An Improved Holder for Tailors' Chalk.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 10th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 19th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Holder for Tailors' Chalk.
ARTHUR SMITH Sutton Mill, Keighley, Yorks Tailor JOSHUA BARKER
Crosshills Keighley Yorks Tailor do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
To make a case for tailors' chalk when in use, from gelatine composition or
nickel silver. The same to have a row of holes down the centre on each side of
case. A small hole is bored in the chalk and then put in position opposite holes
in the case.
Then a pin is passed through the hole, and a cap is screwed on the
opposite side, keeping the chalk in any position required.
Dated this Ninth day of March 1894.
ARTHUR SMITH.
JOSHUA BARKER.
We, ARTHUR SMITH of Sutton Mill and JOSHUA BARKER of Crosshills both
near Keighley in the County of York, Tailors, 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, that is to say:
As is well known, the chalk used by tailors, dress makers and others having to
mark cloth for their guidance in cutting and otherwise dealing with same is a
substance that can readily be removed from such cloth or fabric after it has
answered its purposes however such chalk or substance having these desired
properties is very brittle and readily breaks and is worn or wasted by the user
when carrying same in his pocket or when using it, and to provide a holder that
shall retain such substance or chalk in a desirable manner and yet freely allow its
use for all ordinary purposes is the object of this invention.
To attain this object we make use of a case and parts in connection therewith
constructed and formed as hereinafter described and as illustrated by the
accompanying sheet of drawings forming part of this Specification.
Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively side elevation and edge view of our improved
form of case and parts in connection therewith. The chalk contained by same
being shown in broken lines Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 1 but shows the cover of the case removed and
the chalk although lessened by use, yet arranged to extend beyond the case as
desired..
Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the case with cover partly removed.
Figs. 5 and 6 are similar views to Figs. 1 and 2 respectively but show that a
needle case may be added or attached to the lid or cover of the chalk holder.
The case a is made of a shape conforming to the shape of that part of the piece
of chalk fitting within it, and as the form of the pieces of cbalk shown by the
accompanying sheet of drawings is the one most commonly and preferably used we
have only shown our improved case as being of this form, however we wish to state
that whether such pieces of chalk are of the shape shown or are rectangular,

page_text: circular or other shape our said case a is made to suit or be in conformity
therewith.
This case a has a lid or cover b to fit over it and cover such part c¹ of the
piece of chalk c as may extend beyond the case a, while in the walls of said case a
are formed a series of holes m (see Fig. 7) or slots d d¹ as shown in other figs.
through which passes the bolt having the part g which passes through the slot d
square or rectangular in cross section in order to prevent said bolt f from revolving
when its nut is tightened or screwed thereon.
The bolt in passing through the case a is arranged to pass through a hole
made in the piece of chalk c so that on this bolt f being made to tightly grip the
case a by the tightening or screwing of its nut (or cap) h said piece of chalk c
is firmly held within the said case a no matter whether it should nearly fill same
as is shown by Fig. 1 or whether it should only partly do so as when it becomes
worn by use and as shown by Fig. 3, and at any position that such piece of chalk c
may assume within said case a said bolt f will firmly hold it as desired, the slots d d¹
or series of holes m being made in the case a so that said bolt might slide or be
adjusted within them as from the position it occupies in Fig. 1 to that which it
occupies in Fig. 3, instead of such slots or holes being made in the chalk since
should a slot or series of holes be formed in the chalk it would be thereby weakened
and consequently more liable to be broken.
Instead of the case a being made to conform to the shape of the sides of the piece
of chalk as is shown by Figs. 2 and 4, it may be of the shape shown at a' by Fig. 6,
and when such formation in the construction is followed we may add a needle case k
to the lid or cover however this adds somewhat to the thickness of the article
and makes it less appropriate for pocket-wear.
The case and its cover may be made of any suitable substance but preferably
we employ metal or celluloid since a desirable resilience is afforded by these
substances that enables the one to firmly fit the other while they will bend to allow
the application or displacement of their contents.
Having now particularly described and ascertained, the nature of our said iuven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is;
1. A case of metal, celluloid or other substance made to conform to the shape or
configuration of the article it has to contain, a lid or cover for use in connection
with said case and means for retaining the contents of said case in combination
substantially as herein specified.
2. A case of metal, celluloid or other substance, a lid or cover to fit same, a bolt
arranged to pass through said case for retaining a piece of chalk therein in
combination substantially as herein set forth.
3. The combination of a case of metal or the like, a lid or cover for same a bolt,
having its head to press upon one wall of said case while its stem or body part
presses through a slot made in said wall as well as through the like made in the
wall opposite and a nut for securing said bolt by pressing upon the other wall of
the case to enable its adjustment in the case, substantially as herein specified.
4. The combination of a case, having holes or openings made through its walls,
a lid or cover to fit said case, a bolt arranged to pass through and fit within the
openings in the walls of said case, and a piece of chalk having a hole or opening
made through it and arranged to be placed within said case substantially as herein
specified.
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ARTHUR SMITH,
JOSHUA BARKER,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.