US248872A - Calendar - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

R. MOCURDY.

CALENDAR.

No. 248,872. Patented Nov. 1,1881.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS N. PETERS. Phnwljthngnpher, Wnhngion. D. C4

' 'iJNrTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT MGOURDY, OF KENTON, OHIO.

CALENDAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,872, dated November 1, 1881.

Application led March 28, 11381.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT MCGURDY, of Kenton, in the county of Hardin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Calendars; and I do hereby declare the following` to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such asvwill enable others skilled in the art to which it pertainsto make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this speciation.

My invention relates to calendars; and it consists in certain features of construction and combin ation of parts, as will hereinafter be described, and specified in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a frontl elevation of my calendar. Fig. 2 is a detached View ot' the upper cap or section, showing the manner of arranging the same. Fig. 3 is a detached view ot' the main (oveiingof the paperweight, showing the. manner ot arranging the years and numbers.

A is the main covering of my paper-weight, which is printed and cut in substantially the manner shown in the drawings, Fig. 3.

B is the upper cap or section, which is also printed and cut in substantially the manner shown in Fig. 2, and revolves freely around the upper portion of the body of the paperweight and over the top portion of the covering A.

C is an opening made in the upper cap or section, B, this opening heilig large enough to expose to view any one column ot' years, as stown more clearly in Fig. 1.

a is a knob, which se ves to hold the upper section, B, in place by means of a washer, which may be fastened to the upper end of said section. Y

The operation of my device is as follows: As seen by the upper section, the manner of adjusting the calendar for any given year is to turn the section B until the year desired (or the group which contains that year) appears in the opening C, when the months will register with the monthly record on the covering A.

(No model.)

It will be seen that I place the months of January and October directly below the opening C, the first day ot' those months falling on the same day of the week, excepting in leapfyear, when, on account of the month of February having twenty-nine days, the first day of October begins one daylater in the week, and so with all the months after February. Hence it will be seen by reference to the drawings that I place the leap-years in twice-i.e.,1 place it iirst in one column for the months of January and February, and in the neXt column for the balance ofthe year.

It will also be seen that the months which begin on the same day of the week I group together as,for instance, April and July, September and December, Ste. February, March, and November I also group together, as they also begin on the same day, excepting in leapyear, when March and November begin one day later in the week than February.

The body ot my calendar may be made of metal or any other suitable material, and may be made in the form of a cone, as shown, or it may be made in the form of a cylinder, ori any other suitable form.

What I claim is- The combination, with the main covering A, provided with a series of blocks of figures de- -noting different years, and a series of blocks ot' figures denoting the days of the month, of an adjustable covering, B, formed with an opening, G, of proper form to expose to view a single block of tigures denoting the years, and with the naines ot' the ditlerent months designated thereon, the construction and arrangement being substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT MCCURDY.

Witnesses:

ED. LUNNEY, W. A. NORTON.

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