US1776365A

US1776365A - Calendar

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Publication number: US1776365A
Application number: US423607A
Authority: US
Inventors: William R More
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1930-01-27
Filing date: 1930-01-27
Publication date: 1930-09-23
Anticipated expiration: 1947-09-23

Description

23', 1930. w. R. MORE 11,776,365

CALENDAR Filed Jan. 27, 1930 2 Shoots-Sheet 1 a VA Inventor jlluifm I Attorney Sept. 23, 1930. w. R. MORE 1,776,365

CALENDAR Filed Jan. 27, 1930 2 Shouts-Shoot 2 WILL/A M 1 7. Mm;

Inventor Attorney 512-3 The invention v combinations andarrangements of :parts as y will hereinafter be morefully set forth and "claimed. In the accompanying drawings In Patented Sept. 23, 1930 PA ENT OFFICE ,witLIAiZi R. MORE, or SPOKANE, wnsnfive'roiv LHCALENDAR,

i Application filed- January 27, 1930. Serial No. 423,607. a v

the days of the Week and the dates of the i a "T. My present'invention-relates to improvements in-calendars of the double reel, endless webitype-in which are embodied webs bearing I -;the numbers of the days of the months; the {names of-the months'of the year; and the gnames" of the days of the week. and thesingle current year is also designated. A clutch ftake-np device is usedinconneetion with the ,twdwebs for the days of'the weekand the ca flnumbers or dates .ofthe month, and an indeing the web bearing the names of the months. The calendar of my invention is designed especially for use upon a desk, andi'sherein shown as part'of. a desk-set that also includes ;a,pair ofdeskpens, but it-willbe understood thatthe calendar may be used separately or combined withother similardesk furniture, stationery, '&c. p A v 1 consists in certain novel 'have'shown' one complete exampleYofthe physicalembodiment of my invention where.- t

7 sin the parts are combined and arranged according to the best mode I ha ve thus far devised for the practicalapplication;of the principles of my. invention. 1'

80 Figure 1 is a face view of the calendar. Fig- Y are 2 is aview showing a portion of thecasing in section and .disclosingtheendless web ibearing thenames of the monthsof the year, together with the take-up device.

V 3 Figure?) is a detail sectional viewtof the take-up devices: for. changing the exhibited.

characters of the day and date websr e u Figure t is a perspective-detail view of a portion of the web bearing the designations of the days of the week. n k

Fgure-5 is a vertical sectional view of the housing orcasing as at; line 55 of Figure 6. Figured is vertical sectional. view of the casing, as at line 66 of Figure 5.

; "4 Figure 7 is a detail perspective View of the take-upclutch.device, jointly, for the webs bearing the designations of the months ofthexyear and the-datesof the months,"

;Figure8 is a perspective view showlng the .5 rollers-that guide the webs which designate designations for the calendar.

month.

Figure 9 is a perspectiveview showing the v I of the calendar are enclosed. .lpendent take up device sutili-zedfor chang- In :Figure 1, windows or, openings are shown in the front of the casingfthe window 3 disclosing the name of the month; window 4 disclosing the day of the week, and window 5 disclosing the date of the month. ,The numbers for a single year are disclosed at 6, and this disclosure may be a: printed slip set in a pocketin the front of the calendar casing which. is included in the group of A knurled turning-knob 7 is located at right side of the casing as a take-up and setting device for the web of the months; the knob 8 is the resetting knob for the web bearing the days of the week; and the knob 9 located at the rightside of the casing, opposite the knob 8 isused for resetting the web bearing the dates of the month. The webs for the days of the week and-the dates of the month are'provided with separate resetting devices, and they are jointly provided with single-operated, duplex, take-up clutch, as will be described. l

The endless web 10 bearing the names of the months, extends transversely of the casing and is supported on spaced, vertically arranged

rollers

11 and 12, journaled in brackets 13 secured to the side walls of the casing,

and the web along its upper edge is provided with a sprocket wheel 15 at its'upper end the andthe'teeth of thesprocket engage in the holes oaths web. "The roller 1E2 and its sprocket are turned through rotation oitl e knob 7 and a bevel-gear couple 16, the latter inside the casing,while the knob of course is exterior of-thecasing. By turning the knob the web is moved one step, each month,

to change the designation appearing through i 19, and to each of these shafts is secured a roller, as and 21. Each roller is fashioned; with a sprocket wheelj'as 22' and 23, and at their inner, adjoining ends the rollers are formed as bushings 24 with a plurality of faces, With these polygonal faces of the 7' bushings a pair ofspring detents co-actgto provide'resilient brakes I or detainers for holding the rollers against movement, ex-

I cept when turned by the use of their knobs.

