BG109519A - Calendar - Google Patents

Abstract

The calendar may be used as an information panel for business, company or other information. It represents an information board, a calendar in particular, with automatic updating without human intervention. The calendar consists of an information carrier, a calendar sheet (2) in this particular case, with the months, weeks and days in the respective year arranged in zones and rows. The calendar sheet (2) is fastened to a box (1) with a possibility to move, and a directing band (3) with indicating windows (4) is provided thereon. In the top and bottom ends of the box (1) means (5) are provided for attaching and moving the sheet (2) in a vertical direction, while the directing band (3) is endless and is mounted on means (12) providing a possibility for cross movement of the band (3). The indicating windows are arranged at an equal distance from each other and in rows along the height of the band (3), corresponding to the rows of the weeks in the months arranged on the calendar sheet (2). On the calendar sheet (2) and on the directing bands (3), markers are provided that determine respectively the vertical movement of the sheet (2) and the cross movement of the band (3), while to the box (1) sensors (22) are attached, which are connected to a control unit (18) with a clock (19) comprised in the means (5) and (12) for moving of the calendar sheet ((2) and the directing band (3) respectively.

Description

CALENDAR

Technical field

The present invention relates to a calendar for presenting information in a sequential order for the current date of the year along with other astronomical, historical and other information and data. The invention can also be used as a dashboard in a wide variety of fields of human activity to present different types of information, in particular financial, business, company, advertising and other properly organized information and data.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

From the prior art EP 0 232 804 B1, published April 1, 1992, a wall calendar, specifically a quarterly calendar, is known with a series of calendar sheets attached to the base - a back and a guide bar made of transparent material, which covers at least one calendar sheet in the area of one month (monthly sheet). The cursor bar in the current month area is highlighted throughout the entire line in one week (weekly line), with a cursor window that is removable and can be manually updated for the current date. For a quarterly calendar, the current month is in the middle and is colored differently from the upper area of the previous month and the lower area of the next month, which are equally colored. In different variants of the изпълнение calendar, the index transparent band and the area of the weekly line or for specific days of the week can be colored in different colors and made of different colored materials. Differently colored areas of the known calendar make it easy to update, but it requires the daily intervention of a person.

From publication in the Official Bulletin of the Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria no. 5/2004, page 27, BG 107244 is a well known and walled business calendar. The known calendar includes an information medium, a multilayered calendar connected via a spiral element to a base - back. The calendar includes a set of sheets, each containing information for three consecutive months, arranged in three zones - upper, middle and lower, in each zone the weeks are arranged in rows. To commemorate the current day, there is a signposted transparent bar with a signpost that is attached via an elastic element that allows you to manually navigate and update. On the two opposite vertical edges of the back of the calendar, stepwise strips are formed in the region of the middle zone, with the transitions of one strip oriented upwards and of the other strip downwards. Levels are formed between the step strips, on which the transparent index bar with the index window fits snugly, so that the strip lies on the ascents and its width is equal to the width of one of the levels. The formed levels of the strip are inclined at an angle in the range of 10 to 25. The well-known business calendar secures the transparent bar with the index window and prevents the bar from moving freely. On the other hand, updating the well-known business calendar requires the daily intervention of a person.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In accordance with the invention, the information board, in particular a calendar, aims to provide users with automatic, sequential information about the current month and day of the year in question, along with various other astronomical information, holidays, anniversaries, historical dates, etc., providing easy daily maintenance and updating without human intervention.

The calendar shall consist of a data medium, in particular data on the months, weeks and days of the year in question. The information is arranged in zones for the months and in rows for the days in the weeks by the respective month. The storage medium is mounted on a base in which a carrier is provided on the carrier with a pointer indicating the current day of the current month.

According to the invention, the data carrier is a calendar canvas, on which the data for all months, weeks and days in the respective year are plotted. The base to which the calendar canvas is mounted is shaped like a box, the canvas is mounted in the box so that the visible part of the canvas contains information for at least the current month, and in the usual case the visible information is for three months. The calendar canvas is mounted in the box by means of fastening and moving means that allow the movement of the canvas towards the base.

