A New or Improved Discharging Penholder.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Apr., 1890-Accepted, 24th May, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Discharging Penholder.
We THOMAS HOOPER and SAMUEL GEORGE MOORE trading as Hinks Wells
and Company of No. 106 Buckingham Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Steel Pen and Penholder Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of
this Invention to be as follows:-
:-
Our said new or improved discharging penholder consists of three parts namely a
stick or holder a light metallic tube sliding on one end of the stick or holder and a
spring fixed to that end of the stick or holder carrying the light metallic tube.
The light metallic tube referred to resembles generally the so called barrel of an
ordinary penholder having two turned insides or flaps or other parts for the reception
of the side edges of the slip pen. The spring on the end of the stick consists of a
narrow strip of thin sheet steel or other elastic metal or alloy the free end of the said
spring being raised into a convex shape. The light metallic tube or barrel of the
penholder has a longitudinal slot extending through nearly one half its length in
which slot when the said tube or barrel is placed upon the stick or holder the convex
end of the spring engages. The metallic tube is capable of sliding on the end of the
holder its sliding motion being limited by the engagement of the end of the spring in
the slot.
The action of the parts is as follows:-The metallic tube or barrel is placed upon
the stick in the usual way the end of the spring occupying the rear end of the slot
and about one half of the length of the said tube or barrel being occupied by the
stick. The pen is then inserted in the holder in the usual way.
When it is wished to discharge the pen the light metallic tube or barrel carrying
the pen is held between the thumb and finger and the stick is pushed downwards
that is towards the point of the pen. The stick is thereby made to advance in the
said tube or barrel and the end of the spring pressing against the top end of the pen
pushes it forward and discharges it from the holder. By withdrawing the stick to
its normal position in the metallic tube or barrel the penholder is made ready for the
reception of another pen.
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011
CA
1000
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Discharging Penholder.
Wė THOMAS HOOPER and SAMUEL GEORGE MOORE trading as Hinks Wells and
Company of No. 106 Buckingham Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Steel Pen and Penholder Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of our inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our said new or improved discharging penholder consists of three parts, namely
a stick or holder a light metallic tube sliding on one end of the stick or holder
and a spring fixed to that end of the stick or holder carrying the light metallic
tube.
The light metallic tube referred to resembles generally the so-called barrel of an
ordinary penholder having two turned insides or flaps or other equivalent parts for the

page_text: reception of the side edges of the slip pen. The spring on the end of the stick consists
of a narrow strip of thin sheet steel or other elastic metal or alloy the free end of
the said spring being raised into a convex shape. The light metallic tube or barrel
of the penholder has a longitudinal slot extending through nearly one half of its
length in which slot when the said tube or barrel is placed upon the stick or holder
the convex end of the spring engages. The metallic tube is capable of sliding on the
end of the holder its sliding motion being limited by the engagement of the end of
the spring in the slot.
The action of the parts is as follows:-The metallic tube or barrel is placed upon
the stick in the usual way the end of the spring occupying the rear end of the slot and
about one half of the length of the said tube or barrel being occupied by the
stick. The pen is then inserted in the holder in the usual way.
When it wished to discharge the pen the light metallic tube or barrel
carrying the pen is held between the thumb and finger and the stick is pushed
downwards that is towards the point of the pen. The stick is thereby made to
advance in the said tube or barrel and the end of the spring pressing against the
top end of the pen pushes it forward and discharges it from the holder. By
withdrawing the stick to its normal position in the metallic tube or barrel the
penholder is made ready for the reception of another pen.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in side elevation and Figure 2
in plan, drawn to a large scale a discharging penholder constructed according to our
invention, a portion of the stick or holder being omitted: Figure 3 represents
the holder in longitudinal section the stick being represented pushed inwards and
the pen in the act of being discharged; Figure 4 represents partly in side eleva-
tion and partly in section and an end elevation the stick or holder detached and
Figure 5 represents the spring and its carrying tube detached from the stick.
a is the barrel of the penholder and b is the slip pen inserted and held in the
ordinary turned in sides or flaps c of the barrel; d is the longitudinal slot in
the upper side of the barrel a the said slot extending through about one half the
length of the said barrel; e is the stick or holder having on its end the spring f
the free end of which has the bent and convex form represented. This spring
consists of a strip of thin sheet steel or other elastic metal or alloy and is made
(preferably) in one piece with the short tube g which is pinned at h to the end of the
non-metallic stick or holder e. But the spring f may be made without a short tube
and attached directly to the stick. The convex end of the spring f works in the
longitudinal slot d in the barrel a. The engagement of the spring f with the
slot d is effected by sliding the barrel on the end of the stick, the spring being
depressed inwards by the barrel. When the barrel has reached its proper position on
the stick the spring rises and snaps into the longitudinal slot d.
When the stick and barrel are thus engaged together the said stick is capable of
sliding towards the tip or holding end of the barrel the sliding motion of the
stick being limited by the engagement of the end of the spring with the slot d.
When the convex end of the spring f occupies the rear end of the slot d as represented
in Figures 1 and 2 the slip pen b can be inserted in the holder in the usual way. In
order to discharge the pen the metallic tube or barrel a is held between the thumb
and finger and the stick e is pushed downwards or towards the point of the pen.
The stick e is thereby made to advance in the tube or barrel a and the end of the
spring pressing against the heel of the pen 6 pushes it forward and discharges it
from the barrel as illustrated in Figure 3. By withdrawing the stick to the position
represented in Figure 1 and 2 the penholder is ready to receive another pen.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our invention
and the manner in which the same is to be performed we declare that we claim
as our invention :―
In a discharging penholder the combination of an ejecting or discharging spring

page_text: fixed on the inner end of the sliding stick or holder with a longitudinal slot in the
barrel of the penholder, the several parts being arranged with respect to one another
and operating substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accom-
panying Drawing.
DL: 1 C: 1900
THOMAS HOOPER:
SAMUEL GEORGE MOORE: