US1299029A - Calendar. - Google Patents

Description

H. T. REED.

CALENDAR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20. 1918.

1 ,299,029. Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

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CALENDAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

Application filed June 20, 1918. Serial No. 240,924.

- To all whom it may concern:

of being adjusted so as holder therefor,

Be it known that I, HUGHT. REED, a citizen of the United States, residing at cage, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Calendars, of whlch the following is afull, clear, and exact specification.

'This invention relates to calendars and especially to changeable calendars capable to cover at least two hundred years.

It is the aim of this invention to simplify the construction and arrangement of the calendar cards or pads and the casing or whereby said cards or pads may be quickly adjusted and retained with certainty in proper relation to one another, and the cost of manufacture ofthe casing as well as the cards materially reduced.

Another object is. toprovide a celendar of this kind which will show the calendar for an entire year as well as a single month. Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings, which constitute part of thls specification, and then more specifically defined in the claims at the end of the description. In the accompanying drawings, wherein similarreference characters are used to designate corresponding parts; throughout the several views Figure 1 1s a front elevation of a calendar constructed substantially in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken through the center of the calendar from front to back.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken through the center of the calendar from front toback.

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of easing.

Fig: 5 is afront elevation of the back portion of the casing with the front portion thereof and the calendar pads removed.

Fig. -6 is a'perspective view of the front portion of the casing alone, looking at its inner 5 face.

Fig. 7 is a detailed perspective view of the calendar the frame used in the front portion of the :casing for retaining the transparent panes therein- Chi- I Fig. 8 is adetailed perspective view of a slngle pane for covering all of the openings in the front of the casing.

Fig. 9 is a detailed perspective view of the pad or book of cards showing the years complete.

Fig. 10 is a detailed view. of-the book of cards, showing the names of the months, open.

Fig. 11 is a similar view of the book of cards showing the individual months, and

Fig. 12 is another detailed view of the book of cards showing the names of the months, to more clearly illustrate'the blank cards.

The calendar which is illustrated in the drawings is arranged to cover the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but it is obvious that it is adapted to cover any other two consecutive centuries, Forthe convenience of the user, an entire current year may be shown as well as a current month, these separate showings being made by two pads, packs or books of cards- 1 and 2, see Figs. 9 and 11. Each of these books or packs comprises the same number of'cards of the same size and thickness. In the year book or pack 1 there must be seven cards to show the seven diiferent years of three hundred and sixty five days beginning respectively On the seven different days of the week, and seven cards to show the seven difierent years of three-hundred and sixty-six days beginning respectively on the seven difierent days of the week. The year cards in the book 1 are, therefore, printed on only one side each, and each card carriesa complete year calendar 3 and 'a series of dates 4, preferably above the. calendar, specifying the years to which said calendar applies. Thecards of the year book or pack are preferably connected together at one end, as at 5., by rings or any other suitable means which will permit the cards to be turned so as to leave any one of them exposed on top and the others arranged below it in a neat pack.

The cards carry different ferent days of the week. Another seven of the monthly calendars show the seven different months of twenty-nine days (leap years) beginning on the several days of the Week, while the other seven calendars are for the seVen diflerent months of twenty-eight days beginning on the several days of the Week. The fourteen monthly cards in the book or pack 2 are preferably connected together at one edge by rings 6, substantially like the cards of the year book.

A third book or pack of cards 7 is also provided for the names of the months, and in 'order to permit these cards to be made the same thickness as the cards of the year and month books or packs and occupy the same space from front to back, two blank cards 8 are included in this monthly name book or pack, making the total number of cards fourteen. These cards are also connected together at one end by rings 9 similar to the books or packs 1 and 2. The cards of the monthly name book are preferably made bottom, respectively, of the casing.

considerably smaller in surface dimensions than the cards of the year and month books, but the latter two books of cards are preferably of the same dimensions.

The three books or stacks of cards described are adapted to fit in corresponding compartments of the casing 10 which comprises a back portion 11 and a front portion 12, the same being made of metal or any other suitable material. The back portion 11 is in the form of a tray with a flange .13 around its edge which constitutes three sides of the compartments 14 and 15 for the year and month cards arranged at the top and The fourth and adjacent sides of these ments are formed by lugs 16 and 17 respectively, cut and bent up from the material of the back portion 11 of the casing and spaced apart a distance corresponding to the width of the monthly name cards 7, so that said lugs constitute two opposite sides of the compartment 18 for these monthly name cards as well as adjacent sides of the compartments 14 and 15 for the year and month cards. The other two sides of the compartment 18 for the monthly name cards are formed by other lugs 19 cut and turned up from the material of the back portion of the casing and spaced apart a distance equal to the length of these cards. It will thus be seen that the compartments for the three sets of cards and the partitions between them are formed integral with the back member of the casing.

The front portion 12 of the casing has a surrounding flange 20 adapted to snugly fit around the flange 13 of the back portion 11, so that when said front portion is engaged with the rear portion, as shown in Flgs. 2 and 3, there will be suflicient friction be tween the flanges to retain said parts tocompartgether against accidental displacement. The front portion has three openings or windows 21, 22 and 23 therein to disclose the topmost card of each of the packs or books 1, 7 and 2 in order from top to bottom. A single piece of transparent material 24, Fig. 8, may be used to cover all of these openings, and may be retained in place by a frame 25, Fig. 7, adapted to fit within the flange of the front portion of the casing and having-three openings 26, 27 and 28 to register with the openings 21, 22 and 23- in said front member. cured in place by drops of solder 29 at intervals around the edge, as shown in Fig. 6, and also by solder 30 over registering openings 3 1 and 32 in middle portions of the frame and transparent plate, respectively.

To change or adjust the calendar, it is only necessary to remove the front portion or cover 12 when the three packs or books of cards are all exposed for adjustment of any or all of them, and after such adjustment is made, it is only necessary to slip the cover back on the back portion of body of the casing and the calendar is ready for use again. It will also be noted that the cards are protected at all edges when inclosed in the casing.-

For supporting the calendar in convenient position to be seen by the user, a swinging brace 33 is hinged to the back of the casing so that it may be set up like an easel. A pivoted ring or loop 34 may also be provided near the upper edge of the back of the casing to permit the same to be hung up on the wall or elsewhere.

Having thus 2 described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is i In a calendar of the character described, the combination with a plurality of packs of calendar cards, of a casing there- The frame may be seto register with the several packs of cards,

a transparent pane arranged over said openings, and a frame having openings in line with those in the cover, said frame being arranged over the pane and secured to the cover for retaining said pane as apart of the cover.

2. In a calendar of the character described, the combination with a plurality of packs of calendar cards, of a casing therefor in the form of a tray, a cover having a flange extending at right angles thereto on each of its edges to fit over the edges of the casing, there being openings in the cover to register with the several packs of cards, a transparent pane covering said openings and fitting within said flanges, a frame also fitting within said flangesand having openings in line with those in the cover, and means for securing said frame to the cover for retaining the panev as a part of the cover.

3. In a calendar of the character described, the combination with a calendar pad, of a casing therefor, a cover having an opening registering with the pad, a pane covering said opening and having perforations out of line therewith, a frame having an opening registering With the opening in the cover and perforations registering With the perforations in the pane, and solder in said perforations in the pane and frame for securing them to the cover.

4:. In a calendar of the character described, the combination With a plurality of calendar pads of different surface dimensions, of a casing having a plurality of compartments to fit said pads, a cover having openings to register with the pads, one of said openings being smaller than the others ,to correspond to a small pad, transparent material covering said openings, a frame having openings registering with the openings in the cover, there being registering perforations in the transparent material and frame at the ends of the smaller opening in the latter, and means arranged in said perforations for securing said transparent material and frame to the cover.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

HUGH T. REED.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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