IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLDERS FOR EVERPOINTED PENCILS, PENS, KNIFE BLADES, TOOTHPICKS OR OTHER LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JOSEPH APPLEBY of 36 Lancaster Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer's Foreman do hereby declare the nature of my Invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLDERS FOR EVERPOINTED PENCILS, PENS, KNIFE
BLADES, TOOTHPICKS OR OTHER LIKE ARTICLES and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
My Invention consists in constructing holders for everpointed pencils, pens,
knife blades, toothpicks or other like articles in the manner hereinafter described
whereby the part containing the writing instrument or material or the knife blade
or other like article is projected by its own weight by pressing upon a spring or
springs contained in the side or sides of the holder while it is held in a vertical
position with its open end downwards the projected part being fixed or locked by
ceasing to press upon the said spring or springs. After use or when it is wished
to return the projected part it is only necessary to invert the holder that is to hold
it open end upwards and press upon the said spring or springs when the projected
part falls into the holder and on ceasing to press the said spring or springs the said
part is fixed in the interior of the holder. The said spring or springs may also
be acted upon from the closed end or top of the holder by means of a spring
pressure cap.
For convenience of description I will describe my Invention in connection with
an everpointed pencil.
Fig. 1 represents a metallic tube in which the movement or part containing the
writing material (Fig. 3) slides, this tube is provided with a slot a. which allows
the "movement" to slide the required distance the pin d. of the movement passes
through the said slot one or more springs e. e. are fixed to the sides of the tube and
are bent in such a manner that when the part of the spring at f. is compressed the
bent end or tooth g. is moved in the opposite direction that is outwards this is
caused by the part of the spring at h. coming into contact with the said tube.
The part of the spring f. is provided with a small stud or pusher.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1 the small slot . allows the bent part or tooth
of the spring g. to pass through the tube.
Fig. 3 represents the movement in which are two grooves l. l. and two grooves m. m.
when the movement is in its withdrawn position the teeth g. g. of the springs

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enter into the grooves m. m. and when it is in its advanced position the teeth enter
into the grooves l. l.
Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the holder the movement being represented in its
advanced position the teeth g. g. in the grooves l. 1. of the movement; when it is
wished to return the movement it is only necessary to invert the holder and press
upon the studs f. f. as shewn in the sectional view Fig. 5 the bent end or teeth
of the springs are then caused to leave the grooves and the movement is free to
slide the required distance. The pressure is then released when the said movement
is fixed in its withdrawn position by the teeth entering the grooves m. m.
Instead of using the side studs or pushers at f. f. the said springs may be acted
upon by a cap o. as shewn in Fig. 6 in which there is a small coiled spring s. when
the cap o is pressed upon as shewn in Fig. 7 it compresses the springs e. e. and
releases and holds the movement in the manner hereinbefore described.
The said cap may also be used in combination with the side studs or pushers.
Fig. 8 shews the external appearance of the holder as constructed with the side
studs or pushers and Fig. 9 as constructed with the spring cap.
The application of my Invention to holders for pens, knife blades, toothpicks
and other like articles differs in no essential respect from its application to holders
for everpointed pencils as herein before described.
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
Constructing and arranging the parts of holders for everpointed pencils, pens,
knife blades, toothpicks or other like articles in the manner herein before described
and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing whereby the movement or part
containing the writing material pen, knife blade, toothpick or other instrument
may be made to fall by its own weight either into its projected or withdrawn
position by first pressing upon and afterwards withdrawing pressure from a spring
or springs contained in the side or sides of the holder the several parts operating
substantially in the manner described and illustrated.