Improvements in Pencil or Pen Holders.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 19th Jan., 1900-Accepted, 14th Apr., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pencil or Pen Holders.
I, MAX, FREIHERR VON HIRSCHBERG, of 27, Eichbergstrasse, Darmstadt,
Germany, Lieutenant in the 25th Regiment of Field Artillery of the Grand
Duchy of Hesse, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Officers, topographers, persons in charge of forests, engineers, and others with
similar employments have constantly occasion, during manoeuvres, exercise rides,
or when surveying areas of wood or land, to make concise and clear sketches. In
making such drawings it has always proved awkward to hold the necessary pencils
in the hand, even if, as is frequently the case, the sketching has not to be done
on a restless horse.
Up to now there has been no instrument for this purpose, that comprises the
before mentioned drawing and writing pencils and the accessories in a small space
so that they can be used whenever required and yet covered and protected when
not in use so as to enable the holder to be carried suspended from any desired part
of the clothing or kept in the pocket.
Now this invention has for object to provide an instrument suitable for such
purposes.
An instrument according thereto comprises a tubular case (hereinafter called
the barrel) which is open at both ends and in which are inserted the following
drawing and writing apparatus:-
1 Coloured pencils--for example, four---of which one may be an ink-pencil
or an ordinary lead-pencil which serves for indicating and marking lands, heights,
roads, and places as well as for the description of drawings, the second-a blue
pencil for indicating water courses, damp meadows, and in general damp
places and one's own bodies of troops; the third-a green pencil-for meadows,
especially for representing a tract of country with a view to rendering hollows
discernible; the fourth-a red pencil--for denoting hostile troops, stone bridges
dc.
These pencils, for which may be substituted pencils that are otherwise coloured,
are cach held in a separate case or socket which is clastic or provided with a
spike or both and from which projects a pin which comes through the wall of
the barrel. In place of each spring case or socket a bottle-shaped case or sleeve
may be used, in which an uncovered coloured pencil is held firm when the case
or sleeve is shifted to the edge or end of the barrel. In order to bring the
wood-covered or uncovered coloured pencils (the so-called "Minenstifte") into
their working position, all that is necessary is to seize the particular pin passing
through the barrel and to slide it in one of the longitudinal slits provided in the
wall of the barrel. In order that the desired coloured pencil may be always slid
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page_text: out of the barrel, it is advisable to place on the pins passing through the wall of
the barrel, knobs that are coloured to correspond to the several coloured pencils.
The several coloured pencils-of which three pencils may be arranged in a
ring, with the fourth, green, pencil, which is best oval in cross section, situated
above them and capable of being slid forward exactly like them can be kept
fixed in their forward positions by means of blade springs, of which those
corresponding to the first-mentioned three pencils may depend from a ring
riveted to a cross piece, and the fourth spring be fastened to the guiding-wall
of the chamber containing the piece of india-rubber now to be mentioned.
2. A piece of india-rubber, which may be placed in a metal sleeve and like
the colour-peneils be slid forward by means of a pin projecting through
the wall of the barrel and be kept in its position for the time being by a blade
spring secured to the chamber containing the india-rubber. One half of the rubber
may be an ink-eraser and the other a pencil eraser, and the sleeve that holds the
rubber may be turned round after it has been completely slid out of the barrel.
3. A distance or curve measure, which may also be slid out of the barrel by
means of little lateral knobs and is kept fixed by a spring. One side of the
distance measure is provided with a 1:63,360 graduation into th miles (corre-
sponding to 1 mile to 1 inch, the scale of British military maps) by means of
small projecting teeth; on the other hand the other side is provided with, for
example, a 1100,000 graduation (corresponding to 1 kilometre 1 centimetre,
the scale of German General Staff maps) likewise formed by small projecting teeth,
or with any other desired graduation (for example 1: 80,000, the scale of French
General Staff maps).
This instrument with its colour-pencils, india rubber, and distance or curve
measure, which I call the oflicer's pocket pencil, may be provided on its outside
with two other scales, of which one may be engraved in the form of a scale
of 1: 63,360 and the other in the form of scale of 1: 100,000, corresponding to
the above-mentioned distance or curve measure, and thus be made complete as
a drawing apparatus. These scales are intended to serve specially to measure
straight lines and shooting directions.
By means of a ring attached to it, the barrel can be suspended as desired, and
carried, for example on a hook on the tunic.
There may, if desired, be substituted for one of the coloured pencils a fountain
pen which may be pushed forward and held, after being pushed forward, by a
spring exactly like the coloured pencils.
The officer's pocket pencil may be combined with a shrill signal whistle of the
kind prescribed for all troop parties.
Instead of being arranged as herein before described the coloured pencils
("Minenstifte") may all be arranged in the lower part of the barrel and the upper
part of the barrel may then be contracted after the manner of a signal-whistle. In
this contracted part there may be placed, in a suitable mounting, the india rubber,
which will be capable of being slid and held fast as hereinbefore-described, and also
the distance or curve measure which will be capable of being slid and held fast
likewise. An officer's pocket pencil constructed as just described can be hung
from anywhere by means of a ring secured to its barrel. The signal whistle may
be combined with the apparatus in any suitable manner.
A number of reserve pencils may be placed between the sliding pencil cases
or sockets in order to make the utmost use of the space within the barrel.
