A PEN GUIDE FOR KEEPING THE HAND AND FINGERS IN A PROPER POSITION WHEN WRITING OR LEARNING TO WRITE
Year: 1885

page_text: Position when Writing or Learning to Write.
WILLIAM GEORGE ROBINSON PENLEY of 3 Richmond Villas, Eglantine Road
Wandsworth, in the County of Surrey, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for A PEN GUIDE FOR KEEPING THE HAND AND FINGERS IN A
PROPER POSITION WHEN WRITING OR LEARNING TO WRITE to be as follows:-
It consists of two projections or flanges placed at right angles, or nearly at right
angles with each other, the lower or vertical flange being also placed at right angles
with a presumed plane made by and drawn across the edges of a pen or nib placed
in the penholder in the usual way, this flange being placed directly under the right
hand edge of the pen or nib. The end of the second finger pressed against the
vertical flange, instead of against the penholder, gives to the writer a greater
control over the pen, which is kept in its proper position by the horizontal flange
resting on the finger; the inclination or slope of the pen and writing being
regulated by the elevation or depression of the horizontal flange.

page_text: A Pen Guide for Keeping the Hand and Fingers in a Proper
Position when Writing or Learning to Write.
I WILLIAM GEORGE ROBINSON PENLEY, of N° 3 Richmond Villas, Eglantine
Road, Wandsworth, in the County of Surrey Gentleman do hereby declare the
nature of my invention for A PEN GUIDE FOR KEEPING THE HAND AND FINGERS
IN A PROPER POSITION WHEN WRITING OR LEARNING TO WRITE and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
It consists of two projections or flanges placed at right angles, or nearly at right
angles with each other, the lower or vertical flange being also placed at right angles
with a presumed plane made by, and drawn across the edges of a pen or nib placed
in the penholder in the usual way, this flange being placed directly under the right
hand edge of the nib or pen. The action may be thus illustrated. The end of the
second finger pressing against the lower or vertical flange a, instead of against the
penholder gives to the writer a greater control over the pen, which is kept in its
proper position by the upper or horizontal flange b, springing from the upper
surface of the penholder and resting upon the same finger. The inclination or
slope of the pen and writing being regulated by the elevation or depression of the
horizontal flange. For teaching or learning to write the horizontal flange may be
made to extend upwards so as to rest upon the middle of the finger. These pro-
jections or flanges may be fixed to, and form integral parts of the penholder; or
they may be connected by a band or other contrivance so as to be easily fitted on
to and removed from the penholder at pleasure These flanges so attached to the
penholder give the additional advantage of forming a rest, thereby preventing the
pen touching or soiling the paper or other surface upon which it may be placed
when not in use.
Fig. 1 represents an ordinary penholder showing the position of the lower or
vertical flange a, and a perspective view of the upper or horizontal flange b.
Fig. 2. also represents an ordinary penholder showing the position of the upper
or horizontal flange b, and the way in which the two projections or flanges form
a rest to prevent the pen touching or soiling the paper.
Fig. 3 represents the two projections or flanges forming integral parts of the
penholder as they appear before the metal or other material is bent or moulded
into a finished penholder.
I do not however confine myself to any particular shape size or material in the
use or manufacture of these projections or flanges, but for illustration give the
simplest form.

page_text: 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
The application and arrangement of vertical and horizontal projections or flanges
to any ordinary penholder, by means of which
1. The hand and fingers are kept in a proper position when writing. or learning
to write.
2. The band and pen are enabled to travel with greater freedom and precision
over the surface of the paper, and
3. The writer is enabled to overcome the want of elasticity of the materials of
which penholders are usually made.