Improvements in or relating to Holders for Pencil Leads, Crayons, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Holders for Pencil Leads, Crayons,
and the like.
I, WILLIAM HUGHES FRANCIS, 64, Wind Street, Swansea, Commission Agent,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of improvements in or relating to holders for pencils
crayons and the like, the object being to dispense with the necessity of cutting the
outer casing of the holder such as in the case of a lead pencil or a crayon surrounded
by a wooden casing. In carrying out my invention I form the casing or holder in
two parts preferably of wood or other suitable material, the two sections being
provided with a groove adapted to enclose the lead or crayon. The sections are
provided with a surface composed of india rubber or other suitable material for
the purpose of engaging upon the lead or crayon for retaining same in the required
position for use. The two sections are held together by rings or collars and I find it
convenient at one end of the holder or casing to cut or shape the ends of the
sections forming the casing or holder so that the sections may be separated for the
purpose of adjusting the position of the lead or crayon. The other ends of the
sections forming the casing or holder are suitably shaped and the two sections
are maintained in the required closed position by means of a ring or collar or such
convenient means. A ring, collar, or such convenient means is provided at the
ends which are cut or shaped as aforesaid in order that the two sections may be
separated from one another this ring acting as a sort of hinge or pivot. When
the two sections are in their open position the lead or crayon may be moved so as
to present a point or surface for use. The sections are then closed and secured by
the ring, collar, or such suitable means as before described, when the whole is ready
for use.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Holders for Pencil Leads, Crayons,
and the like.
I, WILLIAM HUGHES FRANCIS, of 64, Wind Street, Swansea, Glamorgan,
Commission Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in holders for pencil leads, crayons, and
the like, the object being to dispense with the necessity of cutting the outer
casing of the holder as is usual in the case of an ordinary lead pencil or a crayon
surrounded by a fixed wooden casing.
In carrying out my invention, I form the casing or holder in two parts
preferably of wood, one only or both being provided with a groove adapted to
enclose the lead or crayon.
They are also recessed to contain a body, say, india rubber or other suitable
material, or a collar, say, of wire for the purpose of engaging the lead or crayon
for retaining same in the required position for use.
The two half parts are held together by outside rings or collars, and I find
it convenient at the point end of the holder or casing to fashion it like that of
an ordinary pencil when ready for use, when the point ring is removed from said
point, so that those portions may be separated for the purpose of adjusting the
position of the lead or crayon. The other ends forming the holder are suitably
shaped and are maintained in the required closed position by a ring or collar
preferably crushed on to act as a sort of hinge or pivot.
When the two parts are in their open position, the lead or crayon may be drawn
or pushed out sufficiently to present a point or surface for use, the sections when
closed can be secured by point ring or collar to make the pencil or crayon ready
for use.
My invention will be clearly understood from the representations on the
annexed drawings.
Figure 1 internal elevation of one half round rod.
Figure 2 section of same through internal face recess of said half round rod
on line a, a, of Figure 1.
Figure 3 section of two half round rods with resilient grippers in corresponding
recesses thereof.
Figure 4 elevation of half round rod having short groove for lead or crayon
and provided with two recesses.
Figure 5 elevation of two half round rods bound together by external metal
rings.
Figure 6 elevation of two half round rods separated by a side pinch of finger
and thumb after removal of point ring.
Figure 7 elevation of two half round rods bound together by rubber rings sunk
in outside annular channels.
Figure 8 elevation of two half round rods bound by metal rings near each end,
one of which with the ends of the rods has an eraser cap affixed.
A, represents one half pencil lead or crayon holder with the long groove B for
the reception of the lead or colour stick, also with a single semi-circular recess C
in which the retaining rubber or other resilient body is inserted, which may be a
short length of rubber tubing or of separate pieces of rubber.
Figure 2 section of each half holder A through the line a, a, of Figure 1.
Figure 3 section through two half holders A, D, with semi-tubular retainers E, E,
in the respective recesses of the two half holders A, D.
Figure 4 internal elevation of one holder with a short groove B and having two
recesses C, C, and into which separate retainers E, E, can be placed to centralize
and fix the lead or colour stick (crayon).
The views, Figures 1 and 4, show a V shape or chamfer F at the inner face of the
back end of the half holder A, this being repeated at the inner face of the back
end of the other half holder D, as represented at Figures 5 and 7.
Figure 5 is an exterior elevation of two half holders A, D, secured together
by external rings G, H, of, say, metal. The rings H at the back end after being
passed over to about the most forward edge of the chamfer face F and then slightly
crushed into the wood of the two half holders A, D, serves as a kind of hinge

page_text: joint which will enable the points I, J, of the two half holders A, D, after the
point ring G is removed to be opened outwards, as at Figure 6, to permit of the lead
or colour stick (crayon) K to be pushed out, so that the writing or sketching point
may be exposed to the required degree, the point ring G being then replaced.
Instead of the metal rings G, H, as previously described, being used I may form
annular grooves in the outside of the two half holders A, D, and arrange india
rubber rings G, H, in such grooves for gripping the half holders in position.
In which case, I deepen the back annular channel so as to embed the rubber
ring H in its groove to be about flush with the outside surface of the two half
holders A, D, but I make the annular groove at the point of less depth, or I
employ a stouter rubber ring, so that it may project and so serve to be peeled out
of the groove when the points I, J, have to be separated for the adjustment of the
lead or colour stick K (crayon).
The rubber ring G need not be removed from the point end of the two half
holders A, D, but may be peeled back on the half holders to a sufficient distance
to allow of the separation of the point portions.
The back metal ring or the back rubber ring H may be covered by a cap L
of rubber stretched over, as at Figure 8, for erasing purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
1. A pencil lead or crayon holder consisting of two disconnected strips A, D,
each provided with recesses C therein, resilient material E as lead or crayon
grips, and outside binding rings G, H, as specified and substantially as represented.
2. A pencil lead or crayon holder consisting of two correspondingly prepared half
round rods A, ]), with recesses C, C, in the inner faces coincident with the groove B,
resilient body E, E, in such recesses, lead or crayon K therein binding rings G, H,
substantially as shown and specified.
3. A pencil or crayon holder consisting of two correspondingly prepared half
round rods A, D, disconnected, provided with internal recesses C, C, coincident with
the lead or crayon groove B, resilient body E, E, binding rings G, H, in outside
annular channels and end chamfers F, F, for the purpose specified.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said William Hughes Francis.