Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 11th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 16th Mar., 1888
We, MAURICE MYERS, of Charlotte Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Pen
Manufacturer, and JAMES LOWE, of Highfield Road, Saltley, Warwickshire, Works
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to those pocket pen-cases, tooth-pick cases and the like
in which the holder or part which carries the pen-nib or tooth-pick is projected
from its outer case by gravity, on the case being held in a vertical position and
pressure being applied to the pressure cap at the top, the said holder being again
encased by turning the case upside down and again pressing the cap.
This invention consists in the improved means hereinafter described of locking the
holder part in either its encased or projected positions and of releasing it when
required from those positions.
I will describe my invention as applied to a pocket pen-holder.
Within a tubular outer casing I provide a tubular holder which is free to slide
therein and is constructed to hold a pen-nib at its lower end. This outer casing is
partly closed at its lower end by a cap in which is a semicircular slit through which
the pen-nib and the semicircular part of the hokler by which the nib is held projects
when the pen is in use. An inner tube extends the whole length of the outer casing
and passes loosely through the tubular holder and it is free to turn around its axis in
the outer casing by the lower end of the inner tube being closed and furnished with
a projecting pin which fits into a central hole in the cap at the lower end of the outer
casing. This inner tube is furnished with a longitudinal slot in which a pin on the
holder engages so that the holder and inner tube turn round together. The upper
end of the inner tube fits into a spring pressure cap which is forced upwardly through
the top end of the outer casing by a coiled spring. Projecting from the pressure cap
is a pin which takes into a straight vertical slot in the outer casing and this pin also
projects inwardly and engages with an inclined slot near the top of the inner tube.
The operation of the parts as above in part described is as follows:-When the
holder is encased in the outer casing and is in its highest position a pin projecting
from its side engages with a notch in the outer casing and maintains it in that
position. In order to cause the pen-nib and holder to project from the outer casing
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page_text: ready for use, the pen case is held in a vertical position with the pen-nih downwards.
The pressure cap is now pressed inwards and its pin moving down the inclined slot in
the inner tube causes the latter to turn round far enough to release the pin on the
holder from its notch in the outer casing. The holder now falls to the bottom of the
casing, the pen-nib and part of the holder projecting from the end thereof. On
the pressure cap being released it springs upwards thereby causing the inner tube and
holder to turn round for a short space until a notch on the holder engages with the
end of the semicircular slot in the cap which holds the holder in its projected position
ready for use. To encase the holder its vertical position is reversed and the pressure
cap pressed inwards thereby releasing the holder and allowing it to fall to the top of
the outer casing where, on the pressure cap being released, it is held by the pin and
inclined slot turning it round and its pin engaging with the notch in the outer casing
as above described.
In a modification of our invention the longitudinal slot in the inner tube is dispensed
with, and the holder is held either in the outer casing or, in its projected position, by
the end opening of the outer casing being closed and opened by a half disc on the end
of the inner tube which is partly revolved with it by the pin on the pressure cap
working in the inclined slot as above described.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pocket Pen-cases, Tooth-pick Cases, and the like.
We, MAURICE MYERS, of Charlotte Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Pen
Manufacturer, and JAMES LOWE, of Highfield Road, Saltley, Warwickshire, Works
Manager, 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 :-
This invention has reference to those pocket pen-cases, tooth-pick cases and the
like in which the holder or part which carries the pen-nib or tooth-pick is projected
from its outer case by gravity, on the case being held in a vertical position and
pressure being applied to the pressure cap at the top, the said holder being again
encased by turning the case upside down and again pressing the
cap.
This invention consists in the improved means hereinafter described of locking the
holder part in either its encased or projected positions and of releasing it when
required from those positions.
We will describe our invention as applied to a pocket pen-holder.
Within a tubular outer casing we provide a tubular holder which is free to slide
therein and is constructed to hold a pen-nib at its lower end. This outer casing is
partly closed at its lower end by a cap in which is a semicircular slit through
which the pen-nib and the semicircular part of the holder by which the nib is held
projects when the pen is in use. An inner tube extends the whole length of the
outer casing and passes loosely through the tubular holder and it is free to turn
around its axis in the outer casing by the lower end of the inner tube being closed
and furnished with a projecting pin which fits into a central hole in the cap at the
lower end of the outer casing. This inner tube is furnished with a longitudinal slot
in which a pin on the holder engages so that the holder and inner tube turn round
together. The upper end of the inner tube fits into a spring pressure cap which is
forced upwardly through the top end of the outer casing by a coiled spring. Pro-
jecting from the pressure cap is a pin which takes into a straight vertical slot in the
outer casing and this pin also projects inwardly and engages with an inclined slot
hear the top of the inner tube.
