A New or Improved Clip or Appliance for Holding a Pencil or the like in Position in the Pocket.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 7th May, 1894-Accepted, 9th June, 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Clip or Appliance for Holding a Pencil or the
like in Position in the Pocket.
I, ROBERT AUBREY of 9 Nuttall Street, Wavertree Road, Liverpool in the
County of Lancashire, Music-hall Artist and Gymnast, 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 a novel appliance or device for holding a lead pencil or
the like in such a position in the pocket that same can be at all times readily
grasped i.e. so that the pencil etc. can always be found ready to hand without having
to fumble or search down at the bottom of the pocket as usual.
My present invention consists of an appliance or device comprising a clip or
means of attaching and detaching said appliance to the pocket of the user and a
spring socket or other suitable spring clip (or means for holding the pencil etc.)
this being swivelled hinged or otherwise suitably jointed to the aforesaid pocket
attachment part.
And in order that my present invention may be easily understood and readily
carried into practice I will proceed to fully describe same with reference to the
drawings hereunto annexed.
Fig. 1 is front view-in elevation-showing a pencil held in the upright position
by means of my said appliance or device.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of said appliance without the pencil.
Fig. 3 is a plan of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a back elevation.
Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the appliance on an enlarged scale.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout.
a is the pencil socket consisting advantageously of a piece of thin sheet metal-or
other suitable material-of a resilient or springy nature bent round or formed in the
manner shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The lower end of this socket a terminates in the
prongs or arms a' the socket a and arms a¹ thereof being formed taper i.e. cone-
shaped internally so that the point of the pencil b (or the like) can be readily and
easily introduced at the top of a and on being pushed down through a will thereby
press outwards the spring prongs a' a' which thus retain a grip on the pencil etc. b
sufficient to hold same in position within this socket formed by a a¹.
The lower end of the socket a may be formed in any other suitable manner-
instead of the spring arms a¹-to clip the pencil or grasp or hold same in position
in the socket a for instance a may be formed as a short tube with a lining of india-
rubber or a rubber cap on the end through which rubber the pencil passes and is
thereby gripped and held.
This socket a a¹ is pivotally or otherwise suitably connected to the back plate c
of the means for attachment to the pocket.
The connection of a a¹ to said back plate c illustrated in the accompanying
drawings is a swivel connection formed (in the case illustrated) by means of an
eyelet d which passes through both the back of a and the back plate c and having
each end thereof rivetted or turned over so as thus to form a flange at each end
which thus holds a to c and at the same time permits a to swivel or turn round on
this eyelet d when in position in the pocket.
It will be obvious that other equivalent or suitable means of hinging swivelling
or similarly attaching a to c can be adopted without departing from the nature of
my present invention.
The back plate c carries thereon side plates or cheeks e rigidly fixed to or formed
on same cue Fios 2. 3 and 5.

page_text: fis the attaching plate or locking lever which is pivotted so as to be free to turn
on the axes e¹ in the lower part of the cheeks e-or this plate f may be formed in
any other suitable shape or manner and arranged and mounted in any other
suitable manner so long as same is capable of turning at the point e¹.
1 is the locking arm or flange formed at right angles or thereabouts to the
plate either integral with same or this locking arm f' may be independently
formed or mounted on the axis e' but so as to be moved correspondingly with any
movement of the lever f.
In place of this locking arm being formed in one flange f¹ as shown in the
drawings same may be formed of a number of points or in any other equivalent or
suitable manner to answer my purpose.
The plate is shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 opened or dropped down ready for
attaching to a waistcoat or other pocket while in Fig. 5 said leverf is shown closed
and operating on the cloth h (forming the pocket) to hold my said appliance in
position on the edge of said pocket.
The operation of attaching and detaching my said appliance is as follows:-
The plate having been opened as in Fig. 2 the appliance is then placed upon
the edge of the material h (forming the pocket-or otherwise upon which this
appliance is to be mounted) so that such material h lies between the axis e¹ and the
back plate c.
Having adjusted the appliance in the position desired the lever fis
then moved round through half a circle or thereabouts (i.e. from the position shown
in Fig. 2 to the position shown in Fig. 5) and thereby the locking arm f' is forced
tightly into the material and so that such arm is just "over the centres
thereby the resistance of the material has a tendency to force downwards the
locking arm fi.e. in the direction of the arrow and this consequently serves to
keep the free end of the lever f pressed more or less tightly against the back
plate e somewhat after the manner of operation of the well-known glove fasteners
operating on the same principle. In this manner the lever fis kept firmly locked
while closed.
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In order to release the appliance from the material h-by pressing outwards the
free end off so as to overcome the resistance of f' thereby the lever drops again
into the position shown in Figs. 2 3 and 4 and the appliance can be removed from
the pocket h.
This appliance or device can be readily and cheaply constructed according to my
present invention and will be found to afford a very simple and convenient means
of holding a pencil or equivalent in such position in the pocket so that such
pencil etc. can be quickly found and readily grasped when required and easily
re-placed again in said appliance while at the same time such appliance can be
readily detached from one garment and re-placed and secured again in the desired
position on any other garment or pocket.
The various parts of this appliance can be made of metal or of any suitable
material or combinations of same.
In some cases if desired-the socket may be rigidly and immovably connected
to the attaching part of the appliance instead of being swivelled or pivotally
connected as hereinbefore described.
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. An appliance or device for holding a pencil or the like in position in the
pocket consisting essentially of two parts suitably joined together so as to be
capable of swivelling or turning one upon the other the one to hold the pencil or
the like and the other for attaching to the pocket arranged combined and acting
substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. In an appliance or device for the purposes described-the combination with a
socket to receive therein a pencil or the like and means to hold the latter by
friction or pressure in said socket of a frame a locking-lever.carried in said frame

page_text: adapted to receive the material forming the pocket between said lever and said
frame so that the said lever will there firmly grip said material and lock the said
appliance thereon and a swivel or other suitable connection between said pencil
socket and said frame substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore
described.
3. In an appliance or device for the purposes described-the combination of a
socket such as a with spring prongs thereon such as a¹ to hold the pencil or the
like therein by pressure or friction a frame such as formed by the back plate c and
side plates e a locking plate or lever such as f mounted in said side plates, a flange
or projection such as fi operated by said lever fand adapted to grip the pocket
when the latter is placed between said flange f¹ and the back plate c so as thereby
to attach the appliance on the pocket and a swivel joint such as d by which the
socket a is permanently fixed to the said back plate c so as to be free to swivel or
turn thereon substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
4. An appliance or device for holding a pencil or the like in position in the
pocket arranged constructed combined and acting substantially in the manner and
for the purposes herein before set forth.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.