Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 19th May, 1886.
Complete Left, 19th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 22nd Mar., 1887.
I, JOHN JAMES RAGGETT of Lincoln's Inn, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Architect do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It consists of Improvements in my Patent, Date Indicator or Calendar, No. 9601
A.D. 1884.
Its objects are to make it more artistic to facilitate the reading, and to economise.
the cost of production.
It consists in making it wholly or in part of glass or other transparent material.
It will be observed from the specification of the aforesaid patent that either the day
of month plate or the day of week plate is made moveable, for the purpose of
adjustment at the commencement of each month in order to bring the proper day of
week opposite the first day of the month this in an opaque substance necessitates either
cutting or perforating the plates, which when made in a transparent substance is
entirely dispensed with as the transparency of the plate renders it possible to see the
lettering beneath.
There are two plates one at top and the other beneath, one having the fixed matter
on, and ther other the moveable."
The top plate is made of glass or other like transparent material in order that the
underplate may be seen through it. The underplate may be either transparent or not.
I think the underplate will answer best as the moveable one, but reserve to myself the
right to use either.
The glass may be either colored, figured, or plain, and either in one piece or in
quarries.
I proposc to have it made in a variety of colors the months may be colored to
indicate the heat, also the day and night, the day being represented by a light circle
and the night by two dark circles.
The Calendar may be a complete circle or part of a circle as a horse shoe or other
like shape, provided it has the necessary divisions to make the required movement.
There may be a rack and pinion to work the moveable plate or a projecting
thumbpiece.
It may be combined with advertisements mirrors, clocks & other articles.
In some cases I propose to have both the plates made and fitted as described in my
above named specification but of glass or other like material simply to give it a more
artistic appearance.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Date Indicators or Calendars.
1 JOHN JAMES RAGGETT late of Lincoln's Inn and now at Old Square Birmingham
in the County of Warwick, Architect 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 illustrated by the accompanying
drawing :-
It consists of Improvements in my patent Date Indicator or Calendar No. 9601
A.D. 1884.
Its objects are to make it more artistic to facilitate the reading and to economise
the cost of production.
It consists in making it wholly or in part of glass or of other transparent material.
It will be observed from the specification of the aforesaid patent; that either the day
of month plate or day of week plate is made moveable, for the purpose of adjusting at
the commencement of each month in order to bring the proper day of week opposite
the first day of the month this in an opaque substance necessitates either cutting or
perforating the plates, which when made in a transparent substance is entirely
dispensed with, as the transparency of the plate renders it possible to see the lettering
beneath.
There are two plates one at top and the other beneath, one having the fixed matier
on and the other the moveable.
The top plate is made of glass or other like transparent material, in order that the
underplate may be seen through it, the underplate may be either transparent or not,
I think the underplate will answer best as the moveable one but reserve to myself the
right to use either.
The glass may be either colored, figured, or plain, and either in one piece or in
quarries.
I propose to have it made in a variety of colors, the months may be colored to
indicate the heat, also the day and night the day being represented by a light circle
and the night by two dark circles as shewn in the annexed drawing.
The calendar may be a complete circle or part of a circle, as a horse shoe or
other suitable shape, provided it has the necessary space to make the required
movement.
There may be a rack and pinion to work the moveable plate or a projecting thumb
piece.
It may be combined with advertisements mirrors, clocks, inkstands, and other like
articles.
In some cases I propose to have both the plates made and fitted as described in my
above named specification but of glass or other like material simply to give it a
more artistic appearance.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I claim iş.
1 A Date calendar as hereinbefore described made of glass to make it more artistic
also to facilitate the reading the glass being a suitable material to make them large.
2 A Date calendar as hereinbefore described having the printed or written matter
on two plates, one moveable and the other fixed that on the underplate being seen
through the top plate.
The device employed to illustrate the day and night or in other words the sun
rise and sun set, this device does not apply exclusively to the glass calendar but may
be used with my previous patent.
4 A Date calendar of the above description having the months colored to indicate
the heat.
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