US3882572A - Retractable clasp for a pen or the like - Google Patents

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US3882572A
US3882572A US481880A US48188074A US3882572A US 3882572 A US3882572 A US 3882572A US 481880 A US481880 A US 481880A US 48188074 A US48188074 A US 48188074A US 3882572 A US3882572 A US 3882572A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43K—IMPLEMENTS FOR WRITING OR DRAWING
    • B43K25/00—Attaching writing implements to wearing apparel or objects involving constructional changes of the implements
    • B43K25/02—Clips
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J13/00—Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network
    • H02J13/00006—Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network characterised by information or instructions transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated power network element or electrical equipment
    • H02J13/00016—Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network characterised by information or instructions transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated power network element or electrical equipment using a wired telecommunication network or a data transmission bus
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y04—INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVING AN IMPACT ON OTHER TECHNOLOGY AREAS
    • Y04S—SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS
    • Y04S40/00—Systems for electrical power generation, transmission, distribution or end-user application management characterised by the use of communication or information technologies, or communication or information technology specific aspects supporting them
    • Y04S40/12—Systems for electrical power generation, transmission, distribution or end-user application management characterised by the use of communication or information technologies, or communication or information technology specific aspects supporting them characterised by data transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated electrical equipment
    • Y04S40/124—Systems for electrical power generation, transmission, distribution or end-user application management characterised by the use of communication or information technologies, or communication or information technology specific aspects supporting them characterised by data transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated electrical equipment using wired telecommunication networks or data transmission busses
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/13—Article holder attachable to apparel or body
    • Y10T24/1321—Pencil
    • Y10T24/1324—Clasp attached
    • Y10T24/1341—Sliding jaw pencil holding clip

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  • This invention relates to a writing instrument or analogous device comprising a retractable clasp for attaching it to a coat pocket or the like.
  • writing instrument is intended to include any instrument for manually writing and especially a fountain pen, ball point pen, or pencil, comprising a retractable clasp which may be withdrawn into either the cap or the body of the instrument.
  • analogous device is intended to cover any object comprising a clasp attaching it to the pocket or clothing or a belt, such for example as a miniaturized flashlight.
  • Known writing instruments having a retractable clasp may be generally divided into two categories.
  • the instruments in one of these categories have a retractable writing point and a retractable clasp mounted in the body of the instrument, actuating means being provided to project the writing point and retract the clasp and vice versa.
  • the clasp is poorly adapted to attach the instrument to pockets having different thicknesses of material, and especially those made of very thin material, and the necessity of making the clasp highly elastic substantially diminishes the resistance which it is impossible to impart thereto and leads to risks of deterioration due to the application of excessive force.
  • the other writing instruments having a retractable clasp which have heretofore been proposed have comprised a clasp which was retracted, for example, into the cap of the instrument said clasp being constantly biased toward its retracted position by resilient means so that the grip of the clasp against the material of the pocket results principally from the action of this resilient means. This substantially facilitates the adaptation of the clasp to pockets made from materials of different thicknesses.
  • the clasp be provided with a projection which emerges either at the end of the instrument or at the side of the instrument opposite that of the clasp, which projection the user may actuate against the resistance of a resilient spring.
  • the instrument is characterized by the fact that said head has an axial thickness substantially greater than the thickness of the clasp, at least one of the transverse surfaces of said head being guided by a guide surface inside the writing instrument extending along substantially the entire path of travel of the head.
  • the head of the clasp remains perfectly guided throughout its path of travel, said head having preferably a generally parallelopipedic shape with a lower face cooperating with a transverse guide surface extending substantially across the entire section of the instrument and two parallel axial faces guided by two guide surfaces perpendicular to the first guide surface and also extending over the entire useful path of travel of the head.
  • the different guide surfaces may be advantageously provided by a supporting member lodged in the body of the writing instrument or its cap.
  • the pressure of the retracting means on the sliding head of the clasp is preferably exerted in a direction substantially parallel to the direction in which the head of the clasp slides.
  • the sliding push-button is preferably mounted at the end of the body of the writing instrument or the cap in which the clasp is mounted, and in a preferred embodiment this push-button cooperates with the head by means of an inclined ramp which is inclined as much with respect to the direction of movement of the pushbutton as with respect to the direction in which the head of the clasp slides.
  • This ramp may advantageously cooperate with a roller, the ramp being for example integral with the push-button and the roller attached to the head of the clasp.
  • the shape of the ramp may be arcuate so as to insure that a constant reaction force is exerted by the clasp in response to the action of a resilient retracting means.
  • This latter may advantageously comprise a spring having one arm which acts on the head of the clasp while the other is urged against a suitable surface of the cap or body of the writing instrument.
  • This spring may advantageously be provided with central turns in order to permit a more uniform force to be exerted.
  • the pin supporting the roller on the head of the clasp projects on opposite sides of the head of the clasp and the retracting apparatus comprises two parallel springs acting respectively on the two projecting ends of this pin.
  • the supporting member is introduced through the end upper orifice of the cap or body of the writing instrument and is held inside it by a lower member bearing against an abutment fixed to the body of the writing instrument or its cap, and constituted for example by a portion left intact beneath the slot in which the clasp retracts, said lower member being attached to the supporting member by a screw.
  • this lower member When this lower member is carried by the cap it may advantageously be provided in the formof clip means receiving theh writing point of the writing instrument and preferably provided with projections cooperating with a neck in the point of the writing instrument in order to insure the axial support of the cap on the body of the writing instrument.
  • an upper member is provided to guide the assembly comprising the pushbutton and the ramp, said upper member being provided with an inner recess affording access to the ramp by the head of the clasp, with two lateral tabs receiving the ends of a pin supporting at least one spring and itself seated in the mounting member, so that the upper member is thus attached to the mounting member.
  • This member may advantageously carry, along the wall of the writing instrument opposite the head of the clasp, a sliding plate, of tempered steel, for example along with the push-button ramp assembly is slidable, in order to protect the wall itself against the substantial forces capable of being communicated thereto by said assembly.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the writing instrument according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a longitudinal cross-section taken through the cap of the writing instrument in a plane passing substantially through the axis of the roller;
  • FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cap taken in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the roller and passing through the roller;
  • FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3 showing the clasp in its projected position
  • FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line VV of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 6 isa sectional view showing the connection be-. tween the cap and body of the writing instrument in the same plane as FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 3
  • FIG. 8 is a view similar .to FIG. 5, but showing an other embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a view of the embodiment of FIG. .8, similar.
  • the writing instrument illustrated in FIG. 1 comprises a body 1 surmounted by a cap 2 with a retractable clasp 3.
  • the body 1 of the writing instrument like.
  • the cap 2 consists principally of a hollow cylinder having a substantially oval section.
  • the clasp 3 may be retracted into the cap 2 through a slot 4.
  • the slot 4 is interrupted by a part 5 of the. cy-. lindrical wall 2 which has not been cutaway but simply cut back a certain distance into the wall.
  • i i I Inside the cap is a supporting member 6 having a thinner central part 6a which terminates in' two vertical. tabs 6b defining therebetween the edges of a horizontal guide surface 6c.
  • .each' tab 612 is provided with an elongated horizontal notch, the upper part of which is defined by a part 6d which is shortened in the horizontal direction with respect to the remainder of the tab 6d.
  • the supporting member 6 is supally when the cap is mounted on the body LDuring its mounting the lower member or clip 7, introduced through the lower part of the cap 2 comes into abut-.
  • a screw 9 connects the members 6and 7 with each other through a deformable take-up sealing ring 10.
  • an upper member 11 i having a central recess 11a and two lateral tabs llb.
