Improvements in Pen-holders, Pencil-cases, Pencils, and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 26th July, 1890-Accepted, 13th Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pen-holders, Pencil-cases, Pencils, and the like.
We GEORGE WILLIAM CROWE of 22 Caughey Street Kingston-upon-Hull in the
County of York Designer, WALTER KNOWSLEY MASSAM of 82 Albany Street
Kingston-upon-Hull in the County of York Merchant, and JOHN WILLIAM TATE
of South Boulevard in the town and county aforesaid Engineer do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our present invention relates to Improvements in Pen-holders Pencil Cases
Pencils or the like and the object thoreof is to arrange such like articles that they
may contain in a compact form information useful to persons using the same to attain
which we employ a riband of silk or other suitable material one end or edge of which
we secure preferably to a piece or strip of metal or wire which is made with a loop or
eye in order that it may be easily held by the thumb and finger.
The other end or edge of said riband we attach or secure to a drum or cylinder
within which we arrange a spring coiled round a square or other spindle the said
spindle being fitted in the centre of said drum or cylinder and extending a suitable
distance through one end thereof for the purpose hereinafter specified.
The other end of the drum or cylinder is made solid and has either made with or
fixed to it an axle or projection.
The pen-holder pencil case pencil or other like is made with a suitable hollow portion
and has a square or other hole formed therein for the reception of the protruding portion
of square or other spindle and a round hole or bearing for the reception of the axle or
projection.
One end or edge of the riband is first secured to the drum or cylinder as before.
described then the cylinder is fitted within the hollow portion of the pen-holder pencil
case pencil or the like and the latter is made with a suitable slot so that the loose end
of riband may pass through.
This loose end of riband is then secured to the before described piece or strip of
metal or wire and is prevented thereby from closing entirely within the hollow portion
of pen-holder pencil case pencil or the like.
The riband may now be drawn out when required and by so doing the drum or
cylinder revolves and the square or other spindle acts as a key and winds up the
coiled spring thus storing sufficient energy within the drum or cylindor in order that
the same will revolve in the opposite direction when the hand is released from the
loose end of riband and roll the same up automatically as will be well understood.
The said riband of silk or other suitable material may have printed or otherwise
marked or impressed thereon and upon one or both sides thereof any information
likely to be useful to merchants professional men clerks students school children or
other persons and a portion of said riband may be set apart where desirable for
advertisements.
Where preferred more than one drum or cylinder may be employed and conse-
quently more than one riband used and although we have described the use of a drum
or cylinder containing a square or other spindle and spring for the automatic winding
up of the riband we would have it understood that we do not bind ourselves to the
before described particular mechanical means inasmuch as it will be obvious that the
riband could be arranged to wind round the pen-holder pencil case or pencil itself or
the same could be reduced in any particular part thereof and the riband wound around
it or the drum or cylinder could be placed over or upon the pen-holder pencil case or
the like and arranged with a spring or springs in order that it would automatically
roll up the riband thus attaining the object before described namoly the arranging of.

page_text: pen-holders pencil cases pencils or the like in order that they may contain in a compact
form-information useful to persons using the same.
Dated this 5th day of March 1890.
H. F. BOUGHTON, M.I. Mech. E.,
Barnsley and Sheffield.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pen-holders, Pencil-cases, Pencils, and the like.
We GEORGE WILLIAM CROWE of 22 Caughey Street Kingston-upon-Hull in the
County of York Designer, WALTER KNOWSLEY MASSAM of 82 Albany Street
Kingston-upon-Hull in the County of York Merchant and JOHN WILLIAM TATE
of South Boulevard in the town and county aforesaid Engineer 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 :-
Our present invention relates to Improvements in Penholders Pencil Cases Pencils
and the like and the object thereof is to arrange such like articles in order that they
may contain in a compact form information useful to persons employing the same to
attain which we apply to the articles aforesaid the special arrangements illustrated in
the accompanying sheets of drawings which are to be taken as part of this Specification
and read therewith.
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation Fig. 2 a front elevation and Fig. 3 a reversed eleva-
tion-of-one-arrangement of our present-improvements applied to a penholder.
Fig. 4 is an elevation of a modified arrangement of our present improvements
applied to a combination penholder and pencil case.
Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation and Fig. 5ª a cross section taken on line. z of Fig. 5
of a further modification of our present improvements.
Figs. 6 and 7 are elevations of penholders constructed in accordance with our
invention.
Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation and Fig. 7b a cross section taken on line y, y, of
Fig. 7 of another modification of our invention.
Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in each figure.
Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 we employ a riband of silk leather cotton thin steel or
other metal or material A the end a' of which is secured to a strip of metal or wire a
which is preferably made with a loop or eye a' in order that it may be easily pulled
or held by the thumb and finger.
The other end or edge at of the said riband A we attach or secure in any suitable
manner to the cylinder or drum B which is arranged so as to be able to revolve freely
within the penholder E. Within said cylinder or drum B we arrange a spring C
and coil the same around a spindle D which is of square shape in cross section. A
portion of said spindle D fits into end of drum B and extends beyond said end for the
purpose hereinafter specified.
The opposite end of drum B is solid and has either made with or fixed to it an
axle or pin b. The penholder E is formed as shown in order to receive said cylinder
or drum and it has a square hole e¹ for the reception of the protruding portion of the
spindle D aforesaid and also a round hole e² for the reception of the axle or pin b'.
The end 6 of the riband A is first secured to the druin B as before described after
which the said drum B is fitted within the part of penholder arranged for its reception
over this portion the said penholder is then cased leaving a suitable slot et (Fig. 3) in
order that the riband A may be drawn out as required.
By pulling out the riband A as shown at Fig. 2 the drum B is caused to revolve
and the spring C contracts around the shaft D which acts as a key for the purpose and
the said spring C thus stores up sufficient power or energy within the drum B so that
the same will revolve in a direction to wind up the riband A automatically when the
same be released as will be well understood.

