Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 17th June, 1887.
Complete Left, 29th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 6th Sept., 1887.
I HERBERT CHURCHILL APEL O1 2 Dan
of Middlesex Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an improved tablet for memoranda, letters, sketches or the
like.
Tablets of this kind as heretofore constructed have usually been provided with a
number of superposed sheets or pieces of paper which are removed one at a time as
they are used.
According to my present invention the paper is in a continuous strip and is adapted
to be gradually pulled over the tablet proper as it is required for use.
In carrying my said invention into practice I provide a plate of metal or other
suitable material of approximately the same width as the strip of paper in connection
with which it is to be used. At the sides of this plate are formed guides in which the
paper strip is adapted to slide.
The paper strip is preferably in the form of a roll and is contained in a receptacle
attached to, or formed integral with the said plate, a slit being formed in the wall of
the said receptacle so that the paper can be conducted from the interior of the same
into the guides.
When the paper is to be used it is pulled from the receptacle, onto the plate between
the guides. After a memorandum has been made the paper may be rewound within
the receptacle or the used portion may be removed from the strip.
Instead of withdrawing the paper into the same receptacle I sometimes arrange a
second receptacle at the opposite end of the said plate into which second receptacle
the paper is wound as it is unwound from the first receptacle.

page_text: The said receptacle or receptacles may be left open at the ends so that the paper
may be moved by means of the fingers, or the paper may be wound upon small rollers
or the like, or operated by any other desirable means. The paper may also be moved
over the tablet by the pressure of a finger or thumb.
It is to be understood that the plate and the receptacle may be made of any suitable
or convenient size, for instance small enough to go into a pocket, or large enough for
ordinary correspondence purposes. The said tablets can also be applied to the handles
of umbrellas or to walking sticks or other articles.
In some cases I form upon or attach to one edge of the said plate, a sheath for
containing a pencil or the like.
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1007
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W. .
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: the opposite end of the tablet.
In the accompanying drawing
SECOND Opacic arranged ab
Figure 1 is a plan of a tablet constructed according to my present invention and
provided with a paper receptacle at one end.
Figure 2 is a side view of the same, and
Figure 3 is an end view.
Figure 4 is a side view of a tablet having a paper receptacle at each end, one of
which is adapted to receive the paper as it is unwound from the roll in the other.
Figure 5 is a view of a tablet, each end of which is provided with a receptacle
adapted to receive a roll of paper.
Figure 6 is a transverse section of the same.
Figure 7 is a side view showing the tablet combined with a box or case for cards
or the like.
Figure 8 is a plan of the same, and
Figure 9 a section on the line x, x figures 7 and 8.
a is a plate of metal or other suitable material, and bis a receptacle formed at one
end of the said plate and adapted to contain a bundle of paper in the form of a roll.
The said receptacle is preferably formed by bending one end of the plate a into
circular form, as shown in figure 2 a space c being left between the end and the
plate through which space the paper contained in the receptacle & can be drawn or
moved.
e, e are guides which are formed at the edges of the plate a, which guides must be
of such size as to receive and hold the edges of the paper strip as it passes out of the
receptacle b.
fis a sheath secured to one edge of the tablet, for containing a pencil.
The roll of paper is inserted into the receptacle 6 through one end thereof, its free
end being passed through the slit or space c and introduced into the guides e. When
the paper is to be used it is pulled from the receptacle, onto the plate between the
guides, and after a memorandum has been made, the paper may be rewound within
the receptacle or the used portion may be removed from the strip.
Instead of withdrawing the paper into the same receptacle I sometimes arrange a
second receptacle 61 at the opposite end of the said plate to the receptacle b, as shown
in Figure 4, into which second receptacle the paper is wound as it is unwound from
the receptacle b.
The said receptacle or receptacles may be left open at the ends so that the paper
may be moved by means of the fingers, or the paper may be wound upon small rollers
or the like, or operated by any other desirable means. The paper may also be moved
over the tablet by the pressure of a finger or thumb upon the same.
In the modification of my invention shown in Figure 5 the tablet a is also provided
with a receptacle at each end, but in this case each of the said receptacles is designed
to contain a strip of paper, one of which slides in guides e upon one side of the
plate a, as herein before described, while the other slides in guides e¹ upon the opposite
side of the said plate.
It is to be understood that the plate and the receptacle or receptacles may be made
of any suitable or convenient size, for instance small enough to go into a pocket or
large enough for ordinary correspondence purposes.
The said tablets can also be applied to the handles of umbrellas or walking sticks
or to other articles.
In Figures 7, 8 and 9 I have shown the said tablet combined with a box adapted to
serve for carrying cards or the like. In this case the plate a is made in two parts,
which are hinged together at g, and the receptacle 6 is formed entirely upon one side
of the plate as shown in Figure 7. The box proper h is attached to or formed upon
one side of the plate a. The portion of the box is secured to the receptacle b and
with the latter constitutes a lid for the box. I prefer to provide a looking glass k
which is secured in place by the plate a being bent over its edges, sufficient margin
being left to form the guides e.

page_text: 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.
First. A tablet for memoranda, letters, sketches or the like having guides formed
upon its longitudinal edges, and a receptacle at one end adapted to contain a roll or
bundle of paper, substantially as described.
Second. The combination with the said tablet having guides upon its longitudinal
edges and a receptacle at one end for containing a roll of paper of a receptacle at the
other end adapted to receive the paper as it is unwound from the roll, substantially
as described.
Third. The modification of my invention wherein the tablet is provided with
receptacles at both ends, cach of which is designed to contain a separate strip or
piece of paper, and with guides on each face, substantially as set forth.
Fourth. The improved tablet combined with a box or case substantially as described
with reference to Figures 6, 7 and 8 of the drawings, and with or without the looking
glass.