Improvements in Writing Pens and Holders therefor.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 27th May, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 26th Feb., 1891-Accepted, 28th Mar., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by PHILIPP EDUARD HOPFER, on behalf of the
Firm of Hopfer and Hartmann, of 13, Fischmarkt, Hamburg, in the Empire
of Germany, Merchants.]
Improvements in Writing Pens and Holders therefor.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
will
This invention comprises a writing pen provided at both its extremities with a
split point and a suitable penholder which is adapted in such a manner, that
protect that point of the pen, which is not in use at the time, against injury.
To this end the shaft of the pen combining its actual writing points is stamped
out at its back in the form of a flat bow or provided with a rib and exactly in the
middle between the two writing points of the pen is arranged a conical point or
pin which serves the purpose of enabling the pen to be securely arrested by the
pen-holder.
The said pen-holder is formed of a partly split socket or tube, the two elastic
yielding branches of which being pressed together by means of a ring engaging
over a conical shoulder arranged near the point where the said two branches of the
split socket are combined. The lower branch at the end of the socket or tube of
the pen-holder is preferably flattened at its inner face or it is provided there with a
pointed protuberance over which engages the lower hollow portion of the said pin
or point on the back of the shaft of the pens. In the upper branch of the socket
opposite the pointed protuberance of the lower branch is arranged an aperture
which is designed for the reception of the said pin or point on the back of the
shaft of the pen, so that the said aperture in the upper branch and the pointed
protuberance of the lower branch of the socket of the pen-holder form together a
kind of bearing in which the pen may be turned about its centre-point, as soon as
the said ring is withdrawn from the conic shoulder of the socket of the pen-
holder.
It is evident, that instead of an aperture or groove in the upper branch of the
pen-holder socket a conical protuberance and in the lower branch a corresponding
hole or recess may be employed, which of course require to provide the shaft of the
pen with a hole instead of a point or pin, without departing from the nature of
this invention.
For scholars or beginners in writing it is preferable to connect a ring of elastic
material such as india-rubber, at a convenient distance from the point of the pen to
the pen-holder for the reception of the index of the hand in order to secure the
holder to be kept in proper position for writing purposes.
Dated this 27th dow of Mo 1900
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Writing Pens and Holders therefor.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 comprises a writing-pen provided at both its extremities with a

page_text: it will protect the point of the pen, which is not in use at the time, against
injury.
"In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a top view of the improved writing pen provided at both its extremities
with a split point;
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section,
Figure 3 is a cross section and,
Figure 4 a side elevation of the improved pen-holder provided with the pen
shown in Figure 1.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
The body of the pen a including its actual writing points b and c is of the usual
or any suitable form.
The pen-holder d is formed of a partly split socket or tube, the two elastic
yielding branches and g of which are pressed together by means of a ring h
engaging over a conical portion arranged near the point where the said two
branches and g of the split socket are joined. The lower branch g at the end of
the socket or tube of the pen holder is provided at its inner face with a short
cylindrical or other shaped piece i over which engages the lower or concave side of
the body a of the pen Figure 1.
As soon as the ring his withdrawn from the conical portion of the socket of the
pen-holder the pen is released and may be turned around so that the opposite end
projects from the socket.
The pen holder d is preferably made of wood, and first bored out at one end
according to the form of the body of the improved writing pen. This end or socket
is simply split up to a certain extent and the split, enlarged at the conical part of
the pen-holder, so that the point of the pen, which is not in use at the time is not
touched by the said holder and cannot therefore be spoiled.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is:-
First. A writing pen provided at both its extremities with a split point
substantially as and for the purpose described.
Second. A pen-holder, the front end of which serving for the reception of the
pen, being partly split, so as to allow the separated parts to yield and to be pressed
again together by means of a ring engaging over a conical portion of the same and
being provided with an enlarged lateral opening, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.