An Improved Pencil.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th June, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Mar., 1896-Accepted, 2nd May, 1896:
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Pencil.
CHARLES GREENWOOD Ironmonger, 37 Main Street, Keswick, Cumberland do-
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to pencils of any shape and length, and is for carrying pins
or similar things in the pencil, to accomplish this, I shall hollow out the pencil at
the end to the required depth, and fill the hollowed part with felt, chamois leather,..
sawdust, or any soft material to retain the pins or I shall hollow out the pencil to.
the required depth and put into or over the end, a cap or lid of metal, bone, ivory,.
paper, or wood. I also purpose to make the "pin carrier" detachable, in either
metal, bone, ivory, paper, or wood, with one end open to slide on pencil, the other
end hollowed to required depth and filled with felt, chamois leather, sawdust, or
any soft material to retain the pins, or hollowed to required depth, and put into or-
over the end, a cap or lid of metal, bone ivory, paper, or wood. If preferred the
66 pin carrier" can be made larger in thickness than the pencil.
Dated this First day of June 1895.
An Improved Pencil.
I, CHARLES GREENWOOD, of 37 Main Street, Keswick, in the County of
Cumberland, Ironmonger, 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 relates to pencils of any shape and length, and is for carrying pins.
and similar things in the pencils, to accomplish this, I shall hollow out the pencil
at the end to required depth and fill the hollow part with felt, chamois leather,.
sawdust or any soft material to retain the pins, or I shall hollow out the pencil to
the required depth and put into or over the end a cap or lid of metal, rubber, bone,.
ivory, paper or wood. I also purpose to make the pin carrier detachable in either
metal, bone, ivory, rubber, paper or wood with one end open to slide on the pencil.
and the other end hollowed to the required depth and filled with felt, chamois.
leather, sawdust, or any soft material to retain the pins or hollowed to required
depth and put into or over the end a cap or lid of metal, bone, rubber, paper or
wood.
If preferred the pin carrier can be made larger than the pencil.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters.
and figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1, is a section of a peucil with a receptacle filled with felt or other
material.
Fig. 2. is a section of a pencil with a receptacle covered with a metal cap.

page_text: Fig. 4, is a section of a pencil with a receptacle and metal cap to fit into
the end.
Fig. 5, is a metal protector with the receptacle filled with felt material.
Fig. 6, is a section of Fig. 5.
Fig. 7, is a section of a metal protector with a receptacle for pins covered with a
metal cap.
In Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, I construct a pencil 6 with the usual blacklead c and at
the top of the said pencil 6 I form an aperture or receptacle ƒ for pins. The
receptacle may be filled in with felt a or any other soft material to act as a pin
cushion. If preferable pins may be inserted in the receptacle floosely and secured
by a cap e to fit on the outside, a stopper g, or by a cap h to fit into the end.
In Figs. 5, 6, and 7, I construct a metallic protector d to fit over a pencil, and
in this said metallic protector I form a receptacle ƒ for loose pins or I fill the
receptacle in with felt a or other suitable material to act as a pin cushion. To the
protector which receives the loose pins I attach a cap e for the purpose of securing
the pins in the receptacle f.
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 :-
1. In a pin carrier pencil, the combination of the pencil b and the receptacle
filled in with felt a or any other soft material, substantially as herein described and
according to Fig. 1, of the accompanying drawing.
2. In a pin carrier pencil, the combination of the pencil b blacklead c
receptacle and a cape or a stopper g or cap h to fit into the end, substantially
as herein described and according to Figs. 2, 3, and 4, of the accompanying
drawing.
3. In a pin carrier, the combination of the metal protector d receptacle ƒ and
cap e, substantially as herein described and according to Fig. 7, of the accom-
panying drawing.
4. In a pin carrier, the combination of the metal protector d receptacle fand
felt a or any other soft material, substantially as herein described and according to
Figs. 5, and 6, of the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 3rd day of March 1896
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.