PEN-HOLDERS."
Year: 1881

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Ralph Spear at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th January 1881.
RALPH SPEAR, of North Buildings, in the City of London.
PEN-HOLDERS."
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
This Invention relates to the improvements in penholders hereinafter described,
the object of the Invention being to provide means for ejecting or removing a pen
from its holder without the necessity of having to take hold of the pen as at
present.
In carrying out my Invention, the clamps or fasteners for holding the pen are
formed on the outside of the metal part of the holder, which is formed with a
longitudinal groove or recess, and the front end of the holder is slightly turned
up so as to form with the clamps a kind of spring, and at the same time keep the
bottom part of the pen against the holder. On the lower part of the metal holder
slides a tubular push piece formed with a projection, the end of which is turned
down so that it may fit and slide in the hereinbefore described groove or recess.
By this arrangement when it is required to eject or remove the pen it will be
merely necessary to slide forward the push piece, the projecting end of which
coming against the bottom end of the pen will push the pen from the holder.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Ralph Spear in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 6th July
1881.

page_text: from its holder without the necessity of having to take hold of the pen as at
present.
In carrying out my Invention, the clamps or fasteners for holding the pen are
formed on the outside of the metal part of the holder, which is formed with a
longitudinal groove or recess, and the front end of the holder is slightly turned up
so as to form with the clamps a kind of spring, and at the same time keep the
bottom part of the pen against the holder. On the lower part of the metal holder
slides a tubular push piece formed with a projection, the end of which is turned
down so that it may fit and slide in the hereinbefore described groove or recess.
But to make my Invention better understood I will proceed to describe the same
by reference to the accompanying Drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation;
Figure 2, a longitudinal section; and Figure 3, a plan of a penholder constructed
according to my Invention and having a nib or pen fitted therein; Figure 4 is a
plan of the penholder without the nib or pen; and Figure 5 is a side elevation
shewing the position the parts of the penholder occupy immediately after the
nib or pen has been ejected. Similar letters in all the Figures represent similar
parts.
a, a, are the clamps or fasteners for holding the pen b, and formed, as shewn, on
the outside of the metal part c of the holder; d is the longitudinal groove or recess
in the top part of the metal holder, the front end of which is slightly turned up, as
shewn at e, Figure 5; fis the tubular push piece sliding on the metal holders c';
and g is the projection formed on the same; h is the turned down end fitting and
sliding in the groove or recess d.
.
By this improved construction of penholder it will be understood that when it
is required to eject or remove the pen b it will be merely necessary to slide forward
the push piece f, the projecting end g of which coming against the bottom end
of the pen b will push the pen from the holder, and thus avoid the necessity of
having to take hold of the pen and the probability of soiling the fingers.
The front end e of the holder being turned up will form with the clamps a, a,
a kind of spring, and will keep the bottom part of the pen firmly pressed against
the holder.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the best means
with which I am acquainted for carrying the same into effect, I would have it
understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details berein laid down, as
the same may be varied without departing from the peculiar character of the
Invention, but what I claim is,--
The combination with a penholder constructed, as herein described, of the
tubular push piece, arranged and operating substantially in the manner and for the
purpose herein-before described and represented in the accompanying Drawing, or
any mere modification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Ralph Spear, have hereto set my hand
and seal, this Thirtieth day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty one.
Witness,
G. F. REDFern,
Patent Agent,
4, South Street, Finsbury.
RALPH SPEAR. (L.S.)