Year: 1895

page_text: 1333.
I, JOHN OSCAR SMITH, of 520, 17th Street, in the City, County and State of New
York, United States of America, Mining Broker, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows: :-
This invention relates to pencil and pen cases: for use in offices or by students and
others; and the object thereof is to provide a simple and effective device of this class
which may easily be carried in the pocket if desired and which is also provided with
an eraser and means whereby the injury of the points of pencils is prevented.
In the practice of my invention I provide a box which may be of any desired form
in cross section but which is preferably square and provided with a sliding cover.
At one end of the box or casing is placed a soft rubber head and this rubber head
may constitute the end of the box, or placed within a separate end and secured thereto,
and the object of this arrangement is to prevent the injury of the points of pencils
which would otherwise result if said points were brought in contact with wood or
other hard material and at the other end of the casing is secured an eraser which
may be connected with the casing in any desired manner.
I also provide a device for holding pens which is shorter than the one for holding
pencils otherwise the construction is the same as that herein before described.
The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description.
My invention is not limited to the exact form, construction and arrangement of
parts described; and I therefore reserve the right to make all such changes therein
and modifications thereof as fairly come within the scope of the invention.
Dated this 29th day of October 1895
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.
I, JOHN OSCAR SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at 1150 South
9th Street, in the City of Denver, in the County of Arapahoe, and State of Colorado,
United States of America, Mining Broker, late of 529 17th Street, New York, 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 pen and pencil cases that are also adapted to hold erasers;
and the object thereof is to provide an improvement in this class of devices which
consists in a box or casing having a removeable cover and adapted to hold pens or
pencils or other articles and having secured or clamped in its ends india rubber or
eraser so that the box or casing also serves as a handle for the two erasers, one
for erasing ink marks and the other for erasing pencil marks. It will readily be
seen that the box or casing having a removable cover facilitates the insertion of the

page_text: erasers whenever desired. With this and other objects in view, the invention consists
in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and
claimed.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which :-
:-
Fig. 1 is a side view of a pen and pencil case serving also as an eraser holder
constructed according to this invention.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof; and Fig. 3 a transverse section on the line
3-3 of Fig. 1.
In the practice of my invention, I provide a case A, which is preferably oblong in
form, and rectangular in cross section, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and this
case consists of two separate parts, one of which comprises a bottom portion a, and
an end portion a 2 and the other top portion a 3, and an end portion a 4. The top
portion a 3, of the second part is hinged to the end portion a 2, of the first part, as shown
at B, and one of said parts is provided with a hinge cross-plate or catch C, which is
adapted to operate in connection with a shoulder or projection and on the other part
at D, by means of which the separate parts of the case are clasped, and securely held
together.
The inner surface of the sides and the top and bottom of my improved case are
provided with serrations or teeth E, as shown in Fig. 2, and by means of these
serrations or teeth, the same is adapted to grasp and securely hold the erasers G, and H,
that also serve to protect the points of the pens or pencils in the case.
One of these erasers is adapted for use as an ink eraser, and the other as a pencil
eraser, and said erasers may be of any desired construction, or composed of any
desired material, and it will be apparent that my invention is not limited to the form
of the case in cross-section, and the same may be tubular in form if desired; and I
reserve the right to make all such changes in and modifications of the construction
herein described as fairly come within the scope of the invention.
It is evident that the case will also serve as a receptacle for stamps, and other
articles the chamber M, being well adapted for this purpose, and my improvement
may thus be made to serve as a receptacle for stamps and similar articles.
The receptacle M may be considerably shortened so that the ends of the two
rubbers nearly abut.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A case composed of two separate parts which are hinged together at one side
and provided with a clasp or other catch at the opposite side so as to form a box
or receptacle, said case being adapted to receive and retain erasers in its opposite ends,
which form the ends of a closed compartment substantially as shown and described.
2. A case which is composed of two separate hinged parts forming when closed a
receptacle which is oblong in form, and adapted when closed to clamp an eraser at
each end thereof, so as to form the ends of the receptacle substantially as shown and
described.
3. A case which is composed of two separate hinged parts, which is oblong in form,
and adapted when folded together to clamp an eraser at each end thereof and form a
closed compartment, the inner surfaces of the case at each end being provided with
serrations or teeth, substantially as shown and described.
4. The herein described case which is composed of two separate hinged clamps or
parts and which is oblong in form and adapted to hold an eraser at each end thereof,
the central portion thereof, being also adapted to serve as a receptacle for pen, pencils
stamps or other articles, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 29th day of June 1896
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE.