Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Sept., 1887
Complete Left, 14th June, 1888
Complete Accepted, 20th July, 1888
PERCY ELLIS of the Manor House Wallington Surrey, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It consists of a cap which fastens to the upper end of the pen or pencil & which is
attached by a string to a small roller containing a spring.
The roller with the action of the spring revolves in a frame just a little bigger than
itself, to which there is joined tangentially a flat piece of metal, forming the back of
the apparatus, having a small hole top and bottom, & the whole can thereby be
fastened to any fixture by two screws. On one or both of the sides of the roller is a
ratched wheel, which by the action of a detent prevents the roller from recoiling the
string, when the pencil is drawn away for use."
The detent is raised by the pressure of a small knob in the front communicating
with it & thus allows the spring to rewind the string drawing the pen or pencil to its
former position.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Attaching Pen or Pencil to any Fixture.
1, PERCY ELLIS, The Manor House, Wallington Surrey, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My invention has for its object the employment of a device or appliance whereby
the mislaying and loss of desk and other pens or pencils shall be obviated and at the
same time the pen or pencil shall be always available for use.
In order that my invention may be the better understood I have appended the
accompanying sheet of drawings in which Figure 1 shows a side sectional elevation
of the appliance exposing to view the several parts. Figure 2 is an elevational view
of the device in its completed form and Figure 3 is an end elevation with the case
removed.
The device or appliance in accordance with my invention comprises an enclosing
case or chamber A within which is mounted upon a suitable spindle a a roller or
bobbin B upon which is coiled a suitable length of fine twine, string, cord or
equivalent e. One end of said twine or cord would be attached to the bobbin B, the
other extremity thereof being secured to a small cap E which is designed to screw on
to the end of a pencil -The cap E above referred to may, if desired, be split so as
to grip firmly the end of the pencil to which it is to be attached, and it may further
have a portion of the edge so turned in as to form a segment of a screw, to allow of
the cap being screwed on to the end of a pen or pencil f.
Within the barrel of the bobbin B is arranged a spiral spring, C, one extremity of
which is secured to the spindle a, the other end being pinned or otherwise attached to
the interior of the barrel of said bobbin. Upon one or both sides of the bobbin B is
or are secured a ratchet or ratchets D in the teeth of which takes or take a detent or
pawl bor detents or pawls, for the purpose of holding the bobbin, after the revolution
thereof, and of the ratchet D, against the tension of the spiral spring C by means of
the twine or cord e aforesaid-The detent or pawl 6 has an arm extending from the
axis e terminating in a small knob or handle d for the purpose hereinafter described.
The nose of the detent or pawl bis kept engaged with the ratchet by means of a small
spring or equivalent.
The enclosing case or chamber A has attached thereto a strip of metal pierced or
perforated at each end to allow of the apparatus being screwed or otherwise affixed
to a wall, desk, table or other suitable article.
The action of the device or appliance according to my invention is as follows-
When it is desired to use the pencil it is drawn away from the fixed case A, said
action winding up the spiral spring C, which latter is held in position by the detent
or pawl b engaging with the ratchet D thus allowing of the free use of the pencil.
After use, the handle or knob d of the detent or pawl b is depressed, which, releasing
the ratchet wheel D, allows the spiral spring C to unwind and the bobbin B to rewind

page_text: or recoil thereupon the twine or cord e, the pen or pencil by this means resuming its
normal position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declaro that what I
claim is
:
First An apparatus for attaching a pen or pencil to any fixture or in any position
comprising a roller or bobbin B ratchet wheel C pawl or detent b within an enclosing
case A substantially as herein described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Second: In the device or appliance herein described the combination therewith of.
a twine or cord and a cap having a portion of its edge bent to serve as a screw for
attachment to a pen or pencil substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this Seventh day of June 1888.