Year: 1885

page_text: Other Articles.
I GEORGE FREDERICK REDFERN, of the General Patent Office, N° 4, South
Street, Finsbury, in the county of Middlesex, Patent Agent do hereby declare the
nature of this invention (a communication from abroad by Ralph Spear of the
firm of J. W. Spear and Son, of Fürth in the Kingdom of Bavaria, Manufacturer)
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in that class of pencil cases and holders
for crayons and other articles in which the lead or other holder is contained within
and protruded from an outer case or sheath. The present improvements have for.
object to so construct the pencil or other case that the holder can be protruded by
the simple act of jerking the sheath or case and can be withdrawn within the
sheath or case by striking the bottom of the latter.
For this purpose I weight the holder and form it with a recess or groove on its
periphery the end or nozzle of the outer case or sheath being constructed to act as
a spring catch so that when the outer case or sheath is jerked forward the holder
is projected and held in the projected position by the spring nozzle taking into the
recess or groove in the holder. To withdraw or sheath the holder it is merely
necessary to strike the bottom of the pencil case when the weight of the holder
will overcome the spring catch and the holder will fall by gravity into the sheath
or outer case.

page_text: Improvements in Pencil Cases and Holders for Crayons and
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other Articles.
I, GEORGE FREDERICK REDFERN of the General Patent Office No 4 South
Street, Finsbury, in the County of Middlesex Patent Agent do hereby declare the
nature of this invention (a communication from abroad by Ralph Spear of the firm
of Gebruder Spear, of Fürth in the Kingdom of Bavaria, Manufacturer) and in
what 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 that class of pencil cases and holders
for crayons and other articles in which the lead or other holder is contained within
and protruded from an outer case or sheath. The present improvements have for
object to so construct the pencil or other case that the holder can be protruded by
the simple act of jerking the sheath or case and can be withdrawn within the
sheath or case by striking the bottom of the latter.
For this purpose I weight the holder and form it with a recess or groove on its
periphery, the end or nozzle of the outer casè or sheath being constructed to act as
a spring catch so that when the outer case or sheath is jerked forward the holder
is projected and held in the projected position by the spring nozzle taking into the
recess or groove in the holder. To withdraw or sheath the holder it is merely
necessary to strike the bottom of the pencil case when the weight of the holder will
overcome the spring catch and the holder will fall by gravity into the sheath or
outer case.
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 figure 1
represents a longitudinal section of a pencil case constructed according to my
invention the pencil case being closed that is to say, the lead holder being within
the outer sheath or case; figure 2 is a similar view to figure 1 but shewing the
lead holder (which is represented in elevation) protruded. Similar letters in both
the figures represent similar parts.
E is the weighted lead holder and fis the recess or groove on the periphery of
the same
G is the outer case or sheath and h represents the end or nozzle of the
case or sheath G which end is turned inwards and is formed with a number of
slits a, so as to act as a spring catch which enters the recess or groove f, in the
lead holder E when the latter is protruded as shewn in figure 2.
In order to prevent the lead holder E from falling out of the case G by reason
of its weight when the latter is held with its nozzle h, downwards, I provide the
end of the lead holder E with a number of spring tongues i, i, the ends of which
are compressed in passing through a contracted part b, of the cap c, and again
expand when they have passed the said contracted part. The lead A can be held
and operated in the holder E in any suitable manner.
By this construction the parts of the pencil case being in the position shewn
in figure 1, in order to protrude the pencil from the case it is only necessary
to sharply jerk the case and the weighted holder E will be protruded from the

page_text: nozzle h, the impetus of its motion causing it to overcome the pressure of the spring
nozzle until its recess is caught by the catch thereof and the holder E will be held
firmly in the position shewn in figure 2; to withdraw or sheath the holder E it is
only necessary to hold the pencil case with its point upwards and to strike the end
of the cap o, against a table or otherwise when the weight of the holder will over-
come the spring catch h, and the holder E will fall by gravity into the sheath or
case Gas shewn in figure 1.
Although I have described my invention as applied to a pencil case it will be
obvious that it is equally applicable to the construction of a pen-holder, a holder
for a knife or a needle or for other similar purposes.
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 pencil case or holder for crayons and other articles so constructed that a
weighted holder carrying the lead, crayon, or other article can be protruded from
the outer case or sheath by the simple act of jerking the said case or sheath the
holder being withdrawn within the case or sheath by striking the bottom thereof
substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. In a pencil case or holder for crayons and other articles the combination of an
outer case or sheath constructed to act as a spring catch with a weighted holder
sliding therein and provided with a groove or recess in its periphery substantially
as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and represented in the accompanying
drawing.
3. In a pencil case or holder for crayons and other articles the combination with
an outer case or sheath constructed to act as a spring catch and having a con-
tracted portion such as b, of a weighted holder sliding in the said case or sheath
and provided with a groove or recess on its periphery and with a number of
spring tongues adapted to engage with the portion b, substantially as and for the
purposes herein before described and represented in the accompanying drawing.
4. The improved pencil case or holder herein before described and represented in
the accompanying drawing.