US295680A

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Publication number: US295680A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-03-25
Anticipated expiration: 1901-03-25

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(No Model.)

H. G. SOHRAMM. 1 DEVICE FOR POINTING PENQILS.

Patented Mar. .25, 1884.

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HENRY G. SCHBAMM, OF CAMDEN, ASSIGNOR 'TO WILLIAM KEUFFEL AND HERMAN ESSER, BOTH OFHOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

DEVICE FOR POINTING PENClLSf SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,680, dated March 25, 1884.

Application filed January 25, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, HENRY G. SOHRAMM, a citizen of the United States, and a residentof the city and county of Camden, and State of New J ersey, have invented a new and useful Device for Pointing Pencils, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to furnish a device for pointing lead or other pencils which will be simple and inexpensive in construction, which will receive and hold the dust and dirt which is caused by such pointing or sharpening, andin which the abrading-surface may be changed or renewed when worn out.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which similar letters ofreference indicate like parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my invention and the method of pointing a pencil with it; Fig. 2, a transverse sectiona-l elevation of the same through box A and rollers B; Fig. 3, a longitudinal sectional elevation through center of box A, and Figs. 4 and 5, transverse sectional elevations of modifications of my invention.

A is a box, open at its top and furnished with two rollers, B, or their equivalents.

c are buttons, by means of which B may be revolved.

D is a strip of sand or emory paper or cloth or other like material, the ends of which are wound around the rollers B, as shown in Fig. 2.

E is a bridge, which extends from one end of box A to the other, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and. which supports the middle of the band D, as shown. I

Fig. 4 represents a modification of my invention, in which but one roller is used. This roller may be covered with one long strip of sand or emery paper wound around it a number of times; or it may be built up with a number of separate strips wound around once and glued or otherwise suitably fastened. WVhen a strip is worn out, it can be removed and the one directly beneath it used. If preferred, this roller B may be covered with sand, emery, or other abrading material.

Fig. 5 represents a modification of my invention, in which D is an endless band. Owing to the rounded surface of D the pencil is sharpened with concave sides, which is of great ad vantage in making linear drawings.

My invention is operated as follows: The

pencil, after having the wood removed from the lead, is laid upon D, as shown in Fig. 1. If a chisel-point is desired, the pencil is moved from side to side until the desired amount of lead is removed. If a round point is desired, the pencil is revolved in the fingers while being moved from side to side. dust occasioned by the operation of pointing will fall into the box A instead of upon the table or drawing, and may be thrown out whenever convenient, the advantage in cleanliness being very great. After the sand or emery has been worn off any one place, a new surface maybe presented by simply turning the rollers B.

Having thus described my invention, I cltirn- I i 1. The combination, in a device for pointing'pencils, of the box A, roller or rollers B, and fixed band D, or their equivalents, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a device for pointing pencils. of the box A, rollers B, or their equivalents, baud D, and bridge E, substantially as set forth.

. H. G. SOHRAMM. WVitnesses:

OTIS EGAN, CHAS. A. BUTTER.

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