IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLDERS FOR LEAD AND OTHER MARKING MATERIALS, PART OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS IS ALSO APPLICABLE AS HOLDERS FOR OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Wiley, of Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLDERS FOR
LEAD AND OTHER MARKING MATERIALS, PART OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS IS ALSO
APPLICABLE AS HOLDERS FOR OTHER ARTICLES."
Sealed the 24th April 1868, and dated the 26th October 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION, left by the said William Edward Wiley
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
26th October 1867.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD WILEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
HOLDERS FOR LEAD AND OTHER MARKING MATERIALS, PART OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS
IS ALSO APPLICABLE AS HOLDERS FOR OTHER ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
The Invention has for its object improvements in holders for lead and other
marking materials, part of which improvements is also applicable as holders
for other articles, and relates, firstly, to an improved holder for cedar or other
wood pencils or marking instruments. For this purpose I employ a case or
holder having a longitudinal slit or opening formed therein as usual, and at
one or both ends I form a short transverse slit or opening running into the
aforesaid longitudinal slit, one or both of such transverse slits communicates"
with a cut running entirely to the end of the holder. In connection with such
holder I employ a common cedar or other wood pencil or marking instrument
having a pin or stud fixed in the end thereof. By these means the marking

page_text: instrument may be readily inserted and removed from the holder for renewal
or otherwise, and when not in use the point of the marking material is
protected by the holder. The holder above described is also applicable for
holding pens, knives, toothpicks, and other articles in a somewhat similar
manner.
The Invention also consists in the manufacture of holders for lead and
other marking materials, whereby a cheap and effective ever-pointed pencil
or marking instrument is obtained. For this purpose I employ a clip or
socket which is fixed at one end in an outer case or holder; over this clip or
socket is passed a tube which fits within the outer case or holder, and passes
over the lead or other marking material held in the clip or socket, thereby
enabling the marking material to be used when required, and at other times to
be protected by the inner tube. If desired instead of employing a clip or
holder as above I fix a pin in the outer case, and employ it to push the lead
through the inner tube. I by preference fix the pin, clip, or socket in the
outer case by pressing in the metal of the outer case around and into the end
of the pin, clip, or socket.
In some cases I dispense entirely with the pin, clip, or socket, and employ
the inner tube to hold the lead or other marking material, and the outer tube
to slide over and protect it when the lead or other marking material is not
in use.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Wiley in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 25th April 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM:
EDWARD WILEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirty-first year of Her -
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Edward Wiley, Her special licence that I, the said
William Edward Wiley, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
.others as I, the said William Edward Wiley, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United

page_text: Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of
Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLDERS FOR LEAD AND OTHER
MARKING MATERIALS, PART OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS IS ALSO APPLICABLE AS
HOLDERS FOR OTHER ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said William Edward Wiley, my executors or administrators, by: an
one of their hands and.
instrument in writing under my, or their, or
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the 'Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Wiley, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the samé is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say:-
The Invention has for its object improvements in holders for lead and other
marking materials, part of which improvements is also applicable as holders
for other articles, and relates, firstly, to an improved holder for cedár or other
wood pencils or marking instruments: For this purpose I employ a case or
holder having a longitudinal slit or opening formed therein as usual, and at
one or both ends I form a short transverse slit or opening running into the
aforesaid longitudinal slit, one or both of such transverse slits communicating
with a cut running entirely to the end of the holder. In connection with
such holder I employ a common cedar or other wood pencil or marking
instrument having a pin or stud fixed in the end thereof: By these means
the marking instrument may be readily inserted and removed from the
holder for renewal or otherwise, and when not in use the point of the marking
material is protected by the holder. The holder above described is also appli-
cable for holding pens, knives, toothpicks, and other articles in a somewhat
similar manner.
The Invention consists, secondly, in the manufacture of holders for lead and
other marking materials, whereby a cheap and effective ever-pointed pencil or
marking instrument is obtained. For this purpose I employ a clip or socket
which is fixed at one end in an outer case or holder. Over this clip or socket
is passed a tube which fits within the outer case or holder and passes over the
lead or other marking material held in the clip or socket, thereby enabling the
marking material to be used when required, and at other times to be protected
by the inner tube. If desired, instead of employing a clip or holder as above;
I fix a pin in the outer case, and employ it to push-the lead through the inner

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side view, and a, Figure 2 is an end view of a case or holder for
cedar and other wood pencils constructed according to the first part of my
Invention. a is the case or holder, which has a longitudinal slit or opening b
therein as usual, but in addition thereto a short transverse slit or opening c is
formed therein, as shewn, such slit or opening c communicating at one end
with the slit or opening b and at the other with a cut or slit d running to the
end of the holder. In connection with such holder I employ a common cedar
or other wood pencil or marking instrumente having a pin or stud ƒ fixed in
one end thereof.
Figures 3 and 4 are side views of the holder separately, and Figure 5 is a
side view, and Figure 6 is an end view of the cedar or other wood pencil
apart from the holder. Figure 7 is a side view of a slight modification of this
part of my Invention in which the short transverse slit or opening c is dis-
pensed with, similar parts being marked with similar letters of reference to
those employed in the previous Figures. When in use the pencil e or other
marking instrument is pushed out by means of the stud f, and when not in
use the pencil or other marking instrument is drawn within the tube or
holder a. In the holder shewn at Figure 1 the pencil or other marking
instrument when in use is prevented being pushed back into the holder
by the stud or pin f being turned into the short transverse slit or opening c.
By these means the marking instrument may be readily inserted and removed
from the holder for renewal or otherwise, and when not in use the point of
the marking material is protected by the holder.
Figure 8 is a side view of a holder having a common cedar or other wood
pencil or marking instrument arranged in one end thereof in a similar manner
to that described at Figure 1, but in addition thereto it is provided with a
knife g at the opposite end which is capable of working to and fro in a longi-
tudinal slit or opening 6*, and when in use the pin or stud g¹ is turned into
the short transverse slit c*, and thereby prevents the possibility of the knife g
running back, but when not in use the knife is pushed back into the holder
and the pin or stud g₁is turned into the short transverse slit a, and thereby

page_text: prevents the possibility of the knife g slipping down the slit or opening 6*, and
protruding from the holder when in the pocket. If desired, pens, toothpicks,
and other articles may be mounted in holders of the character above described
in a somewhat similar manner.
Figure 9 is a section of an ever-pointed pencil or marking instrument con-
structed according to the second part of my Invention. a is a clip or socket
which is fixed at one end in the outer case or holder b, as shewn, or by other
suitable means, and c is a tube which passes over the clip or socket a and the
marking material held therein, and fits within the outer case or holder b; thus
when required for use the marking material is caused to protrude from the
tube c, as shewn at Figure 9, but when not in use the marking material may
be protected by the tube c.
Figure 10 is a section of the clip or socket a and outer case or holder b
separately from the tube c, a section of which is shewn at Figure 11. If
desired, instead of employing a clip or holder a, as above described, I fix a pin
or pusher in the outer case in a similar manner, and employ it to push the lead
through the inner tube c, as will be well understood.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Wiley, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of April, in the
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
year of
W. E. WILEY. (L.S.)