In accordance with the invention, the calendar index bar is endless and mounted on a means that enables the bar to move around the calendar canvas. Along the index bar, more than one index window is arranged, spaced equally apart and in rows along the height of the strip, corresponding to the rows of weeks in months on the calendar canvas.

Markers are provided on the calendar canvas and on the index bar with index windows to determine the vertical movement of the canvas and the transverse movement of the tape, respectively. According to the markers, sensors fixed to the box are provided. The sensors are connected to a control unit with a clock that is connected and respectively sends a signal to switch the means of movement on and off respectively on the calendar canvas and on the index bar with pointing windows.

According to one embodiment, the calendar canvas is mounted on top and bottom drums located at the top and bottom of the box, respectively. One drum is driven by an engine through a belt drive and provides vertical movement of the calendar canvas towards the box, with upper and lower guides provided for maintaining the vertical position of the calendar canvas.

The endless index bar is mounted on actuating and guiding drums, located and secured to the box so that the index bar is located on the calendar canvas, completely covering the area of the current month. The drive drum is connected by a belt drive to an engine to provide transverse movement of the index bar with the index windows relative to the calendar canvas.

The bookmarks on the index bar are located along its length in groups that match the rows in which the days of the weeks are placed on the calendar, and the tags correspond to the days at the end of the months. On the calendar canvas for each month, the tags are day and month sync and end of month tags, respectively.

The sensors provided to the box are respectively day and month sync sensors, month shift sensors when the first month of the next month is in the fifth week of the current month, and month shift sensors when the first month of the next month is in the sixth week on the current or Monday after the fifth week.

According to one particular embodiment, the markers provided on the calendar canvas and on the index bar are openings. The openings on the calendar canvas and the index bar are located in the area and along the upper and lower edges of the index bar, respectively. According to a specific embodiment, the sensors are contacts and are mounted on the box to holders transversely in the box along the index bar, wherein the day and month synchronization contact is positioned on the upper holder coincident with the location of the upper edge of the index bar, and end-of-month contacts are located at the bottom bracket that matches the bottom end of the index bar.

The calendar according to the invention has the following advantages:

- the daily updating of the calendar is carried out automatically, without human intervention, as the provided markers and sensors connected to the clock control unit signal the intended means of movement and the calendar canvas with the endless index bar moves around the clock, that the relevant index window shows the current day, week, and month of the year;

- the calendar is housed in a box that is compact, lightweight and easily portable, making the items easily accessible and replaceable;

- the calendar can be reused, given that the calendar canvas is movable and replaceable, and a new canvas can be fitted each year with information for the new year arranged in an appropriate manner.

The present invention can also be used as an O dashboard to provide financial and business information, as well as corporate, advertising or other information and data for the relevant period.

Description of the attached figures

FIG. 1 shows a basic view of a calendar according to the present invention with a data carrier - a calendar canvas divided into three zones respectively for three consecutive months from 2006;

u FIG. 2 shows the calendar of FIG. 1, with a partial view of the zones of the calendar canvas;

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section AA of the calendar of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view through B - B of the calendar of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a partial sectional view along the C-C of the calendar of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 depicts, in an expanded form, a transverse transparent transparent strip with an exemplary arrangement of the index windows to mark the respective day of the month and year and the corresponding markers - openings for accomplishing the movement of the tape;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an engine control unit for moving the calendar canvas and the index bar with the contacts signaling to change the days and months of the calendar according to the invention;

FIG. 8, 9 and 10 are exemplary views of the pointer layout when changing the day and month for the months of May and June 2006 and changing the location of the markers and sensors according to the present invention.

An exemplary embodiment of the invention with

The calendar according to the present invention is shown in Figure 1, which shows the front of information for the three months of April, May and June 2006. The calendar consists of a base in the form of a box 1 to which the month and month information carrier is mounted. the days in the respective year, which is a vertical calendar 2. The information on calendar 2 is arranged in the usual way for annual calendars, namely in monthly zones, with the days in a month arranged in rows by weeks. The calendar u on the visible part of lane 2 has information on days and weeks at least for the current month, and in this case three months are shown in three zones, with the current month being in the middle, as shown in fig.

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The information on Calendar 2 can also contain other data and information, such as holidays, astronomical data, business information for the day or period, etc.

