Year: 1895

page_text: ate of Application (in United Kingdom), 14th May, 1895
Complete Specification Lelt, 14th May, 1895-Accepted, 22nd June, 13 5
I, JONS ANDERSSON of Hotel Continental, Helsingborg, Swe len, Caligrapher
to the King of Sweden do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
Danner the saine is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in aud by the following statement
The invention refers to penholders provided with a projecting lump for the
purpose of affording a better hold. The object of such lump has heretofore
especially been to prevent writers cramp or to ease the hold on the pen to persons
suffering therefrom, it was therefore provided with an annular soinetimes open
recess underneath for the thumb and with a usually rather high upper edge for
supporting the other fingers from the inside. The penholder thus formed
determines however not the position of the fingers, foi paitly these may be crooked
more or less, and partly the holder may be shifted up or down in the hand, as the
annular recess for the thimb does not pievent the pen from sliding along the thumb
nor the twisting round it Such a sifting or twisting will of course alter the
position of the fingers. From this it is evident that the said already known
holder is not suitable for teaching purposes This invention is therefore for such
a holder.
Fig shews the penholder in position for writing, seen from the side a little
above the horizontal plane.
Fig. 2 shews the holder from above and Fig. 3 the same seen from the
upper end.
The lump is indicated by A. It is by preference made of a light but strong
material such as aluminium The holder body or shaft passes through it and is
near one edge firmly united to the lump, in order that the other edge may form a
free part which may be embraced without needing to touch the holder body or
shaft teelf On the somewhat convex upper side of the said free part there are
three shallow gutte like recesses BCD for the index finger, middle finger and
ng finger respectively and on the underside there is a recess E for the thumb.
The last named recess forms a gutter of a depth of about the diameter of the
thumb, thus gutter entering from the upper edge of the lump and its edges following
closely the sides and end of the thumb. The other fingers follow the upper side of
the lump The outer edge of the gutter D for the ing finger forms the outer
edge for the whole lump so that the little finger may freely be led outside of the
Jump and in the usual way steady itself against the paper. As the lump i 80
embraced that the fingers take into their respective recesses the shaft cannot be
shifted, for the edge around the end of the thumb recess keeps the shaft fiom
sliding upwards, and the upper side acutely angled against the shaft following
nearly the whole length of the inner sides of the index, middle and ring finger

page_text: presents the shaft from sliding up. As moreover the thumb is laterally embraced
by the somewhat high side edges of its recess, and the other fingers have their
distinct gutters, of which the one for the index huger has a rather high outer
edge F, the ponholder cannot swing round the thumb. The lamp will thus always
take the same position in the hand, and the fingers will thus take the right position
determined by the lump The penholder shaft is in one piece with the lump,
although the drawing shews the shaft passing though it. It has such a position to the
lump as to assume the proper inclination to the paper because the lump is embraced
in the mauner described and the hand supported on the little finger is held in the
usual ensy writing position on the table. The penholder described which thus is
especially distinguished from other similar already existing ones by the form of the
thumb recess, has also an advantage in that it prevents the fault usual with
beginners of drawing the middle finger and ng finger under the shaft whereby the
hand becomes tired. It is used advantageously by others than beginners although
it is chiefly intended for educational purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is
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In penholders provided with a lump intended to form an inner support for the
fingers and having below a 1ccess for the thumb, the arrangement that the said
recess has the form of a gutter passing out along the ather long lump and
adapted to the inside and end of the thumb, for the purpose that the position of the
lump and therefore that of the penholder in the band shall be determined by the
thumb end steadying itself against the end edge of the gutter passing round
the thumb end, so that thereby the fingers get the right position.
2. In penholders provided with a lump forming an inner support to the fingers
and having below an aunulan oventually open recess for the thumb, the attangement
that the said recess E is prolonged so that it forms a gutter passing out along the
rather long lump of a length about that of the thumb, said gutter with its end edge
forming a support to the end of the thumb, the lump having above a rather high
edge Falong the index finger side away from the middle finger, and gutters B, C
and D answering to the index finger, the middle finger and the ng finger and
about of the length of the said fingers, the width of the lump being of the collective
width of the said hugers for the purpose that the lump shall assume a definite
position in the hand and not shift or twist in the same, and so that the fingers may
thus take and keep the right position determined by the lump.
Dated this 14th day of May 1895
JENSEN & SON,
77 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.