The operation of the parts as above in part described is as follows:-When the
holder is encased in the outer casing and is in its highest position a pin projecting
from its side engages with a notch in the outer casing and maintains it in that
position. In order to cause the pen-nib and holder to project from the outer casing
ready for use, the pen case is held in a vertical position with the pen-nib downwards.
The pressure cap is now pressed inwards and its pin moving down the inclined slot in
he inner tube causes the latter to turn round far enough to release the pin on the
holder from its notch in the outer casing. The holder now falls to the bottom of the
asing, the pen-nib and part of the holder projecting from the end thereof. On
he pressure cap being released it springs upwards thereby causing the inner tube

page_text: and holder to turn round for a short space until a notch on the holder engages with
the end of the semicircular slot in the cap which holds the holder in its projected
position ready for use. To encase the holder its vertical position is reversed and the
pressure cap pressed inwards thereby releasing the holder and allowing it to fall to
the top of the outer casing where, on the pressure cap being released, it is held by
the pin and inclined slot turning it round and its pin engaging with the notch in the
outer casing as above described.
In a modification of our invention the longitudinal slot in the inner tube is dispensed
with, and the holder is held either in the outer casing or in its projected position, by
the end opening of the outer casing being closed and opened by a half disc on the end
of the inner tube which is partly revolved with it by the pin on the pressure cap
working in the inclined slot as above described.
We will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawing, the
manner in which our invention is to be performed.
Fig. 1 represents a pocket pèn-case constructed according to this invention the
holder and pen being encased within the outer casing which latter is represented in
section so as to shew the interior; Fig. 1 is a view of one end of the same; Fig. 2
is a longitudinal section, partly in elevation, of part of the same pen-case in the same
position represented by Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 1 the pressure cap
having been pushed down to release the holder which is ready to drop to the position
shewn by Fig. 4, which represents a part longitudinal section and inverted plan of
the pen-case Fig. 5 represents similar views of the parts in the positions which
they occupy when, the pressure cap having been allowed to rise, the holder is held
fast ready for use; Fig. 6 is an elevation, partly in section, of the inner tube; Fig. 7
represents in elevation and inverted plan and Fig. 8.in longitudinal section and plan
the internal pen-holder part of the same separately the remaining Figures illustrate
a modification of our invention as hereinafter more fully described.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several Figures of
the drawing.
Referring firstly more particularly to Figs. 1 to 8, both inclusive, A. is the tubular
outer casing and B is the tubular holder constructed to hold a pen-nib c at its lower
end. The holder B is made a little smaller in diameter than the outer casing A so as
to be capable of sliding freely therein. Dis the cap fixed to the lower end of the
outer casing and having a semicircular slit d through which the pen-nib and the
lower part of the holder B can pass. E is the. inner tube extending the whole
length of the outer casing and passing loosely through the tubular holder B. The
upper end e of this tube E fits in the pressure cap Fin which it is free to turn, the
lower end of the tube turning round a projecting central pin g fixed to the cap D.
The tube E has a longitudinal sloth in which a pin fixed in the holder B engages
and along which the said pin is free to slide. This slot is made long enough to allow
of the holder being moved to its extreme position either up or down. By the pin
engaging in the slot it follows that when the tube E is turned the holder will be
turned with it. jis the usual coiled spring in the pressure cap F which acts between
the top end of the inner tube E and the top of the cap F, forcing the cap F upwardly.
k is the pin which is fixed to the pressure cap F and projects outwardly and inwardly:
the outer end of the pink engages with a straight slot in the outer casing, and the
inner end thereof engages with an inclined slot m in the inner tube. The upper
part a' of the outer casing A, in which the slot is formed is by preference made
separately from the main casing A in the form of a short piece of tube inserted into
At one side of the
the end thereof and there secured by soldering or other means.
straight slot is a notch a into which, when the holder part B is in its highest position
the pin i can enter, and at the root of the lower part 6 of the holder where it joins
the tubular part A is another notch marked o which when the holder is in its projected
position and is turned round through a short space engages with the cap D at the end
of the semicircular slot d.
