Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 27th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 1st June, 1889
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1, JAMES GEORGE HALL of the firm of Samuel Hall & Sons of Wrottesley Street
Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of
my said invention to be as follows:-
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My invention has for its object an improved pen extractor which enables pens
to be withdrawn from the holders without soiling the fingers and also without the
difficulty which often occurs when a pen has become very fast therein. The external
shape of the extractor may be greatly varied but I will explain one which is
suitable to either fix to a desk or to an inkstand writing cabinet or other writing table
accessory.
I form a stand with two sides or cheeks which are united at the base which
may be round square oblong or other shape and so as to fix with separate screws or
Between the top of the sides or
with a centre wood screw cast into the base thereof.
cheeks I pivot a swinging pendant arm which when hanging perfectly vertically
nearly touches a hollowed seat at the top of the base of the stand. The action is as
follows-The pen is laid with its round back in the hollowed base and the pendant
swings down into the hollow side of the pen so that as the holder is drawn the pen is
bound between the lower end of the pendant lever or arm and the hollow at the top
of the base of the stand in such a manner that the harder it is pulled the faster it is
held because the pendant holds faster so as to come nearer to the perpendicular line.
The arm as well as the stand may be made of any outward configuration and from any
metal or material and either stamped or cast.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: I JAMES GEORGE HALL of the firm of Samuel Hall & Sons of Wrottlesley Street
Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature
of my said 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 has for its object "An improved pen extractor" which enables pens to
be withdrawn from the holders without soiling the fingers and also without the
difficulty which often occurs when a pen has become very fast therein. The external
shape of the extractor may be greatly varied but I will explain one which is suitable
to either fix to a desk or to an inkstand writing cabinet or other writing table accessory.
I form a stand with two sides or cheeks which are united at the base which may be
round, square, oblong or other shape and so as to fix with separate screws or with a
centre wood screw cast into the base thereof. Between the top of the sides or cheeks
I pivot a swinging pendant arm which when hanging perfectly vertically nearly touches
à hollowed at the top of the base of the stand. The action is as follows:-The pen
is laid with its round back in the hollowed base and the pendant swings down into
the hollow side of the pen so that as the holder is drawn the pen is bound between the
lower end of the pendant lever or arm and the hollow at the top of the base of the
stand in such a manner that the harder it is pulled the faster it is held because the
pendant holds faster as it comes nearer to the perpendicular line. The arm as well as
the stand may be made of any outward configuration and from any metal or material
and either stamped or cast.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practical effect I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings
upon which there is illustrated several modifications of my pen extractor which
will serve to shew the wide range to which the application of the principle is possible
without departing from the essence of the invention.
Figure 1. is a front elevation of a pen extractor suitable to fasten down to any
desk or table.
Figure 2. is a side elevation of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a vertical sectional elevation of Figure 1 through the swinging pendant B.
Figure is a view shewing Figure 1 screwed down to the desk W with a hand
holding the penholder c in the act of withdrawing the pen nib c'.
Figure 5 is another design on the same principle but fastened to any block H
which may be of metal granite glass wood or other suitable substance to constitute
a sufficient base to make it self-contained and of course the shape may be varied.
Figure 6 is another design on the same principle but standing upon three
legs E.
Figure 7 is an extractor suitable for the pocket.
Figure 8 is an end elevation of Figure 7.

page_text: Figure 9 is a longitudinal section of Figure 7.
Figure 10 is an alternative mode of constructing the inside of Figure 7.
Figure 11 is another portable extractor with an eccentric S instead of the pendant
lever B but the principle is the same.
Figure 12 is an end view of Figure 11.
Figure 13 is a cross section of Figure 11.
It will be seen that the stand A is constructed with two sides and having a base
a and screw a² by which it may be screwed to any desk as more clearly shewn so
secured at Figure 4 to the desk W. The pendant lever B is hung by suitable pivots 63
formed upon the cross shoulder 6¹ in the holes as of the stand and the pendant may be
finished in any suitable and ornamental manner as seen at 62. The action in all the
first six figures is as follows: When the pen is pushed into the position as seen
at figure 4 the pendant lever B swings back as there seen from the perpendicular
and then the penholder is drawn backwards which makes the part of B return
to nearly its vertical position again so squeezing the pen nib upon the anvil a³ which
holds it while the holder is withdrawn. In regard to the pocket ones shewn by
Figures 7 to 10 the principle is just the same. M is a case or handle similar to
that of a knife and the lever N is hung therein upon the pivot n². This lever N
may be kept in its normal position as shewn by the spring P or by the case spring m¹.
When the nib is forced in the spring gives until the pen is home then reversing the
pull fastens the nib and it is withdrawn. The portable extractor Figures 11 to 13
is again the same in principle as the cam S merely takes the place of the pendant B
or lever N in conjunction with the anvil of the case R the action in this case being
the same also. Instead of the cam S. a ball may be allowed to run loose falling
upon the nib and being blocked between it and the casing to hold the nib.
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
The improved pen extractor having a lever B, N or S or their equivalents
operating in conjunction with an anvil a³, m¹ or 7ª substantially as herein set forth
and as shewn upon the drawings.