  • each tab defines a vertical slot 11c, the edges of which are resiliently deformable, thus permitting the reception in .each slot .of one end of a horizontal pin 12, the central part .of which passes f through a corresponding orifice in the part6a of the supporting member 6. In this manner the member 11 is prevented from moving axially relative tothemember 6.
  • the group of members 6, 7, 11 are also held I I against any lateral displacement .by their external shapes which cooperate with the internal cylindrical contour of the cap.
  • the upper part of the member 11 receives a sliding I push-button .13 having the same cylindrical shape and diameter as the cap 2 and which slides along the pe-- riphery of the member 11.
  • a decorative ring .14. attached to the cap prevents anyone from seeing the sep aration between the cylindrical surface ofthe push-- button 13 and the remainder of the cap 2.
  • Push-button 13, which is urgedaway from the member 11 by a spring 15 is attached by a screw 16to a cam 17 guided in the orifice Ila of the member l1.This cam 17 has at its lower end a ramp 18 having a second degree curvature.
  • FIG. 7 is a view of this connection in the planeof iently biased upward by the spring when the pressure is relieved.
  • the clasp 3 had a head 3a which is relatively thick in a vertical direction.
  • This head is solid in the part nearest the body of the clasp 3 (as shown in FIG. 3) and has, on the contrary, two vertical tabs 3b so that, in the retracted position of the clasp shown in Flg. 3, the head extends from the right, that is to say from the clasp 3 to the vicinity of the left part of the cap 2.
  • a pin 19 is mounted in the two tabs 3b by passing it through corresponding orifices in these tabs so that its ends project beyond these tabs as shown in FIG. 2.
  • a rotary roller 20 cooperating with the ramp 18 carried by the cam 17, the thick ness of which in the part carrying the ramp 18 is sufficiently small to permit it to penetrate into the space between the tabs 31).
  • Two springs 21 are wound on the two parts of the pin 17 positioned between the member 6 and the tabs 11c. Their shorter arms bear against a flange 6e of the member 6 and their longer arms against the projecting ends of the pin 19, said ends being provided with two necks facilitating the connection between the springs and these ends.
  • the head 3a At its upper end the head 3a is guided by the bottom 4a of the slot 4, an abutment 3c being provided at the top of each tab 3b to prevent, by contact between the abutment 3c and the end 4a of the notch, further outward movement of the head 3a from the cap.
  • the lateral sliding movement outwardly of the head 3a separates the clasp 3 from the cap and compresses the springs 21.
  • the clasp 3 is completely projected into the position shown on FIG. 4.
  • the user may then attach the cap carrying the body 1 of the instrument to a pocket or the like. He may, if necessary, utilize the elasticity of the clasp with respect to the head 3a. If the user tries to separate the clasp from the cap by force applied to the lower part of the clasp, the head 3a tends to reverse but because of the very large bearing surface of the head against the surface 60, no deterioration will appear on the respective guiding surfaces of the head 3 and the supporting member 6.
  • the push-button 13 and cam 17 are first connected together by the screw 16 on opposite sides of the guide member 11.
  • the member 11 is then attached to the member 6 by causing the tabs 11b to elastically embrace the ends of the pin 12 which already carries the two springs 21.
  • the assembly constructed in this manner is then introduced through the upper part of the cap until a slight peripheral shoulder on the member 11 which abuts against the upper end of the cylindrical wall of the cap 2 as shown in FIG. 2.
  • a hook-shaped member is then introduced into the upper part of the slot 4 so that its hooks catch over the springs 21 to hold these springs and thus permit introduction of the head 3a of the clasp through the slot 4, after which the springs are released so that they come to bear on the ends of the pin 19 as shown in the drawings.
  • the member 7 is then introduced through the bottom of the cap and the members 6 and 7, with a sealing ring 10 therebetween, are fastened together by the screw 9.
  • FIG. 8 Another embodiment of the invention is illustrated on FIG. 8, and on FIG. 9, in which the clasp has not been shown for reasons of clarity.
