Improvements in Pens and Penholders.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 4th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 7th Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pens and Penholders.
I, FRANK PULLEN CANDY of 56 Nightingale Lane Balham in the County of
Surrey, Sanitary Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The first part of my invention consists of an improved penholder, from which the
pen can be detached in a cleaner or better manner than from the ordinary penholder.
I may accomplish my object in a variety of ways. I construct the penholder in
such a manner that one or both of the parts between or against which the pen is
held or retained, is capable of being easily moved from the position it occupies when
the pen is in its place in the penholder, whereupon the pen will fall from the
penholder or can be caused to fall without the risk of soiling the hands; or I
employ a moveable pin or pins or its or their equivalent by means of which the pen
may be forced from the penholder; or I arrange so that by pressing the pen in a
certain direction, a hole or slot being cut in a part of the penholder, the pen can be
removed; or I retain and release the pen by means of a rotary eccentric-like
adjustment or similar adjustment, or I accomplish the desired result in other ways.
As examples of the methods herebefore mentioned the penholder may consist
of the usual wooden or other shaft on the lower extremity of which is fixed a
covering of suitable dimensions of metal or other suitable material; over this' is
placed a ring, band, or covering, of metal or other suitable material, which is capable
of being easily moved up or down the fixed covering; the movement may be a
plain sliding motion or be obtained by a rotary thread action; the pen is retained
in a suitable aperture between the two coverings aforesaid; to extract the pen from
the penholder the moveable ring, band or covering is moved up the penholder for a
sufficient distance when the released pen will fall out. The moveable ring, band or
covering may either be considered to nove on the shaft, or the shaft may be
considered to move in the ring band or covering. I place the beforementioned
fixed covering of metal or other suitable material on the wooden or other shaft in
order to obtain an easy movement of the moveable ring, band or covering but in
some cases I place the moveable ring, band, or covering direct on a suitable wooden
or other shaft. The aperture in which the pen is placed may be formed by raising
up or depressing the fixed or moveable metal or other covering, or the shaft, or by
inserting a suitably shaped plug in the fixed covering or attaching the said plug to
In some cases I
the shaft, the aforesaid plug I preferably form of india-rubber.
place a moveable ring, band or plug of suitable shape inside a suitable hollow
covering attached to the shaft of the penholder or in a hollow in the said shaft, the
pen being held between the said moveable ring band or plug and the hollow
covering or shaft, the said ring, band or plug may be moved by means of a pin
projecting through a slot in the substance surrounding the said ring, band, or plug;
or as an alternative method I employ a pin or disc sliding in a slot which upon
pressure being employed will force the pen out from the penholder, the said pin or
disc may be free or attached directly or indirectly to the shaft of the penholder or
to the moveable covering beforementioned, or the pen may be held and released
from its position by means of a spring or springs or lever or levers. Or I employ
other methods.
The second part of my invention consists of an improved penholder in which the
pen is held between a suitably shaped plug of india-rubber or other similar material
inserted in a hollow covering attached to the shaft of the penholder or inserted in a
hollow in the shaft, or otherwise suitably attached to either, or the peu may be
inserted in a slot or aperture in a rubber plug attached to the penholder shaft; the

page_text: rubber or other similar material being flexible will accommodate itself to take
different sizes of pens, and grips the pen firmly yet easily.
The third part of my invention relates to an improved pen, whereby with an
ordinary penholder the risk of inking any substance on which the pen and penholder
may be placed is minimised. Instead of making the pen in or nearly in, one straight
line as is at present the case, I bend it, at a convenient point, either up or down, at
about right angles and then bend it a short distance further ou, for instance about
one eighth of an inch, at about right angles again, by this means the part of the
pen that holds the ink is brought in about a line with the centre of the penholder.
Dated this First day of December 1892.
F. PULLEN CANDY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pens and Penholders.
I, FRANK PULLEN CANDY of 56 Nightingale Lane, Balham in the County of
Surrey, Sanitary Engineer 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:-
The first part of my invention consists of an improved penholder from which the
pen or pen-nib can be extracted in a cleaner or better manner than from the
ordinary penholder. The second part of my invention consists of an improved
penholder of the usual type. The third part of my invention consists of an improved
shape of pen which when in use in an ordinary penholder minimises the risk of
inking an object on which the penholder may be laid down.
In order that my invention may be more easily understood I have attached
hereunto one sheet of drawings.
The first heading of the first part of my invention consists as stated in my
Provisional Specification of a penholder constructed in such a manner that one or
both of the parts between or against which the pen, or as I prefer to call it to avoid
confusion the pen-nib, is held or retained is capable of being easily moved from the
position it occupies when the pen-nib is in its place in the penholder, whereupon the
pen-nib will fall from the penholder or can be caused to fall without the risk of
soiling the hands.
Referring to the drawings Figs. 1, 2 and 3 show longitudinal sections of
penholders constructed under the first heading.
In Fig. 1, A is the shaft of the penholder, B is a tube of metal or other suitable
material attached to A and having on it a female thread F, D is a band, covering
or ring of metal or other suitable material having on it a male thread H, or the
equivalent for a male thread, C is a plug of india-rubber or other suitable material
firmly inserted in B and leaving sufficient space between its outer surface and the
inner surface of D for a pen-nib to be inserted and held fast at E. The covering D
can be moved up or down B by means of the thread. The covering D may be
considered to move on B, or B may be considered to move in D, T is a milled or
roughened part to afford a grip to the fingers in rotating D; in the drawing the
covering D is shown in position ready for the pen-nib to be inserted at E, to remove
the pen-nib, D is moved up the penholder by means of the thread until the space E
is uncovered, the pen-nib will then fall out; on D being screwed back again a new
pen-nib can be inserted at E.
Fig. 2 shows a penholder in which the ring, band or covering D' has a simple
sliding motion; A is the penholder shaft, B' is a tube or covering attached to A,
D' is a band, covering or ring adapted to slide on B', C' is firmly inserted in B' and
is a plug of india-rubber or other suitable material between which and D₁ the
pen-nib is held, K is a stop to prevent D' from being slipped too far up B¹ and
T is a roughened or milled part to give a grip to the fingers; the pen-nib is placed
and held at E, to remove the pen-nib the covering D' is slipped up the penholder

page_text: until the space E is uncovered when the pen-nib will fall out, to enable it to be
replaced in the penholder the covering D is moved down again; a stop may be
provided to prevent D' from being moved down too far: it will be seen that the
plug C is enlarged at the outside end at the part opposite to E, the covering D1
tightens against this enlargement and it thus aids in keeping D¹ in its position
when the penholder is in use. I do not however limit myself to a plug of this
shape as D may slide sufficiently firmly on B₁ to retain its proper position.
With reference to Fig. 1 I may cut away part of D, for instance that part shown
in the drawing opposite to E and by this means I can cause the pen-nib to fall
from the penholder after less revolution of D than would otherwise be the case;
the cut must be wider than the width of the pen -nib, so that it may fall through the
cut, and may be half the length of E or may be less or more up to as long as the
length of E.
Fig. 3 shows a modification of this, A is the penholder shaft, B2 is a tube or
covering attached to A and C is a plug of wood or other suitable material attached
to B2, D2 is a tube or covering cut away in the same shape and to the same extent
as the plug C2 is shown cut away, so that the pen-nib will fall through the cut away
part when the same is over E; the tube or covering D2 is capable of being easily
rotated on B2; L is an arrangement to keep D2 in its place, T is a roughened or
milled part to afford a grip to the fingers; in Fig. 3 the penholder is shown ready
for the pen-nib to be inserted at E, to remove the pen-nib, D³ is rotated for about
a half circle thus bringing the cut away part of D' over E, then if D³ be rotated
until it again assumes the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4 a fresh pen-nib may be
inserted. The plug C does not of necessity need to be cut away as shown in Fig. 3
but I prefer it should be, if it be not cut away thus the penholder must be so
constructed that D³ will not carry the pen-nib round with it when it is rotated,
this can be effected by projections from the lower ends of C2, see Fig. 4, coming
against the inside of D².
Fig. 4 is a cross section of Fig. 3 taken at X. Y, the same letters of reference
are used as in Fig. 3.
It will be evident that I may vary the details in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 without
departing from the scope of my invention, for instance in Fig. 1 I may place a
male thread on B and a female thread on D, or in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 I may
form B or B or B2 from a part of the penholder shaft A, I however prefer to
construct B, B1 and B2 of metal because it forms a smooth and good base for D, D¹
or D² to move on; or I may form the plugs C, C' or C' of an extension of B, B¹ or B'
respectively or of an extension of A and may then obtain the space E by depressing
or cutting away part of the equivalents of C, C¹ or C² or by raising up part of D, Di
or D2 respectively.
I make no claim for the other headings of the first part of my invention mentioned
in my Provisional Specification.
Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate the second part of my invention. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal
section of the penholder and Fig. 6 is a cross section of Fig. 5 taken at W. V, the
same letters indicate the same parts in these two figures: A is the penholder
shaft N is a tube or covering of metal or other suitable material attached to the
said shaft and M is a slotted plug of indiarubber attached to N, E is a suitably
shaped slot in M in which the pen nib is placed and held; I sometimes form N
from a part of the penholder shaft; the pen nib is held encased in indiarubber
by which means vibration is prevented from reaching the hand. I sometimes form
the slotted plug of indiarubber M in two parts held or fastened together for
convenience in obtaining the slot.
Fig. 7 illustrates the third part of my invention showing a shape of pen nib
which can be applied to any ordinary penholder and by the use of which the inking
of any substance whereupon the penholder may be laid is prevented, P is that part
of the pennib which is inserted in the penholder, R is a part bent down by any
known means and S is the writing part of the pen nib, the dotted lines represent
part of a penholder.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is―
1. A penholder having on it a ring or covering capable of being moved up and
down the penholder by means of a thread or screw the pen-nib being held against
the said ring or covering so that the pen-nib can be released from the penholder
by rotating the said ring or covering or the penholder shaft, all substantially as
described.
2. The penholder substantially as described and illustrated in Fig. 1.
3. A penholder having on it a ring or covering capable of sliding up and down
the penholder the pen-nib being held against the said ring or covering so that
the pen-nib can be released from the penholder by slipping the said ring or covering
up the penholder, all substantially as described.
4. A penholder substantially as described and illustrated in Fig. 2.
5. A penholder having on it a ring or covering capable of being rotated, the
pen-nib being held against the said ring or covering, and the same being cut
away in such a manner that when the cut away part is over the space in which
the pennib is held it will drop out through the said cut, all substantially as
described.
6. A penholder substantially as described and illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4.
7. A penholder substantially as described and illustrated with reference to
Figs. 5 and 6.
8. A pen substantially as described and illustrated in Fig. 7.
Dated thin and down of Cantomkuu 1002
F. PULLEN CANDY.