A New or Improved Eraser.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 21st June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 21st Mar., 1894-Accepted, 21st Apr., 1894
I, FRANK HARRY BATTERS of Penryth House, Heswall, in the County of
Chester, Colliery Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object an eraser adapted for removing marks from the
surface of paper or other material.
In carrying my invention into effect, I provide a steel nib which is variously
shaped, and cut like a file (or made rough) on its under surface, the upper surface
and sides (or even the end, if desired) being left plain or smooth to form
burnishers.
This nib or blade is adapted to fit into the ordinary pen holder so that it can be
conveniently held and operated by the hand. Ink or other marks are erased from
the paper by the abrading or cutting action of the file, and after the marks are
removed the surface of the paper may be smoothed by the burnishers aforesaid.
An instrument of this kind can easily be carried in the pocket. It forms a very
useful part of the furniture of the writing desk, and is not liable to tear the paper
when in use.
Dated this 24th day of July 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Eraser.
I, FRANK HARRY BATTERS of Penryth House, Heswall in the County of
Chester, Colliery Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
This invention has for its object an eraser adapted for removing marks from the
surface of paper or other material. It is designed to take the place of the ordinary
rubber eraser so much sold for ink erasing, for which purpose my present invention
is in every way superior.
The invention will be understood from the following description, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, in which :—
Figure 1 is a view of a pen holder and eraser :
Figures 2 and 3, detail views.
In these―
A is a steel nib of any suitable shape, which is cut like a file or made rough on
its under surface, the sides being left plain or smooth to form burnishers. This
nib A is adapted to fit any ordinary pen holder B, so that it can be conveniently
operated by the hand. Ink or other marks are erased from the paper by the
abrading or cutting action of the file, and, after the marks are removed, the surface
of the paper may be smoothed by the burnishers aforesaid. An instrument of
this kind can be easily carried in the pocket. It forms a very useful part of the
furniture of the writing desk and is not liable to tear the paper when in use.
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page_text: A convenient way of forming the nib A is to punch the blank (Figure 2) out of
.a flat piece of steel. The sides a of this blank are bent round to fit the pen holder,
and the lip a', which is cut like a file, bent down into the position shown in
Figures 1 and 3. It is obvious, however, the nib may be formed in many other
ways, and in any suitable shape or form, without departing from the principle of
my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
-claim is :-
1. An eraser formed by providing the end of a pen holder with a steel nib, the
said nib being cut like a file or rendered abrasive on its under surface substantially
as and for the purposes described.
2. An eraser in which the part to be brought into contact with the paper is cut
like a file, or rendered abrasive, while the sides are left plain or smooth to form
burnishers, substantially as set forth.
3. The new or improved eraser for removing ink or other marks from the surface
of paper or other material, taken as a whole substantially as described.
Dated this 20th day of March 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, and London, Patent Agents.