IMPROVEMENTS IN PENHOLDERS
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Stevens at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents,, with his Petition, on the 26th November
1861. A communication from abroad by Jean Baptiste Auguste
Brasseur, of Paris, in the Empire of France.
I, CHARLES STEVENS, of 31, Charing Cross, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN PENHOLDERS," & that it has been communicated to me from
abroad by Jean Baptiste Auguste Brasseur, of Paris, in the Empire of France,
to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to improvements in penholders, by which the pen is
securely held during the time it is in use, and when no longer servicable can
be driven from the holder without necessitating its removal by hand..
The several arrangements will be easily understood by reference to the
accompanying Drawings representing the several parts.
Fig. 1 represents the front view of the tube; Figs. 2 & 3, the spring. by
which the pen is driven from the holder; Fig. 4, the same with the ring
passed over the branches; Figs. 5 & 6 are two views of the ring; Fig. 7 is a
view of the penholder when mounted; Fig. 8 is the same with pen; Figs. 9
& 10 show the front view of the tube of the modified penholder; Figs. 11
& 12 represent the spring and catch of the last-named holder; Fig. 13 is
a. view of this peuholder mounted; Fig. 14, the same with pen.
In the Figures 1 to 8 A represents a hollow tube, perfectly straight, having
a rim inside, which limits the movement of the pen driver; B is a spring for
retaining and removing the pen, having two branches c, c, which act as springs
inside the tube; the branch e presses on the pen and so retains it in its

page_text: place; d is the head of the spring which rests against the lower end of the
tube and so prevents the spring from going further than it ought; the ring D
passes over the branches c, c', and prevents the spring from coming out of the
tube by its being unable to pass the rim a. In the Figures 9 to 14 E repre-
sents a hollow tube having a groove e in the inside; I is the spring, having
two branches j;, acting slightly as springs, as also the branch K, which
presses against the pen and retains it in the tube; i is the head pressing
against the lower end of the tube, and is a second head, which by a little
pressure is forced into the groove e; once in, it cannot come out, therefore
the piece I can turn in the tube, but can neither come out nor go in any
further.
Another description of the same system of penholder is represented by the
Figs. 15 to 22. A spring H, having a ring G furnished with a small hole, is
made to enter the grooved tube J, and is attached to it by a rivet K, which
enters a hole made in the tube opposite the side where the groove is placed;
the ring L presses the lower end of the spring against the side of the tube J,
thereby forming a secure holder for the pen, which is placed between them.
A second tube M, having a hole at its lower end, goes over the tube J, hiding
the rivet from sight. The tube M is placed so that the hole is over 'the groove
in the tube J. Before inserting the second rivet the hole of the ring must be
placed under the hole in the tube M. When the pen is to be removed the
second rivet is made to slide upwards in the groove, thus obliging the ring to
rise, the spring is thus released, and the pen falls out.
Fig. 15 represents the above-mentioned grooved tube; Fig. 16, the outside
view of the spring; Fig. 17, the inside view of the same; Fig. 18, 'the side
view of the same; Fig. 19, the outer tube of the penholder; Fig. 20, 'the 'ring
for holding or dropping the pen; Fig. 21 represents one of the two rivets
used; Fig. 22 is the penholder mounted, without pen.