CERTAIN NEW AND USEFUL IMPROVEMENTS IN PEN- HOLDERS
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Rogers Turner, of Malden, in the County of
Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, of the United States of America,
for the Invention of "CERTAIN NEW AND USEFUL IMPROVEMENTS IN PEN-
HOLDERS
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Alfred Rogers Turner, at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration on the 19th May 1860, pursuant to the 9th Section of
the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, BE IT KNOWN
that I, ALFRED ROGERS TURNER, of Malden, in the County of Middlesex, and
State of Massachusetts, of the United States of America, have invented certain
new and useful improvements in pen holders, and I do hereby declare
that the nature of the said Invention and the manner in which it is to be
performed, or in other words its construction and mode of operation, are fully
described and ascertained in and by the following Specification and the
accompanying Drawings, of which Figure 1 exhibits a central and longitudinal
section of my improved pen holder having a pen applied to it in the proper
position for writing; Figure 2 exhibits a similar section of the pen holder

page_text: having the pen disposed entirely within its chamber or case; Figure 3 ex-
hibits a top view of the pen holder as it appears with its cap or cover plate
removed; Figure 4 is top view of the pen holder; Figure 5 is a longi-
tudinal section of a modification of my Invention wherein the stock of the
holder is shown as constructed in one piece.
The nature of my Invention consists in so constructing a pen holder that
it shall not only firmly grasp and hold a pen when placed in it for the purpose
of writing, but also afford a chamber for reception and protection of the pen
when such pen may not be in use, while at the same time it shall allow the
pen to be readily removed when worn out or when it may be desirable to do
so without the necessity of applying the fingers thereto.
In the Drawings (Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4,) A represent the stock of the
pen holder which I usually construct in two parts, a, b. The part a I make
of wood or any other suitable material, while the part 6 is mado of metal or
a metallic composition; the said part 6 is formed hollow and cylindrical at its
upper end, and has the general form as shown in the Drawings. Within the
top surface of the main portion or body e of the part ba slot or opening o
is formed as shown in Figure 3, such opening being for the purpose of
allowing one end of a stiff spring c, to extend through and press against the
cap or cover to be herein-after described, the other end of said spring being
soldered or otherwise properly secured to the part b, furthermore a portion
of the top surface of the body e of the part 6 is chamfered off or reduced
sufficiently to form a chamber for the reception of the pen when not in use,
d is a metallic cap or cover which is pivoted or jointed to the body part e,
of the metallic portion by a pin f, such cover turning on the said pin as a
fulcrum, thus forming a two-armed lever, the upper end of whose shorter arm
rests on the upper end of the spring c, as seen in the Drawings. Furthermore
the two parts a, b, are so connected together that one may rotate within or
upon the other, the part a being made to enter the part 6 and to extend a
short distance underneath the upper end of the spring c, the said entering
part being scored or having a recess formed in it in order to allow the spring c,
to be depressed for the purpose of either removing the pen or allowing it to
slide into its chamber when such recess may be revolved or brought directly
under the said spring the remaining cylindrical surface of such part serving
when revolved so as to be underneath the spring as a support or bearing to
prevent the depression of the spring so as to loosen the pen, when the pen
holder may be in use. In order to maintain the connection of the two
parts a, b, and at the same time allow of the rotation of either part, I form
b

page_text: a transverse slot near the upper end of the part b, (such slot extending about
one hundred and eighty degrees,) and being for the reception of a pin or
stud 9. projecting from the part a, as seen in the Drawings; iis--a silt or
opening formed in the cap d, for the purpose of enabling a person to remove
the pen from its chamber in case it may adhere to the same.
In order to
prevent the pen when in use from entering too far into its chamber, I form
on the under side of the said cap a small projection or shoulder for the upper
portion of the pen k to rest against. In Figure 5 I have exhibited a modi-
fication of my Invention, in which I form the stock of the holder of one piece
of wood or other suitable material, and hold the pen between the said stock
and the cap by means of a spring and a wedge or incline as shown in said
Figure. I prefer however the former mode of construction, as I obtain by
such a much lighter and more elegant article. It will be evident that by
making the spring c very stiff, in my improved holder, as shown in Figure 5,
the incline or wedge f, may be dispensed with, this I consider also as my
Invention.
Having thus described the modes of constructing my Invention, I will now
explain its operation.
If we wish to insert the pen in the holder in the proper position for writing
with the same we have simply to press upon the lever or plate d, most remote
from the point of insertion and place the upper part of the pen between the
lower ends of the portions e and d, and press the same in contact with the
stud or stop formed on the inner surface of the cap d, the spring c acting on
the upper end or shorter arm of the cap or lever plated, serves to clamp
or hold the pen firmly in place. If we wish to dispose the pen within its
chamber or case we first invert the pen holder and hold the same in a vertical
position, then by pressing upon the end of the plate or cover d, most remote
from the pen, the pressure upon the pen will be removed and the pen by its
gravity will drop into its case or chamber, by which it will be entirely covered
and protected as shown in Figure 2. In case the pen should become worn
out, and we should desire to remove the same from the holder this can readily
be done without applying the fingers thereto or soiling them with ink, by
simply holding the pen holder in a vertical position with the part to which
the pen is applied downward, and pressing upon the upper end of the cap
plate or cover d, or that part which rests upon the spring c; such pressure
will raise the lower of the cap plate or cover d, thereby releasing its
upon the pen which will at once fall out by reason of its own gravity.
grasp
I claim my improved pen holder having its parts constructed and arranged

page_text: with respect to each other and made to operate essentially in manner as set
forth and as shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4.
I also claim my improved pen holder having its parts constructed, arran-
ged, and applied together, and so as to operate in manner as specified and as
shown in Figure 5.
ALFRED ROGERS TURNER. (L.S.)