In FIG. 2 is an image of the same calendar of FIG. 1 according to the invention, but with a partial view of the calendar canvas 2 to show the other elements.

As shown in FIG. 1 and 2, the calendar canvas 2 is located in the box 1, completely filling the front part and covered along its perimeter by the side walls of the box 1. The transversal index strip 3 is provided on the information calendar canvas 2, which is made of transparent material, with a width equal to one month's information covering the rows of days and weeks of the current month. The transversal index bar 3 provides indicator windows 4 (Fig. 6), which, depending on their location, indicate the current current day of the respective week of the month or relevant business information

The information calendar web 2 is movably mounted by means of fastening and vertical movement 5, in particular the web 2 being wound at both ends on top and bottom drums 6, mounted respectively at the upper and lower ends of the box 1 shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3. In the particular embodiment, the upper drum 6 is driven by an engine 7 through washers 8 and a belt 9. When the drum 6 is moved, the calendar canvas 2 is moved vertically in 1 month increments. At both ends of box 1, upper 10 and lower 11 guides are provided to support and secure the vertical position of the calendar canvas 2. As explained above in the particular embodiment, there is information on the visible upper part of the vertical band 2 about three consecutive months of the year, organized in the traditional way, with the information for the current month being in the middle part and when the vertical movement of the lane 2 changes the current month.

The index bar 3 is located on the middle area of the calendar canvas 2, in which the area for the current month is located and can be colored appropriately to highlight the current information. The tape 3 is endless and is mounted in the box 1 by means 12 for maintenance and movement. In particular, the means 12 include a drive drum 13 and guide drums 14, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4. The drum 13 is driven by an engine 15 through washers 16 and a belt 17. On the guide bar 3 shown in the expanded form of FIG. 6, five pointers 4 are arranged equally spaced along the strip 3 and in height to correspond to the respective rows in which the weeks of the current month are formed.

© The movement of the calendar canvas 1 and the transverse index bar 3 can be accomplished by one common engine 7, by selecting suitable conventional means, such as means (not shown in the figures), for rotating in different directions and accordingly moving the calendar canvas 1 or tape 3.

In the exemplary embodiment, the movement of the calendar canvas 2 and the movement of the index bar 3 is carried out by the engines 7 and 15, respectively, which, as shown in FIG. 7 are connected to a control unit 18 with an electronic clock 19. The control unit is powered by a battery 20 and is reset by a button switch (not shown in the figure).

Markers 21 and sensors 22 are provided for performing and synchronizing the movement of the calendar canvas 2 and the index bar 3. The markers 21, which in the specific embodiment of the calendar are shaped as openings, are provided respectively to the calendar canvas 2 and the index lane 3. The sensors 22, which in the specific embodiment are in the form of contacts, are connected to the control unit 18, as shown in FIG. 7, and are respectively:

contact 23 for day and month synchronization;

contacts 24 (first, third, fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth), to change the month when the first of the following month is in the fifth week of the current month; and contacts 25 (second, fourth, sixth) to change the month when the first of the following month is in the sixth week of the current or on the Monday following the fifth week.

The contacts 23, 24 and 25 are mounted on the upper and lower supports 26 shown in FIG. 5, arranged transversely in box 1 along the index bar 3. At the top right, under © index bar 3, there is a day and month synchronization contact 23, and contacts 24 and 25 are spaced a certain distance from the index windows. , at the bottom end along the index bar 3.

The markers in the form of holes 21 on the index bar

3, respectively, are located along the upper and lower edges of the strip 3. In the case of the particular embodiment at the upper end, along the length of the index bar 3, holes 27 are spaced equally spaced in groups of seven openings, respectively. the days of the relevant week u and the relevant index window 4. At the lower end of the index bar 3, additional openings 28 for the end and change of the month are provided to the indicative windows 4 corresponding to the first and fifth weeks of the month.

On calendar 2, for each month, in the field corresponding to the last day of the week, there is an opening 29 for synchronization by month and day and an opening 30 indicating the end of the respective month.

Application

The calendar according to the invention is adapted for reuse, since the calendar canvas 2 with month information is interchangeable and for the respective year can be made and loaded in the box 1. Loading is done as canvas 2 with the information for the respective year is attached to the drums 6 in the box 1 so that the index bar 3 is on the calendar canvas 2 and the clock 19 is reset. The supply battery 20 to the control unit 18 is also replaceable.

