Improved Cases or Holders for Memorandum Tablets, Ball Programmes, and the like, and for Pencils used therewith, Combined with Means for Attaching the same to Wearing Apparel.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st May, 1894-Accepted, 23rd June, 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Cases or Holders for Memorandum Tablets, Ball
Programmes, and the like, and for Pencils used therewith,
Combined with Means for Attaching the same to Wearing
Apparel.
We, GEORGE WILLIAM DE WINTON, of 40 Chancery Lane Gentleman and
ROBERT EUGENE BURDER, of 3 Edith Grove, West Brompton, Gentleman, both
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 :-
This invention relates to a holder for a memorandum tablet ball programme or
the like and a pencil for writing thereon and the object of our invention is to
enable the said holder to be attached to a shirt cuff or coat or jacket sleeve.
And in order that our said invention may be fully understood we will proceed to
explain the same with reference to the accompanying sheets of drawings in
which :-
Figure 1 represents front elevation of a memorandum tablet or card and pencil
holder constructed according to this invention.
Figure 2 is back elevation of same.
Figure 3 is side view of same.
Figure 4 is plan of same.
Figure 5 shews modified form of spring.
Figure 6 shews the device attached to a shirt cuff ready for use.
Figures 7, 8 and 9 are elevation plan and side view respectively of a modified
form of the holder hereinafter referred to.
Now according to this invention we provide a frame a of metal or other suitable
material celluloid or vulcanite for example this frame is preferably cut away at b b
as shewn at Figure 2 to lighten it and the edges a' a" are turned over as shewn at
Figure 4 to form a groove in which slides a card or tablet c on which may be made
notes or memoranda instead of writing the same on the cuff itself as is so often done
by business men reporters and others.
If necessary the bottom of the frame may be turned up in a similar manner to
the sides.
We attach also to the frame a a holder d for a pencil f this holder may be of
any convenient shape but preferably that shewn at Figures 2 and 3.
The memorandum tablet may be of celluloid ivory cardboard or any other
suitable material which is easily written on by an ordinary pencil or if the material
used is not such as to be adapted for use with an ordinary graphite pencil special
pencils may be used.
The frame a may be either flat or curved as shewn at Figures 3 and 4.
To secure the frame a to a cuff or sleeve we attach to the upper portion thereof
books or clasps gg and we also provide a hook at the bottom of the said frame or
instead of or in addition to the hooks g g we may attach to the frame a stud to
button into the usual button hole.
The hook his attached to or forms part of a tube j preferably of D section the
flat portion of the D bearing on the frame a to prevent the said tube from rotating
this tube slides in a socket attached to the frame a.
Inside the said tube is a spring formed either of coiled wire as shewn at
Figures 2 and 3 or of indiarubber as shewn at Figure 5 the said spring is attached
at one end to the frame a and at the other to the hook end of the tube; the tension

page_text: of the spring normally keeping the hook h in the position shewn by full lines in
Figures 1, 2, 3, and 5.
If the spring / be made of indiarubber which we prefer as being cheaper and
more easily renewed than a metal one the same may be formed by taking a piece
of indiarubber either plain or covered doubling it passing the loop down the tube j
placing the loop over the hook h in the position shewn at Figure 5 then passing the
ends of the rubber through an eye m attached to or through a hole in the frame a
and tying the two ends in a knot.
In the modification shewn at Figures 7, 8 and 9 the hooks g g are dispensed with
and a stud o is attached to the frame a. This stud serves not only to secure the
frame to a shirt cuff but also to fasten the cuff in lieu of the ordinary solitaire or
links.
The indiarubber forming the spring is passed over the stud as shewn at
Figures 7 and 9 and through the tube as herein before described.
This device will be found very useful also for holding ball programmes and
pencils both for ladies and gentlemen as the holder can be attached to either a shirt
cuff or dress sleeve but when adapted for ladies use the hook would be replaced
by or used in conjunction with a safety pin n as shewn in dotted lines at Figure 2
to enable the holder to be attached to a sleeve or waistbelt.
Figure 6 shews the holder attached to the inside of a shirt cuff with the tablet
drawn out ready for use after use the tablet is pushed back into the position shewn
in full lines at Figure 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In a holder for a pencil and a memorandum tablet or the like the combination
of a frame a having the edges a¹ all turned over to receive a card or tablet with a
pencil holding device d all substantially as specified.
2. In a holder for a pencil and a memorandum tablet or the like the combination
of a frame a having the edges a' a" thereof turned over to receive a card or tablet
with a pencil clip d and a device for securing the said frame to a shirt cuff or to a
sleeve all substantially as specified.
3. In a holder for a pencil and a memorandum tablet or the like the combination
of a frame a having hooks g g or a stud o and a pencil clip d attached thereto with
a hook attached to or formed integral with a tube ; the said hook being drawn
towards the frame by a spring all substantially as described and for the purposes
stated.
4. The combination of a frame a having turned over edges a pencil clip d and
hooks g g or a stud o attached to the frame with a spring actuated hook h and a
memorandum tablet or the like all substantially as specified.
5. The holder for a memorandum tablet or card and pencil substantially as
hereinbefore described and shewn by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 1st dow of Mr- 1001
THOS. E. HALFORD,
11, Furnival Street, Holborn, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicants.
THOS. E. HALFORD,
11, Furnival Street, Holborn, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicants.