US1571828A

US1571828A - Emanuel c

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Publication number: US1571828A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1926-02-02
Anticipated expiration: 1943-02-02

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Feb. 2, 192e. 1,571,828

LE. C. vWHITE CALENDAR Filed August 5, 1925 2k l 2 3 4 5 s a 9 |o n |213 3 11516 17 Imago Patented Feb. 2, 1926.

UNITE STATE.

EMANUEL C. WHITE, OF WELLAND, ONTARIO, CANADA.

CALENDAR.

Application filed August 3, 1925. Serial No. 47,914.

To all whom it may concern:v

Be it known that I, EMANUEL C. IVHITE, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Welland, in the county of Welland and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Calendars, of which the following is a specilication. t

This invention relates to improvements in calendars and has for its primary object the provision of a perpetual calendar for use in connection withv a writing instrumentality such as a pen, pencil, fountain pen, cane or the like.

Another object of the invention is to provide a perpetual calendar upon an article which is cylindrical or tubular inform, for visually displaying the particular month of a year, the days of that particular month and the names of the days of the month.

A further object is toembody in a perpetual calendar, a novel means for conceal ing the excess days, such as the 31st day, when a particular month only includes thirty da s. f A still further object of the invention is the provision of a perpetual calendar which consists of a minimum number of parts, which renders the same simple of construction and cheap of manufacture, and which parts may be constructed of such materials as to add to the attractiveness of a pen or the like.

'With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel construe* tion and combination and arrangement of parts, the essential features of which `are hereinafter fullydescribed, are particularly pointed. out in the appended claims, and are illustratedv in theY accompanying drawing, 1n which Figure 1 is an elevational View of my improved calendar applied tothe cap of a fountain pen. Y

IFigure 2 is an enlargedvertical sectional view on .the line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure' 3 is a'horizontal sectional View on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.k Y

Figure 4 is a collective perspective view of the parts in a separated condition.

'Referring more particularly to the drawing, the reference numeral 10. designates a portion of a fountain pen and 11 a closure cap for closing one end thereof, although I have shown my improved calendar as applied .to a @eine ,een @aa l a@ 1.10? Wish,

tolimit myself to such use, as the same may be embodied in other useful articles of tubular shape such as canes, lamp pedestals and the like.

The free end of the cap 11 is reduced to provide spaced

annular shoulders

12 and 13, and lntermediate the shoulders, the cap is provided with an annular groove 111-.

Seated upon the shoulder 12 is a ring 15, a portion of which is cut-away as at 16 for receiving an angularly disposed finger piece 17 carried by a split resilient band 18, which is seated within the annular groove 14. A blind 19 rises upward from the band and extends a slight distance above the shoulder 15 for a purpose to be hereinafter described. .e

A barrel or sleeve 20 rests upon the shoulder 13 and frictionally engages the sides of the reduced portion of the cap. Inscribed on the exterior of the barrel 20 arerows of numbers 21 and which are adapted to designate the days of a month. The numbers are so arranged that the first day of a month may be positioned beneath any name of the day of a week, in order that the calendar may be accurately set no matter what day of the week the first of a month may fall.

Resting upon the ring l5 and rotatable with respect to the barrel is a mask or casing 22 which encircles the band but is spaced therefrom by the reduced wall provided between the shoulders 12 and 13.` The mask or casing has a window 23 therein for visually displaying the days of the month which appear on the barrel. The lower end of the mask is provided with a series of notches 24 which are disposed directly beneath the window for co-action with the liexible linger piece 17 in order to hold the blind 19 in an adjusted position with respect to the stationary barrel. For allowing a limited turning movement of the blind, the body of the pen cap is cut-away as at 25.

The upperV end of the mask has its bearing on the side wall of a cap 26 which is fitted over the end of the reduced portion of the pen cap, while a reduced flange 27 depending from the cap 26 rests upon the top of the barrel 20. The outer surface of the reduced flange 27 has the months of the year inscribed thereon as at 28 and which are arranged in sequential order for selective display through a small window 29 in the mask provided directly above the window .23, The cap 26 .is rotatable with ,respect to the mask and barrel but is held in adjusted position by a screw 20 which passes through an opening in the end wall of the cap and which isv received in a threaded recess 3l in the end of the pen cap. The exteriorI of the mask contains the names of the days of the week, or their abbreviations 32, namely S. M. T. lV. T. F. S. and which are disposed horizontally above the window 23 so that the columns of numbers representing the days of a month may be broughtinto vertical alignment therewith.

For securing the adjustment of the calendar, we shall presume that it is desiredlto set the same for the month; of March7 and the first day of March happens to fall on a Sunday. The screw 30 is loosened and the mask rotated to bring the iirst letter S which represents Sunday above the numeral 1 of the days of the month which appear on the barrel. The cap 26 .is next rotated to bring the name of the month into view which is Maiz whereby it registers with the window 29. rI`he screw 30 is then tightened, thus clamping the parts together and holding them against movement as it will be noted that a bead 33 formed on the cap 26 engages the top of the mask. rlhe month of March contains thirty-one days, so that the blind 19 is moved to one side of the window 23. Should the month displayed contain only thirty days,\the blind 19 is then moved n to cover the numeral 3l by pushing down on the yieldable finger piece- 17 and moving the same horizontally until the blind is in registration with the numeral 3l, thus hiding the same from view. The linger piece is then released and automaticall i engages one of the series of notches Q-i which locks the blind in an adjusted position. For the month of February which contains only twenty-eight days, the blind is moved to cover the numeral 29 which indicates that the 28th day is the last day of that .particular month.

F rom the kforegoing' description, it will be seen that I have provided a perpetual calendar for use in connection with a lwriting instrumentality or the like, and which may be constructed of different materials, dependinc upon the taste of a buyer, and which will add to the attractiveness of the articles besides serving as a very useful purpose.

Vhat is claimed as new is 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a cylindrical body member having a reduced end, a barrel frictionally engaging the reduced end, and having rows of numbers inscribed on the exterior vthereof indicative of the days `of `a month,

dicative of 'the name ofthe days fof the week and beneath which the selective rows of numbers are aligned, and means operable independently of said mask for concealing part of the selected indicia on said barrel, said means including a blind interposed between said barrel and said mask and movable across said window.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a cylindrical `body member having a reduced end, a barrel `frictionally engaging the reduced end, and having rows of numbers inscribed on the exterior thereof indicative of the days of a month, a mask encirclingsaid barrel and rotatable with respect thereto and having a window therein for selectively displaying certain of the indicia on said barrel, indicia on the exterior of said mask above said window indicative of the names of the days of the week and beneath which the selected rows of numbers are aligned, and mea-ns operable independently of said mask for concealing part of the selected indicia on said barrel, said means including a blind interposed between said barrel and said mask and movable across said window, and co-acting means between said blind and said mask for locking said blind ina set position.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a cylindrical body member having a reduced end, a barrel frictionally engaging the reduced end and having rows of numbers inscribed on theexterior thereof indicativevof the days of a month, a cap rotatably mounted on the end of the reduced portionand having indicia thereon indicative of the months of a year, a 'mask encircling said barrel and rotatable with respect thereto and having windows therein for registration respectively with thefselected numbers on-said barrel and the selected. indicia on said cap, means -operableindependently of said mask for concealing certain of the selected numbers on said barrel, said means including a blind interposed between said barrel and said mask and movable across said window, and indicia on 4the exterior' of said mask above one of said windows indicative of the names of the days of aweek and beneathwhich the selected rows of numbers are aligned, and a yscrew threaded in the end of said cylindrical member and passing through said cap for yholding the mask and capagainst movement,

4. In a device of the `cla-ss described, the combination with a ycylindricalbody-member having a reduced end, a barrel frictionally engaging the reduced end and having rows of numbers inscribed on the exterior `thereof indicative of the days of a month,

a cap yrotatably mounted on the `end of the reduced portion and having indicia thereon indicative of the months of a year, a mask encircling said barrel and rotatable with respect thereto and having Windows therein for registration respectively with the selected numbers on said barrel and the selected indicia on said cap, and indicia on the eX- terior of said mask above one of said windows indicative of the names of the days of a Week and beneath Which the selected rows of numbers are aligned, and a screw threaded in the end of said cylindrical member and passing through said cap for holding the mask and cap against movement, and means operable independently of said mask for concealing part of the selected indicia on saidmask.

In testimony whereof I have afIiXed my signature.

EMANUEL C. WHITE.