Improvements in or relating to Pens and Penholders.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 17th July, 1890-Accepted, 6th Sept., 1830
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Pens and Penholders.
I, JOHN WILSON GILLIE of New Quay, North Shields, in the County of
Northumberland, Nautical Instrument Maker 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 refers to improvements in or relating to pens and penholders its
object being to give more control over the pen and case to the muscles and nerves of
the hand when writing. I attain my object by forming the pen or holder so that the
hand involuntarily assumes during writing a position coinciding with the above
required conditions, the principal feature of my invention consisting in arranging the
axis of the nib at such a distance from the axis of the penshank or holder as to form a
cranked relation between these parts, the axes aforesaid remaining substantially
parallel to one another. The hand in writing thus involuntarily holds the pen in the
position in which it passes most smoothly over the paper and at the same time
permits the fingers to assume the easiest and most natural position, a tendency always
existing for the weight of the hand lying in a plane directly behind the point of the
nib resting on the paper, and the leverage of the crank to keep the point of the
nib in the most natural and efficient position in respect of the surface written
upon.
To fully describe my invention I will now refer to the accompanying drawings in
which Fig. 1 is a side clevation of a pen and holder constructed and arranged
in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 being a section on line A A in Fig. 1 looking
towards the point of the pen.
Fig. 3 is a plan of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 being a side elevation hereinafter described.
Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3 the nib is shewn fitted into a holder of somewhat
peculiar construction. It may be conveniently formed out of one piece of sheet
metal by giving the latter a double bend as shown in Fig. 2. The lower portion of the
holder then takes the penshank the upper portion n³ taking the nib n.
holders thus constructed, I make four slits two on either side of the upper
portion of the holder so that the nib passes first under the first division n' then
over the second division 15 and finally under the third division n of the upper
portion of the holder.
In
This construction gives a considerable amount of resiliency which is necessary to
effectually grip the nib. Instead of constructing a cranked holder to take an ordinary
nib, I may likewise manufacture cranked nibs to fit into ordinary holders. Fig. 4
shews this arrangement, the nib in being cranked at m² so as to ensure its axis being
kept at a sufficient distance from the axis of the shank m².
I have described above a cranked holder to take an ordinary nib and a cranked nib
to take an ordinary holder and I have shown how I may practically carry out my
invention, but I would have it understood that firstly as regards nibs, I may crank
any nibs or secondly as regards holders, any form of holder to take the nib in
the described position may be used without in either case departing from the range of
my invention and therefore
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 pen holder cranked at one end to take a straight nib substantially as and for
the nurnoses herein set forth.

page_text: 2. A cranked nib to take a straight holder substantially as and for the purposes
herein set forth.
3. In cranked penholders constructing the holder to take the nib substantially as
herein before described and illustrated with reference to Figs. 1, 2 and 3.
Dated this 16th day of July 1890.
A. CRAWHALL CHAPMAN,
3, St. Nicholas' Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Patent Agent for Applicant.