Dotad +1.4, 1541.
f
11000
F. WISE HOWORTH,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: 1, MAX, FREIHERR VON HIRSCHBERG, Lieutenant in the Grand Ducal Hessian
Field Artillery, Regiment No. 25, of No. 27 Eichbergerstrasse, Darmstadt, in
the Empire of Germany, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the saine is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to a holder for combining drawing and writing utensils
in a small compass, in such a manner that they can be handled with ease instead
of being carried loosely in a pocket or case. The holder is constructed so that any
one utensil may be placed quickly in position for use and held by the fingers
without interference with the other utensils. When not in use the holder is
closed and may be carried suspended from the watch chain or any convenient part
of the dress or accoutrement or be secured in a pocket.
This invention is principally designed for persons who have to make notes and
sketches, for instance at manoeuvres, when in the country, or on horse back, for
inspecting buildings, machinery and the like purposes.
In order to show how I may carry my invention into effect, I illustrate in the
accompanying drawings a holder comprising the most necessary drawing and
wiiting utensils for officers and other persons.
Figure 1, 1 and 1b are sectional views of such a holder.
Figure 2 is an elevation.
Figure 3 is an elevation showing another utensil pushed out, and
Figures 4, 42 and 4b show a modification of the holder.
A cylindrical tube a Figure 1, open at both ends, carries four pencils b, c, d, e,
of which one is conveniently a lead pencil or an indelible pencil, and the others a
blue, a green, and a red pencil respectively.
Each of these pencils is inserted into one of short tubes bo, co, do, co, pro-
vided with springs or pins or both. A pin passes from the short tube holding
the pencil, through the outer tube so that the pencil may be manipulated from
the outside. Instead of the short tubes, holding wooden cased pencils, screw
pencils may be used which force a pencil beyond the tube a when manipulated.
In order to use a pencil, it is moved forwards by pushing the pin, protruding
through the outer tube, along a longitudinal slot in the casing and turning it at the
end thereof into a small transverse slot in order to hold it in the advanced posi-
tion (see Figure 2). These pins, protruding through the tube a, may have a button,
each coloured in accordance with the colour of the pencil, or having a letter
engraved thereon to correspond with such colour, so that the person using the
holder may be sure to advance the pencil desired.
As shown in Figures 1 and 1, three pencils bed are arranged in a circle, the
fourth, preferably of oval form, being arranged above the other three and adapted
to be advanced like the others. The pencils may be retained in their advanced
positions by springs b₁ce, which consist of curved steel plates whose edges
bear with elastic pressure on the exterior of the holder and by thus drawing
the pencils against the interior of the holder, serve to retain them in their
extended position.
The springs b, c, d, extend downwards from a ring, the fourth spring c¹ being
fixed to the guide provided for a piece of india rubber f attached to a short metallic
tube f. The latter with the india rubber f may be moved in the tube similarly
to the pencils and held in position by a spring f. One half of the india rubber

page_text: may be an erasor for removing ink and the other half for removing pencil marks,
and the tube f¹ holding the rubber may be adapted to be reversed when completely
removed from the tube a. The rubber may be arranged in a cylindrical tube slit
lengthwise, to hold it firmly.
The holder is further provided with a device y for measuring distances or curves,
which is also adapted to be slid out of and into the tube holder by a pin and
knob and secured in position by a spring g'. Both sides may be provided with
useful scales adapted to the purpose and country for which the instrument is
required.
The front of the device y has a scale formed by serrations, corresponding to the
American military scale and the back has an ordinary scale.
Figure 4 shows the device g pushed out of the tube a.
The pencils may be arranged all in one half of the tube a if desired, and the
other half may be provided with a receptacle for pins, reserve pencils and other
small articles.
B
The outside of the tube a may also be provided with suitable scales, for instance
with a metrical scale and a proportional scale. These scales may be made suitable
for military purposes for measuring straight lines, directions of shots &c.
A ring serves to suspend the holder from the dress, watch chain, accoutre-
ment, etc.
If desired a fountain pen may be provided instead of one of the pencils
and adapted to be moved in a manner similar to the pencils.
Figures 4, 4, 4, show a holder as described, provided with a compass, straight
edge, or whistle. The pencils are all arranged in the lower part of the tube w, the
upper part of the latter being formed as a whistle. In this part the rubber f is
held by a suitable device and adapted to be moved and secured in position, as
before described, and the device g for measuring distances or curves is similarly
arranged.
Reserve pencils may be arranged between the movable tubes or pencils cases, to
utilise the whole space within the tube a.
The holder as illustrated is only an example of how my invention may be
carried out; holders may be arranged and constructed to suit other requirements.
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. In combination, a tubular holder slotted for the protrusion of sliding knobs
and provided externally with marked scales; a number of utensils, such as
pencils, fountain pens and distance and curve measuring devices, fitted therein,
having knobs protruding through slots which knobs are adapted to be manipulated
so as to extend beyond the holder: and springs fitted within the holder to press
upon the side of the utensils to hold the same in extended position substantially
as described.
2. A holder for drawing and writing utensils substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated.
EDWARD EVANS & Co..
Consulting Engineers, and Chartered Patent Agents,
Lonsdale Chambers. 27, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., &
105, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.