EP0196869B1 - Dispositif calendrier et son fonctionnement - Google Patents

Dispositif calendrier et son fonctionnement Download PDF

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EP0196869B1
EP0196869B1 EP86302232A EP86302232A EP0196869B1 EP 0196869 B1 EP0196869 B1 EP 0196869B1 EP 86302232 A EP86302232 A EP 86302232A EP 86302232 A EP86302232 A EP 86302232A EP 0196869 B1 EP0196869 B1 EP 0196869B1
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    • G09D3/00—Perpetual calendars
    • G09D3/04—Perpetual calendars wherein members bearing the indicia are movably mounted in the calendar
    • G09D3/06—Perpetual calendars wherein members bearing the indicia are movably mounted in the calendar with rotatable members
    • G09D3/08—Perpetual calendars wherein members bearing the indicia are movably mounted in the calendar with rotatable members of disc form

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  • This invention relates to calendar apparatus providing a method of calculating dates.
  • calculating dates as used in this specification it is intended to refer to the identification of the day of the week (Sunday Monday Tuesday etc.) corresponding to a given date in a chosen month and year.
  • FR 91348 (addition to FR 1,460,330) (Sergent) calendar apparatus comprising a turnable disc having a peripheral band of day names and internal columns of the year numbers of a century. Associated with this disc is a table containing monthly day numbers and a series of reference numbers. In addition, there is a separate chart whereby one can initially read off the relevant reference numeral forthe relevant month and century of the date in question.
  • This apparatus once mastered, may be relatively straightforward to use, but its mode of operation does not lend itselfto a logical sequence of operations.
  • the reference numeral for the date in question is identified by reference to the month and the century concerned-by no means a logical combination.
  • the rotatable disc scale has to contain a large amount of information in the form of numerical data and day names, which renders the apparatus somewhat complex to use.
  • calendar apparatus 10 comprises a main body 12 having arcuate cut-outs 14 and 16, and a further arcuate slot 18 for a purpose to be described.
  • a disc 20 shown in Figure 3 is mounted below main body 12 so as to be visible and actuatable through cut-outs 14, 16 and 18.
  • Disc 20 has apertures 22 for actuation purposes and is mounted for rotation about an axis 24 by means of a pivot pin or the like (not shown) extending through main body 12.
  • Main body 12 and disc 20 constitute scale members mounted so as to be position-adjustable relative to each other and having printed thereon data defining dates, namely years, months, day names and day numbers.
  • This data is printed in the form of scales whereby the day names can be set with respect to the day numbers for chosen dates within a range of several centuries.
  • year scales 28 comprising a century scale 30, a primary duodecade scale 32, a secondary duodecade scale 34 and a reference scale 36.
  • Century scale 30 is printed in arcuate form on disc 20 so as to be visible through slot 16 and comprises the numerals 0, 1, 2 and 3 suitably positioned and spaced by means of crosses.
  • Primary duodecade scale 32 is printed on main body 12 in the form of a generally linear row of numbers, namely 0, 20, 40, 60, and 80. These are suitably spaced by dashes and refer to the duodecades or periods of 20 years within any given century under calculation.
  • Secondary duodecade scale 34 is printed on main body 12 alongside primary duodecade scale 32.
  • Scale 34 includes the numbers from 0 to 19 within any chosen duodecade. These numbers being suitably positioned for the purpose of the method employed in the apparatus.
  • Reference scale 36 is printed on disc 20 in arcuate form and alongside scale 30 so as to be visible through arcuate slot 16.
  • Scale 36 comprises reference symbols in the form of letters of the alphabet arranged alongside the century-defining integers of scale 30.
  • a scale 38 of months In addition to the year scales 28, there are provided a scale 38 of months, a scale 40 of day names, and a scale 42 of day numbers.
  • Months scale 38 is printed on main body 12 at the left hand end thereof.
  • the months are arranged in three linear columns and suitably spaced for the purpose of the method. It will be noted that the months of January and February appear twice, once in normal display, and once with accentuation of the boxes in which they appear. These latter occurrences of the months of January and February correspond to leap years for use in the method employed in the apparatus, as described below.
  • Day name scale 40 is printed in arcuate form on one side of disc 20 so as to be visible through arcuate slot 14 in main body 12, as shown in Figures 1 and 2.
  • Day number scale 42 is printed on main body 12 at the right hand end thereof to co-operate with the day name scale by means of the printed lines linking the two.
  • the apparatus is employed as follows. All that is required is to set movable disc 20 to a first or reference position, and then to move it onwards to a final or date position.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show the use of the apparatus in calculating the name of the day of the week corresponding to a well known date in the past.
  • Sunday June 25,1916 was the Sunday preceding the start of the combined British and French offensive known as the Battle of the Somme on the following Saturday, July 1st. 1916.
  • the calculation of the name of the day of the week corresponding to 25th. June 1916 (if it were not known) is shown in Figures 1 and 2.
  • the first step in this process is to set disc 20 to its first or reference position by setting the century scale 30.
  • To set the century scale one first performs a simple calculation to identify the relevant century on scale 30. To do this, one takes the two digits of the century (19 in this case) and divides them by the number 4, leaving the remainder 3 in this case. The number 3 (corresponding to this remainder) on century scale 30 thus designates the relevant century (for the date 1916) and is then used for setting the first position of disc 20.
  • This first position of disc 20 is obtained by setting numeral 3 in century scale 30 against the primary duodecade scale 32.
  • duodecade scale 32 The position on duodecade scale 32 against which numeral 3 should be set is determined by the duodecade concerned.
  • the relevant numeral in century scale 30 (which is "3" for the twentieth century) is set against the numeral in duodecade scale 32 corresponding to the start of the duodecade concerned.
  • the numeral 3 in scale 30 has been set against the figure 0 in scale 32, because the duodecade containing the year 1916 (from 1900 to 1920) starts at 0. This isthe first or reference position of disc 20.
  • disc 20 is moved onwards to its final or date position. This is done by setting a reference symbol corresponding to the year in question on scale 36 of disc 20 (and identified by means of the disc's first position, as described above) against the month in question on month scale 38 on main body 12.
  • the remainder obtained by subtracting the duodecade start number (in this case 1900) from the full number of the year concerned (in this case 1916) is obtained, and in this case is 16.
  • the position of the numeral 16 in the secondary duodecade scale 34 is then used to identify a reference symbol opposite it in reference scale 36.
  • the reference symbol concerned is the letter "E”. This symbol corresponds to the year 1916 and now merely needs to be set against the relevant month, namely June, to produce the final or date position of disc 20.
  • disc 20 is rotated (by means of apertures 22 using slot 18 and a pointed instrument such as a pencil), until reference symbol E is opposite the relevant month (June in this case).
  • This position is shown in Figure 1.
  • month scale 38 the actual position of the months could be changed in the lateral direction.
  • the duplicated months January and February as highlighted in this scale are employed in leap years, that is when the year number is divisible by four.
  • the method of calculation underlying the embodiment described above may be suitable to be programmed into a digital calculator and it is intended that a claim to calculating apparatus so programmed may be included in this application in due course.