  • the upper member 11 has a vertical slot llc in the center of its lateral tabs llb, the elastically deformable edges of this slot defining a notch which receives one end of a horizontal pin 12', the section of which is, in this case, square.
  • a central part of the pin 12 passes through a corresponding orifice part 6a in a supporting member 6. It will be seen, moreover, that the member 11 has a collar ll'd which abuts against the upper end of the body of the writing member 2. Otherwise the member 11 is substantially identical to the member 11.
  • this is a cross-section analogous to section VV in which the left-hand tab llb has been eliminated to show a lateral view of the supporting member 6' as well as the push-button and cam assembly.
  • the push-button 13 is made in a single piece of cylindrical shape attached to a subjacent part 13a having the properties of an elastic clip so that the cylindrical member 13 may be located in place by simply clipping it there.
  • the inner surface of the part of the wall 2 along which the ramp 18 slides is covered by a steel plate 22 held in place by the member 11 by means not shown. It is this surface which provides the greater part of the reactive force so that the steel plate 22 on which the ramp slides prevents the wall 2 from being subjected to any excessive force.
  • the supporting member 6' has an upper part comprising two lateral tabs 6'b on opposite sides of a bottom part 6c which is also preferably reinforced by a steel plate (not shown).
  • FIG. 9 shows that each tab 6'b has a higher part on the side from which the clasp projects, and that the slot in the tab has been eliminated and replaced by a decrease in the height of the major part of the tab.
  • the member 6 On each of its two lateral faces, one of which is shown on FIG. 9, the member 6 has a reinforcement 6'f on which the turns of a spring 21' are seated.
  • the longest branch of this spring, 21a extends the length of the lateral face of the member 6' to a point beyond the upper part of the corresponding tab 6); so as to bear on the end of the pin 19 (shown in broken lines on FIG. 9).
  • the arm 21'! is immobilized in a mating part of the reinforcement 6'f.
  • the lateral surface of the member 6 has a second reinforcement which is smaller than the reinforcement 6'f, and the arm 2la moves in this second reinforcement so that the spring 21 does not project beyond the limits of the member 6'.
  • a portable instrument having a side-wall comprising a clasp which is movable with respect to said wall between a first position received within a recess in said wall and a second projecting position, resilient means biasing the clasp toward the portable instrument, a push-button separate from the clasp and axially movable to actuate an inclined ramp within said instrument, a head on the clasp which is mounted to cooperate with said ramp and slide transversely with respect to the wall of the instrument, the improvement according to which said head has an axial thickness substantially greater than the thickness of the clasp and a surface which engages guiding means contained inside the instrument and extending substantially the full length of the paths of travel of said head.
  • said clasp head carries two parallel tabs supporting a pin on which said roller is mounted, said roller being positioned between said tabs, the thickness of the ramp 10.
  • the means for guiding the push-button and ramp comprises an upper part having two tabs, each equipped with, an elastically deformable notch, with each notch receiving one of the projecting ends of a pin fixed to said supporting member and carrying saidresilient means.
  • Instrument as claimed in claim 11 in which the push-button has a lateral wall slidable on the periphery of said upper part and positioned in alignment with the wall of said instrument.
  • Writing instrument as claimed in claim 12 com prising a decorative ring mounted on its wall and convering the space between the wall of the instrument and the lateral wall of the push-button.
  • said supporting member comprises at its upper end two parallel tabs between which the clasp head slides, the inner surfaces of said tabs serving to guide the lateral surfaces of said head.
  • Instrument as claimed in claim 15 in which said abutment means is a bar across the orifice receiving the clasp, said bar being insert toward the inside. of the wall.
  • Instrument as claimed inclaim 10in whichis aid clasp is carried by a cap and in which said lower part consists of an elastic clamp constituting resilient attachment means for a writing point.
  • Instrument as claimed in claim 1 which comprises a reinforcing plate positioned substantially opposite said head and along which said push-button and ramp slide.

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