AN IMPROVED COMBINED PEN AND PENCIL CASE OR HOLDER AND RULE OR LINEAL MEASURE
Year: 1878

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LETTERS PATENT to Hector Auguste Dufrené, of No. 10, Rue de la Fidélité,
Paris, in the Republic of France, and 4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Civil
Engineer and Patent Agent, for the Invention of AN IMPROVED COMBINED
PEN AND PENCIL CASE OR HOLDER AND RULE OR LINEAL MEASURE." A
communication from Monsieur James Massip, of No. 2, Rue Louis le Grand,
Geneva, in the Republic of Switzerland.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Hector Auguste Dufrené
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th October 1878.
HECTOR AUGUSTE DUFRÉNÉ, of No. 10, Rue de la Fidélité, Paris, in the Republic
of France, and 4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Civil Engineer and Patent
Agent. "AN IMPROVED COMBINED PEN AND PENCIL CASE OR HOLDER AND
RULE OR LINEAL MEASURE." [A communication from Monsieur James Massip, of
No. 2, Rue Louis le Grand, Geneva, in the Republic of Switzerland.]
This Invention consists of a tubular pen and pencil holder adapted to a handle
constructed of concentric tubes working one within the other telescope-wise, so
that the whole may be shut up into a small space suitable for the pocket. The
handle can be extended by drawing the same, and each of the parts may be of
any suitable length, and be divided into inches and parts of inches, or other
suitable measure, so that the pen or pencil holder when extended would serve as a
rule or lineal measure.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Hector Auguste Dufrené in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 24th
April 1879.
HECTOR AUGUSTE DUFRENÉ, of No. 10, Rue de le Fidelité, Paris, in the Republic
of France, and 4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Civil Engineer and Patent
Agent. "AN IMPROVED COMBINED PEN AND PENCIL CASE OR HOLDER AND
RULE OR LINEAL MEASURE." A communication from Monsieur James Massip, of
No. 2, Rue Louis le Grand, Geneva, in the Republic of Switzerland.
This Invention consists in the combination of a pen holder, a pencil-holder,-and-
a rule or lineal measure, the whole being so constructed as to allow of being shut
up into a small space suitable for the pocket.
I prefer to arrange the pen and pencil holders in the usual form, and make a
handle formed of several concentric tubes 'entering one within the other telescope-
wise.
The handle, when drawn out, may be of any suitable length, as, for example, four
inches, six inches, one foot, or one yard, or more, and may be divided on the whole
or part of its length into inches, parts of inches, or other suitable measure, and the
divisions may be written, engraved, stamped, or otherwise, and may be represented
by means of either lines or points. The instrument may be made of any suitable
material, such as wood, ivory, horn, or composition, but preferably of a metal or an
alloy of metal.
The section of the instrument may be either round, elliptical, square, or other-
wise, and instead of being formed of tubes it may be made hinged or sliding by
means of a number of blades folding or sliding one on the other. Other articles
than a pen and a pencil may be added, such as a penknife, piercer, or otherwise.
Having thus described the Invention communicated to me, and the best means I
am acquainted with for carrying the same into effect, what is claimed is,-
The manufacture and employment of an instrument consisting of a developable
or extensible rule or lineal measure combined with a pen holder and pencil holder as
herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Hector Auguste Dufrené, have hereto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of April, in the year of Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
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H. A. DUFRENE.
(L.S.)