An Improved Writing Case or Receptacle for Writing Materials.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by JULIUS HILLE, Manufacturer, of Lindenau,
near Leipzig, in the Kingdom of Saxony.]
An Improved Writing Case or Receptacle for Writing Materials.
I, JASPER WETTER, Patent Agent, of 433, Strand in the County of London,
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:-
The subject of the present invention is a writing case, chiefly intended for school
children and illustrated by the accompanying drawings of which
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a writing case after removal of the front wall, and
with the cover thrown back.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a modified writing case.
Fig. 3 is a cross section corresponding to Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 a cross section corresponding to Fig. 2.
Fig. 5 is a cross section of the writing case shown in Fig. 1, when closed.
Fig. 6 is a cross section of the writing case shown in Fig. 2 when closed.
The case A is divided into several compartments, one or more of which contain
receptacles for pencils or penholders, pens, pieces of indiarubber, and other small
articles.
The invention chiefly consists in connecting the trays or receptacles for the
different writing utensils (XYZ) with the hinged lid D in such a manner, that, by
opening the lid, the said trays are lifted up in their respective compartments, and
consequently the articles contained in the same, are rendered more accessible.
The drawing shows three moveable trays, one X for the pencils and penholders,
one Y for pens, and one Z for pieces of indiarubber.
The tray X is connected with the lid D either by means of a chain K alone, as
in Figs. 2, 4 and 6, or by a chain in combination with a pair of levers or links H, H'
as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 5, one of the said levers or links being secured to the
interior of the box at G, while the other is secured to the lid at J and connected
with the lever or link H at G. For lifting the trays Y and Z, they are connected
with the tray X by means of horizontal arms or rods passing through slots of the
vertical partition, as indicated by Fig. 3. In Fig. 2 the receptacles Y and Z are
fixed in their respective compartments, instead of being moveable and connected
with X. In Fig. 1 the link H may be held in position by a spring arm M, which
is provided with a stud adapted to enter a hole of the link H; and with a pin N
passing through the wall of the box and carrying a button for releasing the
spring M from outside.
In Figs. 1 and 3 the chain is connected with the links or levers H, H', and thereby
with the lid D.
In Fig. 1a helically coiled spring F is used for keeping the lid D in its closing
position, after it has been let down.
In Figs. 2, 4 and 6, the lid D is provided with a spring F', which serves to hold
the pencils in position, when the box is closed, as shown by Fig. 6.
In this position, the spring F is pressed between the walls of the box A, so as to
hold the lid D by friction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A writing case or analogous receptacle which contains or is adapted to combine,
the following distinctive features.

page_text: 1. A moveable tray (X) for the pencils is connected with the lid by means of a
chain (K), so as to rise with the lid when the box is being opened.
2. By the lifting of the said tray, other moveable trays (Y Z, if such are used)
connected with the pencil carrier are also lifted, so as to facilitate the removal of
the objects placed on the said trays.
3. A spring (F or F¹) applied to the lid (D) serves to retain the latter in its
closing position, and eventually also to keep the pencils in place.
Dated this 5th day of November 1892.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London, Agents for the Applicant.