US1702953A - Pressure-relief attachment for pens - Google Patents

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I Feb-19, 1929.

s. SCHRAGO PRESSURE RELIEF ATTACHMENT FOR PENS Filed Aug. 9, 1926 i saw Patented Feb. 19,1929. v 1,702,953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL SCHRAGO, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

PRESSURE-RELIEF ATTACHMENT FOR PENS.

Application filed August 9, 1926. Serial No. 128,129.

This invention relates to improvements in posed a metallic band 14 which has tongues penholders and particularly to pen holders or lugs 15 provided on it which are pressed which have embodied thereon pressure relief into the body of the pen holder. The upper devices so that the pressure will be properly portion of the band is lengthened, as indiapplied by the hand to the penholder to encated at 16, to provide a finger rest and this able the person using the holder to write portion is spaced slightly from the top surwith it very easily and in such a manner as v face of the penholder. By this construction to nicely shade the characters which he forms the lower split half 17 of the penholder is with the pen. somewhat yieldable, and in use when pres- An object of this invention is to provide sure is applied to the finger rest 16 by the a pen holder having a pressure relief at'tachforefinger, it will be transmitted from the ment which may be easily, quickly and cheapfinger rest back through the yieldable lower ly constructed and which will not get out of portion 17 of the penholder 10 to a point order. adjacent where the penholder rests on the Another object of this invention. to procrotch of the hand between the thumb and vide an attachment providing a pressure reforefinger. This causes the pressure to be lief device which can be easily and quickly transmitted to the proper part of the penattached to penholders of the conventional holder, so that in writing the nibs of the construction. pen points will be split and allowed to con- VJith the foregoing and other objects in tract very nicely to form a nice shading on view which will be made manifest in the folthe letters or characters written.

lowing detailed description and specifically The modification shown in Fig. 3 accompointed out in the appended claims, reference plishes the-same purpose as that shown in is had to the accompanying drawings for an Figs. 1 and 2, but is of a different construcst illustrative embodiment of the invention, tion. In this modification the body of the wherein: penholder 18 is longitudinally split through- Figure l is a side elevation of one form out a portion of its length, as indicated at 19,

of the improved pen holder, providing a yieldable lower half 20. A

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken sub transverse cut 21 defines the forward end of stantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. l, v the yieldable half which is disposed a short Fig. 3 is a side elevation, parts being distance back from the pen point end of the broken away and shown in section, illustratholder. In the upper half of the body of the ing a slightly modified form of construction, holder there is formed an aperture 22. A

l 4 is a side elevation illustrating a furfinger rest 23 which is disposed above the top ther modified form of constri'lction, of the large end of the body of the penholder Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken substan has an angular shank 24, which extends tmlly on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4, and through the aperture 21 and is fastened to Fig. (3 is a side elevation, parts being the forward end of the lower yieldable half broken away and shown in section, illustrat- 20. This penholder operates in a similar ing a further modified form of construction. manner to that shown in Fig. 1, that is, when Referring to the accompanying drawings pressure is applied to the finger rest 23, it wherein similar reference characters desigwill be transmitted therefrom through the nate similar parts throughout, and particushank 24 to the yieldable lower half 20 which larly to Fig. 1, the reference character 10 desin turn will transmit it to the body of the ignates the body of the penholder, which is penholder at a point remote from the pen similar in construction to the conventional point end of the penholder. penholder having one large end and the other In the modification shown in Fig. 4 there tapered. In the large end there is formed a is provided an attachment which can be apbore 11, in which is a split tubular member plied to the conventional penholder. In this 12 which serves to hold the pen point P in modification there is a split spring ring 25 place. The large end of the penholder shown which on being thrust onto the body 26 of in Fig. 1 is split longitudinally, as indicated the penholder over its tapered end will be at 13, from the pen point end of the holder expanded thereby and thus the ring 25 will back to a point remote from this end, or to a clamp on the body at a point remote from the point adjacent the center of gravity of the penpoint or large end of the holder. A leaf penholder, About the large end there is disspring 27 has one end secured to the under side of thisring and extends lir'qrwai'dly therefrom, and has its forward end secured to the under side oia ring 28 which is somewhat greater in diameter than the diameter oi the large end or the penholder. The top of this ring is provided with the finger rest 29' spaced slightly from the top of the penholder. On applying pressure to the finger rest 29 the pressure will be transmitted back to a point adjacent the center of the penholder as previously described in connection with the modifications shown in Figsl and Fig. 6 illustrates a further modified form or construction for accomplishing the desired result. In this modification aconventional penholderi-BO has an aperture 31 formed ver tically th'ei'ethrough adjacent its large end. The finger rest which is disposed adjacent the large end hasan angular shank 33 eX- tending through the aperture 31. 'lhe lower end of this shank is bent baclrwardly providing aleaf spring 34;, which is fastened as by a tack against the under side of the body oi the pen holder. The pressure applied to the finger rest 32 will be transmitted through the shanlrBS and the spring 34 to a point on the penholder well back from the pen point end of the holder. 7

From the above described construction it will be appreciated that all of the modificatiens have finger rests on the body of the penholder slightly above the top surfaces and adjacent their large ends, and that a yieldable construction which may be separate or 1ntegral with the body or the penholder serves totransmit pressure applied to the finger rest back to a'point remote fromthc pen point and to a point on the undej side of the holder. By this arrangement of parts it will be found that the pen point can be caused to write very nicely and shade nicely, which is quite difi'icult if the penholder hasthe pressure applied directly to it from its top surface adjacent its pen point end. 7

It will be understood that various changes may be made in the detail of construrtiim without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

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1. A penhol'der having a yield-able part extending from a point remote from the pen point end on the arran ge d point and toward the pen under side thereof, afinger rest upon the upper side of the body of: t .e h older adjacent'the pen point end and spaced slightly therefrom; and means connecting the finger rest to the forward end of said part.

2. In a penholder, a yieldable part extending from a point remote horn the pen point and toward the pen point ind on the under side thereof, a finger rest arranged upon the upper side of the body of the holder acent the pen point end and spaced slightly therefrom, and means extending through the pen holder connecting the ringer restto the forward end or said yieldable part.

3 A pen holder comprising a body, a finger rest arranged upon one side of the body adjacent the pen point end, yieidable means arranged upon another side oi? the body and connected to the body more remote roin the pen point end than the finger rest and extending toward the pen point end, and means con necting the finger rest to the forward end or the yieldable means so as to normally keep the finger rest spaced from the body.

4-. A pen holder coinin'ising a body, a finger rcst arranged above the we of the body adjacent thepen point end, yieldable means arranged upon the under side of the body, one end of which is secured to the body and means connecting the other end of the yielihibl-e means to the finger rest so as to normally keep the finger rest spaced from the body.

5. A pen holder comprising abody, a finger rest arranged above and spaced new. the top of the body adjacent the pen point end and means iorming a yieldable connection between the finger rest and the under side of the body, part of said men. s extendi? g transversely of the body acent the finger rest and the pen point end of the body.

6. A penholder comprising a body split longitudinally throughout a portion oi its length to a point remote from the pen point end thereoi, means for securing; a pen point to that portion or the penholder above the split, a finger rest arranged and spaced. above the upper portion oi the holder acent the pen point end, and means connecting said ii er rest to that end of the holder proximal to the pen point end. 7

7. A penholder comprising a body split longyjtudiimlly throughout a portion of its length to a point remote from the pen point end thereof, means for securing a pen point to that portion of the ponholder above the split, a finger rest arranged and. spaced. above the upper portion of the holder adjacent the pen point end, the after portion 01" said finger rest being bent to extend transversely of the pen-- holder and secured adjacent that end oi lower portion proximal to the pen point end.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

SAMUEL seamenlower portion oi; the

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