IMPROVED PEN OR PENOLL HOLDER
Year: 1888

page_text: I ANTHONY BUCKLITSCH JOHNSTON Embroidery Printer and Dealer in Sewing
Machines, number Sixteen Crown Street, Aberdeen, Scotland,.do hereby declare the
nature of my invention for IMPROVED PEN OR PENOLL HOLDER to be as follows:-
An upright rod is fixed to metal base or otherwise. At top of said rod is attached
a short tube, having a joint at top wherein a horizontal rod, is fixed, having at its
short end a metal ball; and at its long end a cord is attached, from which is
suspended a pen or pencil, the cord passing through an eye at the end of a bracket
fixed to the lower end of said short tube.
When the pencil or pen is being used, the tube renders it capable of being turned
in any direction and when not in use, the ball at the end of the horizontal rod causes
Bufficient leverage to draw up the pen or pencil to the eye of the bracket, so that the
movement may be termed universal.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Holder or Support for a Pencil or Pen Holder.
ANTHONY BUCKLITSCH JOHNSTON Embroidery Printer and dealer in Sewing
Machines, number Sixteen Crown Street Aberdeen do hereby declare the nature of
my invention for IMPROVED HOLDER OR SUPPORT FOR A PENCIL OR PEN HOLDER and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
by the following statement :-
An upright rod A is fixed to a metal base B or otherwise, at top of said rod a
tube C is fitted so as to easily revolve, near top of said tube is fixed a wire bracket D
having its end E turned down. The turned down part E is. provided with a slit
and eyelet F at end. The importance of slit will be hereafter explained. At top
of revolving tube is hinged a wire rod G so as to move up and down, at long end of
rod G is an eyelet H and at short end a ball I or weight is fitted with a screw J
so that it can be moved to give more less lever power. At eyelet F end of
bracket, is fixed a cord, K passing up slit, through eyelet H in wire rod, G, down
throught eyelet F at end of bracket. To end of cord is fixed a pen or pencil L.
The action of the appliance is as follows, To use the pencil take hold of it with
the fingers and pull down into writting possition which can be done with almost no
tention.
When you pull down the pencil the wire rod G is drawn downwards, and allowes the
pencil to be used the length of the cord away from the end of bracket.
The whole of the appliance revolves on straight rod A and turns in any direction
the pencil is led.
When done useing pencil, let go, and it will return to end of bracket.
The ball at short end of wire rod, acts as a lever to pull the pencil up, said ball
can be adjusted to suit any weight of pen or pencil.
The slit in turned down part of bracket is for protecting the cord K'from being
entangled with the pen or pencil when it swings into its place at end of bracket.
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
I. A novel invention for preventing a pen or pencil being lost or mislade.
II. A handy appliance for holding a pen or pencil in a given place, so as to be
always found, and easily used within reasonable distance from where it is fixed.
Dated this 19th day of November 1888.