Improvements in Lead Pencil Cases and other like Cases or Holders.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 27th July, 1895-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lead Pencil Cases and other like Cases
or Holders.
We, PERRY & Co., LIMITED, of 36, Lancaster Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturers, and JOHN CLEMENT, of 36, Lancaster Street,
aforesaid, Pencil Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has reference more particularly to lead pencil cases but can
also be applied to other like cases or holders, such for instance, as cases or
holders for crayons, tooth picks, and crotchet hooks, and this invention consists
of the hereindescribed improved means for propelling the lead (or the crayon,
tooth pick or crotchet hook) from the case by a step by step movement ready
for use and for permitting the return of the same to the case when not in use.
We will describe this invention as applied to a lead pencil case.
Within the outer casing of the pencil case and protruding through the top of
the same we provide a tubular pusher made with a cap at the top or otherwise
arranged so that the pusher can be pushed down the pencil case to propel the
lead, a coiled spring within the outer casing moving the pusher back to its
normal position. The bottom end of the pusher is slit and formed as jaws
adapted to grasp the lead when pressed together by a loose conical or other
collett which we provide on the lower part of the pusher and which is free to move
up and down the same through a short space. The outside surfaces of the jaws on
which the collett fits are made conical or taper larger at the bottom, so that when,
as hereinafter described, the pusher is by the spring moved up the pencil case,
the collett comes in contact with a stationary collar or stop fixed in the outer
casing and is thereby moved down the outer inclined surfaces of the jaws thus
forcing the jaws together and causing them to grasp the lead. When the pusher
with the collett on the jaws have been moved down as hereinafter described
through a certain space the collett comes in contact with a tuck or stop in the lower
part of the pencil case so that the motion of the collett is arrested and as the jaws
then move out of the collett they spring open and release the lead. In front of the
jaws of the pusher and within the nose of the pencil case through which the lead
protrudes when the pencil is in use, there is a spring which is formed so as to grip
the lead but not so tightly as to prevent the lead being pushed forward by the
pusher as hereinafter described.
The pencil case above described acts as follows:-When the pencil case is in use
and the parts are in their normal positions the lead is grasped both by the spring
in the nose of the pencil case and by the jaws of the pusher. To propel the lead
by a step by step movement the pressure cap pressed so that the pusher grasping
the lead will be moved forward through a short space until the collett is arrested
by coming in contact with the tuck or stop which causes the jaws to release the
lead the forward movement of which latter now ceuses. Upon the pressure being
removed from the pressure cap the coiled spring moves the pusher upwards again
(the lead meanwhile being held stationary by the spring in the nose of the pencil
case) so that after moving through a short space the collett will be arrested by the
fixed collar and force the jaws together to take a fresh grip on the lead as they
cone to rest. Then when the pusher is again pressed down the lead is again

page_text: carried forward by the jaws through a short space until again released by the
collett coming in contact with the tuck or stop and then when the pressure is
released the lead remains stationary and the jaws return again and take a fresh
grip on the lead as stated above and thus the lead is propelled a short distance
each time the pressure cap is pressed down.
This invention is applied to cases or holders for crayons tooth picks, crotchet
hooks and the like, similarly as above described with reference to a lead pencil
case.
Dated this 26th day of October 1894.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.
Improvements in Lead Pencil Cases and other like Cases
or Holders.
We, PERRY & Co., LIMITED, of 36, Lancaster Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturers, and JOHN CLEMENT, of 36, Lancaster Street,
aforesaid, Pencil Maker, 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 :-
This invention bas reference more particularly to lead pencil cases but can also
be applied to other like cases or holders, such for instance as cases or holders for
crayons, tooth picks and crotchet hooks, and this invention consists of the herein-
described improved means for propelling the lead (or the crayon, tooth pick or
crotchet hook) from the case by a step by step movement ready for use and for
permitting the return of the same to the case when not in use.
We will describe this invention as applied to a lead pencil case. (Fig. 1 is the
complete pencil.)
Within the outer casing of the pencil case (Fig. 2) and protruding through the
top of the same we provide a tubular pusher (Fig. 5) made with a cap at the top
or otherwise arranged so that the pusher (Fig. 5) can be pushed down the pencil
case to propel the lead, a coiled spring (Fig. 6) within the outer casing (Fig. 2)
moving the pusher back to its normal position. The bottom end of the
pusher (Fig. 5) is slit and formed as jaws adapted to grasp the lead when pressed
together by a loose conical or other collett (Fig. 7) which we provide on the lower
part of the pusher and which is free to move up and down the same through a
short space.
The outside surfaces of the jaws of the pusher (Fig. 5A) on which
the collett fits are made conical or taper larger at the bottom, so that when as
hereinafter described, the pusher (Fig. 5) is by the spring (Fig. 6) moved up the
pencil case the collett (Fig. 9) comes in contact with a stationary collar or
stop (Fig. 4B) fixed in the outer casing (Fig. 3) and is thereby moved down the
outer inclined surfaces of the jaws thus forcing the jaws together and causing
them to grasp the lead.
When the pusher (Fig. 10) with the collett on the jaws has been moved down
as hereinafter described through a certain space the collett comes in contact with
a tuck or stop in the lower part of the pencil case so that the motion of the collett
is arrested and as the jaws then move out of the collett they spring open and
release the lead. In front of the jaws of the pusher and within the nose of the
pencil case through which the lead protrudes when the pencil is in use there is
a spring (Fig. 8) which is formed so as to grip the lead but not so tightly as
to prevent the lead being pushed forward by the pusher as hereinafter
described.
Our invention is worked as follows:-When the pencil case is in use aud the

page_text: parts are in their normal position the lead is grasped both by the spring (Fig. 8)
in the nose of the pencil case and by the jaws of the pusher (Fig. 5). To
propel the lead by a step by step movement the pressure cap is pressed
so that the pusher grasping the lead will be moved forward through a short
space until the collett (Fig. 7) is arrested by coming in contact with the stationary
collar (Fig. 4) which causes the jaws to release the lead the forward movement
of which latter now ceases. Upon the pressure being removed from the pressure
cap the coiled spring moves the pusher upwards again (the lead meanwhile
being held stationary by the spring (Fig. 8) in the nose of the pencil case) so
that after moving through a short space the collett (Fig. 7.) will be arrested by
the fixed collar or stop (Fig. 4B) and force the jaws together to take a fresh
grip on the lead as they come to rest. Then when the pusher is again pressed
down the lead is again carried forward by the jaws through a short space until
again released by the collett (Fig. 7) coming in contact with the stationary collar
or stop (Fig. 4B) and then when the pressure is released the lead remains
stationary and the jaws return again and take a fresh grip on the lead as before
stated and thus the lead is propelled a short distance each time the pressure cap
is pressed down through the mount (Fig. 11).
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. The loose movable conical or other collett (Fig. 7) combined with the conical
jaws and the spring.
2. The spring (Fig. 8) combined with the aforementioned movable loose
conical or other collett which causes the step by step movement hereinbefore
described.
Dated this 26th day of July 1895.
PERRY & CO., LIMITED,
J. W. MILLIGAN,
Secretary.
JOHN CLEMENT,
Pencil Maker.