Improvement in Pen and Pencil Holders.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 13th June, 1889-Accepted, 14th Sept., 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by ULRICH BOHREN, of Hoboken, N.J., Civil Engineer,
and ANDREW SCHAEPPI, of New York, N.Y., Merchant, both of the United
States of America.]
Improvement in Pen and Pencil Holders.
I, CECIL URQUHART FISHER, of 1 Furnival Street, Holborn, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, 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 a pen and pencil holder as described in the following
specification and claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:
Fig. 1 represents an elevation, the outside casing being partly cut away to expose
the working parts, when the device is adjusted to operate the pencil, both the pencil
and pen being retracted.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section in the plane x x figure 4.
Fig. 3 is a similar view when the pencil is pushed out ready for use.
Fig. 4 is a transverse section in the plane y y fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is an elevation of the tube which contains the guide groove which together
with a rotating latch controls the position of the pen or pencil.
Fig. 6 is a longitudinal central section of this tube.
Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section of a portion of the pen and pencil holder showing
portions thereof in elevation in the plane xx¹ fig. 4.
Fig. 8 is a transverse section in the plane w w, fig. 1.
Fig. 9 is a longitudinal central section, partly in elevation when the holder is
adjusted to operate the pen.
Fig. 10 is a longitudinal central section in the plane fig. 12 when the pen
is retracted.
Fig. 11 is a similar section when the pen is pushed out.
Fig. 12 is a transverse section in the plane z z fig. 9.
Fig. 13 is an inside elevation of the pen.
Fig. 14 is a longitudinal central section of a portion of the holder in the
plane v v fig. 12.
Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.
In this drawing the letter A designates the outside casing, which is open at both
ends and into the upper end of this casing is fitted the hollow head C, from which
extends a tube D down into a tube B which is firmly secured in the lower end of
the casing A. In the interior of the tube D is situated the sheath E which contains
the lead F, the lower end of said sheath being split to form spring jaws which are
caused to grasp the lead by means of a cap E¹ in the manner well known in the art.
The tube D is firmly connected to the head C by a rivet or other suitable means so
that it is compelled to turn with said head and also to move lengthwise with the
same. On the tube D is fitted a cam sleeve the cam surface of which bears upon
a corresponding cam 6 formed on the upper end of the tube B and between the
cam sleeve d and the head C is placed a spring G which has a tendency to force
the head up to the position shown in figures 1, 2, 9 and 10. From the inner surface
of the cam sleeve a projects a key d into a slot d' formed in the tube D so that
when this tube is turned, the cam sleeve can be brought from the position which it
occupies in fig. 1 to that which it occupies in fig. 9.
On the lower part of the tube D is formed a groove for the reception of the
latch I which can turn freely in either direction and from which projects a tooth i
which engages a groove J which is formed in the inner surface of the tube B
(figs. 5, 6, 2, 3, 10 and 11) and the lower portion of which spreads and extends

page_text: round a heart shaped projection j. When the head C is depressed the tube D moves
down in the tube B, and as the tooth i of the latch strikes the projection, j at the
point j (fig. 6) the latch I is caused to turn and the tooth finally strikes the
depression at the bottom end of the groove J. If the head C is then released
and permitted to follow the action of the spring G, the tooth i passes into the
depression of the projection; and the further upward movement of the tube D
is arrested.
If the bead C is again depressed the tooth i of the latch I strikes the
depression at the bottom of the groove J, and if the head C is released and per-
mitted to follow the action of the spring G, the tube D rises to its original position.
If the sheath E which carries the lead F is brought in engagement with the tube D
and the head C is depressed and then released so that the tooth i of the latch
occupies the position (fig. 6 and 3) the sheath E is retained in the position shown
in fig. 3 and the lead can be used for writing and if the pen P is thrown in
engagement with the tube D and the head C is depressed and then released so that
the tooth of the latch occupies the position 3 (figs. 6 and 11), the pen P is
retained in its forward position ready for use. By depressing the head C'a second
time and then releasing it, the lead or the pen is retracted.
For the purpose of throwing the sheath which carries the lead F in engage-
ment with the tube D, said sheath is provided with a toe e which extends through
the tube D and into the tube B, and in order to permit this toe to pass, the slot d²
in the tube D is provided with a lateral branch (best seen in fig. 7) and the
tube B is provided with a slot (fig. 5) which also has a lateral branch b³. If
the tube D with its cam d is adjusted in the position shown in figs. 1, 2 and 3, the
lateral branch d³ of slot d in the said tube catches over the toe e of the sheath E
(best seen in fig. 7). If the head C is now depressed and released the lead Fis
brought into the position shown in fig. 3 and retained there ready for use and if
the head C is again depressed and then released the lead F is retracted as already
explained. During these operations the toe e moves up and down in the slot 6*
of the tube B.
For the purpose of putting the pen P in engagement with the tube D the said
pen is provided with a toe p (best seen in figures 11 and 13) and if the pen is
adjusted in the holder its toe p extends through a slot 6 in the tube B (when the
pen is introduced into the holder, its too p engages the slot 6 and it never leaves
this slot) and into the slot d of the tube D which is provided with an additional
lateral branch d (best seen in fig. 7). This branch extends in a direction opposite
to that of the branch d³ and it is made narrower than the toe e of the sheath E
so that it cannot engage this toe. When the holder is adjusted to operate the
lead F (figs. 12 and 3) the toe p of the pen is situated in line with the slot d of
the tube D and if said tube is depressed, the pen remains stationary.
the tube D is turned to the position shown in figures 9, 10 and 11, the toe e of
the sheath E is thrown out of the lateral branch d and in line with the slot d'
while the toe p of the pen is thrown into the lateral branch d' (see fig. 9) and if
the head C is then depressed and released, the pen P is brought into the position
shown in figure 11 and retained there ready for use and the head C is again
depressed and released, the pen is retracted while the lead F is not moved, since
the toe e of the sheath E occupies a position in line with the slot d in the tube D
and engages the lateral branch 6 of the tube B.
But when
In order to compel the sheath E to move with the tube D in either direction
without fail, said sheath may be provided with an additional toe e¹ which engages
the slot in the tube D (figs. 1 and 8) but this additional toe is not essential.
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:
1. The combination with the casing A of the spring actuated head C, movably
fitted into said casing, the tube D secured to the head C of the latch I carried
by the tube D and the tube B secured in the casing A and provided with the

page_text: cam-groove J made to extend round the shaped projection j, substantially as
described.
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2. In a pen and pencil-holder, the combination of the casing A, the spring
actuated head C movably fitted into said casing, the tube D secured to the head C,
the latch I carried by the tube D, the tube B secured in the casing A and pro-
vided with the cam-groove J made to extend round the projection j, a sheath E,
a pen P and mechanism for throwing either the sheath E or the pen P in engage-
ment with the tube D, substantially as described.
3. In a pen and pencil-holder, the combination of the casing A, spring actuated
head C, movably fitted into said casing, the tube D secured to the head C and
provided with a longitudinal slot having lateral branches d' d' the lead sheath E
having a toe e, the pen P having a toe p, the latch I carried by the tube D, the
tube B secured in the casing A and provided with the cam groove J and the
cams bd substantially as described.
Dated this Thirteenth day of Jone 1889
C. URQUHART FISHER,
1, Furnival Street, Holborn, London.