US730685A - Wall-calendar. - Google Patents

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No. 730.685. PATENTED JUNE 9`, 1903.

W. C. NORMAN.

WALL CALENDAR.

APPLI-GATION FILED NOV. l1, 1902.'

'No MODEL.

UNITED Srl/vriesv atented .fune 9, 1903.

,PATENT OFFICE.

WALL-CALENDAR.

SPECIFICATION 'Olmng part 0f Letters Patent N0. 730,685, dated June 9, 1903.

Application filed November 11, 1902. Serial No. 130,860. (No model.)

To tZZiwtoT/i, t may concern.-

Be it known that 1WILLIAM C. NORMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing atSrnithton, in the county of Clark and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wall-Calendars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a perpetual wall-calendar;v

and it consists in a board substantially square, having near its top 'a device for holding the date of the year, and under the device is a half-circle divided into seven openings, through which may be read the days of theweek, and below these openings is a halfnioon-shaped space divided into lseven radial spaces containing the thirty-one days of the month, and just below the center space is another space, through which may be read the months. To the rear of this board are secured two disks, one containing the days of the month and the other the months of the year, and these disks are pivoted to the back of the board.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a face view of my invention. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same, cut on the line X X of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a disk containing the days of the week. Fig. 4 is a disk containing the months of the year. Fig. pis a detail sectional view of Fig. 1, cut on the line Y Y.

My invention is described as follows:

l represents the board; 2, the disk containing the months of the year and a circle of perforations 8; 3, a disk containing the days of the Week and a circle of perforations 9, In this disk 2 the days of the week are repeated, becausein manipulating the calendar it is necessary that it be so.

The board l has in its upper half a circle of oblong openings 4, and between each one of these openings is an arm or brace 5, so as to hold the lower part of the circle firmly to the upper part of the board. The center opening I extends farther toward. the center than the other openings, which practically forms another opening 6. Through the openings 4: I read the days of the week, as printed on the disk 3, and through the opening 6 I read the months of the year, as printed on the disk 2. The remaining half-disk of the board is divided into seven radial spaces and into ve circular spaces, and just below the termination of the inner circular space and on the left-hand side of the board is a perforation 7, registering with lthe perforations 8 and Il on disks 2 and space has in it figures as follows: in the outer space 1, next space 8, next space 15, next space 22, and tho next space 29, reading downwardly.

In reading the figures for the days of the month I commence at the center I and then to the right 2, still to the right 3, still to the right 4, and then come over to the left, and in the second circular space I read 5, then 6, 7, 8, 9, and. so on until I complete the thirty-one days of the month.

The disks 2 and 3 are held to the rear of the board by eyelets l0 and 1l, which pass through the hoard and through the disks. The eyelet l0 has ou its upper end a head 12, so thatit may be turned, and it has two prongs ct a, which are turned down into the inner face of the disk 2, and then it has at its other end two other prongs b b, which are turned up and into the rear face ot' the disk 2. Thus when this eyelet is turned the disk 2 must be turned. The eyelet ll passes dow'n through the center of'the eyelet 10 and has two prongs c, which are turned and enter the inner face of the rear disk 3, and at its end it has two other prongs d, that are turned up and pass into the rear face of said disk 3, and it has on its outer or front end a head 13, by which it may be turned.

When I want to expose the months, I turn the eyelet l0, and when I want to expose the days I turn the eyelet ll.

I have a spring-catch 14, the point l5 of which passes through the perforation 7 in the board l and through one of the perforations 8 in the disk 2 and one of the perforations 9 in the disk 3 and holds the said disks. This spring has two bows or bends 16 and 17 and is riveted to the board at its straight end by rivets 1S.

When I Wish to withdraw the point 15 from the perforations, I press on the bow 17.

Now as October begins on Thursday I turn Thursday and October over l and read the calendar around to the right, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and then begin on the left, Mon- The center radial IOO day, '.l`uesday, VVednesdayf and then I read the days of the week, the month, and the days of the month to ccorrespond thus: Thursday, October the first, and then continue to the right, second, third, fourth, and then to the left, fifth, sixth, and so on.

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

1. A wall-calendar, consisting of a board 1, substantially square, having in its upper part, a semicircle, divided into seven openings 4, leaving between each opening, b'races 5, and under the middle opening, additional opening 6, the remaining half-disk of the board inside ofthe half-circle, just mentioned, divided into seven radial spaces, and each radial space divided into ve circular spaces; zo.

said spaces containing, in consecutive order, the dates of the month, from one to thirtyone; a disk 2, adapted to be rotated, pivoted to the rear face of said board, and divided into twelve radial spaces, containing the months of the year; a larger disk 3, adapted to be rotated, mounted on the rear face of the disk, just mentioned, and divided into fourteen radial spaces, each space containing the days ofthe Week; saiddisks adapted to be set in position to give the month and the days of the week; an eyelet 10, having a head 12,- and passing down through the center of the board l, and through the center of the disk `2, and having prongs a, and b, entering the inner and outer faces of said disk; an eyelet 11, having a head 13, and passing down through the center of the eyelet 10, and through the center of disk 3, and having prongs c, and CZ, entering the front and rear vfaces of said disk, substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

2. A wall-calendar, consisting of a board 1,

substantially square, having in its upper part, a semicircle, divided into seven openings 4, leaving between each opening, braces 5, and under the middle opening, additional opening 6, the remaining half-disk of the board inside of the half-circle, just mentioned, divided into seven radial spaces, and each radial space divided into five circular spaces; said spaces containing, in consecutive order, the dates of the month, fromA one to thirtyone; a disk 2, adapted to be rotated, pivoted to the rear face of said board, and divided into twelve radial spaces, containing the months of the year; aplarger disk 3, adapted to be rotated, mounted on the rear face ofthe disk, just mentioned, and divided into fourteen radial spaces, each space containing the days of the week; said disks adapted to be set in position to give the month and the daysof the Week; an eyelet l0, having a head 12, aud passing down through the center of the board 1, and through the center of the disk 2, and having prongs a, and b, entering the inner and outer faces of said disk; an eyelet l1, having a head 13, and passing down through the center of the eyelet 10, and through the center of disk 3, and having prongs c, and d, entering the front and rear faces of said disk, the perforation 7, iu board 1, and perforations S, and 9, registering with perforation 7'; a spring-catch 14, having a point 15, to pass through the perforations 7, 8, and 9; said spring-catch having two bends or bows' 16, and 17, its straight end secured to the board, substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth. v

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NVILLIAM C. NORMAN. Vitnesses:

G. A.` CARROLL, MARION WRIGHT.

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