IMPROVEMENTS IN PEN HOLDERS
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Pierre Denis Nolet, of Rue de la Lune, Paris,
Practical Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PEN HOLDERS."
Sealed the 9th September 1856, and dated the 10th March 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Pierre Denis Nolet at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th March 1856.
I, PIERRE DENIS NOLET, of Rue de la Lune, Paris, Practical Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
PEN HOLDERS, to be as follows:-
My improvements consist in substituting for the stamped, slotted, or other
kind of construction of sheet metal holder, ordinarily in use, a small caoutchouc
tube affixed to the ordinary wooden rod or other handle. The small caoutchouc
tube has also a folded end or tongue, for the purpose of holding the pen
securely, and enabling the elastic force of the tube to securely grasp the metallic
pen, whilst it permits of a sufficient yielding to accommodate the hand of
the writer.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Pierre Denis Nolet in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 10th September 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, PIERRE
DENIS NOLET, of Rue de la Lune, Paris, Practical Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the nineteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Pierre Denis Nolet, Her special licence that I, the said Pierre Denis
Nolet, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Pierre Denis Nolet, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
PEN HOLDERS, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Pierre Denis
Nolet, by an instrument in writing under my (or their or one of their) hand
and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Offico within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Pierre Denis Nolet, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement and accompanying Drawing:-
Since the first introduction of metallic pens the constant effort has been
to give to thieni án elasticity by which they might assimilate the quill pen.
Now, my Invention does not relate to the construction of metal pens or nibs;
but to the holder for such pens, by which any kind or form of metallic pen
being placed in such an holder, will acquire such an amount and description of
flexability as is most desirable.
The following is the mode of constructing pen holders according to my
Invention: Instead of placing on the rod or "stick" a metallic ferrule or
ring, whether solid, perforated, or split, as heretofore in use, I take a piece of
india-rubber tube, of suitable length, diameter, and thickness, and affix it
securely on the lower or thicker end of the rod or "stick;" I also prepare a

page_text: small metallic guard of the form and description shewn in the accompanying
Drawing. The use of this metal guard piece is, that upon being inserted between
the rod and the inside of the india-rubber tube or ferrule; the metal pen or
nib is securely held between it and the stick, whilst the pen may be readily
inserted or withdrawn without its adhering to the surface of the india-rubber,
which would otherwise be the case. It will be perceived that the small metal
guard piece is formed with a small hooked point at one end, which enters or
takes into a notch formed in the rod or stick, as will be seen by reference to
Figs. 1 and 4. The other end of the guard piece is turned back and projects
outward, serving to keep the india rubber ferrule from slipping off the rod or
stick, whilst the form of the guard piece also prevents the pen from being
pushed too far in.
These holders being made of vulcanized india-rubber, have not that rigidity
or imperfect elasticity common to metallic holders, nor is there that tendency
in pen holders, formed according to my Invention, to unduly press 'a large sized
pen; or, on the other hand, to not sufficiently hold or secure small sized pens
for which they may be required, but such vulcanized india-rubber holders, with
the metallic guard, as herein described, enables metallic pens of various sizes
to be securely and properly held, whilst the increased elasticity and flexibility
thereby given to the pen whilst in use renders them most desirable. The
sticks should be prepared by having a small groove formed therein at a
distance from the inferior end of the rod or stick, corresponding with the
length of the india-rubber ferrule, the use of which groove for the better
securing the ferrule or piece of elastic tube.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING.
In the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of the rod or
stick, exhibiting the groove a and the shield piece 6 in section. Fig. 3 is a
side view of the rod or stick, fitted with a pen complete. Fig. 2 is a side view
of the india-rubber tube piece. Fig. 4 exhibits two views of the metal shield;
and Fig. 5 is a front view of the pen holder with the pen removed. The same
letters of reference refer to corresponding parts in each Figure to which they
are attached.
A is the rod or stick; B is a metallic pen; a is the groove, already described;
b, the metallic sheath, of which c is the front piece, turned up and outward to
form a flange; and i is the point, before referred to, turned down to take into
a hole or notch, as already described; M is the vulcanized india-rubber tube,
ferrule, or ring.
Having described my Invention, I wish it to be understood that I do not

page_text: confine myself to the precise shape or arrangement or proportions of the parts
described; but I claim the adaptation of vulcanized india-rubber rings, tubes,
or ferrules in the, manner described, together with the metallic shield piece
herein described, for the purpose of securing metallic pens or nibs of various
sizes, and for the purpose of giving to such metallic pens a greatly, increased
amount of flexability when in use.
. In witness whereof, I, the said Pierre Denis Nolet, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Ninth day of September, in the year of
...our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six..
Witness,
WILLIAM SMITH, C. E.,
10, Salisbury St., Adelphi.
PIERRE DENIS NOLET. (L.S.)