The 'detents" are spring blades that ""are anchored asat 26 to the'back wallo'f'the casing.

The web bearing the days of the week is 'designated 27, and this web, which passes around the roller 20 is fashioned with a series of holes 28 along its inner edge to co-act with the sprocket wheel 22"of the roller 20. At

pitslower end, the endless web 27*passes around an idler or guide'roller 29, which -is V journaled on the crossrod' 30, fixed at its [ends -31-invthe opposite side walls of the casing.

A complementaryrollerl32 is also jour-.

nailed t turn n the rod. 30 and'the web as "for the dates of the month passes around this guide roller. The endless web 33p: asses around the roller 21 and the web is fashioned with a series of holes 34 along its edge to co- 1 act with the sprocket wheel 23 ofthe roller' 21. V

A friction brake is employed for the shaft 36'to oneofthe walls of the casing, and

tension pin 37 is used to hold the free end ofthespring on the shaft. j

The

webs

27 and 33 are separably set and reset by turning their knobs 8 and 9, but they are jointly'moved, daily, to change the day oof the week and the date of the month,"by de- 7 igpressing a knob 38'at the front of the casing.

The knob is carriedat the'free end of a takeup lever or clutch lever 39 within the casing and pivoted at 40 on the inner face of the back wall of the casing. A spring41 con-' nected to the lever and anchored'at 42 on the casing holdsthe lever up and returns it to elevated position after it has been depressed, to move the webs 2'?- and 33, one stroke 'of" the lever being required to move the webs the distance between adjoining holes in the respec-tivewebs.

V ascends. arm

The lever passes througha slot 43 in the front of the casingfand Within the casing a slide plate 44'is carried on the lever, said plate being vertically movable or slidable in the guidegrooves 45 fixed at the inner side of the front plate of thecasing, the plate being slotted at 46 to permitthe required rela-tive movement 'between'the'plate and the lever when the latter moves onits pivot and the former slides vert-ically, v i i At'the top ofthe slide plate an arm 47 is hinged at 48, and this arm is fashioned with two rigid pawls 49 and 50 at opposite sides of thea'rm'and 'alinedwiththe path of movement of. the slotted edges of the webs 37 and 3 i The arml47 is fashioned "with a lug 51 i and a coiled spring 52 connects the lug with 7 the lever 39. The spring normally holds the arm 47 with the pawls retracted or" away from the path of movement'of theadjoining" if inner edges of thewebs 37 and But when theknob 38 isdepressed, the downward perpendicular movement of the slide plate causes the arm 47 'to'swing forward on its hinge'48. The swinginglmovement of the e!) arm brings "the two pawls, into complemen tar'v holes28 and 34; andthe continued de-VV pression of the knob causesthe pawls, as they of the monthf When the depressedknob is released, spring '41 returns thefilever to'n'ormal position, and as the :slide plate44 7 is turned monthly, and of course the two.

knobs 8 and 9 areset monthly to coordinate the days of the week with the dates of the particular month, I W j v Having thus fully describedmy invention, what Iclaim as new; and desireto secureby Letters Patent is: y g 1. Thecombinati'on in a calendar of the endless web and double'reel type withla plurality of webs andsettingdevices for rsaid webs,' of a take-updevice comprising a single A for co-action in movingtheiwebs;

endless weband doublereel type, with a plu rality of webshavingspac'ed holes therein, and setting devices for said webs, of a, piv

\oted take-uplever, a guide device on the lever, and a pair of pawls carried by'said device for cor-action With'the holes in" the webs. 3. The combination in a calendar ofthe endless web and double reel typefwitha pluralityv of Webs having spaced holesin adjoining edges, and setting devices for, said i webs, of a pivoted take-up leveranda return spring therefor, a relatively movable slide 7 47 released'so that spring 52 100 V may "withdraw the pawls from the holes 7 28 lever, and duplex means actuated by the lever 115 i plate on the lever and a guide for the plate, an arm hinged on the plate and duplex pawls on the arm for co-action with the two series of holes, and a spring connecting the arm with the lever.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIA R. MORE.