© As you know, there is no correlation between the days of the week and the dates of a month. The days of the month may be a minimum of four and a maximum of six different weeks. For example, when February is 28 days and the first is Monday, the days of the month take exactly four weeks - this is the minimum possible. When February is 28 days and the first day is not Monday, the days of the month are five weeks. When February is 29 days, the days of the month are five different weeks.

When a month is 30 days and the first number is in the days from Monday to Saturday inclusive, the days of the month again participate in five different weeks. When a month is 31 days and the first day is Monday through Friday inclusive, the days of the month are in five different weeks. When a month is 30 days and the first day is Sunday, the days of the month take six different weeks. When a month is 31 days and the first day is a Saturday or Sunday, the days of the month participate in six different weeks.

One common way to schedule your calendar pages is to place the dates in five rows, one for each week. This method is also accepted in the exemplary embodiment shown. In the rarer cases, when the dates are included in six weeks, the dates from the sixth week are again placed in the first line. In the extreme case, these are the dates 30 and 31, coinciding with the days of Monday and Tuesday of the sixth week.

It is clear from the foregoing that the first day of the month following the current one may be either in the fifth or in the sixth week of the current month. Specifically, the next month may start on Monday through Sunday in the fifth week (seven options on the last line of the calendar page), or on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday of the sixth week (three O options on the first line of the page on the calendar page). calendar). This also determines the number of sensors 22 in the particular embodiment of contacts 23, 24 and 25, which are a total of ten and from which month change information is obtained through the provided markers 21 on the calendar canvas 2 and the index bar 3.

Work algorithm

Every day at midnight, the clock 19 switches on the engine 15 to move the horizontal transparent index bar 3 and it moves from left to right until the next marker hole 27 at the top of the band 3 coincides with the synchronization socket 0 by day and month, which located at the top and right of the box for the current month. After moving the horizontal index bar 3 in one position, one of the following options is possible:

the pointing window 4 on the bar 3 indicating the relevant date should be in the order corresponding to the second, third or fourth week of the month at which the process for the current day ends;

the pointer 4 on the bar 3 indicating the relevant date should be in the line corresponding to the fifth week of the month or in the line corresponding to the sixth week (which is actually the first line of the calendar page) and none of the bookmarks open 28 , at the lower end of the transparent horizontal index bar 3 does not coincide with the end-of-month marker 30 of the vertical calendar lane 2, at which point the process for the current day ends;

the index window 4 on the bar 3 indicating the relevant date is on the first line; wherein the marker hole 28 of the horizontal index bar 3 coincides with the marker - hole 30 at the end of the month on the vertical calendar canvas 2 and activates one of the three contacts 25 - the second, fourth or C sixth contact at the lower edge of the field (countable from left to right) ). In this case, the motor 7 for movement of the vertical calendar canvas 2 is switched on and it moves from the bottom up in one step until the next marker - hole 30 at the right end of the vertical calendar canvas 2 coincides with the contact 23 for synchronization by days and months (there is top and right of field). This completes the process for the current day;

the index window 4 on the bar 3 indicating the corresponding date is on the last fifth line, the opening 28 of the horizontal index bar 3 coincides with the opening 30 for the end of the month on the vertical calendar canvas 2 and one of the contacts 24 - the first, the third is activated. , fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth or tenth contact, at the bottom of the field. In this case, the motor 7 for movement of the vertical calendar canvas 2 is switched on, and it moves from the bottom up in one step, until the next marker - hole 29 at the right end of the vertical calendar canvas 2 coincides with the contact 23 for synchronization by days and months (located top and right of field). Once this movement is complete, the motor 15 for the horizontal guide bar 3, which moves to the right by seven positions, is switched on again. With this move, ~ · Day 4 window of the month occupies one of the positions in the first row of the current month. This completes the process for the current day.

In FIG. 8, 9 and 10 illustrate the movement of the index bar 3 and the calendar canvas 2 at the end of May and the transition to June 2006. 8 is the transition from 30 to 31 May 2006, with coincidence of the markers 27 and 29 respectively on the index bar 3 and the calendar canvas 2 with the contact 23 for synchronization by day and month, as well as the marker 30 on the © lane 2 and contact 24 at end of month in the fifth week, but there is no match of marker 28 on the index bar 3. After matching of tags 28 and 30 at the end of month respectively on the tape 3 and on the calendar canvas 2 with contact 24 shown on FIG. 9, a signal for vertical movement of lane 2 and a corresponding transition to June 2006, shown in FIG. 10.

The location and type of tags 21 on lane 2 and on the index bar 3, as well as the location and type of sensors 22, may differ from the above depending on how the lane 2 is organized and the type of information presented, such as financial data, business information, advertising, business information, and more. The main elements of the present invention - information canvas and index bar, suitably mounted so that they are automatically moved by a provided set of markers and sensors connected to a control unit, determine the main advantages of the invention - the information is updated without external intervention and provide a wide range of applications.

Claims (7)

Patent Claims 1. A calendar comprising a bearer of months, weeks and days of the year, arranged in zones and rows, the bearer being mounted to a base and on which the bearer is provided with a signpost with a pointer for the current day, characterized in that the bearer of information is a calendar canvas 2 mounted with the possibility of moving towards the base, which is shaped like a box 1, so that on the visible part of the canvas 2 there is information for at least the current month, with the upper and lower ends of the box 1 being providedmeans 5 for securing and moving the web 2 relative to the box 1, and the index bar 3 is endless and mounted on means 12 that allow the tape 3 to move relative to the web 2, with more than one formed along the index strip 3 pointers 4 arranged at an equal distance from each other and in rows along the height of the strip 3, corresponding to the rows of weeks in the months, located on the calendar canvas 2, wherein on the calendar canvas 2 and on the index bar 3 are provided the markers 21, which determine respectively the movement of the lane 2 and the movement of the lane 3, and to the box 1 are mounted sensors 22 connected to a control unit 18 with a clock 19 connected in turn to a circuit for switching on and off the means of movement 5 and 12 respectively on Calendar 2 and on the index bar 3. A calendar according to claim 1, characterized in that the means 5 for securing and moving the calendar canvas 2 include at least upper and lower drums 6 mounted respectively in the upper and lower parts of the box 1, wherein the upper drum 6 is connected via washers 8 and belt 9 to the motor 7 to provide vertical movement of the calendar canvas 2 relative to the box 1, and upper 10 and lower 11 guides are provided to maintain the vertical position of the calendar canvas 2, respectively. 3. Calendar according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the means 12 for moving the endless guide strip 3 include a drive drum 13 and guide drums 14 arranged and secured to the box 1 so that the index bar 3 is located on the calendar canvas 2 and completely cover the area of the current month, in which the drum 13 is connected via a belt 17 and washers 16 to the engine 15 to provide a transverse movement of the index strip 3 with the index windows 4 relative to the calendar canvas 2. A calendar according to any one of claims 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the markers 21 on the index bar 3 are at least markers 27 along the strip 3 in groups corresponding to the rows in which they are the days of the week on calendar lane 1 and bookmarks 28, located on lane 3 and corresponding to the days at the end of months, and calendar 29, for each day and month, and day and month synchronization and tags 30 for end of the month in question. 5. Calendar according to claim 4, characterized in that the markers 21 provided on the calendar canvas 2 and on the index bar 3 are openings, the openings markers 27 and 28 being respectively located at the upper and lower edges of the index bar respectively. 3, and openings 29 and 30 on calendar canvas 2 are provided for the respective month, transversely along the line of the top and bottom edges of the index bar 3. A calendar according to any of the preceding claims 1,2, 3, 4 and 5, characterized in that the sensors 22 are respectively day and month synchronization sensor 23, month shift sensors 24 when the first number of the next month is in the fifth week of the current month and the sensors are 25 to change the month when the first day of the next month is in the sixth week of the current or on the Monday after the fifth week. 7. Calendar according to claim 6, characterized in that the sensors 22 are contacts and are mounted on the box 1 to holders 26 transversely in the box 1, along the index bar 3, wherein the contact 23 is synchronized by day and month is located to the upper holder 26 coinciding with the upper end of the index bar 3, and contacts 24 and 25 are located to the lower holder 26 coinciding with the lower end of the index bar 3.