US11752A - Improved pen and pencil case - Google Patents

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I i UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JACOB J. LOWNDS, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEDP'EN AND PENCIL CASE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. ll,752, dated October 3, 1854.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB J. LOWNDS, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new andlmproved Extension Pen and Pencil Case; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is an external View of the case, the pen and pencil being drawn within it. Fig. 2 is also an external View of the case, the pen being forced out from the case, and also the pencil and slide at the opposite end of the case. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the tube which is attached to the interior of the case. Fig. 4 is a detached View of the pencil and slide tubes, the pencil-tube being within the slide-tube. Fig. 5 is a view of the pencil and slide tubes inserted within the station ary tube which is secured within the case. Fig. 6 is the same view as Fig. 5, the pen and pencil slides being extended from the stationary tube. Fig. 7 is a detached view of the penslide tube. Fig. 8 is a detached View of the pen-holder. Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section ofthe case, showing the working parts therein.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to a new and improved extension pen and pencil case; and it consists in a peculiar construct-ion and arrangement of the pen and pencil tubes and slides, whereby the case is made to contain both the pen and pencil, and the use of either allowed separately Without at all interfering with each other, and at the same time allowing the case to be extended or lengthened when in use and shortened and rendered portable when the pen and pencil are drawn within it.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A, Figs. l and 2, represents the case of the implement, which is a simple tube, either plain or ornamental on its outer side, and having a tube ct secured permanently within it, said tube ct being considerably smaller in diameter than the case A, as shown clearly in Fig. 9. The tube ot is of t-he same length as the case A, and is secured to the case by soldering a flange or projection b,` which is i attached to the tube, to the inner side of the tion of their sides cut off at their lower ends, i

as shown at f g, Fig. 4, and these lower ends are somewhatspread out or expanded,mthe purpose of whichwill be hereinafter explained.

The tube B, with the pencil-tube C within K it, is fitted within the stationary or permanent tube a, the spur or projection eof the penciltube [itting in a sloth in the tube a, said slot h having a notch or recess t' at its upper end, as shown in Figs. 3, 5, 6, and 9. On the upper end of the tube B asmall button j is secured, which button is soldered to the interior of a tubular slide D, and at its upper end the slide D lits or works within the case A and between the case A and the stationary or permarient tube tt. (See Fig. 9.)

From the above description of parts it will readily be seen that the pencil-tube C is moved out from the case by operating the tubular slide D, for when the slide D is drawn out the pencil-tube moves with it, as the spur or projection e of the pencil-tube is at the bottom of the slot c, and when the tube B, slide D, and pencil-tube are drawn out from the case theslide D is turned to the left, so as to throw the spur or projection e of the pencil-tube in the notch or recess t at the upper part of the slot h in the stationary or permanent tube a, and the slide D and tube B are then forced within the case A, leaving the pencil-tube fully exposed. By having the lower ends of the pencil-tube C and tube B expanded the pencil-tube ts snugly within the tube B, and the tube B also ts snugly within the stationary or permanent tube a, and all unnecessary play or loosen'ess of the parts is avoided. l

E, Figs. 7 and 9, is a tube which works over` the stationary or permanent tube at Within the case A. This tube E is provided with a slot k, having a notch or recess Z at its upper end, as shown in Fig. 7.

F, Figs. 8 and 9, is the pen-holder, having the pen G attached to it. The pen-'holder is of semi-tubular form and is lfitted over the tube E, as shown in Fig. 9, a spur m (see Fig. 8) on the inner side of the hold er fitting Within the slot 7c in the tube E.

H is a tubular slide secured to the tube E in the same manner as the slide D of the pencil arrangement is secured to the tube B. The end of this slide has a semicircular slot cut through it to allow'the pen to pass through, and a reserve n for pencil-leads is also placed in the center of the slide. (See Fig. 9.) The pen is drawn from the case and forced Within it in the same manner as the pencil, and both parts are precisely similar in construction, with the exception that the pen-tubes are placed over the stationary or permanent tube a instead of Within it, and the ends of the tube E and pen-holder F are contracted instead of being expanded. This alteration is drawn out, and the case is thereby lengthened, as shown in Fig. 2. The several parts are not crowded, and they may b e made m uch stronger and more durable than those cases Where the pen and pencil are at the same end.

I am aware that pencil-cases With slotted tubes have been previously used, although differently arranged from the one herein shown.

I do not claim, therefore, the slotted tubes irrespective of the precise arrangement as herein described; but Y f What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The slotted tubes a B E and pencil-tube C and pen-holder F, arranged as herein shown, viz: the tubes b C having enlarged or expanded ends and the tube E and penholder F having contracted ends for the purpose of causing the tubes, pen-holder, and

pencil-slide to Work snugly and Without unn necessary play or looseness, as set forth.

JAC. J. LOWNDS. Witnesses:

O. D. MUNN, JNO. A. CLUssMAN.

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