PENHOL
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Sinclair at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th May 1882.
WILLIAM SINCLAIR, of East Linton, in the County of Haddington,
AND IMPROVED PENHOLDER,"
"A NEW
This Invention relates to a new or improved construction of penholder mainly
designed to ensure cleanliness in use.
The improved penholder is by preference made with a tubular or hollow shank
of metal, within which a solid or tubular part of smaller diameter is fixed, and
made with the usual slit or other holding device for gripping the pen, so placed as
to keep the point of the pen in line with the centre of the tube. Between this
holding part and the tubular shank is fitted a loose sleeve or tube, which is free to
slide on the inner part of the holder. A projecting pin or stud is fitted at the
lower end of this sleeve or sliding tube, and when the pen is dipped into the ink
bottle, this pin lies over the edge or mouth of the bottle, while the holder slips
through it, when the holder is withdrawn from the bottle, the sliding tube slips
down and envelops the upper part of the pen, thereby preventing its contact
either with the fingers or ruler. This projecting pin which may be fixed either
rigidly to the sliding tube, or with a hinge to fold down, so as to admit of being
carried in the socket, is screwed and fitted with a screw ring or nut, which by
being shifted on the screw may enable the pen to be used for drawing parallel
lines at equal distances. If a pencil be inserted instead of a pen, parallel pencil.
lines may be drawn. The sliding sleeve is connected to the holder proper by a
pin and slot, which, while allowing of free sliding motion, prevents the sleeve
turning, and thus allows of the projecting pin or stud being used to rest the finger
on in writing. In using a penholder of the improved construction, the ink does
not come in contact with the holder. The pen may be laid on paper without
soiling it, and if on a sloping desk it will not roll off. The length of travel of the
sliding sleeve, or the position of the projecting pin or stud may be adjusted to suit
any ink-bottle, and prevent dipping to the bottom, or too far into the ink.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Sinclair in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
6th November 1882.
WILLIAM SINCLAIR, of East Linton, in the county of Haddington. "A NEW
AND IMPROVED PENHOLDER
"
My said Invention relates to a new or improved construction of penholder
mainly designed to ensure cleanliness in use.
The Invention is illustrated by the accompanying Drawings in which Figure 1
is a longitudinal vertical section of one modification of my improved penholder,
Figure 2 is a similar view of another modification, and Figure 3 is a perspective
view representing the improved penholder in use. The improved penholder is by
preference made as shown with a tubular or hollow shank A of metal, within
which a solid or tubular part B of smaller diameter is fixed, and made with the
usual slit or other holding device at the end for gripping the pen C, by preference
so placed as to keep the point of the pen in line with the centre of the tube or
holder A, B. Between this holding part B and the tubular shank A, an annular
space is left in which is fitted a loose sleeve or tube D which is free to slide on the
inner part B of the holder. A projecting pin or stud d is fitted at the lower end
of this sleeve or sliding tube D, and when the pen C is dipped into the ink bottle,
this pin lies over the edge or mouth of the bottle E as is indicated in Figure 3,
while the holder B slips through it, or the sleeve D slips over the holder B. When
the holder is withdrawn from the bottle, the sliding tube D slips down and partly
covers or envelops the upper part of the pen C, thereby preventing its contact
either with the fingers or the ruler. This projecting pin d, which may be fixed
either rigidly to the sliding tube, as in Figure 1, or with a hinge or joint as in
Figure 2, to fold down, so as to admit of being carried in the pocket, may be
screwed and fitted with a screw ring or nut d', which by being shifted on the
screw & may enable the pen to be used for drawing parallel lines at equal distances.
If a pencil be inserted instead of a pen, parallel pencil lines may be drawn. The
sliding sleeve D is connected to the holder proper by a pin a in the shank A fitting
in a slot a¹ in the sleeve D, which while allowing of free sliding, and limiting the
extent of motion, prevents the sleeve D turning, and thus allows of the projecting
pin or stud d being used to rest the finger on in writing. It is preferred that the
slit or slot a¹ in the sleeve D should be made entirely in the upper or concealed
part which fits within the shank A, to prevent ink finding its way through and
soiling the fingers.
The movable sleeve D may be made to slide down by its own weight, or it may
be pressed downwards by a spring F inserted within the shank A to bear on the
upper end of the sleeve D and against a ring b on the fixed stem B.
In using a penholder of the improved construction described, the ink does not
come in contact with the holder A. The penholder may be laid on paper without
soiling it, and if on a sloping desk it will not roll off. The length of travel of the
sliding sleeve, or the position of the projecting pin or stud, may be adjusted to suit
any ink bottle, and prevent dipping to the bottom or too far into the ink.
Having thus described my said Invention, and the manner of performing the
same, I wish it to be understood that I do not restrict myself to the precise details
of construction of the improved penholder herein described or delineated, but what
I believe to be novel and original and therefore claim as the Invention secured to
me by the hereinbefore in part recited Letters Patent is,―
The combination in a penholder of a tube or sleeve D fitted to slide within a

page_text: tubular shank or holder A and over the pen-holding stein or tube B, the sleeve D
being provided with a projecting stud or pin d substantially as and for the
purposes herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Sinclair, have hereunto set my hand
and seal this Second day of November, in the year of our Lord, One
thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.
W. SINCLAIK (LS.)