US2081286A - Eyebrow pencil - Google Patents

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May 25, 1937. J. J. woEssNER EYEBROW PENCIL Filed April ll, 1936 mi ITM IWNTOR BY M' TTORNEY Patented May 25, 1937 .PATENT ori-"lcs EYEBROW PENCIL John J. Woessner, Maspeth, N. Y., assignor to Eberhard Faber Pencil Co., a

New York corporation 4oi' Application April 11, 1936, Serial No. 73,816 g 2 Claims.

This invention relates in general to holders for marking materials, and more particularly to an eyebrow pencil wherein a cylinder of marking composition is mounted in a casing which serves as a handle for applying the composition to the eyebrow.

One object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved pencil of the character described which shall comprise a barrel or casing having a holder for a cylinder of the marking composition and means :for projecting and retracting the cylinder from and into the casing at the will of the user so that the material may be completely housed within the casing toprotect it against contact with other articles, such as a handbag, when the pencil is out of use, and the marking composition may be projected from the casing when it is desired to apply it kto the eyebrows.

Another object is to provide such a pencil embodying novel and improved features of construction whereby the pencil shall be simple and inexpensive in construction and reliable and durable in operation.

Other objects, advantages and results of the invention will appear' from the following description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing wherein Figure l is a side elevation on a greatly enlarged scale of a pencil embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the barrel of the pencil with portions of the operating mechanism shown in side elevation.

Figure 31s a complete longitudinal sectional view through the pencil. I

Figure 4 is a detached side elevation oi the guide tube.

Figure 5 is a detached side elevation ofthe holder for the marking composition, and

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view on the line 6-6 of Figure 2.

AIn said drawing, corresponding and like parts are designated throughout the several views by the same reference characters, and the reference character A designates the barrel of the pencil which is open at both ends and has one end tapered at I through which the cylinder of marking composition 2 is projected.

Within the barrel A is a guide tube 3 which is shown as consisting of a single sheet of resilient material rolled into tubular form of a diameter slightly greater than that of the interior diameter of the barrel A. and preferably said guide tube is secured in the barrel by frictoinal contact between the tube and the barrel caused by the contraction of the tube as it is inserted in the barrel and the consequent inherent expanding resiliency of the guide tube, although the tube may be secured in the barrel in any other suitable way. The edges of ,the sheet of material forming the tube are in spaced and approximatelyparallel relation and the edge portions 4 are preferably turned inwardly so as to have a chordal relation to the interior walls of the barrel as clearly shown in Figure 6.

Within the guide tube is mounted a helical coil 5 that is rotatable but longitudinally immovable in the barrel. As shown, one end of the coil is iitted into a hollow plug or cap t which has an inwardly projecting rib 1 to frictionally compress the coil and connect it to the plug so that the coil will rotate with the plug. The plug is rotatably but longitudinally immovably oonnected to the barrel by a rib S on the inner surface of the barrel seated in a circumferential groove 9 on the exterior of the plug.

Within the helical coil is disposed a holder i9 for the cylinder 2 of marking composition. This holder is shown as consisting of a single sheet of material rolled to form a split tube and having 2 of markingy composition is inserted into the holder and frictionally held therein by the inherent contracting resiliency of the split' tube holder.

With this construction, the holder i0 may move longitudinally of the guide tube and helical coil but is held against rotation bythe lugsy Il in the slot between the edges of the guide tube, and upon rotation of the helical coil, for example by holding the barrel in one hand and rotating the plug 6 with the other, the holder i0 will be moved longitudinally of the barrel so as to project or retract the cylinder 2 of marking composition from or into the barrel, respectively.

During this operation, the lugs Ii of eachpair mutually reenforce each other so as to restrain any tendency to bending of either lug upon tendency to relative rotation of the holder I0 and the guide tube, and the edges of the lugs provide extended bearing surfaces to engage the convolutions of the helical coil.

As shown, the lugs oi each pair are preferably slightly spaced apart so as to snugly engage the edges o! the slot in the guide tube and to yield toward each other 'to compensate ior irregularities in said edges o! the slot or the spacing thereof and prevent binding or jamming of the parts. Also, the two pairs of lugs cooperate to restrain any lateral swinging Y relation oi' the edge portions l of the guide tube to the inner walls oi the barrel insure proper engagement of the lugs Il with the guide tube and reduce the possibility oi the lugs slipping out of the slot formed by said edge portions in the `guide tube.

abaisse Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

l. A pencil comprising a barrel, s single sheet of metal rolled to form a guide tube secured in said barrel and having its edges in parallel and spaced relation, the portions of said tube at the edges of said slot being disposed in approximatelyv chordal relation to the inner walls of said barrel, a helical coil rotatable but longitudinally immovable in said tube, and a holder for marking material slidable longitudinally in said helical coil and having a lateral lug extending between two adjacent convolutlons in said coil and slidable longitudinally oi and between said edges of said sheet forming the guide tube.

2. The pencil set forth in claim l wherein Said sheet forming the guide tube is of resilient material and held in position in said barrel by i'rictional engagement between the tube and barrel caused by the inherent expanding resiliency of the guide tube.

JOHN J. WOESSNER.

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