US1296304A - Calendar-stand. - Google Patents

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3. MARX. CALENDAR STAND. APPLICATION FILED m1. 3| I916.

Patented Mar. 4,1919.

j UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD MARX, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 DEFIANCE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPO- RATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

CALENDAR-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

I To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD MARX, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented cer tain Improvements in Calendar-Stands, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to provide a calendar stand or holder particularly for use on desks, tables, and the like, which shall be particularly adapted to receive a series of sheets printed to constitute a calendar and also available for use to receive memoranda, the construction of the device bein such as to permit of the prominent disp ay of any one of said sheets so as to exhibit advertising material thereon and facilitate easy insertion and removal of the individual sheets.

It is further desired to provide a calendar stand which while being relatively compact and substantial, shall so support the sheets of a series that the particular one whose surface is exposed shall always lie in the same plane regardless of the number of sheets in the bundle or packet to which it belongs.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for yieldingly pressing one or any number of sheets toward a positioning abutment, together with a relatively simple combination of parts for so supporting certain of the calendar sheets that the center of gravity of the whole device shall be relativel low.

These 0 ects and other advantageous ends I secure as hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a calendar stand constructed according to my invention;

Figs. 2 and 3 are side elevations lllllS- trating the positions of certain of the parts of the device when all of the sheets are included in a single series supported upon the body, and when said sheets are arranged in two series respectively;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the body of the stand 5 r Fig. 5 1s a perspective view of the back; and

Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of the members constituting part of the spring hinge.

In the above drawings the supporting body or base of the stand is illustrated as consisting of a piece of sheet metal having two flat portions 1 and 2 lying in planes at an obtuse angle to each other, the lower end of the part 1 being transversely curved or corrugated as indicated at 3 to constitute a pencil or pen holder. The lower end of the part 2 is likewise outwardly curved to provide a smooth under surface and the longitudinal edges of the part 1 are preferably turned down as indicated at 4. Adjacent the edge formed by the junction of the parts 1 and 2 are two struck up lugs or fingers 5 lying in a plane at right angles to the plane of the part 2 of the body, in positions to constitute abutments for the lower edges of a series of calendar sheets as when these rest upon said part 2.

Suitably attached to the part 1 adjacent its upper edge are a pair of parallel and relatively heavy wires 6 constituting sheet guiding bars, which after projecting upwardly in lines perpendicular with the surface of the part 1, are bent back in a gentle curve and are then rearwardly extended in lines perpendicular to the plane of the fingers 5;in which plane they terminate.

For supporting the series of sheets in an upright position upon the part 2 of the body I provide a fiat plate or sheet of metal constituting a back member 8, the center of whose lower edge is provided with a T- shaped' extension 9 designed to slide in a slot 7 extending centrally of the part 2 of the body from a point adjacent its upper edge to within a short distance of its lower edge. This slot is of a width slightly larger than the width of the neck of the proyection 9 and is transversely elongated at its lower end to permit of the insertion of the head of said projection.

The back member 8 has substantially flat forwardly extending and outwardly flared guide fingers 10 projecting from its sides adjacent their lower ends, to prevent the lateral displacement of the calendar sheets, and this member is at all times pressed toward the rcarwardly projecting extremities of the guide bars 6 and the fingers 5 by a spring actuated brace or hinge member 11 whose upper edge is slightly curved backward to permit it to slidably engage the back regardless of itsangle to said brace, as indicated at 12. The central part of the lower edge of this brace is bent back and down in a substantially circular are as indicated at 13, while the two outer quarters of said edge are cut away as shown in F ig. (i. The part '2 of the body adjacent its lower edge has two struck up hinge members 14 projecting on opposite sides of the slot 7, and formed with their outer extremities 16 circularly curved so as to be inwardly concave. the distance between them being slightly greater than the length of the portion 13 of the brace 11.

The transverse width of the hinge members 14 is slightly less than the distance from the side of said brace 11 to the adjacent end 'of its curved portion 13 and in assembling the parts of the device, a hinge or pivot pin 15 whose length is about equal to the width of the brace 11 is placed in the curved depressions provided by the members 14. The curved part 13 of the brace is then placed on said pin between the members 14 and a longitudinally split tube 17 of spring material is forced over the members 13 and 11 so as to inclose their curved portions with the pivot pin 15, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

With this construction the brace 11 is free to turn on the pin 15 as a pivot but is at all times caused to forcibly press the back 8 toward the abutments formed by the projections 5 and the extremities of the guide bars 6.

In using the above device it is customary to provide a pad calendar consisting of a series of paper sheets indicated at :1: in Fig. 2, perforated adjacent one end to receive the guide bars 6. These sheets would be placed in position by moving the back 8 rearwardly against the action of the springpressed brace 11 and thereafter placing a convenient number of said sheets upon the rearwardly projecting ends of the bars 6, from which position they would be slid forwardly and then permitted to drop into the position shown in Fig. '2. It will be understood that such sheets, in addition to containing numerals, etc, indicating the day. month and year, could also have advertising material. From time to time these sheets are raised from the column or series a: by sliding them upwardly upon the guide bars and then moving them rearwardly thereon until theback '8 was engaged.

