improvements
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 17th Apr., 1897
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I, WILLIAM HINCHLIFFE, of 611, Meridian Street, Huntsville, in the County
of Madison and State of Alabama, United States of America, Superintendent of
Cotton Mills, 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 relates to certain new and useful improvements in pen holders,
and it has for its objects among others to provide a simple and cheap construction
of pen holder whereby the pen can be easily ejected when it is desired to replace it
with a new one. I form the metal part or pen-case with a pen-ejecting slot which
is open at its outer end, the metal cut away to form the said slot being turned over
to stiffen and strengthen the case along the walls of the slot. The case may be
further notched and pressed inward at the inner end of the slot to serve as a stop
to prevent the pen from being inserted too far. By my improvement it is not
necessary that any sliding block or ejector should be provided and mounted
upon the pen holder; all that is necessary is a pen knife or any other device
inserted in the slot and engaged with the pen and by which the latter may be
forced out.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and
the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claims.
The invention in this instance resides in the peculiarities of construction of the
pen-holder all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings and then
particularly pointed out in the claims.
The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which,
with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and
in which
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pen-holder constructed in accordance with
my invention.
Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the pen-
holder of any of the well known forms, and B the metal case or pen-case. This
case is formed with the longitudinal slot C which is open at the outer end as shown;
in cutting the case to form the slot the metal is preferably turned over as shown
at D to form the bead or rib which serves to stiffen and strengthen the walls of the
slot. At the inner end of the slot the case is preferably notched as seen at E and
slightly pressed inward as shown to form a stop which will serve to prevent the
pen from being inserted too far. This also leaves the opening as shown into which
may be inserted a pen knife or other implement to press against the end of the pen
to eject the same.
The case may be further stiffened and strengthened by means of the annular
crimp or bead or rib F.
The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description when
taken in connection with the annexed drawings, and a further detailed description
thereof is not deemed necessary.
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. A pen-holder having a pen-case formed with a longitudinal slot having a bead
along its side edges and a stop at its inner end, substantially as specified.

page_text: 2. A pen-holder having a metal pen-case formed with a longitudinal slot having
its edges stiffened and the inner end notched and pressed inward to form a stop for
the pen, substantially as shown and described.
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JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.