page_text: The riband A may as before stated be composed of any suitable material or metal
and may have printed stamped embossed or otherwise suitably marked or impressed
thereon and upon one or both sides thereof any information such as a calendar for
instance see Fig. 2 weights and measures see Fig. 4 or post office information see
Fig. 5. One side of said riband A may be set apart for advertisements as shown
Fig. 4 or a portion of said riband A may be set apart for said purpose as shown Figs. 6
and 7.
Where preferred more than one drum B may be employed and consequently more
than one riband A used as illustrated at Fig. 4.
Referring to Fig. 5 we form the spring C of india rubber which may be rectangular
circular or any other suitable form in cross section and we secure each end thereof to
the penholder by means of the pins or rivets e³ and the india rubber spring C is like-
wise secured to the drum B by the metallic pin or rivet 6. It will be obvious in this
case that when the riband A is pulled out it causes the drum B to revolve and the
india rubber spring C to twist up thus storing sufficient energy in order to wind
the riband A back upon the drum B when the former be released. Where it is
desirable to arrange the riband A in order that when it be pulled out to required dis-
tance it may be automatically retained in said position we employ a ratchet F Figs. 5
and 5 which we make with or fix to the end of drum B and we arrange a pawl G to
engage with said ratchet wheel F and which is carried upon a pin or bracket made
with or secured to penholder as shown.
In this case when the riband A is pulled out the pawl G prevents the ratchet
wheel F turning back again and so holds the drum B in required position. In order
to allow the drum B to again wind up the riband A it is only necessary to lift pawl G
so as to release the ratchet wheel F and the spring C causes the drum B to wind
or roll up the riband A.
Referring to Fig. 7 the riband A is arranged to wind upon the penholder E and a
portion of said holder is reduced for the purpose as illustrated.
In Fig. 7 the drum B is placed upon the penholder E which latter has two
annular projections or collars e for the purpose of keeping the drum B in place.
The drum B in this case has suitable flanges 63 which are roughened on their peri-
pheries in order that the said drum B may be more easily revolved by the pressure
of the thumb and finger.
Where desirable the drum B may be arranged with an automatic winding apparatus
as illustrated at Figs. 7 and 7. In this arrangement a coiled or clock spring C is
fitted within the box e the said box e being either made with or fixed to the
pen-holder E and one end of the spring C is fixed to the box e and the other end to
the end of drum B.
In this case by pulling out the riband A the drum B is revolved and the clock
spring C contracted thus storing up sufficient energy so that when the riband A is
released the drum B automatically winds the same up.
We would have it understood that the several modifications of our present invention
herein illustrated merely set forth in a general way the adaptability of our invention
and that we do not confine our claims to the special form of penholder shown inasmuch
as our invention may be applied to penholders pencil cases pencils or other similar
articles and therefore would necessarily be modified to suit the special form of article
to which the invention is applied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
1. Applying to penholders pencil cases pencils and other like articles a riband A
whereon may be printed or otherwise marked or impressed any information suitable
and useful for reference in the manner substantially as described and illustrated in the
drawings annexed.
2. Applying a riband A marked with useful information to a penholder pencil case

page_text: pencil or other like article and arranging the said riband so that it will roll up upon
the drum B automatically substantially as described and illustrated at Figs. 1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 7 and 7 of the accompanying drawings or any mere modification thereof.
Dated this 24th day of July 1890.
H. F. BOUGHTON, M.I. Mech. E.,
Barnsley and Sheffield, Agent.