Improvements in or relating to Writing Desks, and in Means for Supplying Paper from Reels thereto.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Writing Desks, and in Means for
Supplying Paper from Reels thereto.
I, CHRISTINA MABEL LLOYD, of Combe Farm, Shirley, County of Surrey,
Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for object, certain improvements in or relating to writing
desks whereby one or more reels of paper can be secured in the body of the desk
and be drawn out over the writing slope and temporarily secured by an appliance
which after the writing serves as a knife for severing the paper from the reel,
leaving sufficient paper exposed if so desired for withdrawal and fixing for a
fresh writing.
The invention consists of a desk of the usual form or shape exteriorly; with
the back portion movable, so that it can be opened for the insertion of reels of
paper according to requirements, said paper being passed under one or more
guide rollers at the front and led up and out of the desk to be drawn and laid
flat or stretched over the slope where after being passed under a swivelled spring
blade it becomes fixed ready to receive the writing, and by which it can be severed
when the writing is completed.
The slope as a whole or in sections may be hinge jointed to the body, or be
otherwise held in place.
The invention is chiefly intended for notes and memoranda slips for ready
delivery but is also applicable for press and other writers, there being no limit
to the lengths of paper slips to be severed when written on.
Dated this 25th doke of Yo.. 1000
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Christina Mabel Lloyd.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Christina Mabel Lloyd.
Improvements in or relating to Writing Desks, and in Means for
Supplying Paper from Reels thereto.
I, CHRISTINA MABEL LLOYD, of Combe Farm, Shirley, County of Surrey,
Gentlewoman, 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:-
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This invention has for object, certain improvements in or relating to portable
writing desks, whereby one or more reels of paper can be secured in the body of
the desk and be drawn out over the writing slope and temporarily secured by
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page_text: an appliance which after the writing serves as a knife for severing the paper
from the reel, leaving sufficient paper exposed if so desired for withdrawal and
fixing for a fresh writing.
The invention, shown on the annexed drawing, consists of a desk A of the
usual form or shape exteriorly with the flap B hinged at back, so that it can be
opened for the insertion of a reel of paper according to requirements, said
paper being passed under a guide roller 1) at the front and led up and out of
the desk to be drawn and laid flat, or stretched over the slope or flap B, where
after being passed under a swivelled spring blade E it becomes fixed ready to
receive the writing, and by which it can be severed when the writing is
completed.
F is a spring to bear upon the reel to prevent the paper unrolling or becoming
slack.
The bottom of the desk may have a drawer for envelopes, pens, or the like,
and may have a cover with a hand-hold by which it may be carried.
The invention is chiefly intended for reporters and others taking notes and
making memoranda slips for ready delivery but is also applicable for press and
other writers, there being no limit to the lengths of paper slips to be severed
when written on.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
A portable writing cabinet or desk A containing a reel of paper C, also guide
roller from which the paper can be drawn and guided and be laid over the
slope or flap B, and be temporarily held by a clip E, as and for the purpose
described.
The may of Ferry
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Christina Mabel Lloyd.