„Improvements in or connected with Pencil. Cases and Penholders.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
„Improvements in or connected with Pencil. Cases and Penholders.
I, WILLIAM HERBERT WHILHAE DENNE, of 20 Chalcot Crescent, Regent's
Park, in the County of Middlesex, Stationer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in or connected with pencil cases and
penholders by means of which certain advantages are obtained.
In carrying my invention into effect I adapt to the base of the tube of the
pencil, case or of the penholder, as the case may be, a heel which may be flat or
flattened when desired. The said heel may be either integral with the said tube,
or, it may be, affixed thereto.. An orifice extends. transversely through the said heel
to enable the latter to move angularly upon a pin inserted in the said orifice, or
the heel may be supplied with pivots upon which it may turn. The heel may
further be furnished with a notch or projection or the like so as to be engaged by a
spring or click which shall serve as a detent for maintaining the heel in a definite
position.
A pencil case or penholder so fitted is adapted to move angularly into or from a
haft or handle, and the said haft or handle may serve when desired as a reservoir
or holder for nibs or leads or other refills. A. pin or stud, fitted when desired with
a finger piece may be employed to push aside the spring or click of the detent when
it is desired to release the heel. When the said spring or click is in engagement
with the notch or projection herein before mentioned, the pencil case or penholder
is: in position for writing and pressure: may be put upon the same without their
closing up into the haft, or handle.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Pencil Cases and Penholders..
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I,WILLIAM HERBERT WHICHAE DENNE, of 20 Chalcot Crescent, 'Regent's
Bark, in the County of Middlesex, Stationer, do hereby declare 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in or connected with pencil cases and
pepholders.by means of which certain advantages are obtained.
In carrying my invention into effect. I adapt to the base of the tube of the
pencil case or of the penholder, as the case may be, a heel which may be flat or
flattened when desired. The said heel may be, either integral with the said-tube,
oriit may be affixed thereto. An orifice extends transversely through the said heel
to enable the latter to move angularly upon a pin inserted in the said orifice, or the
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page_text: heel may be supplied with pivots upon which it may turn. The heel is furnished
with a notch or a projection or the like so as to be engaged by a spring or click
which shall serve as a detent for maintaining the heel in a definite position.
A pencil case or penholder so fitted is adapted to move angularly into or from a
haft or handle, and the said haft or handle may serve when desired as a reservoir
or holder for nibs or leads or other refills. A pin or stud, fitted when desired with
a finger piece may be employed to push aside the spring or click of the detent when
it is desired to release the heel. When the said spring or click is in engagement
with the notch or projection hereinbefore mentioned, the pencil case or penholder
is in position for writing and pressure may be put upon the same without their
closing up into the haft or handle.
Having now briefly described the nature of my invention in such manner as to
define its scope, I shall proceed to set forth how I carry it into effect and for that
purpose I shall refer to the accompanying drawings which illustrate, by way of a
type or example, one form of my invention, the said form giving good results in
practice.
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Of these drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts,
Figure 1 is a plan on an enlarged scale of a form of my invention in which a
pencil case is combined with a knife blade and a reservoir for refills.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same, partly broken away for illustrative
purposes.
Figure 3 is a detail section of the releasing device employed to bring the detent
out of action.
Figure 4 is a detail plan showing the cover of a reservoir for refills when in its
shut position.
Figure 5 is a sectional elevation of the same, showing the cover of the refill
box in its partially open position.
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In these figures A is the haft or handle similar to that usually employed in the
case of pocket knives and B is a knife blade therein attached in the usual manner..
C is a pencil case shown in its folded position and e the heel thereof. c' is the pin
upon which the pencil case moves angularly. is a pin or projection upon the
heel of the pencil case designed for engagement with the orifice d of the detent D
which in this case consists of a flat spring. d is a stud upon the said spring D
and a finger piece by means of which the detent can be pushed aside as will be
hereinafter described. E is a cavity or reservoir in the haft serving to hold spare
leads for refilling the pencil case as desired. It is closed on all sides except at the
tope where it is closed by the lid e' which folds over it as shown in Figures 4
and 5, the said lid being fitted in the haft and moving exactly like a knife blade.
The action of the form shown here is as follows. When it is desired to write by
means of the pencil the latter is opened angularly from the haft after the manner
of a knife blade until when it is fully opened the projection c³ engages the orifice d
of the spring D when the pencil case is held in position and pressure can be put
upon it in any direction without causing it to move into its closed position. When
it is desired to close the pencil case into its haft all that has to be done is to push
upon the finger piece d' so as to press spring D away from the heel of the pencil
case, when the projection being no longer engaged in orifice d the pencil case
can be moved into its closed position exactly as in the case of a knife blade.
When it is desired to gain access to the spare leads carried in the box E of the
baft, the lid e' is moved exactly as in opening out the blade of a knife and this lid
can be closed also in the same manner as a knife blade.
It will be obvious that a penholder may be used instead of a pencil case C, it
having a heel furnished with the stud c³ for the same purpose.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manuer the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :
1. The combination of a pivotted pencil case or penholder the haft or handle

page_text: into and out of which the same moves angularly and a detent for maintaining the
said pencil case or penholder in its open or extended position substantially as set
forth.
2. The combination of a pivotted pencil case or penholder a haft or handle into
and out of which it moves angularly a detent for maintaining it in its open or
extended position and a releasing device substantially as set forth.
3. The combination of a pivotted pencil case or penholder a haft or handle into
and out of which it moves angularly a detent for maintaining it in its open or
extended position a releasing device and a reservoir for refills substantially as set
forth.
Dated this 19th day of September 1895.
For the Applicant,
J. G. LORRAIN, M. Inst. E.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Norfolk House, Norfolk Street, Strand, London, W.C.,
Chartered Patent Agent.