Said back would then be moved away from the extremities of the bars 6 so that the sheet or sheets would drop into the position shown at w in Fig. 3 wlth the lower edge thereof resting upon the part 2 of the body in a plane immediately to the rear'of that of the fingers 5. Under the action of the spring 17 and the brace 11, the back 8 would press the sheets of the second series at toward the ends of the bars 6 and said fingers 5, so that regardiess of the number of said sheets and of the thickness of said series it, the surface of the sheetlast moved from the pile m would be held in an upright position in the plane defined approximately by the fingers 5 and the extremities of the guide bars. Obviously with such a disposition of the parts the center of %ravlty of the stand and of the series of s'eets sup ported thereby remains at all times relatively low. so that there is practically no danger of the device being easily upset. Moreover the sheets may be moved from one position to the other with the utmost ease as well as put in or removed from the stand in a relatively short time. Any advertising material on the front sheet of the series at is prominently displayed and the topmost sheet of the series 00 may be conveniently used to receive memoranda.

I claim I. The combination in a calendar stand of a supporting body; guide bars extending upwardly and terminating in rearwardly projecting free end portions; with means movable toward and from said portions for supporting the calendar sheets and pressing them against the extremities of said end portions.

The combination in a calendar stand of a supporting body; guide bars extending upwardiy and terminating in rearwardly projecting free end portions; means movable toward and from said portions for supporting the calendar sheets and" pressing them against the extremities of the end portions: and structures on the body cooperating with said portions of the guide bars to define the position of the sheet or sheets held by said means.

3. The combination in a calendar stand of a supporting body; guide bars extending upwardly and rearwardly therefrom; with a back member lying in a plane at right angles to the line of the rearwardly extending parts of said bars and slidable bodily toward and from the extremities of the bars in a line parallel to the lines of said rearwardly extending parts.

4. The combination in a calendar stand of a upporting body; guide bars extending; up and terminating in' rearwardly projecfiing ortions; a back slidably guided. on the body so as to be movable'relatively to said portions of the guide bars; and a. s ring acting on said back to force it towar the main portions of said guide bars.

5. The combination in a calendar stand of a supporting body havin two at an angle 'to each other; e bars projecting; upwardly from one part of the body and terminating in rearwardly extending portions; a back slidably guided on the second part of the body so as to be movafila Ward and from the rearwardly projecting portions of the guide bars; and means for pressing the back toward the guide bars.

6. The combination in a calendar stand of a body having a sheet supporting surface; guide bars extending upwardly and terminating in rearwardly projecting portions; fingers providing abutments also projecting from the body and cooperating with the extremities of said guide bars to define the position of a calendar sheet; with means for pressing the sheet toward said projections and guide bar extremities.

7. The combination in a calendar stand of a body having a sheet supporting surface; guide bars extending upwardly and terminating in rearwardly projecting portions; fingers providing abutments also projecting from the body and cooperating with the extremities of said guide bars to define the position of a calendar sheet; with means for pressing the sheet toward said projections and guide bar extremities; the same consisting of a sliclably guided back; and a spring acting on said back to press it with the sheet or sheets toward the projections and guide bar extremities.

8. The combination in a calendar stand of a supporting body; guide bars projecting upwardly therefrom for the reception of a series of calendar sheets; with a structure adapted to engage the bottom edges of a second series of calendar sheets on the body and including a portion positioned to support said sheets to the rear of the guide bars with the foremost of their number abutted against the end of said-bars in a plane at an angle to the planes of the first series of sheets.

9. The combination in a calendar stand of a supporting body; guide bars thereon for holding a series of sheets and having rearwardly projecting free ends; and means for holding a second series of sheets in an upright position at an angle to the sheets of the first series, and detached from said bars but pressed against the rearwardly projecting ends thereof with their lower edges below the upper edges of the first series of sheets. 10. The combination in a calendar stand of a supporting body; guide bars thereon for holding a series of sheets; means for holding a second series of sheets in planes at an angle to the sheets of the first series; and a back member; with means for causing the sheets of the second series to be clamped between said member and the guide bars.

11. The combination in a calendar stand of a supporting body; guide bars thereon having rearwardly pro ecting portions; projections from the body placed to cooperate with said projecting portions of the ide bars to define the position of a series ofialend ar sheets; a back plate having side arms; and means for forcing said plate toward the guide bars and projecting portions of the 12 The combination in a calendar stand of a supporting body; means for supporting calendar sheets thereon consisting of abutment members; a back member movable toward and from said abutment members; and spring means acting to force the back member toward the abutment members; the same consisting of a plate having a projecting portion; a cooperating projection from the body; a hinge pin; and a split tubular spring engaging said two projections to force the plate toward the back member.

13. The combination in a calendar stand of a sheet metal supporting body having two portions of which one has a slot and is bent at an obtuse angle to the other; guide bars projecting from one part and extending rearwardly to constitute abutments; fingers struck up from the body adjacent the line of junction of its two parts; a back plate having a portion slidable in the slot of the second part of the body; and a spring hinge operative on said back plate to force it toward the abutments provided by the guide bars and said fingers.

RICHARD MARX.

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