Improvements in Penholders.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 24th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 26th Apr., 1890
Improvements in Penholders.
1, ANDREW JOHN GILLAM of 1 Montserrat Road, Putney, London, S.W., Surveyor,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The projecting piece (marked A on the drawing herewith) on the penholder prevents
the finger approaching nearer the pen.
It also prevents the pen from rolling when placed on an inclined plane.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Penholders.
I, ANDREW JOHN GILLAM, of 1 Montserrat Road, Putney, S.W., Surveyor, 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:
The invention relates to an improved construction of penholder, whereby a stop is
provided for preventing the finger of the user from approaching too closely to the
pen, and which at the same time will prevent the rolling of the pen when the latter is
placed on an inclined surface.
My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 being a side view,
Figure 2 a plan, and
Figure 3 an end view of a pen holding socket or barrel formed of sheet metal and
provided with my improvement.
The socket or barrel a may be formed, as shown with spring tongues a', between
which and the body of the socket or barrel a, the pen is clipped, or other suitable
holding means for the pen may be formed on, or fitted to, such socket or barrel.
According to my invention, I provide the pen holding socket or barrel a, with a
projecting tongue or stop a², which serves to prevent the finger of the user from
approaching too closely to the pen thereby being of use in teaching and securing
freedom in writing and at the same time acts to prevent the rolling of the pen when
the latter is placed on an inclined surface.
The tongue or stop a', when the socket or barrel a is made of sheet metal, is
preferably formed by cutting the blank used to form the socket or barrel in such a
manner that a portion thereof is cut of suitable shape to form the said tongue or stop a²,
which can afterwards be bent upwards into the position shown in the drawing, and
remain connected with the body of the barrel or socket a.
Said tongue or stop a² may however be otherwise formed and may be connected
to the barrel or socket a, or to the pen holder, in other suitable manner, whilst the
said barrel or socket a, or the penholder, may be formed of other material than sheet
metal.
I would here remark that I am aware that penholders have heretofore been
provided with plates or bearings so arranged as to indicate the correct positions for
the fingers but beginners instructed in writing with penholders so constructed would
experience difficulty in writing with an ordinary penholder not fitted with said shields
or plates whilst a person instructed by, or accustomed to the use of my improved
penholder can without any difficulty write with one of ordinary form.

page_text: 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 1
claim is :-
A penholder provided with a projecting tongue or stop substantially as herein
shown and described, to prevent the finger of the user from approaching too closely
to the pen, and which at the same time prevents the rolling of the pen when the
latter is placed on an inclined surface.
1000
ANDREW JOHN GILLAM.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.
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