US1600903A - Holder for pencils, crayons, and the like - Google Patents

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00mm FOR PENCILS, cRAYous, AND THE LIKE Filed August 24 1925' Fig.1 1

I fnvenior: k4. g w fur Patented Sept. 21, 1926.

MAX 1.7 NoRnMANn, on MUNICH, GERMANY.

1,500,903 ECE;

HOLDER non PnNorLs, cRAYonsnirn THE LIKE.

Application filed August 24, 1925, Serial No.

This invention relates to a holder for pencils, crayons and the like provided with a sharpening device, point protector and dust collector. The new holder can be veryprofitably used for soft, dust-producing pencils and crayons etc. and for all other kinds whether they are covered by some material or whether they consist of bare lead, chalk etc. without any covering. Furthermore, the holder can be used for all sizes of pencils and crayons and the like as its internal mechanism is arranged so as to be adapted to several sizes of pencils etc. while provisions have been made. to employ a special socket for holding very thin pencils etc.

The superior features of my new holder are quite numerous as it represents a combination of a sharpening device, point protector, dust collector and pencil etc. holder. The new holder makes it possible to save alot of time which is otherwise wasted on sharpening and permits the sharpening of the point with one hand. This sharpening takes place by moving the hand during a period of rest when engaged in writing.

All existing types of holders and sharpeners suffer from the drawback that the point is either not sharp enough or breaks off all the time while my new holder never fails in producing a fine sharp point. This is due to the fact that the pencil or crayon is not held by a special holding device within the shell and is not sharpened by a special sharpening device as in the usual kinds of holders but that gripping jaws have been arranged within the shell for the purpose of sharpening the point and holding the pencil and the like in position atthe same time. To fulfill their purpose, these gripping jaws have been designed to act as cutting and sharpening surfaces as" well as clamps. To ensure steady sharpening and guiding of the pencil of the like within the shell, these gripping jaws have been 'ar-' ranged in pairs and provided with cutting and sharpening surfaces which, without representing a straight line, produce the conical point and which execute partly a scraping and partly a cutting movement during the sharpening process while simultaneously guiding and gripping the pencil or the like. This arrangement in pairs enables the user of the holder to sharpen the point of a pencil, crayon and the like by' giving the shella few turns by the thumb and middle finger of the writing hand as 52,161, and in Germany September 1, 1924;

sharpen the point, the pencilor the like 1s held with the little finger of the writing hand the palm and fixed by adjusting the grlpplngjaws which serve for guiding and sharpening it by means of a cover resembling a stuffing box and being inserted in the shell. This coverseals at the same time the inside ofthe'holder' while the latter is employed for writing, so that the; dust and shavings produced by sharpening cannot dro on the paper.

One ormof the invention is illustrated 1n the accompanying drawing, in which Fig.

1 is an outside View of the new. holder; Fig.

with the gripping jaws inside the shell in cutting position, the line running ,infront of the jaws; Fig. 3a longitudinal section of the shell, the gripping jaws holding the pencil which is freely suspendedwithin the 2, a longitudinal section of the entire holder 7 shell; Fig. 4, a cross section .on the line AB, Fig. 3; and Fig. 5, a longitudinal section on the line OD, Fig. 1. 1

The most essential part of the holder is the shell 1, provided with recesses 2 and bores 3. 4 are two gripping jaws fitted in front with two cutting edges 5 each and resting with their middle portions 6 and 7 in the bores 3 where they are heldby spring action, so that they can oscillate only about the axis ww (Figs. 4 and 5). These gripping jaws 4 are equipped with the four gripping points 8 which grip the pencil} or I crayon at any position of the jaws and which keep it steady and guideit. In the modification shown here the pencil 9 rests in a special socket 10 which, together with the pencil it holds, can be shifted in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the pencil. If the latter is thick enough, the socket 10 may be dispensed with. The jaws 4 are further provided with the indentations 11- which raise andlower them while passing over the conical surface and which, as shown in Fig. 4, envelop a larger part of the pencils circumference with their catches I 12.. The gripping jaws are finally equipped" with ends 13 which contribute their share towards a safe guiding of the pencil or the like.

14 are springs firmly secured to the I inside of the shell 1, whose free elastic" ends d springs 14 and apply pressure to the jaws 4: in order to keep 'them continually closed according to Fig. 2.

of the inside of the shell when the socket 10 or the pencil 9 are pulled out. The internal conical surfaceof the annular end 16 of this cover "15' applies pressure to the supplements their action in suoh a way that,- by inserting the cover 15 in the shell 'l, t-he springs 7-14- are caused to rest firmly on the jaws 4 which in turn-are thus caused, to rest firm-1y on the pencil 9.

13y pulling out the cover lo-the springs are released and the jaws EhWltll them soasto permit longitudinal shifting of the pencil.

The holder functions as follows: to sharpen a pencil or the like, the shell 1 is held between the thumb andmi'ddle finger of the writing hand While the index finger shifts I the cover 15' and thus adjusts the jaws it. The o rear end-of the penciliit'self is f lid {held in the pla lm-by}the=little fi nger. 14% the shell and cover are -turn'ed, -the}-pencil is sharpened, providedit'is in the position indicated in Fig. 2. After sharpening the '15jand the pencil are pushed forward by the forefinger, sothat-the jaws 4 occupy the position shown inv .3 and {their grip-- p ng :points 8 rest on the penc l or socket. The pencil can then he moved forward at will either with or Without its socket,

whereupon the cover is pushed slightly back int the she lian the pos of the pencil finally fiked, so that it is ready for writing. T-hesinsiele of the holder is tightly shut off in this position by the felt ring 18 which closely enve'lops the pencil or socket.

I elai'1n-:. 1. A holder for pencils crayons and the like provided with a "sharpening device, point protector and dust eollectoiuchaigacr terized by gripping jaws arranged within -tlie shellsof the holder, the said aws (carryanger-1 pairs cutting edges and gr pping points and resting with their middle portions in bores of the said'shell.

A holder "for pencils, crayons and-the 7 like provided with a sharpening .ClGfi ICQ, I point protector andxlust collectoricha tacter-i zed byfa cover, inserted in the shellof the said-holder andt-he said cover hei-ngrproivided with a passage for theipencil and the likeand having a felt and an annular end with an internal. conical surface to ad ust-the gripping qawsof the penciland the like. 7 v

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. I r 7 MAX I. .ieonniaiins

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