Improvements in Telescopic Pencil Case Holders and other Articles
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 21st June, 1886.
Complete Left, 19th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 3rd May, 1887.
[Communicated from abroad by MABIE, TODD, and BARD, of New York, City in the.
United States of America, Gold Pen Makers.]
Improvements in Telescopic Pencil Case Holders and other Articles
I GEORGE DICKMAN, of 93 Cheapside in the City of London, Manager for the firm
of Mabie, Todd and Bard of New York and London Gold Pen Makers do hereby
declare the nature of the said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN TELESCOPIC PENCIL CASE.
HOLDERS AND OTHER ARTICLES, to be as follows :-
This invention has reference to improvements in telescopic pencil cases and
other articles similarly capable of being contracted and fitted into holders or cases so
as to occupy when out of use substantially less space than when extended for
use as a writing or other implement.
The object of the invention is to produce an article useful and ornamental
and capable of attachment to the person by means of the ordinary Albert watch guard
chain or otherwise.
Various articles such for instance as pencil-cases, pen-cases, tooth-picks and such
like are commonly attached to the person for the sake of their ready availability when
required but for instance pencil cases so attached as at present arranged can only be
used in a cramped fashion or the appendant chain hampers the user or time is lost in
disconnection.
According to my invention the telescopic pencil case or other sliding contractible
article desired to be carried in a case attached to the person or other relatively fixed
body, is slidden into a chamber in an article of ornamental or other character suitable
to the purpose and as this chamber is of size to closely fit the pencil or other case as
the pencil case is pressed in, the case is telescoped or closed up by the pressure
and the extra case need not be of much greater length if any than the contained
contracted article and the protuding end or part handled and left visible of the
contracted contained article may be of form to associate with the design of the outer
extra case. Again in a similar manner when the article is required to be withdrawn
for use, the frictional hold of the chamber on the contained pencil case or article causes
it to extend itself telescopically and it presents itself extended ready for use, avoiding
the necessity of the employment of a second hand for that purpose.

page_text: For the sake of illustration I will describe a particular one out of many forms
in which my invention may be applied. The outer case is an ornamental ewer,
the handle forming the means of suspension or connection to the person by the watch
chain whilst the base forms the handle of the pencil case by means whereof to withdraw
the enclosed pencil case.
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The vase or ewer presents a perfect appearance of a charm when the whole
is closed and the pencil withdrawn indicates no difference from an ordinary pencil
case having the middle joint of the case of a larger diameter than the extensions
handlewards and pointwards.
The invention readily lends itself to application in a variety of ornamental designs
such as outer protecting cases of Roman falchion or dagger, statuette, key, amphorae,
trumpet, architectural columns, fasces and other forms or models.
WM. BROOKS & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the said George Dickman.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Telescopic Pencil Case Holders and other Articles.
I GEORGE DICKMAN of 29; Cheapside in the City of London, Manager for the firm
of Mabie, Todd and Bard, of New York and London Gold Pen Makers, 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 :-
This invention has reference to improvements in telescopic pencil cases and other
articles similarly capable of being contracted and fitted into holders or cases so
as to occupy when out of use substantially less space than when extended for use as a
writing or other implement.
The object of the invention is to produce a telescopic pencil case holder or
other analogous article which shall be an article useful and ornamental and capable of
attachment to the person by means of the ordinary Albert watch guard chain
or otherwise and be held when enclosed in the holder proof from dust.
Various articles such for instance as pencil-cases, pen-cases, toothpicks and such
like are commonly attached to the person for the sake of their ready availability when
required, but for instance pencil cases so attached as at present arranged can only be
used in a cramped fashion or the appendant chain hampers the user, or time is lost in
disconnecting or adjustment for use.
According to my invention the telescopic pencil case or other sliding contractible
article desired to be carried in a case attached to the person or other relatively fixed body,

page_text: fixed inner barrel d is inserted a longer or shorter loose barrel e (see Figures 8, 9 & 10)
the length being dependent on the amount of frictional hold on the inserted pencil
case or other article desired, and lastly this loose sleeve is confined to rotate within
predetermined limits by means of the ring piece (see Figure 11) which is formed
with a bayonet slot y if required for a pin on the pencil case to be engaged into but in
a number of cases this extra precaution is unnecessary and no bayonet catch will be
provided. Nor in all cases is it necessary for the loose barrel to be so, but it is better
to so forin it, as when the barrel that nips the pencil is fixed persons wearing
such pencil case holders or like articles especially when formed as charms, are
apt absent mindedly to turn the case within the sheath and when the spring barrel is
closed tight onto the enclosed case such turning results in unnecessary wear on the
spring barrel and on the projecting flutes or exterior of the enclosed case and in time
the pencil case or other article would be liable to wear loose so as to drop from
its holder sheath and be lost. Therefore, to avoid any unnecessary wear upon the
spring barrel and enclosed case however much the case may be turned within
the outer tube I have arranged the spring barrel to rotate free of the rest of the holder
but inseparately therefrom it being confined against lengthwise movement by the fixed
part interior barrel secured end wise of it in the sheath.
The spring barrel is slit for a certain distances at equal distance apart as at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
to give resilience to the parts that bear on the case contained.
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 :-
1. In a holder for a telescopic pencil case or other article capable of being similarly
held the provision of means of suspension of said holder from one of its ends-an end
enclosed dust proof-an interior frictional surface of cylindrical or equivalent
form adapted to enable the pencil case or article to be closed by the act of insertion in
the holder and to be opened out ready for use by the reverse movement as and for the
purposes set forth.
2. In a holder for a telescopic pencil case or other article capable of being similarly
held the provision of means of supension of said holder from one of its ends-an end
enclosed dust proof a rotating, or rotating and sliding, frictional gripping part
of cylindrical or equivalent form adapted to enable the pencil case or article to
be closed by the act of insertion in the holder and to be opened out ready for use by
the reverse movement, as and for the purposes set forth.
3. In a holder for a telescopic pencil case or other article capable of being similarly
held the provision of means of suspension of said holder from one of its ends-an end
enclosed dust proof-a rotating or rotating and sliding, frictional gripping part,
or simply an interior frictional surface, of cylindrical or equivalent form, adapted to
enable the pencil case, or article, to be closed by the act of insertion in the holder and
to be opened out ready for use by the reverse movement combined with a locking
device forming means for additional security of connection between the holder and the
implement case as and for the purposes set forth.
4. The arrangements or combinations of parts of telescopic pencil case holders or
holders of other articles operating as and for the purposes herein set forth.
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WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicant.