is displayed.
The copy lines are written or printed upon thin strips of cardboard or other
material (c), a number of such strips being packed upon each other within
the case.
If desirable the case may also be divided by a partition (e) to form a
receptacle (a) for pens or pencils, a door (h) having hinges () being provided
in one end of the casing, through which they may be inserted and extracted.
A pad of blotting paper (g) may be attached to the bottom of the casing by the
flat spring clips (1) of brass or other metal, soldered to the casing (a) so that in
moving the case down, the line upon which it is placed is effectually blotted.
The lower edge (k) of the side (e) is made true so that it may serve as a ruler.
It will be evident that instead of using a hinged frame having an opening
through which the copy is displayed, it would be easy to use a slip of glass fixed
or arranged to slide in guides or grooves formed with or upon the sides of the case.
The door (h) would then occupy the whole of one end of the case, so that the slips
might be withdrawn as desired.

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In operation, when it is desired to use a copy, the required strip is selected from
the pack and placed upon the top of the others so as to be visible through the
frame, which, when a hinged frame is used, is then closed. The case may then be
placed in a convenient position upon the manuscript book, and moved down as the
scholar proceeds with his task..
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. An apparatus for use in teaching writing consisting of a case provided with
a frame, through which is displayed any one of a number of copies or head lines
contained within such case substantially as described and illustrated..
2. A casing forming a receptacle for copies or head lines and other matters
in combination with a pad of blotting material secured thereto by suitable clips
as and for the purposes herein described and illustrated in the accompanying
-drawings.
Dated this Ninth day of July 1805
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.