US859052A - Memorandum-calendar. - Google Patents

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HPATENTED JULY 190?. L. n. DOZIBR.

MEMORANDUM CALENDAR,

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LEWIS D. DOZIER, orsr. LOUIS, lnissoonra mnmonsnnoii-osnnnnsn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. July 2, 1907.

Application filed January 7,1907. Serial No- 351,172.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lnwrs D. .DOZIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at No. 319 North Fourth street, St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new. and useful Impro ement in Memorandum-Calendars, of which the following is-a full, clear, and exact description, 'such as will enable others skill'edin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a memorandum calendar constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view, and Fig. 3 is an end view of the device shown in Fig. 1.

This invention relates to a memorandum device.

1 One object of my invention is to provide a memorandum calendar in which the paper or material that the memos or notes are written on is in the form of a continuous strip or web that is wound up into a roll as it is used and can thus be preserved as a permanent record.

Another object of my invention is to provide a memorandum calendar which is so constructed that no dead matter is exposed to view, and only currentevents are displayed; and still another object of my invention is to provide a memorandum calendar in which the memo spaces for an extended period are displayed so that the user can jot down events that are to transpire at some future date and can also refer to these memos or notes without moving the strip upon which The device which I have herein shown as embodying the preferred form'of my invention is of that type commonly termed desk calendar, and briefly stated consists of a continuous strip or web of material having the days of the month printed thereon'and leading from a supply roller over the upper face of a support and to a receiving roller.- In the drawings, 1 designates the support over which the web or record strip passes, this support being preferably inclined and provided at its.

upper end with supporting legs 2, which may be formed by a metal strip 3 that passes across the upper end of the support and is then bent downwardly to form the legs 2. A continuous web of paper or record strip 4 is wound up to form a supply roll A and this roll is preferably supported on a roller 5 mounted in the legs 2, and provided at one end with a knurled fingerpiece 6, by which the roller may be turned. The record strip 4 leads from the supply roll over the underneath face of the support or member 1, around a roller 7 at the lower end of the support and thence over the upper face of the support to a receiving roller 8 also mounted in the legs 2, and provided at its outer end with a finger piece 9. The roller 7 is journaled in brackets 10 secured to the lower end of the support 1, and these brackets are preferably provided with buffers or pads 11, which may consist of rubbercaps mounted on depending legs on the brackets. The rollers-5 and 8 are removably mountedin the legs 2 so that they can bo taken out after the record strip has been wound onto the roll 8 and a fresh or clean'record strip is to be wound ontothe supply'roller5.

In the construction herein shown, one of the legs 2 is provided with slots 12 to receive the trunnions on at Fig. -2. For preventing accidental displacements of the rollers 5 and 8 I prefer to mount washers 14 on the trunnions 'of the rollers which are arranged in the slots 12 and to provide the leg 2 with lugs or projections 15, behind which the washers 14 catch, the washers being pressed against the outside face of the leg by means of coiled springs 16 interposed between said washers and the finger piece of said rollers as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, this mechanism also acting as a fiiction device for the rollers. The rollers 5 and 8 are provided with projections or teeth 17 shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, to which the ends of the record strip 4 are connected. The legs 2are also preferably provided with buffers or cushions 18 of similar construction to those at the lower endof the support. The record strip 4 has a calendar printed along one edge thereof and is provided with spaces opposite the figures representing the days of the month in which the memos or other notes are recorded. This record strip may be of any desired length. It may cover a period of several months, a year or several years.

strip is provided with a space to record thenameof the person with whom the engagement is made, a space to record the place where the engagement is to be kept, and a space to record the time of the engagement, the metal strip 3 under which the record strip passes being provided with appropriate words which constitute headings for the columns 'of the .iecord strip. It should be understood, however, that the particular printing or ruling ofthe record strip is immaterial so far as my broad idea is concerned.

By' turning the receiving roller 8 the record strip iscaused to travel over the'upper face. of the'support the opposite direction and thus be unwound from the receivingrollenonto the supply roller; this being for r ',The device herein shown is adapted to be used for recording engagements and to this end the record the purpose of enabling the user to turn the strip no dead matter or memos of events that have taken place, for the record strip is moved one step forward at the beginning of each day. Furthermore there is always exposed on the upper side of the support the notes ormemos for an extended period, say for example ten or fifteen days and on the underneath side of the support the record of the succeeding ten or fifteen days, so that the user has before him at all times the list of events which are to take place within the suc ceeding 20 to days so that when he wishes to refer to or make a note of any event that will transpire within that time he does not have to turn over a number of leaves or slips as is necessary with the desk ,calendars heretofore in general use.

While I have herein stated that the portion of the record strip covering a period of tenor fifteen days is exposed on the upper side of the support, it will, of

course, berunderstood that the portionoi the strip which is exposed is immaterial so far as my invention is concerned.- a

Another advantage of a calendar of this construction is that the record strip can be preserved after it has been used and thus form a permanent record.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A memorandum calendar comprising an inclined support, a metal guide .plate extending across the upper end of said support and being bent downwardly to form supporting legs, a roller mounted in saidlegs and having WWW a record strip wound thereon, said strip being provided with numerals desigfiatlng the days of the month and passing around said support and underneath the guide plate at the upper end thereof, and a receiving roller adjustably mounted in said supporting legs and having one end oi the record strip connected thereto; substantially as described.

' 2. A memorandum calendar comprising an inclined support, metal brackets secured to the lower end of said support, an idleroller journaled in said brackets, a guide plate fastened to the upper end -of said support and provided with integral supporting legs, a supply roller and a receiving roller removably mounted in said supporting legs, and a continuous calendar having its opposite ends connected to the supply roller and the receiving roller and passing over both faces of said support and underneath the guide plate; substantially as described.

3. A device of the character described comprising a supporting member provided with legs, one of which is provided with slots, rollers mounted in said legs and provided with trunnions that are arranged in' said slots, washers mounted on said trunnions and co operating with lugs on thelegs, finger pieces at the outer end of said trunnions, springs interposed between said finger pieces and washers and a continuous record strip extending over the upper and underneath faces of said support and connected at its opposite ends to said rollers; sub-

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