Year: 1888

page_text: 1, EMMA SARAH GREEN of 9 Bridge Place in the city and county of Chester,
Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what manner tho
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
My invention relates to a guard for penholders, and it has for its objects, defining
the position of the fingers of a writer on a penholder, and supporting the holder
when laid down so that the inked pen will not touch the surface on which it is
laid.
I carry out these objects by making a guard adapted to fit, and be adjusted, on a
penholder as illustrated by the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a broken
view of a penholder fitted with my guard. Figure 2 is an end view of the guard
itself. Figure 3 is a modification of the guard and Figures 4 and 5 are views in
side, and end, elevation respectively, of a modification of the guard adapting it to fit
any sized penholder.
Throughout these views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
The guard consists of a cylinder A to fit on to the metallic tube X of the pen-
holder X. This cylinder has a flange a at about the centre of its length, though it
may be placed at or near to one end of the said cylinder if desired. The flange a
may be circular as shown by Figure 2, star-shaped as shown by Figure 3, or of any
other convenient and suitable shape. The guard may be made of any suitable metal
or other material such as rubber or vulcanite, or it may be made of a combination of
both; for instance the cylinder A may be made of soft rubber sufficiently elastic to
adapt it to fit on to any sized holder, and the flange a may be made of vulcanite, hard
rubber, or even metal.
When the guard is made entirely of metal and is to be adapted to fit penholders of
any size I make the cylinder A star-shaped at the ends as illustrated by Figures +
and 5 of the accompanying drawing, and bend the points of the star in so that
they will expand outwards by the natural elasticity of the metal of which they are
made

page_text: When the metallic tube X of a penholder is made with the guard, I form a band
or stop on the end of the tube to prevent the guard being placed to near to the pen.
The stop may be formed by indenting the metallic tube.
It will be seen that by the use of this guard the fingers of a writer are kept at
the best position for writing, they are also kept free from being inked by contact with
the pen, and the holder itself may be laid down anywhere-with the pen full of ink
-without inking the surface on which it is laid.
I am aware that the metallic tubes of penholders have been enlarged or formed with
projections heretofore, and I therefore do not broadly claim such, but having
now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A guard for penholders, specifically as herein before described and shown.
2. The combination with a penholder, of a guard consisting of a cylinder to fit
on the holder, and a circular or other convenient shaped flange, as set forth.
3. The combination with a penholder, of an adjustable guard as illustrated by
Figures 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th day of Annil 1000
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
Royal Courts Chambers,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
Royal Courts Chambers,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.