IMPROVEMENTS IN PENHOLDERS OR CASES
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents,
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PENHOLDERS OR CASES."-A communication
from abroad by Augusto Masson and Pierre Hubert Cary, of Rue St.
Sebastien. Paris. in the Empire of France.
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PENHOLDERS OR CASES."-A communication
from abroad by Augusto Masson and Pierre Hubert Cary, of Rue St.
Sebastien, Paris, in the Empire of France.
Sealed the 19th September 1865, and dated the 24th April 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 24th April 1865.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PENHOLDERS OR CASES," to be as
follows:-
This Invention of improvements in penholders or cases has for its object,
1st, to construct these instruments in such a mauner that they shall always
maintain the same external appearance, and that the slot and ring whereby
the pen is pushed out when required for use may be dispensed with. The
object is effected by securing the pen in a clamping piece or holder, into the
end of which the handle is fixed, and enclosing the clamping piece within an
external tube, in which there is no slot as is usual in this kind of penholder.
The clamping piece or holder is secured in its place and prevented from
turning round by means of a transverse pin which passes through the external

page_text: tube and clamping piece, a longitudinal slot being made in the latter to
receive the transverse pin. It will be understood from the above that the
handle with the clamping piece and pen are moveable in the external tube,
instead of the clamping piece and pen being made to work independent of the
handle. When therefore it is required to move the pen in or out of the case
the latter is held stationary, and the handle is pushed forward therein, and
thus moves forward the pen with its clamping piece.
The second improvement relates to a mode of constructing the holder, so
that the pen when no longer useful may be expelled therefrom without soiling
the fingers. This is effected by means of a moveable clamping piece between
which and the external tube the pen is secured; this clamping piece is
provided with a ring, whereby it may be moved forward, and on so doing the
pen will be pushed out of the case.
In order to place a new pen in the holder it will only be necessary to
insert the butt end of the pen between the clamping piece and the outer
tube or case, and upon pushing the clamping piece back by means of the
pen the latter will be securely held until the clamping piece is moved forward
again.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 24th October 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME I, WILLIAM
EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her beirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said William Edward Newton, Her special licence that 1, the said William
Edward Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PENHOLDERS OR CASES," being a communi-

page_text: cation to me from abroad by Auguste Masson and Pierre Hubert Cary, of
Rue St. Sebastien, Paris, in the Empire of France, upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said William Edward Newton, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Newton, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the
letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):—
This Invention of improvements in penholders or cases has for its object,
first, to construct these instruments in such a manner that they always
maintain the same external appearance, and that the slot and ring whereby
the pen is pushed out when required for use may be dispensed with.
These objects are effected by securing the pen in a clamping piece or holder,
into the end of which the handle is fixed, and enclosing the clamping pieces
within an external tube in which there is no slot, as is usual in this kind of
penholder. The clamping piece or holder is secured in its place and prevented
from turning round by means of a transverse pin which passes through the
external tube and clamping piece, a longitudinal slot being made in the latter
to receive the transverse pin. It will be understood from the above that the
handle with the clamping piece and pen are moveable in the external tube
instead of the clamping piece and pen being made to work independent of the
handle. When therefore it is required to move the pen in or out of the case,
the latter is held stationary, and the handle is pushed forward therein, and
thus moves forward the pen with its clamping piece.
The second improvement relates to a mode of constructing the holder so
that the pen when no longer useful may be expelled therefrom without soiling
the fingers. This is effected by means of a moveable clamping piece, between
which and the external tube the pen is secured; this clamping piece is
provided with a ring, whereby it may be moved forward, and on so doing the
pen will be pushed out of the case.
In order to place a new pen in the holder it will only be necessary to insert
the butt end of the pen between the clamping piece and the outer tube or
case, and upon pushing the clamping piece back by means of the pen

page_text: the latter will be securely held until the clamping piece is moved forward
again.
The nature of the Invention will be understood by reference to the various
Figures of the accompanying Drawing, in which Fig. 1 represents a front
outside view of the improved penholder or case ready for use; Figures 2 and 4
shew on a scale double the real size longitudinal and transverse sections of the
improved penholder or case, with the handle in the two extreme positions
which it can assume; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken in the line 1, 2, of
Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is another horizontal section taken in the line 3, 4, of Fig. 4.
The penholder is composed of the outer case or tube d, shewn detached in
section at Figures 8, which is hollowed out at the end, and in which is placed
the piece for holding the pen, and which serves also as. a guide for the
pusher C which passes between it and the outer tube. The piece R, which is
shewn detached at Figures 7, is held in its place by a screw pin g, which is
applied after the pusher has been inserted in its place; this pin is then passed
through the longitudinal groove or slot c made in the pusher C in order to
confine its movement and also to prevent it turning round. The pusher (which
is shewn detached at Fig. 6 is fastened to the handle m by the indentation s.
Fig. 2 shews the position the pusher C would assume when the pin is held
in the holder; the back part of the pen bears against the pusher C, which is
pushed back as far as it will go. When it is required to push out the pen it
is only necessary to hold the outer tube d in one hand, and push the handle m
forward with the other, which will drive forward the pusher C into the position
shewn at Fig. 4.
It will be seen on reference to Figures 2 and 4 that the outer appearance of
the penholder is in nowise changed, which obviates certain inconveniences
inherent to other arrangements hitherto employed. On putting a fresh pen
into the holder the pusher C will assume its normal position, which it will
maintain as the pen bears against the extremity of the pusher.
Fig. 9 shews in outside view a ring penholder ready for use; Fig. 10
represents on a scale of twice the real size a vertical section of the part which
holds the pen; Fig. 11 is a horizontal section taken in the line 1, 2, of
Fig. 10; Fig. 12 is a vertical section shewing the position occupied by the
pusher when the pen is pushed out of the holder; Fig. 15 is a horizontal
section taken in the line 3, 4, of Fig. 12.
The penholder consists of the metal tube d, in which is made a groove or
slot c which guides the pen pusher in its movement; this tube is fastened to
the handle m, which may be made of metal, wood, bone, ivory, caoutchouc or
other suitable material. Inside the tube d is a piece r (seen detached at

page_text: Fig. 13) which forms a spring for holding the pen in the holder; this piece r
is fixed to the tube d by the indentation a entering the opening o, and has a
longitudinal slots in it which corresponds with the groove c of the penholder
when the pieces are put together, so that the pusher A can slide in this
double groove. The pusher A (which is represented detached at Figures 14) is
composed of a simple piece of metal, on which are projections a, a, which are
made to enter apertures in the ring D, into which they are rivetted firmly.
On inserting a pen in the holder the pusher is caused to assume the position
shewn at Fig. 10, (that is to say,) it is at the extremity of the slot c. When
the pen is to be pushed out of the holder it is only necessary to slide the ring
D forward, which will necessarily carry forward the pusher A, as shewn
clearly at Fig. 12.
I would observe in conclusion that I do not confine myself rigidly to the
forms or dimensions above shewn and described, for instance, it is evident
that the ring or runner might be made of another form as well as the spring
piece for holding the pen. The same remark may also be made as regards
the outer tube which forms the main body of the penholder.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Newton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Twenty-third day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
W. E. NEWTON. (L.S.)