Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Aug., 1890-Accepted, 4th Oct., 1890

page_text: applicable to ordinary pen-holders wherein the split-tube or pen-retainer stands
immovable as regards longitudinal movement in the barrel.
In this respect my
invention differs from that type of pen-holders wherein the pen is held between the
barrel and a cylindrical head or plug secured to a spring retracted stem and moved
outward by pressing upon the stem to release the grip-action of the head or plug on
the pen-butt.
In Figure 3, the barrel 2, is of wood strengthened by a ferrule 12, and lined with
metal as at 13, while in Fig. 4, the main section of the staff or handle is of wood and
the barrel 2 is formed by drilling or boring a cylindrical recess therein.
In Figure 5, the barrel 2, may be of rubber or wood and its inner end is formed or
otherwise provided with a tubular extension 14, in which is adapted to slide length-
wise the movable part of the staff or handle, which movable part is composed of the
metallic or other tube 15, carrying the wooden or other handle or staff-body 1, to
which the ejector-stem is attached.
In Figure 6, the pen-holder is the same as in Fig. 5, except that the barrel 2, is of
metal, while in Fig. 7, the pen-holder is the same as in Fig. 6, except that the ejector
comprises a single wing, in which construction the barrel will have but one guide-
way 5, and the pen-retainer one slot 4. If the barrel be made as a sheet-metal tube
the guide-way 5, one or more, may be formed by striking up hollow ribs on the
barrel as in Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9; or the guideway 5, one or more, may be formed by
a slot in the barrel as in Fig. 10, and if such slots be found objectionable by some
persons they can be covered and concealed by a metallic, rubber, paper or other
sheath 16, slipped over the barrel as indicated by Figure 10.
Instead of the elastic or yielding pen-retainer being made to retain the pen between
the outer surface of the retainer and the inner surface of the barrel, the pen-retainer
may be composed of a longitudinally slitted plug or core 17, Fig. 11, into the slits 18,
of which the pen-butt is inserted. This plug or core is adapted to be fixed in
a stationary position in a pen-holder barrel as usual, and the wings of the ejector
extend into the slits 19 of the plug or core, or such wings of the ejector could
be made to slide in the slits 18. The remaining parts of the pen-holder may be of the
construction shewn by the remaining figures of the drawing,
In Figure 12, I exhibit the ejector 6, as composed of a sleeve sliding between the
slotted pen-retainer 3, and the pen-holder barrel 2. If this construction be adopted
the sleeve will connect with the stem 8 by arms 20, moving in the slots of the
pen-retainer.
The spring retracted ejector advanced by pressing on the outer or tip-end portion of
the staff or handle while the pen-retainer stands stationary, is an improvement on that
type of pen-holders wherein a pen-ejector is pushed outward and inward by the
fingers.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
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1. The combination with the pen-retainer of a pen-holder, of an ejector sliding in
and guided by the, pen-retainer to strike the pen-batt and forcibly eject the pen,
a spring for retracting the ejector and means for advancing the ejector, substantially
as described.
and
2. The combination in a pen-holder, of a staff or handle comprising a barrel
a movable part or finger-piece, a pen-retainer in the barrel, an ejector
movable independent of the pen-retainer, a stem connecting the ejector with the
movable part or finger-piece and a spring for retracting the ejector, substantially as
described.
3. The combination in a pen-holder, of a staff or handle comprising a barrel and a
movable finger piece at the top-end of the staff or handle, a spring acting to press the
finger-piece outward, a pen retainer in the barrel, an ejector movable independent of
the pen-retainer to strike the pen-butt and forcibly eject the pen, and a stem con-
necting the ejector with the finger-piece, substantially as described.

page_text: 4. The combination in a pen-holder, of a longitudinally slotted pen-retainer, and an
ejector sliding within the pen-retainer and comprising a wing moving in a slotted
part of the pen-retainer in the path of the pen-butt to strike and forcibly eject the
pen, substantially as described.
5. The combination in a pen-holder, of a staff or handle having a barrel, a longi-
tudinally slotted pen-retainer, arranged in the barrel, a winged ejector sliding
independent of the pen-retainer and extending into a slotted part thereof in the
path of the pen-butt to strike the latter and forcibly eject the pen, and means for
advancing the ejector, substantially as described.
6. The combination in a pen-holder of a staff or handle comprising a barrel and a
movable part or finger-piece, a longitudinally slotted pen-retainer in the barrel, a
winged ejector sliding independent of the pen-retainer and projecting therethrough
into the path of the pen-butt, and a stem connecting the ejector with the movable part
or finger-piece, substantially as described.
7. The combination in a pen-holder, of a staff or handle comprising a barrel
and a movable part or finger-piece, a longitudinally slotted pen-retainer in the barrel,
a winged ejector sliding in the pen retainer and projecting there-through into the
path of the pen-butt, a stem connecting the ejector with the movable part or
finger-piece and a spring for retracting the ejector, stem and finger-piece, sub-
stantially as described.
8. The combination in a pen-holder, of a staff having a barrel, a hollow, longi-
tudinally slotted pen-retainer arranged in the barrel, and a winged ejector sliding
inside the pen-retainer and projecting therethrough into the path of the pen-butt,
substantially as described.
Dalth: 15th of su 1000
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.