IMPROVE- MENTS IN PEN-HOLDERS
Year: 1881

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Ernst Fischer at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th February 1881.
ERNST FISCHER, of Halle upon Saale, in the Empire of Germany. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN PEN-HOLDERS."
This Invention refers to pen and pencil holders, and consists in means which will
enable the writer to suit the holder to his own hand and own way of holding such
holder, thereby avoiding convenient and special selection of pens.
For this purpose I unite the pen holder proper to the stem of the holder by
means of a socket or other joint, in such a way as to be capable of being set at any
angle to the stem.
For the purpose of maintaining the pen at any angle to which it has been set
I screw the stem in a socket, and by advancing it more or less against the joint.
formed by the holder and the stem cause sufficient friction for that purpose.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Ernst Fischer in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 5th August
1881.
ERNST FISCHER, of Halle-upon-Saale, in the Empire of Germany.
MENTS IN PEN-HOLDERS."
"IMPROVE-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in ordinary writing, drawing,
and compass pen-holders, and consists in means which will enable the writer to
suit the holder to his own hand and own way of using, thereby avoiding the
selection of convenient and special kinds of pens.
For this purpose I unite the penholder proper to the stem of the holder by
means of a socket or other joint in such a way as to be capable of being set at any
angle to the stem.
For the purpose of maintaining the pen at any angle to which it has been set
I screw the stem in a socket, and by advancing it more of less against the joint
formed by the holder and the stem cause sufficient friction for that purpose.
In order that the Invention may be well understood I have hereunto annexed a
Sheet of Drawings, wherein Figs. 1, 2, and 3 are side views showing the pen-
holder in convenient positions of inclination.
Fig. 4 is a front view, and Fig. 5 a similar view, but showing a modification of
construction of hinge or joint.
Fig. 6 is a side view partly in section, showing a holder constructed with a ball
hinge or joint.
Fig. 7 shows a view of a mapping or crowquill pen with a ball and hinge, provided
with a prolongation for fixing the pen to the proper direction relative to the
handle.
Fig. 8 is a pen showing the ball for regulating the movement of the pen
sideways.
Fig. 9, similar view showing the pen-holder fitted with cylindrical screw
spring.
Fig. 10, front view of a drawing pen provided with a simple hinge, as in
Figs. 1, 2, and 3.
Fig. 11, a front view of a holder with ball and hinge.
Fig. 12, like view arranged for purpose of holding same, so as to be carried in
the pocket.
For setting the pen a into the required position a steel clasp c is provided at
one end of the handle, in which clasp are two flaps or jaws, between which the
tube b is placed, and held there by means of a rivet or bolt and nut or screw,
thus forming a hinge or joint, but not too tight to prevent the adjustment of same,
as required.
In Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 are shown the simplest kinds of binges that may be
used.
If desired the clasp c may be dispensed with and the handle & be forked to
receive the tube b; or said tube b instead of the handle may have flaps or jaws
which the handle & will take and be fixed, as before described. According to the
adjustment of the pen, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the writing is fine, medium,
or thick, as required.
By this Invention a saving of pens is also effected, as when the pen is worn out
at a certain point the position can be altered.
For many persons it is not convenient to hold the pen parallel to the holder, in
which case by means of a ball and hinge (Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9) the pen can be set
either towards the right or left.

page_text: In Fig. 6 the ball shaped end of the tube b is through the cap c (whose tubular
end is rivetted or pinned to the handle d) so pressed in the bed of the socket that
the tube b can be easily brought into any desired position in which it is to be held
when writing through the friction of the ball in the socket.
To sustain or retain this friction (or if worn out to renew) the constructions
shown in Figs. 8 or 9 can be used.
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In Fig. 8 the handle d is screwed into the tube of cap c, so that the ball can be
made to work as required.
In Fig. 9 this is further supported by a cylindrical screw or helical spring
enclosed in the handle.
Fig. 7 shows how the mapping pens, which are to be used without the tube b
direct on the handle, can be used with this new holder.
This construction differs from that shown in Fig. 6 not only in size but in that
the tube bis cylindrical. This cylinder is then placed in or over the pen.
For compass pens the arrangements shown in Figs. 1 to 5 and in Fig. 10 are
employed. The motion of the hinge is then exerted between the blades of the
pen, and when the pen is worn out it can be used again by simply giving it another
pitch or angle.
Having now described the nature and particulars of the said Invention, I would
have it understood that the shapes and configuration of the pen holder may be
varied as desired without departing from this Invention so long as the pen a is
made to move by a joint or hinge, but what I claim is,―
A holder for writing, mapping, or drawing pens, consisting of the handle d, hinge
or joint c, and tube b, constructed and operating as herein described in reference
to and shown by the respective Figures of the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Ernst Fischer, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Third day of August, One thousand eight hundred and
eighty one.
ERNST FISCHER. (L.S.)