Improvements in Pens and Penholders.
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvements in Pens and Penholders.
1, ERNEST HENRY BUTTERWORTH, of Heaton Mersey, in the County of Lancaster,
Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention, to be as follows:-
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In many cases, pens in penholders after a time from corrosion or other causes
adhere to the holder so firmly as to be removed only with difficulty, and the
object of my invention is to construct the penholder for ordinary shapes of pens
so that they can be readily removed or thrown out of the holder when desired, or
to construct the pen so that it may be readily forced out or removed from the
holder when required.
My invention in respect to penholders for ordinary pens, according to one
modification consists of a tube or partial tube of metal (by partial tube is meant a
tube which is or may be made from flat metal bent into tube form, the two edges
coming together, not being united together) which fits upon the stick or handle
of the penholder--and in the back or on one side of this tube or partial tube a
slot is cut in its lengthway.
Within the tube or partial tube there is a partial tube of metal stamped out
of thin plate metal when flat (steel by preference) with a V part cut out at one end
to form two prongs, and two parts cut in the flat plate which can be bent outwards
to form projections from the plate. The flat stamped plate is then bent into
tubular shape and thus forms a partial tube, and its elasticity causes it to fit
sufficiently tight into the inside of the tube for the penholder stick.
One of the bent out projections is in a line with and passes through the slot
in the lengthway of the tube on the stick, and the other acts as an abutment for
the end of the shank of the pen to come against the shank of the pen. being
inserted into the holder between the two tubes or partial tubes until its shank
end comes against the said turned up projection or passes under it so that the
To eject the pen from the holder
pen is held firm in the holder when in use.
the projection from the inner tube which comes through the slot in the length-
way of the tube on the stick is slided endways, and this pushes the pen from the
holder, and the elasticity of the prongs when pushed outwards from the inner
tube or partial tube throws it out.
By another modification there is a slot in the lengthway of the tube or partial
tube which may be other respects in the form of an ordinary penholder, and by
means of a knife or narrow instrument or edge, the pen may be readily forced
out of the holder by placing the point or edge of the knife or other instrument
in the slot in the lengthway of the holder which comes against the end of the
shank of the pen and forces it out of the holder.
In the case of ordinary penholders the shank of the pen is stamped in making
so that one or more projections can be made to extend laterally from it so that
when required it may be forced from the holder by a knife or other suitable

page_text: instrument being brought against the projections or by the projection or pro-
jections being brought against a suitable edge which remains stationary while
the holder is pulled backwards.
Improvements in Pens and Penholders.
1, ERNEST HENRY BUTTERWORTH, of Heaton Mersey, in the County of Lancaster,
Clerk, 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:--
In many cases pens in penholders, after a time, from corrosion or other
causes adhere to the holder so firmly as to be difficult of removal without soiling
the hands and other inconvenience.
The object of my invention is to construct a penholder for ordinary shapes of
pens, so that the pens can be readily removed from the holder when desired. I
accomplish this as follows:-
My improved penholder consists of two tubes, (or partial tubes, by partial
tube is meant a tube which is formed of sheet metal bent in the form of a tube
but the edges of which are not united,) an outer and an inner tube.
The outer tube is formed at one end for the insertion of the stick or handle of
the holder and at the other is formed with a suitable longitudinal slot.
The inner tube is stamped out of sheet metal (steel for preference) with two
V shaped pieces cut out of one edge, so that when afterwards bent over into
tube form two prongs are formed at one end of the tube, and two parts are cut
in the plate which can afterwards be turned up into projections, one to slide in
the longitudinal slot in the outer tube and the other to form an abutment for
the end of the pen shank, which is pushed into the holder between the two
tubes until it is stopped by coming against the abutment.
To eject the pen, the projection which passes through and slides in the longi-
tudinal slot in the outer tube, is slided lengthways along the siot, pushing the
inner tube and the pen with it out of the holder, when the pen drops off, or is
thrown off by the elasticity of the two prongs of the inner tube.
Referring to the drawings sent herewith:-
Fig. 1 shows a side view of the improved penholder complete, when slided
out to eject a pen. a indicating the outer tube, b the inner tube and c the pen,
which rests in abutment d, the inner tube being slided by by the projection e.
Fig. 2 shows an under view of outer tube a showing longitudinal slot f, in
which projection e slides.
Figs. 3 and 4 show respectively views of the inner tube in the flat, and
formed into a tube, showing V shaped slots g g, and projections d and e.
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:.
1st In a penholder, the combination of an outer and an inner tubes, or partial

page_text: tubes, formed and fitted substantially as described and shown, herein before and
in the accompanying drawings, for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 6th day of September 1900.
JOHN HENRY TOPHAM, C.P.A.,
7, South Corridor, Royal Exchange, Manchester,
Agent to Applicant.