Pencils Combined with Eraser.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 7th July, 1892-Accepted, 13th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Pencils Combined with Eraser.
I, JAMES STEVENSON HOWIE Cashier, 251 Renfrew Street, Garnethill, Glasgow
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
(Pencil combined with eraser.)
The combination is effected by cutting out of one end of the pencil a section
in length about one inch (more or less) and in depth fully half the diameter of the
pencil (more or less). A piece of eraser or indiarubber of the same shape & size
(or nearly so) as the piece of wood cut out is cemented or glued in the place of
this piece of wood. The finished article is thus the same shape (or nearly so) as
an ordinary pencil. Or the eraser may be made somewhat broader on the face so
as to present a larger surface.
As the rubber wears down from the point the wood behind should be cut away
accordingly, always keeping it within the point of the rubber.
A metal shield, tube shaped, slit or otherwise, may be used to slide over the end
of the pencil so as to cover the eraser when not in use.
The advantages claimed are that the eraser, being firmly supported behind & thus
kept rigid, effective pressure can be brought to bear without any risk of displacing
or loosening the eraser as is usually the case when it is attached by clips or where
it projects from the end or side of the pencil.
A further advantage in the ease and freedom with which the article can be
handled, being free from all awkward projections.
Dated this 15th day of February 1892.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Pencils Combined with Eraser.
I, JAMES STEVENSON HOWIE of 251 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, in the County
of Lanark, North Britain, Cashier, 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 :-
This invention relates to pencils combined with eraser.
As shewn in the side view Figure 1 and plan Figure 2 of the drawings I cut a
piece out of the one end of the pencil and insert by glueing, cementing or by
other means, a piece of india rubber a of the same size and shape, or nearly so, as
the piece of wood cut out.
As the rubber wears down, the wood b behind it may be cut away corre-
spondingly.
The advantage of the said invention is that the rubber is firmly supported
behind and is thus kept rigid, and effective pressure, which is so necessary in order
to effectually rub out pencil marks, can be brought to bear upon the paper without
any risk of displacing or loosening the rubber as usually happens when it is
attached by clips or when the rubber projects from the side or end of the pencil.
A further advantage of my said invention is that there is no interference with the
shape and size of existing pencils; the rubber does not project from the pencil
and the whole has a neat appearance and can be made cheaply.
A metal shield, tube shaped, slit or otherwise, may be used to slide over the end
of the pencil and cover the rubber or pencil point.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is-
Inserting a piece of rubber within a recessed portion of the side of a pencil in
the manner as shewn and described.
Dated this 5th da
T1 1000
of July 1902.
1000
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.