US1164506A - Pen-extractor. - Google Patents

Description

E. J. GUNSELL.

PEN EXTRACTOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPLII. 1914.

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EMIL J. GUNSELL, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

PEN-EXTRACTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgntd Dec. I4, 1915.

Application filed September 8, 1914. Serial No. 860,761.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, EMIL J. GUNSELL, a citizen of theV United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pen-Extractors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art toV which it appertains tomake andv use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in pen extractors such as may he used in an ordinary writing pen and an object of the invention is to provide an extractor which may be used as a guard, ink eraser, pen support and .pencil Sharpener.

A further object of the invention is to provide an extractor easilygripped by the fingers and so connected to the pen point that the latter may be removed without the necessity of touching the same.

i `With these and other objects in view the invention consists of the arrangement, con-v struction and combination of parts as will be more particularly described and claimed hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of an ordinary pen holder showing the pen point and extractor in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 shows a portion of a pen point with the extractor forming the subject matter of the present invention attached thereto; Fig. 4 shows the pen extractor operating as a support for the pen.

Similar reference characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

In the present specification a description will be given of one of several forms of ordinary pen holders which will be found upon the market, after which the application of my pen extractor to the ordinary form of penhol'der will be described.

Fig. l shows theordinary pen holder having the staff l provided with the usual ferrule 2 which forms a guard for the bore 3 formed in the end of the staif 1 and proportioned to receive the split sleeve 4 divided at the bottom as at 5 so that the same may be compressed when it is desired to insert the sleeve within the bore 3. Prongs 6 are formed rigid with the sleeve 4 as will be seen in Fig. 1 and extend beyondthe tip of the sleeve. There is a space which makes it possible to use, the form of pen extractor described hereinafter. The prongs 6 are resilient and are designed'to press the shank of a pen point against the sleeve 4. The outer end of the projecting portion .7 of the sleeve may be provided with a notch 9 in 'alinement with the space 8 between the prongs` to accommodate the pen extractor, as will be described hereinafter.

IlVhile I have described a form of pen wherein the Vsleeve'is removed from the end of the staff, I do not wish to be limited to this construction inasmuch asy the vital parts of the ordinary pen so far as my present invention is concerned are the prongs 6 with thefspace therebetween and the sleeve 4.

Referring now particularly to Figs. 2 and 3, there will be described the pen extractor which forms the subject matter of the present invention. The extractor as seen more clearly in Fig. 3 comprises a resilient strip having a substantially straight arm 10, the end of which is provided with a pointed offset 11 which when the parts are assembled will extend upwardly through `a slot 12 formed in the top of the pen point shank.l

The offset 1l is preferably just long enough to engage the sides of the pen point shank defining the slot without extending appreciably beyond the slot, although, of course, this particular feature is of minor importance. The extractor is rounded asat 13 and may beprovided with the offset 14 to increase the resilience thereof. Extending from the offset 14 there is an arm 15 terminating in a finger' 16 extending in such a direction as to be substantially at right angles to the Vpen holder when the extractor is in position as seen in Figs. 2 and 4. The pen and extractor before insertion in the holder have about the position shown in Fig.

3, but when theextractor is inserted within' pen holder does not in any wayinterfere require any change in theconstruction of the ordinary pen holder. In'certain constructions of the extractor the oliset 11 may be engaged in and be limited in rearward movement by the notch 9 in the portion 7 ot the.

sleeve to prevent rotation of the extractor. If the notch be not provided, this movement will be prevented by the engagement of the offset 11 with the prongs of the pen holder. i The pen point is of ordinary construction with the exception thatthe Vshank thereof is provided at a suitable point with the slot 12. This. slot may be placed at any suitable point depending upon the'length of pen point which it is desired to have extend beyond the sleeve They ordinary pen point is parti-cylindrical and a convenient way of providing the slot 12 is to remove avportion of the shank adjacent the top of the pen by filing, grinding or other means. Otherwise the pen point is identical with the usual pen `point construe tion. By referring to Fig. 4, it will be seen that when the pen point is in its inmost position. the linger 16 Venga-ges the bottom of the sleeve 4.

When it is desiredy to insert the pen point within the holder the yextractor will lirstbe inserted within the sleeve 4 and'pushed as far backwardly as possible after which the shank of the pen point will be inserted between the top of the sleeve-and the comparatively straight arm 10 ofthe extractor,the

olif-set 11 engaging the end ol the shank and` servingv to guide the saine. The pen point is then pushed into the holder untilthe oli'set 11 springsinto the slot 12. lnasmnch as the arms10 and 15 of the extractor are substan# tially parallel and serve to engage the pen point and bottom of the sleeve respectively, there is little if any'tendency for the ex.- tractor to be pushed outwardly by the resilience of the curved 'portion' 13 and the offset 14. Aside from giving additional resilience to the extractor the oliset 14 also reduces the end of the extractor so that it is a simple matter to insert the same within the sleeve. It it' is desired to remove the pen pointwhilel the same is wet, this may be accomplished by catching the linger 16 between the thumb and forefinger slipping the same outwardly from the sleeve. The length of the arm V10 is considerably greater than the distance between. the slot 12 and the butt end oli' the pen point shank so that the extractor need not betaken entirely from the sleeve in order to remove the pen point.

It `will be` apparent that the removal of VAthe'point does not require that the same be touched.

For the convenience of the person using the pen, the lower edge 17 of the linger 16 may be sharpened and made substantially Copies; of' this patent5-may' be obtained for five cents cach, by addressing the Commissioner of' Patents,l

straight. Vith the lower edge straight, the

in F f1. Also, when the edge is sharpened, the same may be used as an erasing knife for inl; lines, etc., and it is also apparent that the sharpened edge may be used lior sharpening'pencils,tlie resilience ol the extractor being sullicient to prevent the slipping of the extractor and pen' point out vof the' sleeve. vWhen using the pen, it will be apparent that each time the user reaches lor ink the linger 1G will engag'cthe rim olf the ink Welland the extractor and pen point will be forced ba'cluvardly into the sleeve as tar as possible by the engagement of the extractor with the rim ot the well. Also, should it be desired to remove Ythe pen without grasping thc linger 1G bctween'the thumb and forclinger the sharpened edge 17 may be held against a blotter or other suitable means and the pen holder drawn rearwardly at which time the extractor and pen holder will separate and the pen point will be ejected.

What l claim is:

1. A pen holder having a sleeve and spaced resilient prongs located within the sleeve, a resilient extractor located within the sleeve, and an outwardly extending linger rigid with the extractor and having the lower edgel thereof sharpened to engage an obstruction and be held thereby to draw the extractor out of the sleeve when thc pen holder is drawn rearwardly.

A. pen holder-comprising a staff made tubular at its lower end, a split sleeve inserted in its bore with the split at the lower side o'the staltand the solid side of the sleeve project-ing beyond said stall and notched in its outer extremity, spaced resilient prongs secured within the upper side of the sleeve with their space opposite said notch and a resilient extractor located within the sleeve and having an upstanding olfset slidably mounted within said spacel and` adapted to engage the notch in the sleeve. i

3. A pen' holder comprising a stall?, a sleeve carried bythe stall and projecting beyond its lower end and having'a notch in the extremity ot its upper side, spaced resilient prongs secured to the sleeve and a resilient extractor comprising upper and lower arins connected by a bend', the arms vstanding within said sleeve and the upper arm having a'nodset adapted -to project through vsaid notch and the lower arm having a` linger pro- Washington, D. C.

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