US1846551A - Calendar - Google Patents

Description

M. C. HALEY Feb. 23, 1932.

CALENDAR 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed 001; 22, 1931 INVENTOR. Mm? TIN C. Hm E' K ATTORNEYS.

M. C. HALEY Feb. 23, 1932.

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MARTIN C. I-IALEY, OF DETROIT, BEICHIGAN CALENDAR Application filed. October 22, 1931.

is divided preferably into divisions, marl ing the weeks, and preferably for this pur- 19 pose the Sundays, or the first day of the week,

are indicated by markers or the like which may be in the nature of pointers disposed radially.

The invention is applicable to calendars where the twelve months of the year are printed upon separate sheets and adapted to be torn off as the months pass by. The in vention is also applicable to a calendar of a mechanical nature wherein one dial may be used for all months and wherein there are adjustable elements for dividing off the different months. Likewise in the mechanical type calendar adjustable means are provided for changing the month names, and also means may be provided for changing the year.

It is appreciated that calendars of circular or dial formation have been heretofore proposed wherein the days of the month are circularly arranged; some of such calendars are in the nature of clocks with hands movable from the radial center either manually or by a suitable mechanism. However, the present invention represents an advance over these prior proposals, particularly in that the Sundays are pointed out and definitely marked, thus dividing the month into its weeks. Means are provided in the mechanical calendar for taking care of the situation where there are five Sundays in the month as well as four. The days of the month, as above specified, are preferably arranged in a circle, but it is to be appreciated that the invention is to cover such modifications as arranging the days of the months into shapes of other closed areas such as oval, square, or other multisided areas.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view illustrating a printed type of calendar.

Serial No. 570313.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a month with five Sundays.

Fig. 3 is a face View of a mechanical type calendar showing a month with four Sundays.

Fig. l is a view of the samecalendar illustrating a month with five Sundays.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken substantially on line 5-5 of Fig. a.

Referring to Fig. l, the calendar may com prise a sheet of paper, cardboard, or the like, as illustrated at 1, wherein the days of the month are arranged in a circular fashion, preferably leaving a blank area at the top of the circle, as illustrated at 2. The month shown is that of October 1931 and printed directly on the sheet are pointers or hands. These pointers or hands constitute indicia pointing to the Sundays of the month. One of such is illustrated at 3, and advantageously carries a notation indicating that the fourth day of the month of October 1931 is the first Sunday of the month. The second Sunday is the eleventh indicated by the printed indicia The third Sunday is the eighteenth indicated by the printed indicia 5. The fourth Sunday is the twenty-fifth, indicated by the printed pointer or indicia 6. Different designs are capable of being incorporated in the dial. As for example, the several pointers may extend to the center and be in the form of illustrated hands similar to those on a clock. As shown, however, there is a central area provided which may contain the name of the month and year, and such other writing as may be elected to be placed thereon. 1

The month of November, 1931, is shown in Fig. 2 wherein the same reference characters are applied to parts corresponding to the parts shown in Fig. 1. In this month there being only thirty days, the blank area 2 is elongated to include the space ordinarily occupied by the numeral 31. The pointers 3, l, 5 and 6 point to the first four Sundays of the month, which happen to be the first, eighth, fifteenth and twenty-second days thereof. A pointer 7 points to the fifth Sunday of the month which is the twenty-ninth.

A years calendar may be provided with one year to the next.

twelve of such pieces of paper, or cardboard, or the like having the twelve months of the year printed thereon similar to the two above described, and with the passing of each month the s ieets may be torn oil thus exposing the underneath sheet for the next month after the fashion of the ordinary calendar con monly in use. T l e indicating of the Sundays eli'ectively divides the month into its w eks, and furthermore, is one which presents an appeal to those of religious inclination as the several ilundays of the month are indicated and marked. The days at the week may be printed upon the dial if desired.

The mechanical type calendar may have a permanent disk or dial 10 with the days of the month arranged in a closed area, such as a. circle preferably including thirty-one days so that the same dial may be used for all months. Reference may had to Fig. wherein the arrangement of the several elements were shown in section. These elements, for the sake of clearness, are shown in somewhat of an exaggerated manner. It

' will be appreciated that the overall thickness in a commercial article may be considerably less than that shown. A lixed disk 11 may be secured to the dial as by means of a rivet 12 or the like, having an enlarged central portion, as shown, for spacing the disk 11 and dial 10. For this purpose washers 13 and l t may be employed. The disk 11 may have a sight opening 15 and a sight opening 16. Rotatably mounted around the rivet underneath the disk 11 may be a disk 17 of a diameter such as to be visible through the sight opening 16, and on this disk 17 vari ous years may be printed. By rotating the disk 17 the dii'l'erent years may be seen through the sight opening 16. For rotating the disk the same may be provided witl small apertures or the like, as shown at 18 (Fig. 3) for the reception of a pointed instrument so that the same may be moved from Another disk 20 having a diameter larger than the disk 17, may have the months printed thereon which are visible through the sight opening 15. This disk 20 may have a tab or the like 21 projecting slightly beyond the periphery of disk 11 so that it may be rotatably moved each month to present the differentindicia through the sight opening 1t. Advantageously, the number of days in the month are also included upon the disk 20, and the sight opening 15 may be suitably shaped for showing both the name of the month and the number of days thereon.

Also rotatably mounted around the fastening rivet is a spider like arrangement for indicating the Sundays in such manner as to divide the month into its weeks. This spider member is shown at 23 and it has four hands or pointers 24, 25, 26 and 27 each of which may carry indicia numbering the Sundays in the month to which they are to be pointed. This spider may be rotated by pressure exerted on any one of the four hands which integral with each other. For the month of October 1931 the spider is adjusted so that its four hands indicate the four Sundays as shown in Fig. 3.

