AN IMPROVED PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER
Year: 1884

page_text: I, HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for AN IMPROVED PEN
AND PENCIL HOLDER, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My Invention relates to that class of pen and pencil holders which are provided
with automatic means for withdrawing the point of the pen or pencil in order to
prevent the same from injury when not in use.
In the accompanying Drawing which illustrates the Invention, Fig. 1 is an
outside view of the improved pencil holder, Fig. 3 an axial section of the same
with the pencil drawn out for use, and Fig. 4 an axial section in the contracted
position, while Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of a holder with pen in the
contracted position, Fig. 6 a cross section of the same along line A-B of Fig. 5, and
Fig. 2 a detail view.
The pencil holder is constructed as follows:
The tube a (Fig. 1) is provided below with a slot b, and at the upper part aro
fixed or formed two internal rings c, d. Into the lower end of the tube a is
introduced the tube e serving to hold the lead (as shown by the section Fig. 3).
This tube e has a swelling or collar f connected by means of the pin g, (guided in
the slot b), with the sleeve h which is adapted to slide on the tube a. Against the
collar fabuts a helical spring i, which surrounds the tube e and presses with its
upper end against the ring c. The upper end of the tube e forms a pointed cone k
the base of which projects somewhat over the circumference of the tubo c.
This cone is split, and the slit continued far into the tube, so as to render the
latter elastic. The cone is arranged to close when introduced into the ring c by
pushing the tube h into the casing a; the conical point thus passes through the
ring and again opens when free, so as to rest with its base on the ring c (Fig. 4).
In the upper end of the tube a is situated the disengaging mechanism for the
split end of the tube c. It consists of a cap provided at its lower end with a
hollow cone m made of wood or other suitable material and having a shapo

page_text: corresponding to the conical point of the tube e. This cap rests with its roof
shaped collar or annular projection n on a helical spring o which abuts against the
ring d.
The cap is maintained in place above its roof-shaped collar by the inward
bend a¹ of the tube a. When the tube e, provided below the collar f with a lead
holder P, is pushed upward by means of the sleeve h (see Fig. 4) the cap l with its
hollow cone m will be situated close over the split end k of the tube c.
If now the cap is slightly depressed, the hollow cone m contracts or closes the
split cone k, thereby releasing the latter from the ring c. The helical spring i,
which has been stretched during the introduction of the point k into the ring c
forces the tube e back into the position shown by Fig. 3, as soon as the point & has
been disengaged.
Fig. 2 represents the tube h in detail. The tube h, which surrounds the
casing a, is held by the fingers, while writing.
Fig. 5 represents a pen holder. The arrangement is substantially the same as
that of the above described pencil holder; but the tube e is somewhat shorter, the
collar is situated at the end of the tube e and adapted to receive and hold the nib.
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:-
A pen and pencil holder, consisting (1) of the tube e enclosed in the casing a and
provided with an elastic extremity k, adapted to pass through the ring c, when the
tube e is pushed back by means of the sleeve h, and subsequently to expand on the
said ring.
(2) of the spring-cap having a hollow cone m, adapted to close or contract the
split extremity k, thereby releasing the same from the ring c, so as to allow the
helical spring i to draw the tube e into its original position.
Dated this 3rd day of September 1884.