Improvements in Penholders.
Year: 1887

page_text: [Communicated from abroad by THE EAGLE PENCIL COMPANY, of the City, County,
and State of New York, in the United States of America.]
Improvements in Penholders.
Improvements in Penholders.
I JAMES YATE JONHSON of 47 Lincolns Inn Fields in the County of Middlesex
Gentleman 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 Invention relates to penholders and its object is to provide for the easy and
convenient placement of the pen in the holder and the removal of the pen from the
holder doing away with the annoyance of tugging at a broken pen or one covered
with ink.
To this end the nib of the holder that is to say the nib piece between which and
the barrel the pen is inserted is made spring controlled and arranged so that it
normally by spring pressure is held up against the barrel. The holder is also so
constructed and arranged that this nib piece can be pressed away from the barrel
against the stress of its spring thus allowing the pen to be easily inserted or removed.
The preferred embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying
drawing in which :-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal central section of the same.
Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3, figure 2.
The barrel A may be of ordinary or any suitable construction. The only respect
in which it need differ from the barrel of other or ordinary penholders is that it has
an opening at a through which the spring nib piece may be pressed.
The nib piece B at its outer end, which constitutes the nib-piece proper, is curved
to coincide with the interior of the barrel, between which and the said nib-piece the
pen is to be inserted as indicated in figure 3. This nib piece is held against the
barrel by spring pressure, which may be variously applied; and is conveniently
moved outwardly or away from the barrel by pressing upon it through the opening a.
In figure 2 it is shown in its normal position in full lines, and in dotted lines in
the position to which it is brought by pressing upon it, through the opening a.

page_text: The spring pressure is preferably provided for by making the nib piece B of a
single strip of spring metal, preferably of steel, as indicated in Figure 2. This spring
strip, suitably shaped, is bent double at the point b: one end of it (the transversely
curved and broader end) extends up along one side of the barrel to form the nib piece,
and the other end of it extends up along the opposite side of the barrel, and is there
secured by suitable means as for instance by having its point e sprung into a hole
in the barrel.
The bent spring strip is compressed when inserted into the barrel, and in this way
the nib piece proper is spring acting, and normally presses towards and lies closely
against the barrel.
It is manifest that the oblong opening a in the barrel may be of a size to admit the
finger, or only large enough to admit a knob or presser on the stem thereof, which
may be attached to or otherwise adapted to operate upon the nib piece for the purpose
of pressing it away from the barrel. What is essential is, that there should be a side
opening in the barrel, preferably at a point back of that to which the heel of the pen
extends when inserted in place, so as to enable access to be had to the nib piece for
the purpose of exerting pressure upon it. The spring pressed nib piece also can be
applied in various ways without departure from the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is:
:-
First The penholding barrel, provided with a lateral opening through which the
nib piece may be pressed in combination with the nib piece contained within and
held by spring pressure against the barrel as and for the purposes hereinbefore set
forth.
Second-The combination with the pen holding barrel provided with a lateral
opening as described and the nib piece consisting of a single strip of spring metal
bent double or upon itself and inserted and held in the barrel, substantially as and for
the purposes hereinbefore set forth and illustrated by the drawings.
Dated this 20th day of June 1887,
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agents.