An Improved Date Calendar and Advertising Medium.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Feb., 1891-Accepted, 21st Mar., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Date Calendar and Advertising Medium.
I, JAMES SPELLER, trading as James Speller and Co., of 4 and 12,
Charterhouse Buildings, London, E.C., Manufacturing Stationers, 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved date calendar and advertising medium, and
consists, mainly, in the manner of attaching the block which form the calendar to
the card, or base-board, on which may be printed, indented, or embossed the
permanent advertising matter or design.
My invention pertains to those kind of calendars known as "block calendars "and
consists of a number of bills, or labels, (usually three hundred and sixty five) placed
together in consecutive order, each one referring to, and indicating one day in the
year, from January the first, until December the thirty-first of the current year.
These when placed in proper order are held together by means of paper, or the like,
pasted, gummed, or glued around, or partly around the edges of said labels, and so
form a paper block, the first indicating the first day of the year, and when this day
has expired, the first label may be torn off, and the next in order indicates the
second day of the year, and so on until the year has expired and said block
exhausted. The block thus formed is usually fastened by glue, or the like, to a back
board embellished with some fancy design or advertisement, and this, when the last
label, at the last day of the year, is removed, becomes useless, by reason of its
unsightly appearance, occasioned by the back of the block being left thereon and
immovable, although said back or base board may otherwise be in as good condition
as on the first day of the year.
Date blocks constructed in the manner described are not novel, and except in
combination with my improvements, form no part of my said invention, the object
of my present invention being, the manner of mounting said date blocks upon the
base, or back boards, in such a way as to be removed at will, and this enables me to
provide better, and more elaborately designed and finished base boards worthy of
being preserved for several years, and capable of receiving a fresh and new date
block annually, without the use of glutinous substances for attaching said blocks
thereto.
In order that my invention and the manner of performing the same may be better
and more clearly understood I have appended the accompanying sheet of drawings,
in which,
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of part of a base-board with the date block affixed
thereto by the means forming the subject of my invention.
Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1 but with the date block removed, to further
illustrate the manner of attaching and detaching said block thereto and therefrom.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a date block removed from Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a back view of part of a base board as at Fig. 2 shewing the manner in
which the metallic clips that support the block are fastened thereto.
Fig. 5 is a front view of one of the clips before being attached to Fig. 2.
Fig. 6 is a vertical section of part of said base board illustrating the manner in
which the ends of the clips are passed therethrough.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide a back, or base-board A. of card-
board, wood, metal, or any suitable material, or substance, and fashioned in any
approved manner, either circular, rectangular, elliptical, polygonal, or any combina-
tion of such forms as may be desired, and upon this I print, indent, emboss, or
lithograph any design, view, or advertisement that may be required, and glazed, or
varnished, or glossed by pressure, as may be best suited to the material employed.

page_text: Through the substance of said board A. I make six or more punctures in pairs, each
pair being of such a distance apart that when the clips a Fig. 5, are bent at, or
about the dotted lines shewn thereon, the ends of one of said clips may pass through
each of the pairs of punctures, until the ends of a, protrude as far as possible at the
back of A. The ends of a are then flattened against the back of A, one end over-
lapping the other, as shewn by the sectional view Fig. 6, and the back view Fig. 4,
and by this means a is held firmly upon A and forming a slot upon the front surface
of A. as at Fig. 2. The position of said clips a upon A are preferably, but not
imperatively, as shewn at Figs. 2 and 4, the two upper clips being vertical and the
lower one horizontal relatively to each other.
The date box B previously described is glued or otherwise fastened by its back
to a thin board, or card C, the area of which is somewhat larger than that of B,
and exactly corresponding to the space left between the clips a upon the front of A,
and into these C may now be slid, and is then in position ready for use as at Fig. 1
suitable holes, or hooks having been previously provided upon A for the purpose of
hanging the same, or an adjustable leg may be attached to the back of A to enable
the same to be stood upon a desk or table if desired.
At the expiration of the year for which the calendar block B is arranged, C may
be removed from A, and a fresh block B for the new year placed therein as before,
and the whole continued in use for another year, and so on, for the entire life of A,
and this being glossed, glazed, or varnished as before mentioned, may be washed
and renewed from time, to time, and its life prolonged, so that the advertise-
ment or other design thereon may serve its purpose for a much longer period as
compared with such calendars hitherto made and used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
In an improved date calendar and advertising medium, the construction and use
of a base-board A, to which is affixed three or more metallic clips a in the manner
described, in combination with a date block B, to which is attached a board C,
the method of arranging the clips a upon A to receive C for the annual renewal
of B substantially as herein set forth and shewn by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 7th day of February 1891
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
4, Moorfields, Fore Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.