Improvements in Penholders.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 16th May, 1890-Accepted, 21st June, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in Penholders.
I HEZEKIAH HEWITT of No. 100 Charlotte Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Steel Pen and Penholder Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this
Invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists in making the metallic barrels or tips of penholders in the
manner herein after described whereby a better grip of the thumb and fingers on the
metallic barrel or tip is obtained than in the ordinary penholder and the proper
gripping positions for the thumb and fingers on the barrel is indicated as well as the
minor advantage obtained hereinafter pointed out. Instead of making the metallic
barrel or tip of a cylindrical tube as usual I make the greater part of the barrel of a
triangular figure in cross section preferably of the figure of an equilateral triangle
with the angles flattened or rounded. That is I make the ends of the barrel for a
short distance cylindrical and I make the part between the said cylindrical ends
triangular in cross section. In one of the cylindrical ends of the barrel the ordinary
stick or holder is fitted and in the other cylindrical end the slip pen is held.
The sides or faces of the triangular part of the metallic barrel or tip may either be
flat or slightly concave or fluted. By means of the flat or slightly concave or fluted
faces of the barrel a firm grip of the thumb and fingers on the barrel is obtained.
The diameter of the triangular part of the penholder is somewhat greater than the
cylindrical ends so that the end holding the pen is supported above the surface on
which the penholder is laid and hence the inking of the said surface is prevented.
For the purpose of indicating the proper gripping positions which the thumb and
fingers should occupy on the barrel I make in the triangular shaped part of the barrel
and the slip pen cylindrical end of the barrel thumb and finger guiding holes or
depressions that is in one of the sides of the triangular part of the barrel and near
its middle a hole or depression is made for the thumb to bear upon in the adjacent
side of the triangular part of the barrel and near the slip pen cylindrical end is a
second hole or depression for the first finger to bear upon and in the slip pen
cylindrical end is a second hole or depression for the first finger to bear upon and
in the slip pen cylindrical end of the barrel is a third hole or depression for the
second finger to bear upon.
By means of these guide or indicating holes or depressions in the barrel the
gripping of the penholder at the proper places is ensured."
Dated this 5th day of October 1889.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Penholders.
I HEZEKIAH HEWITT of No. 100 Charlotte Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Steel Pen and Penholder Manufacturer 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:-
My invention consists in making the metallic barrels or tips of penholders in the
manner hereinafter described whereby a better grip of the thumb and fingers on the
metallic barrel or tip is obtained than in the ordinary penholder and the proper
gripping positions for the thumb and fingers on the barrel is indicated as well as the
minor advantage obtained hereinafter pointed out.
Instead of making the metallic barrel or tip of a cylindrical tube as usual I make
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page_text: the greater part of the barrel of a triangular figure in cross section preferably of the
figure of an equilateral triangle with the angles flattened or rounded. That is, I make
the ends of a barrel for a short distance cylindrical and I make the part between
the said cylindrical ends iriangular in cross section. In one of the cylindrical ends
of the barrel the ordinary stick or holder is fitted and in the other cylindrical end
the slip pen is held. The sides or faces of the triangular part of the metallic barrel
or tip may either be flat or slightly concave or fluted. By means of the flat or
slightly concave or fluted faces of the barrel a firm grip of the thumb and fingers
on the barrel is obtained. The diameter of the triangular part of the penholder is
somewhat greater than the cylindrical ends so that the end holding the pen is sup-
ported above the surface on which the penholder is laid and hence the inking of the
said surface is prevented.
For the purpose of indicating the proper gripping positions which the thumb and
fingers should occupy on the barrel I make in the triangular shaped part of the barrel
and the slip pen cylindrical end of the barrel, thumb and finger guiding holes or
depressions that is, in one of the sides of the triangular part of the barrel and near
its middle a hole or depression is made for the thumb to bear upon; in the adjacent
side of the triangular part of the barrel and near the slip pen cylindrical end is a second
hole or depression for the first finger to bear upon and in the slip pen cylindrical end
of the barrel is a third hole or depression for the second finger to bear upon.
By means of these guide or indicating holes or depressions in the barrel the
gripping of the penholder at the proper places is ensured.
The Figures of the accompanying Drawings represent drawn to a large scale the
metallic barrel or tip of a penholder made according to my invention,
Figure 1 representing a side elevation of the barrel;
Figure 2 a cross section taken through one of the guide or indicating holes in
the barrel;
Figure 3a plan of the same and
Figure 4 an elevation of the opposite side to that represented in Figure 1.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of
the Drawings.
a is the triangular middle part of the metallic barrel or tip, the angles of the
triangular part being rounded as represented; or they may be flattened, and b c are
the cylindrical ends of the barrel or tip. In the cylindrical end c the wooden stick
or holder d is inserted and in the cylindrical end the slip pen is held being
gripped between the binder e and the concave side of the said cylindrical end b; other
Kinds of binders may however be used for holding the slip pen.
The sides or faces of the triangular part a of the barrel or tip may either be
flat as represented or be made slightly concave or fluted; and to give a better
grip of the thumb and fingers upon the said sides or faces their surface may be
roughened as represented.
It will be seen that the diameter of the triangular part a of the barrel is some-
what greater than the cylindrical ends b and c so that the end holding the slip
pen is supported above the surface on which the penholder is laid and the inking of
the said surface thus prevented.
The thumb and finger guiding holes in the barrel or tip are marked respectively g, h
and . The guiding hole for the thumb to hear upon is marked g and is situated in
one face of the triangular part a and near the middle thereof (see Figures 1 and 2);
the guiding hole for the first finger to hear upon is marked hand is situated in the
adjacent or top face of the part a when the penholder is in use (see Figure 3) and
the guiding hole for the second finger to bear upon is marked i and is situated in the
side of the slip pen cylindrical end 6 of the barrel (see Figure 4). In place of the
guiding holes 9, , in the parts a and b of the barrel, concave depressions of the same
shape in outline may be used for the same object. By means of the guide or
indicating holes g, h, i (or depressions) in the metallic barrel or tip the gripping of the
penholder at the proper places is ensured.
The triangular part a of the penholder may be used without the cylindrical

page_text: ends c. In this modification the triangular part a has only guiding holes (or
depressions) for the fore finger and thumb and is fitted upon and adjustable on the
metallic barrel of an ordinary penholder in the ends of which barrel the spring
gripper for the pen and the stick or holder are inserted.
This modification is represented in side elevation in Figure 5; plan in Figure 6
and cross section in Figure 7 where the triangular loose or adjustable part is
marked a the guiding hole (or depression) for the fore finger is marked and the
guiding hole (or depression) for the thumb is marked g. The cylindrical tube or
barrel on which the triangular part is fitted is marked k. In one end of the
barrel the stick d is fitted and in the other end the spring gripper 7 for holding
the pen. The triangular part a is sprung upon the barrel so that while gripping
the barrel firmly its position can be adjusted by sliding on the barrel to suit the grip
of the writer using the penholder.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that I claim as my
invention of "Improvements in penholders."
First In a metallic barrel or tip of a penholder the combination of a triangular
middle portion having cylindrical ends preferably of less diameter than the said
triangular part with guide or indicating holes (or depressions) for the thumb and
fingers to bear upon substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in
Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the accompanying Drawings.
Secondly-The combination with the ordinary metallic cylindrical barrel of the
penholder of an adjustable triangular gripping part having guide or indicating holes
(or depressions) for the fore finger and thumb to bear upon substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 5, 6 and 7 of the accompanying
Drawings.
Dated this 12th day of May 1890
HEZEKIAH HEWITT.