US1388365A - Holder for memoranda-strips or game-scores - Google Patents

Description

' G. M. MINTON.

HOLDER FORMEMORANDA STRIPS 0R GAME SCORES.

FILED D 20 91 l- APP AY 28,1921- 1,388,365. Pat ted Aug- 23, 1921.

UNITED STATES,

FPATENTOFFICE.

GUSTAVE M. MINTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TQ LEO SGHLES INGER & 00.,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A FIRM COMPOSED OF LEO SCHLESINGER, GUSTAVE M. MIN- TON, AND BENJAMIN LEVY.

HOLDER FOR MEMORANDA-STRI'PS R GAME-SCORES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

Application filed. December 20, 1917, Serial No. 208,029. Renewed May'28, 1921. Serial No. 473,319.

, To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE M. MINTON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvel nents in Holders for Memoranda- Strips or Game-Scores, of which the following is a specification.

he present invention relates to a device for holding a memoranda strip or game score sheet in convenient position for writing and for holding a sheet supply in the form of a roll from which new sections may be drawn from time to time. It also includes simple means for holding down the section of the sheet which has been drawn out to be written on, of a base or platenfor this portion of the sheet, of a suitable holder for the paper roll, a clip for holding the device on'the edgeof a table or other support, and a ruler or edge against which the paper may be torn to remove the used portions.

The device is very simple, inexpensive and convenient. I have provided a device which is especially useful for keeping game scores,

for instance, for keeping scores. in bridge whist, but it will be obviousthat the device may be used for many other purposes.

In the drawing forming part of this application Figure 1 isa perspective view of my invention applied to a table ready for use.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1,.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3.3 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken onthe line 44 of Fig. 1.

The member on which the active portion of the paper strip is adapted to rest consists of a base or platen 1 preferably flat, and it is intended to rest on a table top 2 or other convenient support. It is of suflicient area'to provide for writing over an appreciable area of the paper strip 3. At one end of the platen 1 the metal is curved into a cylindrical casing 4 which receives endwise therein a roll 5 of paper. The casing 4 is so formed that it lies below the plane of the platen 1 so as not to interfere with the hand which rests on the platen while writing, and its free edge 6 is spaced slightly from the end of the platen to provide a cross slot 7 through which the paper strip may be drawn out and laid flat over the top of the platen. The tubular casing 4 is preferably, though not necessarily, made of metal and it is more or less resilient, so that the caps 8 may be sprung over the ends of the circular casing or holder and be held in place by the tendency of the latter to open or spread. The caps 8 are knurled at 9 to provide a proper gripping surface and they are providedv with means for centering or holding the roll in proper position in the casing to keep the edges of the paper strip away from the caps. I have shown each cap provided with a cup shaped member 10 on the inner side of the cap. These cup members are small enough to be received in the casing 4 and they extend beyond the edges 11 of the caps 8 in order to hold the paper roll centered where the edges of the latter will not rub against, the edges 11 and be torn when the strip is drawn off from the roll.

Clips 12 are provided on the under side of the platen 1. They preferably are curved over and soldered to the casing 4 at 13 and they then extend forwardly to a position under the platen, and they are sufiiciently bowed to provide the desired resiliency. The forward ends of the clips are adapted to cooperate with the platen 1 to grip on the edge of a table top 2 or other support in order to hold the device in convenient position and to permit the user to write without having to hold the device.

On the front of the casing and below the plane of the platen, I provide a convenient holder to retain the pencil when not in use and in the drawing this is shown as a tube 14 attached to the casing 4 and into which a pencil may be inserted endwise.

I provide a member for holding the active portion of the paper strip flat and this member preferably frames the strip, 71. 6., forms a frame around the edges. The frame 15 consists of cross members 16 hinged at 17 to the casing 4, of longitudinal side portions 18 extending from the portions 17 and of an end portion 19. These several parts comprise a rectangular (or any other shape) frame which when lowered, rests on the strip 3 and against the platen 1 around the side edges and across the free end of the paper strip.

ruled and marked at 21 to represent a blank for keepingscore in bridge whist and these markings are repeated at regular intervals throughout the whole strip, but it will be un derstood that the strip may consist of plain paper or it may be provided with markings other than those designated.

In using the device, the platen 1 is pushed over the edge of the table 2 so that the clips 12 engage the under surface and clamp the device in the position shown in the drawing. One of the caps 8 is then removed and a roll 5 of paper is placed endwise into the'casing and the outer end of the strip is carried through the slot 7. The cap 8 may then be replaced. The strip 3 is then drawn'through the slot 7 and its end is carried to the forward end of the platen, the frame being swung back during this operation, free of the platen and of the strip. When the strip has been drawn out to overlie the platen the frame 15 is swung down to rest thereon. The device is now ready for use. It will'be obvious that the user may write on the extended portion of the strip and against the platen lying under it and as the device is itself held 0 the table by theclips, and the extended portion of the strip is held down by the frame 15 it is unnecessary to hold the device or the strip in order to write on the latter. The

writing hand may rest freely over the platen edge to receive the platen and clips over and under it.

Having described my invention, what I 1 claim is:

A device of the class described including a platen, means for holding the platen thereon with one end projecting beyond the support,

a tubular casing for holding a supply of pa-.I

per for use on said platen, arranged beyond the support and below theplane of the platen, said casing having a slot in the top from which the paper is adapted to be drawn over the platen and a frame hinged to the tubular casing beyond said slot and extending over said slot and platen and'adapted to hold the extended portion of the paper on the latter. bigned at the city, county and State of New York this 25th 'day of October, 1917,

G. M. MINTON.

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