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1. Dispositif de calendrier comprenant un premier et un deuxième éléments d'échelle (12, 20) montés de sorte qu'on peut régler leur position l'un par rapport à l'autre, lesdits éléments d'échelle portant au moins une échelle pour chacun des types de données ci-après qui définissent des dates, à savoir les années (28), les mois (38), les noms de jours de la semaine (40), les quantièmes des jours du mois (42), lesdites échelles permettant de déterminer les noms des jours par rapport aux quantièmes pour des dates choisies dans une plage d'années, lesdites échelles (28, 38, 40, 42) étant disposées par rapport auxdits éléments d'échelle (12, 20) de sorte qu'on peut déterminer lesdits noms de jour se rapportant auxdits quantièmes au moyen d'une série de repères ou de symboles (36) prévus sur un premier (20) desdits éléments d'échelle, avec référence à l'année de la date considérée, et par utilisation d'un desdits symboles ou repères (36) pour déterminer une position finale ou de date desdits éléments d'échelle, avec référence au moins de la date considérée; caractérisé en ce que
lesdites échelles (28, 38, 40, 42) comprennent une échelle des mois (38) en sept parties située sur l'autre (12) desdits éléments d'échelle, dans laquelle les mois sont agencés en sept groupes, et une échelle des quantièmes (42) dans laquelle les quantièmes sont également agencés en sept groupes et également située sur l'autre desdits éléments d'échelle, de sorte que ledit symbole identifié parmi lesdits symboles ou repères (36) peut être aligné avec un desdits groupes de mois par déplacement desdits éléments d'échelle (12, 20) l'un par rapport à l'autre, ce qui positionne une échelle (40) desdits noms de jour, également placée sur ledit premier (20) desdits éléments d'échelle, par rapport auxdits quantièmes (42).
2. Dispositif suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdits mois sont agencés sur ladite échelle des mois (38) en groupes d'un, deux et trois mois, à savoir deux groupes de trois mois, trois groupes de deux mois et deux groupes d'un mois, les mois de Janvier et Février apparaissant chacun dans deux groupes différents pour tenir compte des années bissextiles.
3. Dispositif de calendrier suivant la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que lesdits sept groupes de mois (38) sont disposés en face desdits sept groupes de quantièmes (42) situés sur ledit autre (12) desdits éléments d'échelle, lesdits groupes étant mutuellement alignés.
4. Dispositif de calendrier suivant la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que ledit premier (20) desdits éléments d'échelle est prévu sous la forme d'une échelle tournante portant lesdits repères d'année identifiables (A à G), ou lesdits symboles, qui peuvent être alignés avec lesdits groupes de mois, et les nombs de jours de la semaine (40) qui peuvent de même être alignés avec lesdits quantièmes.
5. Dispositif de calendrier suivant la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que lesdits deux groupes de trois mois comprennent Février, Mars et Novembre dans un groupe et Janvier, Avril, et Juillet dans l'autre groupe, lesdits trois groupes de deux mois comprenant Janvier et Octobre dans un grope, Février et Août dans un autre groupe, et Décembre et Septembre dans le troisième groupe, et lesdits deux groupes d'un mois comprenant Mai dans un groupe et Juin dans l'autre groupe.
6. Dispositif de calendrier suivant l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ladite position sur ledit premier (20) desdits éléments d'échelle est identifiée par référence à une échelle des années sur ledit autre desdits éléments d'échelle sous la forme d'une échelle principale de doubles décennies (32) identifiant des périodes de 20 ans à l'intérieur d'un siècle, en combinaison avec une échelle des années sous la forme d'une échelle secondaire de double décennie (34) identifiant les années individuelles à l'intérieur d'une période de 20 ans.
7. Dispositif de calendrier suivant la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que ladite échelle des années comprend une échelle des siècles.
8. Dispositif de calendrier suivant la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que ladite échelle des siècles sert à identifier les siècles au moyen du reste lorsque les deux premiers chiffres du siècle sont divisés par quatre.
9. Dispositif de calendrier suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 8, caractérisé en ce que ladite échelle des années (32, 34) est située centralement sur ledit autre (12) desdits éléments d'échelle, entre ladite échelle des mois (38) et ladite échelle (42) des quantièmes.
10. Dispositif de calendrier suivant l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ledit autre élément d'échelle (12) est un corps principal relativement fixe du dispositif, et ledit premier élément d'échelle (20) est monté de façon tournante sur ce corps principal.
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