US2076035A

US2076035A - Paper holder for pencils

Info

Publication number: US2076035A
Application number: US34925A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jr Edmond A Lar Ricu
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1935-08-06
Filing date: 1935-08-06
Publication date: 1937-04-06
Anticipated expiration: 1954-04-06

Description

Patented Apr. 6, 1937 UNITED STAiEd FATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in writin instruments such as mechanical pencils or fountain pens.

It is an object of the invention to provide,

within the pen or pencil, an instantly available supply of writing paper.

Another object of the invention is to provide improved means for permitting removal of desired amounts of .the paper from the pen or pencil.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for readily re-loading the pencil or pen with fresh quantities of paper after the previous quantity thereof has been exhausted.

5 The invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some of which, together with the foregoing, will be set forth in the detailed description of the invention which follows. It is to be understood however that the invention is not to be limited to the specific embodiments thereof shown and described as various other forms thereof may be employed within the scope of the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing:

25 Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a mechanical pencil embodying the improvements of my invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the device shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view of the pencil. The plane in which this view is taken is indicated by the line 3-3 of Figure 1. Figure 4 is a side elevational view of a pencil incorporating a modified form of the invention. 35 In detail, I provide the usual pencil or fountain pen body 5, having threaded into one end thereof the tip 6 containing the mechanism 7 for propelling the lead 8, and having threaded into the oppositeend thereof a plug 9 which carries the eraser ill, with a slot ii extending axially of the body 5 and opening at the end thereof adjacent the plug 9.

Pivotally mounted on a screw l2, tapped into the body 5, is a metallic bar It the main por- 45 tion of which is offset from the periphery of the body, as is shown in Figure l, to provide a slot hi. The upper end I5 of the bar is bent to lie against the periphery of the plug and is provided with a notch 16, opening at one edge thereof,

50 which engages a headed screw ll tapped into the plug 9. The pocket clip l8 may be conveniently mounted on the bar l3, by means of rivets H9, or otherwise.

The construction just described permits the 5 bar l3 to be swung outwardly about the pivot screw E2 to the position indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 2, thereby allowing the plug 9 to be rotated to remove it from the end of the body 5 which latter operation opens the upper end of the body and permits a coiled roll 20 of 5 paper strip to be pushed axially into the bore of the body with the outer end of the strip projecting through the slot II. The plug 9 may then be replaced and the bar l3 swung to again engage the notch It, at the end thereof, with 10 the screw IT. This again establishes the slot it through which the end of the paper strip is drawn. Referring to Figure 2 it will be seen that by pulling on the end of the paper strip, as much thereof as desired may be withdrawn from the roll 28 and, by using the edge of the bar l3 as a knife, the desired quantity of the paper may be torn from the main strip.

- It is of course obvious that the slot H may be made as long as desired so as to accommodate paper of greater width and one method of doing this is shown in Figure 4. In this modification the slot 2| extends for a considerable distance axially along the body 5 and is provided along one edge thereof with a metal tearing strip 22 which is afiixed to the body-by tabs 23 which are bent arcuately to seat in peripheral grooves 24 formed at spaced intervals along the body. The pocket clip 25, in this modification, maybe attached, in the usual manner, directly to the pen or pencil. If desired, the edge of the tearing strip 22 adjacent the slot may be serrated to facilitate easy tearing of the paper.

The most valuable feature of the invention is that, should a person be required to take or give notations or memoranda, a convenient supply of writing paper is always at hand; the only operation necessary to procure it being to withdraw it from the pencil or pen and tear it off.

Another valuable feature is that the operation 40 of reloading the pencil with a fresh roll of paper is simplified to a maximum degree, and entails no more labor than inserting additional lead in the pencil, merely removing the plug 9, slipping a new roll of paper into place within the body 5 and re- 5 placing the plug and securing the end of the bar l3, being all that is necessary.

I claim:

1. A paper holder comprising a tubular body, into which may be inserted a coiled strip of material, having a slot through the wall thereof opening at one end of said body and through which an end of said coiled strip of material may be drawn, a plug screwed into the end of said body and having a portion thereof closing said slot at its open end, and a bar secured at one end to said body and at the other end to said plug and spaced from said body to provide a passage between said bar and the periphery of said body through which the end of said strip of material drawn through said slot may be passed.

2. A paper holder comprising a tubular body, into which may be inserted a coiled strip of material, having a slot through the wall thereof opening at one end of said body and through which an end of said coiled strip of material may be drawn, a plug screwed into the end of said body and having a portion thereof closing said slot at its open end, and a bar pivotally mounted at one end thereof on said body and having means at the other end thereof for removably engaging said plug, said bar being spaced from said body to provide a passage between said bar and the periphery of said body through which the end of said strip of material drawn through said slot may be passed.

3. A paper holder comprising a tubular body, into which may be inserted a coiled strip of material, having a slot through the wall thereof opening at one end of said body and through which an end of said coiled strip of material may be drawn, a plug screwed into the end of said body and having a portion thereof closing said slot at its open end, a headed screw disposed in said plug, and a bar pivotally mounted at one end thereof on said body and provided at the other end thereof with a notch for engaging the screw in said plug, said bar being spaced from said body to provide a passage between said bar and the periphery of said body through which the end of said strip of material drawn through said slot may be passed.

EDMOND A. LAR RIEU, JR.