Pen-holders and Brush Handles.
Year: 1886

page_text: Pen-holders and Brush Handles.
I, PHILIP ARTHUR NEWTON of the Office for Patents, 6 Bream's Buildings,
Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent 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 :---
The object of this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device which
may be readily applied to pen holders or brush handles varying considerably in
size, and which not only forms an elastic cushion or bearing for the fingers and
thumb, but also serves to prevent or stop the flow of ink or fluid along that part
of the pen holder or brush handle which is held by the hand, and which also will
prevent the pen or brush from rolling off an inclined surface.
The invention consists in a combined cushion and guard for a pen holder or
brush handle, consisting of an expansible tubular sleeve of soft india rubber, pro-
vided at the outer end with an outwardly projecting flange integral with the sleeve,
and also of soft and flexible india rubber, whereby it will yield readily to the pressure
of the fingers.
In the accompanying drawing,
Fig. 1 represents a side view of a pen holder with the improved cushion and
guard applied, representing the holder as laid down on a horizontal flat surface,
and showing how the pen is raised up from said surface, which is designated by
a line, b.
Fig. 2 represents a central longitudinal section of the cushion and guard; and
Fig. 3 is a front end view of the same.
Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in the several Figures.
A designates the pen holder, and B, C, designate the cushion and guard, which
consists of a tube or sleeve B, having at the front end the polygonal or polyhedral
flange C forming the guard.
The cushion and guard may be made of soft india rubber all in one piece.
The interior of the sleeve B is made of a calibre somewhat smaller than the
exterior of the holder or handle on which it is to be used, in order that it may

page_text: require to be expanded by the holder or brush handle when the latter enters the
sleeve, or is slipped longitudinally thereinto, and that it may, when brought to
the proper place on the pen-holder or handle, retain itself thereon by its contractile
elasticity. The cushion and guard being made of soft india rubber, is elastic
enough to adapt itself to pen holders or brush handles of various sizes, and within
such limits as will embrace most or all of the pen holders ordinarily manufactured
and sold.
The polygonal or polyhedral flange C may have any number of sides, which will
present a sufficient bearing to prevent the holder or handle from rolling, when laid
on an inclined desk-top.-The flange may be triangular, square, or polygonal,
with any number of sides, or it may, if desired, be made circular, and will then
accomplish the purposes of this invention, except that it will not prevent the pen
holder or handle from rolling when laid on an inclined surface.
Not only is the flange or guard of this improved device made integral with the
expansible sleeve, but it is made of soft and flexible india rubber, and will there-
fore yield to the ends of the fingers if the latter are pressed against it, and will not
necessitate the adjustment of the fingers on the holder, in order that their ends
will clear the flange, as would a flange made of hard and rigid material and
unyielding.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated
to me by my Foreign Correspondent, I declare that what I claim is:—
The combined cushion and guard herein described for a pen-holder or brush
handle, consisting of an expansible tubular sleeve of soft india rubber, provided
at the outer end with an outwardly projecting flange integral with the sleeve, and
also of solt and flexible india rubber, whereby said flange will yield readily to the
pressure of the fingers, substantially as herein set forth.