Hooks, Button Hooks and other similar Articles.
Year: 1886

page_text: Hooks, Button Hooks, and other similar Articles.
I JACOB SPEAR, of Fürth, in the Kingdom of Bavaria, and of 27 Milton Street,
London, E.C., Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an improved construction of case or holder for pencils,
crayons, crochet hooks, button hooks and other similar articles.
In carrying out my invention I provide an outer tubular case or holder with
the usual conical top; within the outer case slides a tube carrying a lead receiving
tube having spring jaws to hold the lead, crayon or other article; the lower end of
the sliding tube projects beyond the bottom of the outer case and is kept, together
with the lead receiving tube, in its closed position when not in use by means of a
coil spring; and a spring catch is provided to retain the sliding and lead receiving
tubes in their open position.
The spring jaws can slide in the sliding tube to allow of adjusting the lead or
crayon.
By this construction, to project the lead for use, the bottom of the sliding tube
is pressed or pushed inwards until it is retained in the required position by the
spring catch. To close the pencil it is simply necessary to press the spring catch,
and the sliding tube with the lead receiving tube and lead will be automatically
withdrawn by means of the spring into the outer case.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: improvements in cases or Holders гог гепень, отаусць, стосов
Hooks, Button Hooks, and other similar Articles.
I, JACOB SPEAR, of Fürth, in the Kingdom of Bavaria, and of 27 Milton Street,
London, E.C. Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an improved construction of case or holder for pencils,
crayons, crochet hooks, button hooks and other similar articles.
In carrying out my invention I provide an outer tubular case or holder with
the usual conical top; within the outer case slides a tube carrying a lead receiving
tube having spring jaws to hold the lead, crayon or other article; the lower end of
the sliding tube projects beyond the bottom of the outer case and is kept, together
with the lead receiving tube, in its closed position when not in use by means of a
coil spring; and a spring catch is provided to retain the sliding and lead receiving
tubes in their open position. The spring jaws can slide in the sliding tube to
allow of adjusting the lead or crayon.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figures 1 and 2 are
longitudinal sections partly in elevation of a pencil case constructed according to
my invention, figure 1 shewing the pencil case closed and figure 2 shewing the
same open ready for use; figure 3 is a similar view of part of the inner sliding
tube and lead receiving tube detached. Similar letters in all the figures represent
similar parts.
a, represents the outer tubular case or holder and b, is the usual conical top of
the same; c, c¹, represent the tube which slides within the outer tube a; d, is the
lead receiving tube which can slide within the part c, of the sliding tube, and
e, e, are the spring jaws of the tube d, for holding the lead f, (or the crayon or
other article); g, is the coil spring serving to keep the tube c, c¹, and lead receiving
tube d, in their closed position as shewn in figure 1, the lower end c³, of the inner
sliding tube then projecting a certain distance beyond the bottom of the outer
case as shewn in the said figure; the spring g, bears against a flange h, formed by
the junction of the lower part c¹ of the inner sliding tube with the upper part c,
of the same, the two parts being of different diameters, and against an inner short
tube i, tixed to the outer case a; the outward movement of the end c¹ of the inner
sliding tube is limited by a collar j, on the upper part c, thereof; kc, is the spring
catch which when the sliding tube c, c¹, and lead receiving tube d, are moved
into their open position, as shewn in figure 2, enters a hole 1, (figure 1) in the
outer case a, and thereby keeps the pencil case open a suitable guide ensuring the
catch taking into the hole 1; m, is a projection on the spring of the catch k, by
depressing which the catch is released when it is required to close the pencil case;
the catch k, and projection m, work through holes in the part c¹ of the sliding
tube; n, is a pin on the lead receiving tube d, which pin moves in a slot o, in the
part c, of the sliding tube to limit the sliding movement of the tube d, and jaws
when adjusting the lead or crayon.

page_text: By this construction the parts of the pencil case being in their closed position
as shewn in figure 1 in order to project the lead for use, the bottom of the sliding
tube c, c¹, is pressed or pushed inwards until it is retained in the required position
by the spring catch k, as shewn in figure 2, the spring g, being compressed by the
said operation. To close the pencil it is simply necessary to press the spring
catch k, inwards by means of the projection m, and the sliding tube c, c², with the
lead receiving tube d, and lead f, will be automatically withdrawn by means of
the spring g, into the outer case as shewn in figure 1.
I have described by way of example my invention as applied to a pencil case or
crayon holder, but its application to holders for crochet hooks, button hooks, and
other similar articles is substantially the same and will therefore be well under-
stood without further description.
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. A case or holder for pencils, crayons, crochet hooks, button hooks, and other
similar articles in which an inner case carrying the pencil, crayon, or other article
is held so as to be protected by or kept in a closed position when not in use by
means of a coil spring, a spring catch being provided to retain the said inner case
in its open position when in use substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. In a case or holder for pencils, crayons, crochet hooks, button hooks and other
similar articles, the combination with an inner case carrying a tube having spring
jaws for holding the lead or other article, of an outer case in which the said inner
case slides and is withdrawn within the outer tube by means of a coil spring so as
to protect or cover the lead or other article when the holder is not in use, and a
spring catch serving to retain the said inner sliding tube in its protruded or open
position, substantially as hereinbefore described and represented in the accom-
panying drawing.
3. The improved pencil case or crayon holder hereinbefore described and
represented in the accompanying drawing.