The parts above described operate as follows:-When the holder B is in its highest
position in the outer casing A, that is as far as it can go from the writing end B, its

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projecting pin engages with the notch n in the upper part of the outer casing and
thus maintains the holder B in that position (as represented in the inverted pen-case
Fig. 1). To project the lower part of the holder and the pen-nib c from the lower
end of the pen-case ready for use the pen-case is held with the cap D downwards
towards which end the pressure cap F is pushed against the spring j. The pin k fixed
to the pressure cap in moving down the inclined slot m in the tube E and the straight
slot in the outer casing causes the latter and the holder to turn round far enough
to bring the pin n clear of the slot i as shewn by Fig. 3.
The holder B will now fall
to the bottom of the casing and the lower part of the holder and the pen-nib c
will project through the slot d in the cap D at the lower end thereof as shewn by
Fig. 4. The pressure cap is now released and as it is moved upwards by the spring j
the pink causes the tube E to turn to its original position turning with it the holder B
and causing the notch o therein to engage with the end of the semicircular slot d in
the cap D (as shewn by Fig. 5) thus securing the holder in its projected position
ready for use. On the holder being held with its writing end uppermost and the
pressure cap pushed inwardly, the pink will cause. the tube E and holder B to turn
as before until the notch o is free of the cap D, when the holder B and pen-nib will
fall back into the case until arrested by coming into contact with the upper part a'.
The pin on the holder B will now have entered the slot and on the pressure cap
being allowed to move outwardly to its normal position the pin k will again cause the
tube E to turn and bring the pin into the notch n and thus hold the holder B in
this position.
The modified form of pen-case illustrated by Figs. 9 to 14, both inclusive, is
represented in part longitudinal section by Fig. 9 which shews the parts in position
ready for use (the pen-nib is represented as broken off); Fig. 10 shows a cross
section of the same near the pin k of Fig. 9; Fig. 11 shows the same parts as
Fig. 9 but the holder B is encased; Figs. 12 and 13 are inverted plans of the lower
end D of the pen-case the slot d therein being open in Fig. 12 and closed in Fig. 13,
and Fig. 14 represents the inner tube E of the same separately.
In this pen-case the longitudinal slot h in the inner tube E is dispensed with, and
the holder B is held either in the outer casing A (see Fig. 11) or in its projected
position (see Fig. 9) by the end opening d in the cap part D of the outer casing being
closed and opened by a half disc p on the end of the inner tube E which is partly
revolved with it by the pink on the pressure cap F working in the inclined slot mas
above described, which slot is made long enough to cause the tube E to make a half
revolution when the pressure cap is moved from its extreme outward to its extreme
inward position. In this example the upper part of the outer casing is continued
down to the lower end as a separate slotted tube so as to form a slot or groove / all
along for the pin i to engage in and prevent the holder B turning round. The
holder B is held in its lowest position ready for use as seen in Fig. 9 by the half
disc p on the inner tube engaging with the notch o in the holder where it is held by
the spiral spring in the pressure cap pushing the latter upwards and tending to turn
the half disc p round to its normal position and close the hole h.
Our invention can be applied to pocket tooth-pick cases or the like similarly as
above described with reference to a pocket pen-case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1st. The combination with the outer casing and internal loosely sliding holder of a
pen-case tooth-pick case or other case for like instruments, of an inner tube and spring
pressure cap arranged and operating substantially in the ways and for the purposes
hereinbefore set forth.
2nd. The combination of the outer casing, the internal loosely sliding holder, the
axially movable inner tube passing through the sliding holder and connected therewith
by the pin and longitudinal slot connection and the spring pressure cap connected to
the inner tube by the pin and inclined slot connection all connected and arranged

page_text: together for joint operation substantially as hereinbefore set forth with reference to
Figs. 1 to 8, both inclusive, of the accompanying drawing..
3rd. The combination of the outer casing, the internal loosely sliding holder, the
axially movable inner tube passing through the sliding holder and having a half disc
at its lower end and the spring pressure cap connected to the inner tube by the pin
and inclined slot connection all connected and arranged together for joint operation
substantially as hereinbefore set forth with reference to Figs. 9 to 14, both inclusive,
of the accompanying drawing.
Datad ibi. Oik day of Wahnu 1888