A New or Improved Combined Measuring Tape and Holder for Postage Stamps, and other Articles, for Use either in Pencils and other like Articles, or Combination with Separately therefrom.
Year: 1884

page_text: A New or Improved Combined Measuring Tape and Holder for
Postage Stamps, and other Articles, for Use either in
Pencils and other like Articles, or
Combination with
Separately therefrom.
I JAMES HICKISSON trading as John Bond, of the Crystal Palace Marking Ink
Works, Southgate Road, Hackney, in the County of Middlesex, Marking Ink
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for A NEW OR
OTHER
IMPROVED COMBINED MEASURING TAPE AND HOLDER FOR POSTAGE STAMPS AND
OTHER ARTICLES, FOR USE EITHER IN COMBINATION WITH PENCILS AND
LIKE ARTICLES, OR SEPARATELY THEREFROM, to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a combined apparatus or contrivance consisting of a tape
measure and a holder or receptacle for postage or revenue stamps, sticking plaister,
gold beaters skin, perfumed or disinfecting paper or ribbon, cigarette paper and the
like, the said apparatus or contrivance being adapted to be fitted to, or combined
with a pencil, pencil-case, penholder, penknife or the like, the whole forming
a compact and useful article which may be readily carried in the pocket. The said
apparatus may however be constructed for use independently of the pencil or like
article.
This combined apparatus or contrivance consists of a metal tube, divided into
two portions, the upper portion of which forms the holder or receptacle for the
stamps, or other articles, and the lower portion of the same the holder or receptacle
for the tape measure. A spindle or axis passes through the tube for the greater
portion of its length, and is stepped in a plate, or washer, fixed in the tube.
tape measure is secured to this spindle or axis which terminates in a head outside
the tube to allow of the said measure being wound up; a slot in the tube allows
the tape measure to be drawn out.
In the upper part of the tube, and above the tape measure, is a hollow spindle
which passes over the spindle or axis of the tape measure; the said hollow spindle
is provided at its upper end with a collar or washer, against which the stamps, or
other articles, bear, and which washer forms at the same time a closing plate for
the tube, when the apparatus is in its normal position. At the lower end of this

page_text: hollow spindle is a ring or washer carrying a pin or stud, which travels in a bayonet
slot formed in the outer tube; between this ring or washer and a second washer,
located above the tape measure, is a spiral spring for the purpose of advancing or
shooting forward the hollow spindle around which the stamps or other articles are
wound, and which spindle is operated by disengaging the stud from the lateral or
horizontal portion of the bayonet slot. The portion of the outer tube below the
plate, in which the axis of the tape measure is stepped, serves as a means to attach
the apparatus to the end of a pencil or like article. But this portion when the
apparatus is constructed for use separately from the pencil, or like article, may
contain a stick or block of solid and soluble gum, glue, or other like adhesive
material, and may be provided with a cap or cover.
Dated hin tnt 1

page_text: I, JAMES HICKISSON, trading as John Bond, of the Crystal Palace Marking Ink
Works, Southgate Road, Hackney, in the County of Middlesex, Marking Ink
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for A NEW OR
IMPROVED COMBINED MEASURING TAPE AND HOLDER FOR POSTAGE STAMPS AND
OTHER ARTICLES FOR USE EITHER IN COMBINATION WITH PENCILS AND OTHER
LIKE ARTICLES, OR SEPARATELY THEREFROM, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the
letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :—
My Invention relates to a combined apparatus or contrivance consisting of a tape
measure, and a holder or receptacle for postage or revenue stamps, sticking-plaister,
gold-beaters' skin, perfumed or disinfecting paper or ribbon, cigarette paper and
the like, the said apparatus or contrivance being adapted to be fitted to or combined
or formed with a pencil, pencil-case, pen-holder, pen knife or the like, the whole
forming a compact and useful article which may be readily carried in the pocket.
The said apparatus may, however, be constructed for use independently of the
pencil, or like article.
I now proceed to describe my Invention with reference to the accompanying
drawings, in which Fig. 1, is an elevation and Fig. 2, a vertical section, shewing,
by way of example, the apparatus adapted to a pencil, Fig. 3 is a section shewing
the stamps projected.
This
My combined apparatus or contrivance consists of a metal tube A, divided into
two portions a, b, the upper portion a, of which, forms the holder or receptacle for
the stamps, or other article, and the lower portion b, forms the holder or receptacle
for the tape measure. c, is a spindle or axis which passes through the tube a, b,
for the greater portion of its length; it is stepped in a plate d, fixed in the tube b.
A tape measure e, is secured to this spindle or axis c, which terminates in a head c*,
projecting outside the tube a, to allow of the said measure being wound up;
a slot f, in the lower portion of the tube, allows the tape measure to be drawn out.
In the upper portion a, of the tube, and above the tape measure, is a hollow
spindle g, which passes over the spindle or axis c, of the tape measure.
hollow spindle g, is provided, at its upper end, with a collar or plate h, against
which the stamps Z, or other articles bear, and this plate h, forms, at the same time,
a closing plate, cap or cover for the tube a, when the apparatus is in its normal
position, as shewn in figs. 1, and 2. At the lower end of the hollow spindle is
a ring or washer ; carrying a pin or stud j*, which travels in a bayonet slot k, formed
in the upper portion a, of the tube; between this ring or washer, and a second
washer, located above the tape measure, is a spiral spring m, for the purpose of
advancing or shooting forward the hollow spindle g, around which the stamps, or
other articles, are wound. This spindle is operated by disengaging the stud jx, from
the lateral or horizontal portion of the bayonet slot. The spindle of the tape
measure is operated in the well known manner.
Although I have described and shewn my combined apparatus, in which I use
a spring for projecting the spindle with its stamps, etc, yet I can dispense with
such spring and project the spindle by simply drawing it, by hand, out of the
portion a, of the tube in which it is located. This arrangement is clearly shewn in
figs. 4, 5 and 6, which also represent my apparatus or contrivance combined with

page_text: a pencil case. The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts to those
shewn in figs. 1, 2 and 3, and readily explain themselves without any special
description of same.
The upper portion of the tube a, may also be formed with a longitudinal slot,
and a second or additional tube, also provided with a similar alot, can be arranged
to revolve around the first named tube, so that when the slots are brought one over
the other, the stamps may be readily withdrawn by hand.
The lowermost portion X, of the outer tube, serves as a means to attach the
apparatus to the end of a pencil or like article. But this portion X, when the
apparatus is constructed for use separately from the pencil, or like article, may
contain a stick or block of solid and soluble gum, glue, or other adhesive material Y,
or other suitable article, and be provided with a cap or cover.
This arrangement
is shewn in detached view in fig. 7, the cap or cover being omitted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. The combined apparatus or contrivance, consisting of a tape measure, and
a holder for postage stamps, and other articles, substantially as described and shewn,
and adapted to be fitted to a pencil or like article, or to be combined or formed
therewith, the whole constructed to operate as and for the purposes set forth.
2. The combined apparatus or contrivance constructed for use independently of
a pencil, or other like article, and adapted to receive a stick or block of gum, or
other article, as described, and as shewn in fig. 7 of the drawings.
Dated this 1st day of October 1884