US150311A - Improvement in slate-frames - Google Patents

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UNITED Sfrrrrns PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY V. FARIES, OF T-OPEKA, KANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SLATE-FRAMES.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 150,311, dated April 28, 1874 application tiled March 18, 1874.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY V. FARIES, of Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and in the State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slates; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a slate containing my improvements, and Fig. 2 is a section ot' the same upon line a: x of Fig. 1.

Letters of like name and kind referto like parts in each of the figures.

School-children experience much annoyance from the loss and breakage of slate-pencils when not in use, it being difficult to properly care for the same on account of their brittleness.

To obviate this difficulty is vthe design of my invention, which consists in providing, within the face ofY one side of a slate-frame, a longitndinal groove for the reception of a pencil, and two inwardlyprojecting springs for holding said pencil within said groove, substantially as is hereinafter specified.

In the annexed drawing, A represents a slate inclosed within a frame, B, of usual construction. Within one face of one of the side rails of the frame B is formed a half-round groove, C,which extends longitudinally therein, and has a sufficient size to enable it to contain a pencil, D. The ends of saidy groove incline upward and outward, and at or near its longitudinal center is formed a circular cavity, c, that corresponds therewith in depth. Within suitable correspon ding recesses e and e, formed upon opposite sides, and near the center of the groove C, are secured two springs, E and E', which are preferably formed of rubber, and, extending inward over said groove, have their ends in contact, as shown, said springs thus arranged being caused to bear upon the outer side of the pencil, and hold the same firmly within said groove.

The pencil is inserted lengthwise within its groove, its pointed end passing readily beneath the springs; while, to remove said pencil, it is grasped by the thumb and linger, (which are placed within the cavity 0,) and raised upward, the Vsprin gs yielding readily to permit it to pass.

The advantages possessed by this improvement are, first, the pencil is entirely below the surface of the frame, and is thus removed from all liability to injury when the slate rests upon a desk1 or when books are piled upon it; second, as the pencil and holding-springs are below the surface of the frame, they ott'er no obstacle to the use of the slate, nor do the groove and recess weaken or in any manner injure said frame; third, while eflicient and convenient for the purpose intended, the pencil-holding attachment will add so slightly to the rst cost of a slate as to enable the latter to be furnished at the same rates as those unprovided with such improvement.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, what I claim is As a new article of manufacture, the slate A, provided, within its frame B, with the longitudinal groove C and-holding-springs E and E', substantially as and for the purpose speciiied.

In testimony that I claim thel foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of March, 1874.

H. V. FARIES.

Witnesses:

It. C. HAWLEY, J. ARMsrRoNG.

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