IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO PEN HOLDERS, PENCIL CASES AND THE LIKE
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Edmund Orrell of Kidsgrove in the County of
Stafford for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO PEN
HOLDERS, PENCIL CASES AND THE LIKE."
(Void by reason of the Patentee having neglected to file a Specification in
pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Edmund Orrell
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th March 1883.
CHARLES EDMUND ORRELL. of Kidsgrove in the County of Stafford. " IMPROVE-
"MENTS IN OR RELATING TO PEN-HOLDERS, PENCIL-CASES AND THE LIKE
"
My invention relates to pen-holders, pencil-cases and other similar articles and
the object of my Invention is to attach a knife-point or blade to the end of a pen-
holder pencil case and lead or crayon pencil and to cover it with a sheath or cap
in such a manner that the pen-holder pencil-case or pencil may be carried in the.
pocket, held in the hand or otherwise used without risk of injury from the blade,
while at the same time it is readily available for scratching out ink and other
marks cutting lead pencils and for other purposes.
In applying my Invention to a wooden pen-holder or pencil of the ordinary kind
I form the blade of any desired shape with a shank; this shank may be forced or
driven into the end of the pen-holder or pencil and firmly secured by a metal ferule
or band surrounding the wood near the end of the pen-holder: a sheath or cap
formed of a tube of spring metal closed at one end and slotted by preference is
fitted so as to pass over the ferule and thus inclose the blade: another way of
securing the knife point or blade is by using a metal ferule with a screw thread
which screws on to the wood: a tube of metal closed at one end and with a screw
thread may be screwed on and off the ferule and thus forms a removable sheath or
cap for the knife point or blade: this tube of metal with the screw thread (if both
ends are open) may be fitted so as to form a sheath for the knife point as before,
but when it is desired to use the blade, instead of unscrewing and removing the
cap it may be screwed down the pen-holder and the blade left uncovered.

page_text: In applying my Invention to a metal pen-holder or pencil-case I form the knife
point or blade with one or more shanks which fit into slots or grooves formed at
one end of the pen-holder or pencil-case and secure the shank or shanks by means
of a metal ferule or band or in other convenient manner. I form a sheath or cap
for the blade in one of the ways previously described.
Another manner of applying my Invention to tubular pen-holders or pencil-cases
is to secure the blade to a piece of metal, wood, or other material having a stud
fixed to it. A. slot or groove is made in the pen-holder parallel with its axis and
the stud on the piece of metal to which the blade is secured slides in this slot and
by this stud the knife may be pushed in or out of the case.
Another method applicable to tubular cases is to secure the knife-blade to a
detached piece, which detached piece may be inserted in the end of the case either
to hold the blade ready for use or to form a cover for it.