Improvements in Pocket Apparatus for Writing.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Aug., 1890-Accepted, 8th Nov., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pocket Apparatus for Writing.
I DAVID NIGHTINGALE, of No. 2, The Building, Mottingham, in the County of
Kent, Boot-maker, do hereby declaro the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
This invention for Improvements in Pocket Apparatus for Writing has for its object
to provide in a small space a supply of materials for writing letters or other desired
mattor ; and consists of a pen and pencil holder combined with an arrangement for
holding ink and india-rubber, and an arrangement for holding envelopes note paper
and blotting paper.
The accompanying drawing shows in section to an enlarged scale an apparatus
constructed according to this invention.
The outer case of the apparatus consists of a cylinder 1 of about the same diameter
as an ordinary pen or pencil case and having screw threads at either end; and of a pencil
protector 2 and of a receptacle 3 for ink adapted to be secured to the ends of the
cylinder 1. Within the cylinder 1 is a hollow spindle 4 screw threaded internally and
provided with ahead 5 screw threaded externally to fit the internal threads at the end of
the cylinder 1, the said head 5 projecting beyond the end of the cylinder. A sufficient
space is thus left between the spindle 4 and the cylinder 1 to receive an envelope,
or note paper or blotting paper or any two or all three of these. The receptacle
for ink is provided with an india-rubber stopper 9, serving both as an eraser and
to prevent escape of the ink, and is adapted to screw on to the projecting head 5 of
the hollow spindle 4 and bear against the end of the cylinder 1 to which it is con-
sequently secured. The pencil protector 2 is adapted to screw onto the other end of
the said cylinder 1. The penholder 6 and pencil holder 7 are secured to a short
worm 8 working in the hollow spindle 4.
In order to use the pencil, the protector 2 must be slightly screwed on to uncover
the point of the pencil and is again unscrewed to protect it when the pencil is done
with. If the pencil requires feeding out the protector 2 must be removed and worm 8
rotated to feed it out. In order to use the pen, the protector 2 and receptacle 3 are
removed and the worm 8 is rotated so as to cause the pen to project to the requisite
distance for writing. The envelope, note paper, or blotting-paper can be obtained
by removing the receptacle 3 and withdrawing spindle 4. The paper is inserted by
wrapping it round the hollow spindle 4. For the sake of clearness the paper is
not shown.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is :-
:―
1. The combination with a pen holder of a receptacle for ink, adapted to be
removed from the said holder, substantially as described.
2. The combination with a pen or pencil holder of a receptacle for holding
envelopes, note paper and blotting paper substantially as described.
3. The combination with a pen and pencil holder of a removable receptacle for
ink provided with an india rubber or other stopper, and of a receptacle for holding
envelopes, note paper and blotting paper, substantially as described."

page_text: 4. The arrangement of pocket apparatus for writing substantially as described
with reference to the drawings.
nut oil 1900
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
Agents.