IMPROVEMENTS IN PENHOLDERS
Year: 1884

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I GEORGE HENRY TWIGG of Legge Lane Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of said invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN PENHOLDERS to be as follows:-
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My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in affixing or
securing the spring holder or that part which retains the pen in the barrel or tip,
whereby the said spring holder is more readily connected or attached to the barrel
or tip than by the method usually employed. This spring holder consists essentially
of spring jaws and when affixed in the forward end of the barrel or tip of the
holder, retains the pen which has been inserted between the said clip and the inside
of the barrel.
The spring holder described is usually retained within the barrel or tip by
rivetting or by soldering.
The barrel or tip consists of a plain piece of drawn tubing of the desired length,
having an annular internal collar pressed from the metal and made about half way
up the barrel, which forms an internal stop or abutment for the spring holder
hereinafter described to abut against. Or instead of an annular collar one or more
intentations may be made at the proper position on the circumference of the tube,
so as to form the requisite stop or stops to limit the position of the spring holder
within its barrel.
The spring holder which is tubular in form is raised from sheet metal of the
desired conformation that is, the springholder is of the internal diameter of
the barrel or tip, and is tubular at one end, while side spring like jaws or clip
holders are at the other end the underside being bevelled or cut away.
The spring holder is inserted into the forward end of the barrel or tip, until the
tubular part of the said holder abuts against the internal collar, while the spring
jaws on the front end thereof slightly extend from out of the end of the barrel.
The said spring holder is retained and affixed in this position by pressing or
indenting the forward end of the underside of the barrel or tip, so that the metal is
pressed or forced inwards, between or against the bevelled or cut away underside
of the spring holder thus effectually retaining and securing the holder within the
barrel or tips while at the same time the spring jaws or arms for retaining the loose
pen have sufficient play to allow for its insertion.
Dated this nightaruth dow of Amil Oan thousand night hundred and sights

page_text: a is the barrel or tip of the Peu-holder and b is the yielding spring clip or holder
with its open top b³, so as to allow the sides to spring or yield on the
introduction of pen-The said sides ³ ³ constitute the spring clips which hold
the pen in position-The underside of the spring b is cut away or reduced in
diameter on its underside-And into this said cut away or reduced part, the
metal as of the barrel a is bulged; which said bulging effectually retains and
secures the spring holder within its barrel or tip and at the same time leaves the
clipping parts free to expand or contract, on the introduction or withdrawal of
a pen.
In carrying out my invention, I construct a barrel figure 10 having an annular
internal rib a-The yielding spring clip b figure 6 is next inserted into the front
part of the barrel b with its end 65 abutting against the annular internal collar a
the front underside of the barrel a is next bulged inwards, filling up the space left
between the reduced front part of the spring clip, and the barrel, thereby securely
enclosing the spring clip, and preventing its rotation within the barrel or tip as
represented in figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 12 of the accompanying Drawing.
In figure 13 the stop against which the back end of the yielding clip abuts,
consists of a series of indentations around the tube-These indentations constitute
stops for determining the position of the yielding clip within its barrel—c, c are
the indentations or stops as described.
Although a series of indentations constituting stops are employed, yet a single
indentation may be used.
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
The improvements in the construction of Pen-holders herein before described and
illustrated in figures 1 to 14 both inclusive of the accompanying Drawing-that is
to say, securely enclosing and fixing the yielding or spring clip holder, within its
barrel or tip as described and set forth.
Dated this twentieth day of December 1884