A New and Improved Pencil Point Protector and Cutter.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 11th Apr., 1890-Accepted, 24th May, 1990
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Complete specificatioN LOL I Appleu, arun May, 1000
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New and Improved Pencil Point Protector and Cutter.
PERCY ALFRED STALEY 35 Friday Street London E.C., Manufacturers' Agent do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In providing the tube as at present used with small blade or blades inside or outside
the tube or it may be in a supplementary tube fixed outside or inside or at either end
of the pencil tube and the blade or blades to run in a slot or to be fixed by spring
or in any other suitable manner, the tubes and knives to be made of any suitable
metal or other article.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New and Improved Pencil Point Protector and Cutter."
. I, PERCY ALFRED STALEY, of 35, Friday Street, in the City of London,
Manufacturers' Agent, 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:-
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My invention relates to improvements in pencil-point protectors; and consists in
providing the tube or protector as at present used with a blade or blades inside or
outside the tube. Instead of fixing the blade to the usual protector, I may provide
a supplementary tube outside or inside or at either end of the protector. I do not
confine myself to any particular method of fixing the blade to the protector or tube,
but may make use of any convenient device for this part of my invention...
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In order that my invention, and the means by which the same are to be carried
into practical effect may be thoroughly understood, I will now describe them in
detail, referring in so doing to the accompanying drawing which is to be taken as
part of the specification and read therewith.
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Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my invention shewing the blade open.
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Figure 2 is a sectional elevation shewing the blade closed, and a loose cover fitting
over it.
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Figure 3 is a plan of the same.
Figure 4 is a perspective view of the loose cover.
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Figure 5 is a sectional elevation illustrating a further modification.
Figure 6 is an elevation of the same modification shewing the parts in different
positions.
Figure 7 is a sectional elevation of a further modification.
Figure 8 is a sectional elevation of the same modification shewing the pencil and
case not in use..
Figure 9 is a plan of the same with the rubber removed.
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Figure 10 is a sectional elevation of my improved combination pencil-point
protector, cutter, and paper cutter.
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Referring to Figure 1, a is the pencil; b, the protector; c, the rubber; and d,
the blade, pivotted to the protector at e. f is the usual and well known closing
spring.
Referring to Figures 2, 3, and 4, the blade in Figure 2 is shewn as closed. 9, is
the loose cover or blade-guard.
Referring to Figures 5 and 6, the protector 6 and blade-guard g are made in one
piece. The blade d is pivotted to the lower edge of the guard at e. A spring his
provided, the function of which is to automatically open the blade by swinging it
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page_text: outwards through the slot i in the opposite side of the protector, so soon as the
protector is withdrawn from the-pencil. The full lines of Fig. 6 shew the blade
about halfway through the slot, and the dotted, lines shew it in its fully opened
position.
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Referring to Figures 7, 8, and 9, the blade-guard" g and protector bare both in
one piece, but the blade, d, instead of being pivotted to the guard, is adapted to
slide up and down therein; a slot g, being provided to admit of its passage th
end of the guard. "d' is a small stud projecting from the blade through a slot in the
side of the protector. a¹ is a groove in the side of the pencil, and is provided for the
purpose of allowing the pencil to be inserted in the protector without engaging with
the said stud:
When the blade is to be protruded from its guard through the notch g¹, for the"
purpose of being used as anblade, theipencil is withdrawn from the protector,' turned"
round, and the solid part of its opposite end pushed into the protector! dis a small"
indicator hinged to the outside of the protector and is aligned with the stud d! Its
function is to indicate the exact position in which the pencil is to be held if it is
intended to push it into the protector, without engaging the blade.
Referring to Fig. 10, d is the blade fast to the end of the protector b. h is a
sheath, preferably of metal. It fits the shoulder of the blade, with sufficient tight-
ness to prevent its slipping off in the pocket. Instead of being made as sheathes 2
ordinarily are, blunt along both edges, it is, according to iny invention' made with
both these edges sharp, so that it can be used as a paper-cutter, under which circum-
stances the protector 6, and so much" pencil as there might be in it at the time;
would serve as a handle.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said 'inven- 2
tion; and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
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1. The combination of point-protector and blade, as set forth.
2. The combination of point-protector, blade, and loose cap, as set forth.
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3. The combination of point-protector, blade adapted to be folded thereinto, and 3
automatic spring device for opening the blade, as set forth.
4. The combination of point-protector, blade-guard, and blade adapted. to .slide,
therein, as set forth.
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5. The combination of point-protector, blade-guard, blade adapted to slide therein,
and suitable.devices by means of which the blade can either be engaged by the pencil, a
of the pencil be passed into the protector without engaging the blade, as set
forth.
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6. The combination of point protector, blade, sheath and cutting edges, as i set
forth.