Improvements in Penholders.”
Year: 1897

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Improvements in Penholders.”
I, REUBEN DIBSDALL, of No. 7. Cambourne Grove, Yeovil Agricultural Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to improvements in penholders and has for its object to
provide a penholder wherein the hitherto inconvenient operation of withdrawing the
pen from the holder will be greatly facilitated and the unpleasant soiling of the
fingers consequent upon the operation entirely obviated.
In carrying my invention into practice I construct, of any suitable material, a
holder consisting of a hollow cylindrical or other conveniently shaped case, one of the
ends of which is bent or other-wise shaped to form the holder for the pen. In the
interior of this holder, and situated longitudinally therein, I provide a thin rod or
spindle having attached to, or formed integral with, its extremities, enlarged portions,
which are of such shapes as to conform to to the parts of the holder in which they are
situated and (as will hereafter appear) through which they operate.
Around this thin rod or spindle and immediately in in front of the rear enlarged
extremity of the same, I provide a spiral spring which surrounds the said rod and
returns same to its normal position after pressure (exerted to eject the pen) is removed
from the rear end. A suitable projection or projections is provided in the interior of
the case for the said spring to abut against, the other end of such spring pressing
against the rear enlargement of the rod or spindle.
The length and position of this interior rod or spindle must be such that when the
same is held in its normal position by means of the spring as aforesaid the rear
enlarged extremity of the said rod or spindle will extend a short distance beyond the
end of the holder proper while the front enlargement will be close up against the
end of the pen in the holder. The front enlargement is cut away or recessed at
the sides to fit the turned in parts of the holder and the upper part of such forward
enlargement is also cut away for a portion of its length to form a shoulder against
which the rear of the pen abuts. When the rod is pushed along the interior of the
case, the shoulder aforesaid, forces the pen along until its rear end is beyond the
extremity of the said case or holder, when it naturelly falls out of same, or in other
words is ejected.

page_text: I, REUBEN DIBSDALL, of No. 7. Cambourne Grove, Yeovil, Agricultural 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:
This invention relates to improvements in penholders, and has for object to provide
an article of this class wherein the hitherto inconvenient operation of withdrawing
the pen from the holder will be greatly facilitated and the unpleasant soiling of the
fingers entirely obviated.
And in order that this my said invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet of
illustrative drawings, wherein :
Fig: 1 is an elevational view of the interior portion of my improved holder.
Fig 2 being a sectional view of the outer or case portion thereof.
:
Fig 3 is a modification of fig: 2, while
Fig 4 shews in section a view of the penholder complete.
Referring to the drawings, a is a cylindrical case which may be stamped, cast,
turned or otherwise fashioned of metal, wood, vulcanite or other suitable material.
Situated within the interior of the case a is a rod or spindle b, having enlarged
portions 61 63 at its extremities. The interior of the case a may be enlarged at the
ends as shewn by a¹ (fig: 2) to receive the rod or spindle b, or such case may be
fashioned with a continuous large bore as shewn by fig: 2. In the latter case
stops a² are provided within the case, to answer the same purpose (hereinafter referred
to) as the shoulders as a formed by the enlarged portions a².
The rod or spindle b is situated within the case a, and around the diminished
central portion of such rod or spindle is placed a coil spring a one of whose ends
abuts against the shoulder a³ (figs: 2 and 4) or against the corresponding stop a²
shewn in fig: 3. The other end of the spring abuts against the shoulder formed
by the rear enlarged portion 6' of the rod or spindle b.
The forward enlarged portion 63 of the said rod or spindle 6 has formed upon its
periphery a projection 68 against which the rear extremity of the pen d abuts as
shewn by fig: 4.
In operation the pen d is fitted within the holder between the latter and the
enlarged portion 62 of the rod or spindle 6 the shape of such portion 6 being such
that the pen d partly encircles same and is held firmly in place by means of such
portion b acting in conjunction with the case a.
When the rear portion 61 of the rod or spindle 6 is pressed inwards, the projection &*
in the forward enlarged portion b' pushes the pen d towards the mouth of the case a
and finally ejects such open, as will be readily understood, the spring c immediately
returning the rod or spindle b to its normal position when pressure is removed from
its rear end 6. The front enlarged portion 63 may be cut or recessed in any suitable
manner to fit any shape or make of pen.
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 :-
1. The improvements in penholders, substantially as hereinbefore described and
shewn by the drawings,
2. In penholders, the cylindrical case having internally situated shoulders or stops,
in combination with a rod or spindle surrounded by a spiral spring g, said rod or

page_text: spindle having enlarged circular ends one of which is provided with a rearwardly
situated projection, the whole combined, arranged and operating substantially as and
for the purpose specified and illustrated by the drawings.
Dated this 20th 1
100k
HUGHES SON & Co.
38. Chancery Lane, London, W.C. Agents for the Applicant.