An Improvement in Penholders.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Nov., 1889-Accepted, 28th Dec., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Penholders.
ALFRED HARVEY SMITH Russell Villa Lord Street Basford Stoke-on-Trent
Schoolmaster do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The barrel, or attachment of the penholder, which directly bears the pen-nib,
instead of being fixed in a straight line with the longer portion or handle, is connected
with it in such a manner as to form with it an angle of 20°, or 25°, or other
convenient angle, such angle being on the left hand side of the penholder when it
is held in the ordinary position for writing, whereby it is secured that the pen points
in the direction in which the. writing is required to slope.
The barrel or attachment aforementioned may directly grip the pen, or may simply
serve as a slide for the barrel which itself grips the pen, & which will in that case be
adjustable as to length, & further this barrel is fixed to the longer or handle part of
the holder either by being attached to a second barrel, or by any other means which
will serve to fix it at the required angle. Thus the improved penholder by itself
adjusting the pen to a correct position, gives greater ease and smoothness in working,
reduces the amount of wear and tear in pens, and obviates the necessity for the
adoption of an awkward and objectionable posture on the part of the writer.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Penholders.
ALFRED HARVEY SMITH, Russell Villa, Lord Street Basford Stoke on Trent
Schoolmaster 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 :-
The object of my invention is the attainment of greater ease and smoothness, and
consequently better results in writing with ordinary pens, by an alteration in the
form and construction of the penholder, whereby it is effected that when the penholder
is held in the hand in the ordinary position for writing, the pen instead of running
as usual in a line with the stick, or handle, of the penholder, is inclined to it in such a
way as to point in the direction in which the writing is required to slope, and thus, in
use, the amount of friction is largely reduced. The manner in which this is carried
out will be readily seen with the aid of the accompanying sketch, in which :-
D is the stick or handle of wood or other material, and A. B. C. the metal tip
specially constructed to incline the pen at an angle of 20°, or 25°, or such other
convenient angle to E D, as may be determined upon. The tip thus consists of two
barrels A, & C, rigidly connected together by the arm or shoulder B, the shape of
which thus determines the amount of inclination of the barrel A. I wish expressly
to point out, however, that the second barrel C is not absolutely essential, as I also
fix the barrel A at its proper inclination by bodily inserting and firmly rivetting or
otherwise securing, a lengthened shoulder B into the stick or handle D, which is, in
that case, continued up in place of barrel ().
It is an essential part of my invention that an arrangement is made by which the
pen is allowed to slide within the barrel A, so that whatever the precise length of the
pen, the pen-point when adjusted falls upon the line E D. In this way, when the
penholder is in use, and properly adjusted, the pressure is applied upon the pen-point E.
My invention specially recognizes this feature as essential to the successful working of
the nenholder

page_text: 1 obtain the sliding adjustment
(1) By using as the direct bearer of the pen, a metal tip F, which slides within
barrel A, as shown in the sketch, or,
(2) By using barrel A as the direct carrier of the pen, without the inner slide F.
The adjustment is then obtained by allowing free scope for the pen itself to slide
within A to any desired extent,, while it is held firmly in position by means of the
insertion within A of a centre piece to grip it, as in the case of many ordinary
penholders.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
(1) A penholder having the barrel which directly carries the pen rigidly fixed at
an angle to the stick or handle, and in such a position as to admit of due adjustment
of the pen, as herein set forth.
(2) The adaptation to such an angular tip of the sliding arrangement, in the manner,
and for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 21st day of November 1880
ALFRED HARVEY SMITH.