For accommodating months with live Sundays there may be a separate pointer or hand 30 independently rotatable around the Sunday. For a month such as October 1931, as shown in Fig. 3, the pointer 80 is positioned underneath one of" the other hands, as for example the hand 27, so as to be concealed thereby. F or a month such as November, as shown, the spider 23 is shifted so that its four hands mark the first four Sundays of the month, and then the hand 23 may be independently shifted for indicating the fifth Sunday.

Each month the disk 20 will be shifted one notch and then the spider with its hands will be shifted to properly indicate the Sundays. The independent hand. 30 may be either disposed in concealed position or pointing to the illtll Sunday where there is a fifth Sunday. Obviously, the disk 17 need be shifted but once a year.

As shown in Fig. 5, the several rotatably mounted elements are spaced apart by spacing washers 31. This represents an advantageous arrangement and particularly employed herein to facilitate the disclosure although all such washers may be eliminated, or made considerably thinner than that shown for reducing the overall thickness of the parts.

In the claims appended hereto it is specified that the indicating means or hands point to the several Sundays of the month. The word Sunday is used in a descriptive sense as distinguished from a limiting sense. The language or" the claims is intended to cover calendars wherein the month is divided into weekly divisions by an arrangeu'lent of indicating devices or hands pointing to days of the week other than Sunday.

Claims:

1. A calendar comprising means having the days of the month arranged in the form of a closed area, and indi ating means within the area pointing to the several Sundays of the month serving to separate the days of the month into weekly divisions.

2. A calendar comprising means having the days of the month arranged substantially in the form of a circle, and indicating means within the circle pointing to the several Sundays in the month serving to separate the days of the month. into weekly divisions.

3. A calendar comprising means having the days of the mouth arranged substantially in the form of a circle, and indicating means within the circle pointing to the several. Sundays in the month serving to separate the days of the month into Weekly divisions, said indicating means being arranged to substantially radiate from the center of the circle and pointing radially outwardly.

4. A calendar comprising means having the'days of the month arranged substantially in the form of a circle, and indicating means within the circle pointing to the several Sundays in the month serving to separate the days of the month into weekly divisions, said indicating means being arranged to substantially radiate from the center of the circle and pointing radially outwardly, said indicating means having each indicia thereon showing the consecutive numbers of the Sundays in the month.

5. A calendar comprising a sheet of paper or the like having the days of the month printed thereon with the days of the month arranged substantially in the shape of a circle, indicating devices printed .upon the sheet disposed within the circle and pointing to the several Sundays in the month, said indicating devices serving to separate the days of the month into weekly divisions.

6. A calendar comprising a sheet of paper or the like having the days of the month printed thereon with the days of the month arranged substantially in the shape of a circle, indicating devices printed upon the sheet disposed within the circle and pointing to the several Sundays in the month, said indicating devices serving to separate the days of the month into weekly divisions, said indicating devices each having printed thereon the number of the Sunday in the particular month to which it points.

7. A calendar comprising a base having the days of the month shown thereon and arranged in the form of a substantially closed area, a member secured to the base and spaced therefrom and located within the area, said member having a sight opening, a movable member located between the base and said first mentioned member having months indicated thereon, one visible through the sight opening, and a movable device between the first member and base having pointers directed towards the Sundays of the month on the base.

8. A calendar comprising a base having the days of the month shown thereon and arranged in the form of a substantially closed area, a member secured to the base and spaced therefrom and located within the area, said member having a sight opening, a movable member located between the base and said first mentioned member having months indicated thereon, one visible through the sight opening, and a movable device between the first member and base having pointers directed toward the Sundays of the month on the base, said movable device having four of said pointers rigidly associated with each other.

9. A calendar comprising a base having the days of the month shown thereon and arranged in the form of a substantially closed area, a member secured to the base and spaced therefrom and located within the area, said member having a sight opening, a movable member located between the base and said first mentioned member having months indicated thereon, one visible through the sight opening, and a movable device between the first member and base having pointers directed toward the Sundays of the month on the base, said movable device having four of said pointers rigidly associated with each other.

10. A calendar comprising a base having the days of the month shown thereon and arranged in the form of a closed area, a disk or the like positioned over the base, means securing the disk to the base in spaced relation, said disk being located within the closed area formed by the numbers so as to expose the same, a spider rotatably mounted around the means securing the disk and base together and having four arms, said spider being shiftable to indicate the first four Sundays or the like in a month, and an independently mounted pointer shiftable to be concealed by one of the arms on the spider and shiftable to indicate a fifth Sunday or the like.

11. A calendar comprising a base having the days of the month shown thereon and arranged in the form of a substantially closed area, a device having four arms pivotally mounted substantially in the axial center of the area, another arm independently pivotally mounted substantially on the axial center of the area, said spider being rotatable whereby its arms may point to four corresponding days of. the weeks in the month and the independently mounted arm being rotatable to point to a fifth corresponding week day in the month.

12. A calendar comprising a base having the days of the month shown thereon and arranged in the form of a substantially closed area, a device having four arms pivotally mounted substantially in the axial center of the area, another arm independently pivotal- 1y mounted substantially on the axial center of the area, said spider being rotatable where by its arms may point to four Sundays in the month, and the independently mounted arm being rotatable to point to a fifth Sunday in the month, said independently mounted arm being movable into a position behind one of the said four arms to be concealed thereby.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

MARTIN C. HALEY.

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