IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HOLDERS OR HANDLES FOR PENS, PENCILS, AND ARTISTS' OR PAINTERS' BRUSHES." PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas William Davenport 'and' Samuel Cole, of
Moseley, in the Parish of King's Norton, and County of Worcester,
Manufacturers, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF HOLDERS OR HANDLES FOR PENS, PENCILS, AND ARTISTS' OR PAINTERS'
BRUSHES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left: by the said Thomas William Daven-
port and Samuel Cole at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 9th March 1861.
We, THOMAS WILLIAM DAVENPORT and SAMUEL COLE, of Moseley, in the
Parish of King's Norton, and County of Worcester, Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF HOLDERS OR HANDLES FOR PENS, PENCILS, AND ARTISTS' OR PAINTERS'
BRUSHES," to be as follows, that is to say :-
Our Invention consists of making holders or handles for pens, pencils, and
artists' or painters' brushes of paper, canvas, wood, cloth, metal, parchment, or
any material similar to these which will admit of being slit into thin strips or
ribbons, and coiled up into a tapered, helical, or parallel, or spiral-formed
tube, or solid stick. The strip, except when of metal, may be coated or
saturated with any suitable adhesive compound, such as paste, gum, or glue.

page_text: It is then to be coiled up into form, the best shape being that of a tapered
helix, like a common spill; in fact, ordinary wood or paper spills of this
description will answer remarkably well for the base of our subsequent pro-
If any adhesive compound has been employed in coiling the spill, it
is to be allowed to dry tolerably hard, and the spill may then be painted and
varnished in any suitable way. A solid plug of wood can be inserted in the
thicker end to receive the pen, or the metal mount for holding the pen, pencil,
or brush, as the case may be.
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conveniently formed handle for
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas William Davenport and Samuel Cole in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 7th September 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we; THOMAS
WILLIAM DAVENPORT and SAMUEL COLE, of Moseley, in the Parish of King's
Norton, in the County of Worcester, Manufacturers, send greeting.
"
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us,
the said Thomas William Davenport and Samuel Cole Her special license
that we, the said Thomas William Davenport and Samuel Cole, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Thomas
William Davenport and Samuel Cole, our executors, administrators, - and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HOLDERS OR HANDLES FOR PENS,
PENCILS, AND ARTISTS' OR PAINTERS' BRUSHES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said Thomas William Davenport and Samuel Cole, by an
instrument in writing' under our hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Thomas William Davenport and
Samuel Cole, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement (that is to say) -
Our Invention consists in making holders or handles for pens, pencils, and
artists' or painters' brushes of paper, canvass, wood, cloth, metal, parchment,
or any material similar to these which will admit of being slit into thin strips
or ribbons, and coiled up into a tapered, helical, or parallel, or spiral-formed
tube, or solid stick, except when of metal. The strip may be coated or
saturated with any suitable adhesive compound, such as paste, gum, or glue.
It is then to be coiled up into form, the best shape being that of a tapered
helix, like a common spill; in fact, ordinary wood or paper spills of this
description will answer remarkably well for the base of our subsequent pro-
cesses. If any adhesive compound has been employed in coiling the spill, it is
to be allowed to dry tolerably hard, and the spill may then be painted and var-
nished in any suitable way. A solid plug of wood can be inserted in the
thicker end to receive the pen or the metal mount for holding the pen, pencil,
or brush, as the case may be.
We thus produce a very light, smooth, and conveniently formed handle for
any of the articles above named, with very great economy.
We will now proceed to describe our Invention more fully in detail. It'
consists, as before stated, in making handles or holders for pens, pencils, and
artists' or painters' brushes of paper, canvass, wood, cloth, metal, parchment,
or any material similar to these which will admit of being slit into thin strips
or ribbons, and coiled up into a tapered, helical, or parallel, or spiral-formed
tube, or solid rod. These strips when they are not made of metal, for in that
case the next operation is unnecessary, may be coated or saturated with any
suitable adhesive mixture, such as paste, gum, or glue; after which they are
coiled up into shape, the tapered tubular form of a common spill we find the best
for our purpose; in fact, ordinary wood or paper spills of this description answer-
remarkably well as a base for our subsequent processes. When any adhesive sub-
stance has been employed either to stiffen the material or to cement the joints
of the spiral in coiling the spill, it must be allowed to dry tolerably hard, and
the spill may then be painted and varnished, or decorated in any convenient
and appropriate manner. A solid plug of wood is then to be inserted, if
requisite, into the thicker end of the spill to receive either the pen or a metal
mount for holding the pen, pencil, or brush, as the case may be. We some-
times employ two or more of the materials we have named in twisting up one
spill; for instance, a strip of canvass and a strip of paper, or wood and paper;

page_text: and when we use metal we take exceedingly thin rolled strips cut to a form at
one end that enables us to make a peu, or the mount for the pencil, pen, or
brush of one piece with the holder; by which we obtain great resiliency, and
produce a very light, strong, convenient, and economical pen or brush.
For the more expensive kinds we can use strips of gold and silver, either
alone or together, with the pen formed on the end of the holder, as already
described, and curling these strips into a spiral shape; we can engrave them
either before or after they are curled, and set them with gems, thus producing
a highly ornamental effect...
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Having thus described 'the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, we'claim the improvements in the manu-
facture of holders or handles for pens, pencils, and brushes substantially as
herein more fully set forth and specified.
In witness whereof, we, the said Thomas William Davenport and
Samuel Cole, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Sixth day
of September, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
sixty-one
THOMAS WILLIAM DAVENPORT.
SAMUEL COLE.
L.S.)
(L.S.)
THOMAS WILLIAM DAVENPORT.
(L.S.)
SAMUEL COLE.
(L.S.)