IMPROVEMENTS IN PEN HOLDERS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, EUGENE COOPER BURROWS of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State
of New York, one of the United States of America, Dealer in Horns, do hereby
declare the nature of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PEN HOLDERS" to be
as follows:-
The purpose of my invention is to provide a pen holder, which possesses great
strength and is capable of a high degree of ornamentation, out of cheap material,
and this I accomplish by constructing the holder out of certain portions of the
horn of animals, as steer and buffalo horns.
In making the pen holder the tip or solid part of the horn is employed. Where
the diameter of the tip is of considerable size the holder may be made in one piece,
but in most cases I find it necessary to form it of sections of horn cut as the
thickness of the tips will allow. The tip or solid part of the horn is cut or sawn
transversely into blanks, which are then turned down to the proper shape, and
afterwards finished by buffing and polishing. The sections of horn thus formed
are then united together by cement or by screw threads cut on the ends thereof,
as desired.

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I EUGENE COOPER BURROWS of 244 Clermont Av., in the city of Brooklyn,
county of Kings, and State of New York, United States of America, Dealer in
Horns, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN PEN-
HOLDERS and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my improvement is to construct a pen-holder having great
strength and durability and capable of a high degree of ornamentation out of
cheap material, and this I accomplish by making the holder out of certain portions
of the common horn of animals, as the steer and buffalo.
In the accompanying drawings which serve to illustrate my invention, Figure 1,
is a side elevation, and Figure 2, a similar view, partly in longitudinal section, of
my improved pen-holder.
In constructing the holder, I employ the tip or solid part of the horn as being
the most desirable. These tips I cut or saw transversely into blanks of the proper
thickness, which are then turned down to the required shape, and finished by
buffing and polishing.
In Figure 1 the pen-holder is shown made out of a single piece of horn. This
is practicable where the horn tip is of considerablo thickness, as is often found in
Buffalo horns, and is used for the smaller sizes of holders. In the larger and more
common class of horns the thickness of the tip will admit of only short blanks,
requiring the holder to be made of sections, as shown in Figure 2.
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Let a represent in general the pen-holder, and the several sections composing
the same.
Each section b is provided with a reduced externally screw-threaded
end c which screws into a correspondingly screw-threaded socket d of the adjacent
section. To ensure a tight joint the sections may be further secured by cementing
them together.
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In constructing the holder out of short pieces, a very beautiful effect is produced,
by combining together sections in which the color and veining is in strong contrast.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. As a new article of manufacture, a pen-holder made of horn, as set forth.
2. As a new article of manufacture, a pen-holder formed of short sections of
horn united together, as described.