A New or Improved Registering Apparatus for Recording Appointments and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Aug., 1897-Accepted, 18th Dec., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Registering Apparatus for Recording
Appointments and the like.
I, ALEXANDER PRIOR, Commercial Traveller, of Verdon Hotel, Dublin, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention relates to a device to be employed for the purpose of recording
appointments, times for trains to be caught, and the like, and its object is to pro-
vide an article of this kind which can be carried easily in the pocket or on a
watch chain.
The arrangement I propose to employ is somewhat similar in appearance to a
watch consisting of a case provided with a dial or dials on which the times are
registered. One of the dials is divided up into the 12 hours preferably within
a circle of small dimensions and outside of this inner circle a set of indicators is
provided indicating minutes. The dial may be formed with a number of openings
or holes immediately outside each hour and behind these openings discs or tapes
may be placed on which the minutes are marked or divisions representing a
quarter of an hour or other intervals of time. These indicators are worked from
the outside by a small pin or pointer which will indicate not only the hour at
which the appointment is made, but by the figures behind the openings the minute
or division of the hour. Two of such sets of openings or indicators be
employed one outside the other, thus indicating when two appointments are
made within the same hour. The pin or pointer when pulled out or otherwise
moved serves by its position to indicate the time of appointment after the minute
indicator has been put right.
may
Instead of minute indicators of the kind mentioned the disc may be formed
with one or two channels within which small blocks are placed carried by the
indicating pin. These blocks may be coloured differently on each side indicating
intervals of a quarter of an hour so that if for instance blue be turned into visible
position a quarter past the hour may be shown and so on.
This arrangement of indicator can also be placed behind openings such as those
above described.
According to a slightly modified arrangement, a disc is employed behind each
recess which is turned by means of a separate key and the indicating pin is
furnished with a small shutter which can be pushed over the disc concealing the
figures and showing that no appointment is made for that hour. The other side
of the device may be furnished with another dial, or may be provided with a dial
inside covered by a plate, this dial having the days of the week marked upon it
and upon the same dial or upon a second plate the days or twelve months, these
dials serving to indicate appointments at a distant date.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Fig 1 is a front view of my improved

page_text: device constructed according to one arrangement, Fig 2 is a detail view, Figs 3
and 4 are modifications.
According to the arrangement shown in Fig 1, the front plate is provided at
the middle with the dial A having the hours marked upon it, The disc is further
divided into the two concentric parts B and B placed outside the hour dial
and in these parts the openings b are formed in line with the hours. Behind these
openings the tapes C are placed carried on the rollers and c¹ shown in detail
view in Fig 2. Passing through the rollers c is the pin D this pin serving to turn
the roller and passing through the case E. This pin while it is connected to the
roller so as to turn it is adapted to slide in or out, and when pulled out into
the position shown at the top of Fig 1,, it indicates that an appointment is made
for the hour opposite which it is. The tapes C are turned round to show the
minutes in the hours. According to the arrangement I prefer, every 5 minutes
is marked on the tapes.. The inner tapes indicate a second appointment in the hour,
but can be turned round to zero if no second appointment is made. The second
tape is turned by the second. pin. D which is not adapted to slide out serving
merely to turn the roller c. The pin D is provided with a small projection at
its side which serves to retain it in closed position on turning the pin, the spring H
holding it extended
As shown in Fig 3 instead of the tapes and openings in the dial, the channels E
and E are formed within which are placed the small blocks F and F¹. These
are differently coloured on each side so as to give four colours each representing
a quarter of an hour. The pin 1) is drawn out to indicate the time of the appoint-
ment, and the blocks may be carried by the said pin or by separate pins and
turned by hand. They may also be placed behind the opening b, instead of in
the grooves, the arrangement being otherwise similar. The same arrangement as
described in connection with D is employed to retain D3 in extended and closed
positions.
As shown in Fig 4 the disc is provided with openings b, but in place of the
tapes small dials G are employed, which may be turned separately by
These dials are divided into quarters of an hour or other suitable division, and
a key.
the one turned to the top indicates the proper time. The pin D³ is provided
with the small shutter which when no appointment is made partly conceals
the small dial, being withdrawn so as to expose the dial when the appointment
is for that hour. The pin or pointer may also be arranged to be depressed to a
greater or less extent so as to conceal or expose marks upon the dial indicating
the time.
As applied to the inner dial for indicating the days of the week and months,
the arrangement is somewhat similar although simpler, the pointers acting in the
same way to indicate when a distant appointment is made, serving simply as a
reminder to draw the attention of the owner to the date, without of course giving
the exact time.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.
(1) An improved registering device for recording appointments and the like,
consisting of a dial plate having the hours marked upon it, dials or indicators
belonging to each hour showing the minutes or quarters of an hour, and pointers
indicating the time of appointment, substantially as and for the purposes specified.
(2) An improved Registering apparatus for recording appointments and the
like, consisting of a dial plate having the hours marked upon it, subordinate
indicators in connection with each hour on the dial, and pointers connected to
each hour showing the time of appointment, substantially as and for the purposes
specified.
(3) In an improved Registering apparatus for recording appointments and the
like, the combination with a dial plate having the hours marked at the centre, of

page_text: openings round the plate, one or more to each hour, indicators placed behind the
said openings showing the minutes or quarters of an hour, and pointers or pins
operating the indicators and showing the times of appointment, substantially as
described and for the purposes specified.
(4) In an improved Registering apparatus for recording appointments and the
like, the combination with a dial plate having the hours marked upon it and
openings around the said plate opposite each hour, of bands or tapes behind the
said openings having minutes marked upon them, rollers carrying the said tapes
and pointers or pins operating the tapes and indicating the times of appointment,
substantially as described and shown in Figs 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings,
and for the purposes specified.
(5) The improved registering apparatus for recording appointments and the
like, having a dial plate with the hours marked upon it, grooves in the said plate,
reversible blocks in the said grooves indicating the quarters of an hour, and pins
or pointers showing the times of appointment, substantially as described and
shown in Fig 3 of the drawings, and for the purposes specified.
(6) The improved Registering apparatus for recording appointments and the
like, consisting of a dial plate having the hours marked upon it, openings round
the said plate and opposite each hour, discs or indicators behind the said opening,
and pointers showing the times of appointment, substantially as described and
shown in Fig 5 and for the purposes specified.
(7) The improved registering apparatus for recording appointments and the
like, consisting of an hour dial, indicators showing the parts of the hour, pointers
connected with the hours showing the times of appointment, and inner dials of
similar construction carried by the case showing the days of the week and months,
substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
1007
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane London. Agent for the Applicant.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane London. Agent for the Applicant.