IMPROVEMENTS IN EVER-POINTED PENCIL CASES
Year: 1881

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Wiley at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th July 1881.
WILLIAM EDWARD WILEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN EVER-POINTED PENCIL CASES."
My Invention relates to mecanical ever-pointed pencil cases, and consists of a
new method of fastening or holding in position the lead or marking material by
making a partial turn of the tube holding the lead or marking material. This tube
I slit downwards to a certain distance from the point, thus forming springs. I
make a projection near the end of each spring, and I make the outer tube with
recesses or holes near the point end for the purpose of allowing the projections on
the inner spring tube to spring into them for the purpose of releasing the lead or
marking material. A partial turn forcing the projections away from the recesses
forces the springs inwards and holds the lead or marking material.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Willian Edward Wiley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
27th October 1881.
WILLIAM EDWARD WILEY, of 36, Lancaster Street, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwickshire, Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN EVER-POINTED PENCIL
CASES."
My Invention relates to mechanical everpointed pencil cases, and consists of a
new method of fastening or holding in position the lead or marking material by
making a partial turn of the tube or case holding the lead or marking material.
This tube or case I slit downwards to a certain distance from the point, thus
forming springs. I make an indentation or projection near the end of each spring,
and I make the outer tube or case with pierce holes or recesses near the point end
for the purpose of allowing the indentations or projections on the inner spring tube
or case to spring into them for the purpose of releasing the lead or marking
material. A partial turn forcing the indentations or projections away from the
pierce holes or recesses.forces the springs inwards and holds the lead or marking
inaterial. Or I make the indentations or projections in the same way near the
point, but on the outer tube or case, and corresponding pierce holes or recesses in
the inner tube or case. Or I make the spring ends of the inner tube or case to
close upon the lead or marking material by forcing them downwards through a
plain or solid tapering point of the outer tube or case. In this method the slot is
inade oblique or slanting. When the pin is brought to the bottom of the slot the
springs of the inner tube or case are forced through the point of the outer tube or
case, and closed on the lead or marking material. A partial turn raises the inner
tube or case by means of the pin working in the slanting slot and releases the lead
or marking material.
The improvements are illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
In the Drawings, Fig. 1 is an elevation shewing the pencil encased, and with
lead projecting ready for use; Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the outer
tube or case, shewing at the point end-the two pierce holes or recesses A, A; also
one of two opposite longitudinal slits B in the centre representing a spring to
allow for the variation of the lead or marking material; also at C section of the
slot of a quarter of a turn for fixing the spring in position. Fig. 3 is a transverse
section of the tube in Fig. 2 at C, with slot C, shewing the quarter turn; and
Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the point end of Fig. 2 at A, shewing the two
pierceholes or recesses A, A; Fig. 5 is a central longitudiual section of the inner
tube or case of the pencil, being the tube or case to hold the load or marking
material slit at the point end D to form springs, and with two indentations or
projections E. E, to spring in the two pierceholes or recesses A, A, in Fig. 2. F is
the projecting pin to work in the slot C in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a transverse section
of Fig. 5 at F, shewing the pin F; and Fig. 7 is a transverse section of Fig. 5 at E,
shewing the two indentations or projections E, E, and the two opposite slits D, D;
Fig. 8 is a central longitudinal section of Fig. 1, shewing the spring in Fig. 5 closed
to hold the lead or marking material, the two indentations or projections E, E,
having been forced out of the pierceholes or recesses; Fig. 9 is a transverse section
of the point end at E, shewing the indentations or projections worked away from
the pierceholes or recesses.
Figures 10 to 13 and 14 to 20 represent two other methods of holding and
releasing the lead or marking material by means of a partial turn; Fig. 10 is a
central longitudinal section of the pencil, shewing at G one of two indentations or
projections in the point of the outer tube or case, for the purpose of closing the

page_text: springs. In this Figure the spring is open. In this Drawing the indentation or
projection instead of being placed on the inner tube or case is placed on the outer
tube or case, whilst the springs of the inner tube or case are left quite plain, that
is, without indentations or projections, as in Figs. 14 and 15; Fig. 11 is a
transverse section of the point end of Fig. 10 at G, shewing the two indentations or
projections G, G, in the outer tube or case working in the slits formed in the inner
tube or case, thus leaving the springs open; Fig. 12 is a central longitudinal
section of the outer tube or case of the pencil, shewing at H the two indentations
or projections H, H, (identical with G, G, in Fig. 10); and Fig. 13 is a transverse
section of Fig. 12 at the point end H, shewing the two indentations or pro-
jections H, H, forcing the springs inwards, and closing them; Fig. 14 is a drawing
of the tube or case, shewing the springs; at K is the projecting pin; Fig. 15 is a
transverse section of Fig. 14 at the point end J, shewing the form of the springs;
Fig. 16 is a central longitudinal section of the outer tube or case of a pencil, the
point end being plain or solid, without slits, and brought to a gradual taper to a
circumference M somewhat larger than the lead or marking material. In this
method the slot L is oblique or slanting; Fig. 17 is a transverse section of Fig 16
at L, shewing the slot of a quarter of a turn; and Fig. 18 is a transverse section
of the solid point end of Fig. 16 at the extreme point M; Fig. 19 is a section of
the pencil with projecting spring closed to hold the lead or marking material, the
pin K in Fig. 14 having been brought to the bottom of the oblique slot L in Fig. 16,
and having thus forced the springs downwards and closed them on the lead or
marking material, which they hold tightly. A quarter turn in the opposite
direction brings the pin K to the top of the oblique slot L, raises the inner tube
and springs to a wider part of the taper point, allows the springs to expand, and
frees the lead or marking material.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Wiley, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty second day of October, in the year of our Lord
Eighteen hundred and eighty one.
WILLIAM EDWARD WILEY, (LS.)