Improvements in or relating to Rules or Scales, chiefly applicable for Scholastic Purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Rules or Scales, chiefly applicable
for Scholastic Purposes.
We, SARAH WILLEY, trading as Frederick Willey, of 26 Call Lane, Leeds, in
the County of York, Tool Dealer, and ALBERT EDWARD ROBERTS, of 142 Camp
Road, Leeds aforesaid, Manual Instructor, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to rules or scales chiefly applicable for scholastic purposes,
and its object is to provide a rule or scale that will not be easily damaged, and
that can be used for the whole of a given length for ruling or measuring purposes
as well as for keeping the paper or other drawing or writing material straight.
According to this invention the rule or scale is made of any suitable width,
thickness, and material such as for instance of box or other wood, celluloid,
xylonite, metal, papier mâche, cardboard, or the like, but preferably of boxwood.
If the scale or rule portion is required to be say, twelve inches long, then say
about an inch or more is allowed at each of its ends to project beyond for
permitting the rule or scale portion passing over each edge of say the paper, as
well as to prevent the said marked portion being damaged by falling or the like.
The longitudinal edges on one or both sides of the rule or scale may be bevelled
for the whole or a portion of its or their length or lengths at the same or varying
angle or angles, both as regards their lengths as well as on opposite edges. One of
these bevelled edges may be marked with say inches, or any desired number of
fractional parts thereof, whilst the opposite edge may be if so desired marked with
any required number, or variety of scales or foreign measures.
Or say for example one portion of the scale may be say in English measure,
another portion in French or metric measure, and a third portion in the German
measures. Whilst the back of the rule or scale may be marked with angles, or
memoranda of useful information it is desired to be impressed upon the scholar's
mind, or at hand for his use.
In all cases when a variety of scales is placed on a bevelled edge they are in
line along the said longitudinal edge.
Dated this Touch of T.... 1900
SARAH WILLEY,
ALBERT EDWARD ROBERTS,
By W. Fairburn-Hart,
Agent.

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Rules or Scales, chiefly applicable
for Scholastic Purposes.
We, SARAH WILLEY, trading as Frederick Willey, of 26 Call Lane, Leeds, in
the County of York, Tool Dealer, and ALBERT EDWARD ROBERTS, of 142 Camp
Road, Leeds aforesaid, Manual Instructor, 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 :-
This invention relates to rules or scales chiefly applicable for scholastic purposes,
and its object is to provide a rule or scale that will not be easily damaged, and
that can be used for the whole of a given length for ruling or measuring purposes,
as well as for keeping the paper or other drawing or writing material straight.
In the drawings hereunto annexed:-
Figs. 1, 2, and 3 are plans, and Figs. 4 and 5 are sectional elevations of rules
constructed according to this invention.
A is the rule or scale which is made of any suitable width, thickness, and
material, such as for instance of box or other wood, celluloid, xylonite, metal,
papier inâche, cardboard, or the like, but preferably of boxwood. The rule or
scale A may be provided with edges a of the same or different thicknesses so that
they cannot be readily damaged and can be used for ruling purposes. If the scale
or rule portion is required to be say for example twelve inches long, then say
about an inch or more marked B at Figs., 1 to 3, is allowed at each of its ends to
project beyond for permitting the rule or scale portion passing over each edge of
say the paper, as well as to prevent the said marked portion being damaged by
falling or the like. The longitudinal edges a on one or both sides of the rule or
scale may be bevelled for the whole or a portion of its or their length or lengths
at the same or varying angle or angles, both as regards their lengths as well as on
opposite edges. In the drawing the scales or rules A. are shown bevelled on both
edges at the same angle for their whole length. One of these bevelled edges a
may be marked as at C Figs., 1 and 2 with say inches for the whole or a portion
of its length. When a portion is divided into inches and one fourths thereof the
remainder. may be divided into say inches and eighths thereof, or say into
sixteenths as at D Fig. 2, or the whole or any portion thereof into say twelfths, as
at E Fig. 3, or any other desired number of fractional parts thereof, whilst the
opposite edge may be if so desired marked with any required number, or variety
of scales or foreign measures.
Or say for example one portion of the scale may be say in English measure as
at C, D, E, and the other edge or another portion thereof in French or metric
measure as at F Fig. 3, and a third portion in the German or other foreign scale
of measures.
Or a portion of one edge may be divided in scales, as for example say six inches
to a foot, as at G Fig. 1, or four inches to a foot as at H Figs. 1 and 2, or
three inches to a foot as at I Fig. 2, with a protractor J arranged between them
as at Fig. 2, or without a protractor as at Fig. 1. Whilst the back of the rule or
scale may be marked with angles, or memoranda of useful information it is desired
to be impressed upon the scholar's mind, or at hand for his use.
In all cases when a variety of scales is placed on a bevelled edge they are
placed in line along the said longitudinal edge or edges a.
We are aware that prior to the date of our application for Letters Patent,
scales have been constructed with two different scales on each edge, but such have
not been adapted for ruling or scholastic purposes, as the edges were too thin and

page_text: the measurements in inches were not simultaneously given, we therefore do not
make any claim to such scales.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
A rule or scale such as herein described having edges capable of being used for
ruling purposes and provided with two or more scales of feet or of foreign measures
or a protractor under or opposite to a portion divided into inches or fractional
portions thereof, all arranged and combined substantially as herein described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Tenth day of Auril 1907
SARAH WILLEY,
ALBERT EDWARD ROBERTS,
By W. Fairburn-Hart,
Agent.
SARAH WILLEY,
ALBERT EDWARD ROBERTS,
By W. Fairburn-Hart,
Agent.