IMPROVEMENTS IN PEN AND PENCIL HOLDERS OR CASES
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Abraham Norman and Abraham Norman, of
Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, in the County of Middlesex, Gold-
smiths and Jewellers, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PEN AND
PENCIL HOLDERS OR CASES."
Sealed the 19th June 1866, and dated the 8th March 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Abraham Norman
and Abraham Norman at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 8th March 1866.
We, JOHN ABRAHAM NORMAN and ABRAHAM NORMAN, both of Margaret
Street, Cavendish Square, in the County of Middlesex, Goldsmiths and
Jewellers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE
MENTS IN PEN AND PENCIL HOLDERS OR CASES," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention of improvements in pen and pencil holders
or cases is to shorten the length of the article as much as possible when not
in use, but to so arrange its internal parts that by simply making one motion
of pulling out the article may be drawn out to its full extent. To this end
the case or holder is made in two parts, one of which slides in the other, and

page_text: the lead holder or penholder is adapted to a third or inuermost tube, which
is also drawn or pushed out when the case is elongated. This is effected by
making in the tubes spiral grooves in opposite directions, and causing pins or
studs fixed in the inner tubes to run in the grooves of the tubes which
surround them. It will be understood that by pulling out the slido for tho
purpose of elongating the case the same motion will propel or push out the
pen or pencil holder,
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Abraham Norman and Abraham Norman in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 8th September 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOHN
ABRAHAM NORMAN and ABRAHAM NORMAN, of Margaret Street, Cavendish
Square, in the County of Middlesex, Goldsmiths and Jewellers, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty 'Queen Victoria, by Her Lettors
Patent, bearing .date the Eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
us, the said John Abraham Norman and. Abraham Norman, Her special
licence that we, the said John Abraham Norman and Abraham Norman,
our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, tho said
John Abraham Norman and Abraham Norman, our executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Mau, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PEN AND PENCIL HOLDERS OR CASES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that we, the said John Abraham Nornian and
Abraham Norman, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under our, or their, or one of their bands and seals, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal-Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said John Abraham Norman and Abraham

page_text: Norman, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the
Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked 'thereon
(that is to say):
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The object of this Invention of "Improvements in Pen and Pencil Holders
or Cases" is to shorten the length of the article as much as possible when
not in use, but to so arrange its internal parts that by simply making one
motion of pulling out the article may be drawn out to its full extent...
The way in which we propose to effect this object will be best understood
by referring to the accompanying Drawing, in which Fig. 1 is an external
view of a pencil holder or caso shut or closed up; Fig. 2 is an external view
of the case opened or extended ready for use; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section
of the same..-
It will be seen that the case or holder is made in two parts a and b, one
of which slides in the other, and the lead holder c or penholder is adapted
to a third or innermost tube d, which is also drawn or pushed out when the
case is elongated. The end of the tube d to which the pencil or penholder c
is fixed is flush with the tube e, in which the other part of the holder tube d
works. The tube e slides in another tube f, and in the tubes e and fare
made helical grooves or slots as shewn in Fig. 3. These helical slots are
made in opposite directions, and a pin fixed in the tube d works in the slot
of the tube e, while a pin in the latter works in the slot in the outermost
tube f, which surrounds it. It will be understood that by pulling out the
slide for the purpose of elongating the case the same motion will propel or
push out the pen or pencil holder c simultaneously with the tube e and its
enclosing case a. In order to prevent this enclosing case a from rotating a
pin or stud which is fixed in its side and near the end is made to work up
and down in a groove b¹ made inside the outer case b, as shewn in Fig. 4.
When the pencil or penholder is extended as shewn in Figures 2 and 3, it is
kept from being pressed back when in use by forming the outer end of the
groove or slot in the tube e with a horizontal part against which the pin or
stud bears. The pen or pencil cannot therefore be pushed back until the pin
or stud is brought into the diagonal part of the slot.
Having now described our Invention of "Improvements in Pen and
Pencil Holders or Cases," and having explained the manner of carrying the
same into effect, we claim as the Invention secured to us by Letters Patent
as aforesaid the arrangement or combination of parts herein set forth

page_text: whereby the pen or pencil holder and the moveable portion of the outer case
may be simultaneously extended by the same motion as above described.
In witness whereof, we, the said John Abraham Norman and Abraham
Norman, have hereunto set our hands and seals, the Seventh day
of September, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
sixty-six.
Witness, .
RICHARD DUNN.
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JOHN ABRAHAM NORMAN. (L.S.)
ABRAHAM NORMAN.
(L.B.)