US872157A - Combined pen and pencil rack. - Google Patents

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Nth-872,157. v PATENTED NOV. 26, 1907. J. s. TWADDELL.

COMBINED PEN AND PENCIL RACK.

APPLIOATION FILED mm. 8,1907.

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No. 872,157. PATENTBD NOV. 26, 1907. J. S. TWADDBLL. COMBINED PEN AND PENCIL RACK.

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JANIE S. TWADDELL,

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OF EL PASO, TEXAS.

COMBINED PEN AND PENCIL RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1907.

Application filed June 8. 1907. Serial No. 377.970.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JANIE S. TWADDELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at El Paso, in the county of El Paso, State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Pen and Pencil Racks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to combined pen and pencil racks and ink stand supports.

It is the object of the invention to provide a device of the kind mentioned that shall be convenient and efficient in supporting pens and pencils so that they may be reached with readiness when wanted for use, and be put away in the same manner, and so that pens may be supported in position to be engaged with pen stocks and disengaged therefrom without soiling the fingers, and so, also, that inkstands or wells may be supported by the rack andmaintained in place against accidental overturning.

The nature of the invention is ascertainable from the device portrayed in the annexed drawings, forming a part of this sp'ecification, in view of which it will first be described in detail with respect to its construction and mode of use, and then be particularly pointed out in the subjoined claims.

Of the said drawings-Figure 1 represents a front view of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section through the structure. Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the plates through the medium of which the rack may be secured upon the top of a desk, portions of adjacent wires being also shown.

Similar numerals of reference designate similar parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

In the drawings 1 designates the base of the wire frame having sides 2, and a back 3, upon the upper portion of which there are secured wires 4 running along the sides and back as shown. From the forward ends of the wires 5 there extend curved wires 6 backward and upward in a curved line, which curved wires 6 support a back and fancifully designed frame, 7, upon the sides of which are hooked projections S for supporting a pencil or pen stock thereon if de sired. Extending longitudinally between the curved wires 6 and supported thereon are bars 9 of tin or other sheet metal having corrugated strips 10 of thin sheet metal secured to their under sides by solder or other means to afford devices for supporting pen points between the said corrugated strips and the main bar 9. i

11 designates a bar secured upon cars 12 by small taps 13, which bar 11 has points 14 extending downward from its lower surface in position to engage slots or openings usually formed in pen-points so that by so connecting a pen point with any one of the points 14 and pulling on the pen stock the pen may be disengaged from the pen stock without soiling the fingers or the hand.

In engaging the pens with the corrugations of the bar 10 the point of the pen may be pushed in between the bar 9 and the corrugated bar with the point resting on the upper or raised portion of the curve and the sides of the pen extending down in the corrugations so that the pen will be held in such position that when its outer end is brought into engagement with the receiving slot in the pen stock by pressing on the latter the pen may be engaged with the slot and pulled out of its position in the rack without employing the fingers of the hand, and thus engage the pen with the stock.

Back of the bars 9 disposed in vertical position in the rack and also engaged with the bars and bottom of the rack are vertically disposed tubes 15 arranged in position to receive the butt of a pencil or pen stock therein.

16 designates plates secured to the wires forming the base of the frame and perforated through their centers for the reception of the shanks of screw-bolts or rivets to fasten the rack firmly in position on the top of the desk to avoid liability of accidentally overturning it or pushing it out of position.

Connected with the forward part of the frame at the sides thereof and in raised position are rectangular racks 17 designed to support ink-wells or stands therein so that the same will be held by the rack in convenient position for use and also against liability of being overturned on the desk.

It will be noted that the device as a whole is simple in construction, convenient in and economical of manufacture and that it may be readily employed for the various purposes referred to in the foregoing description.

What is claimed is 1. A combined pen and pencil rack and ink-stand supports, comprising a Wire frame consisting of a base and raised sides and back, bars supported from the sides of the frame and provided on their under sides With receptacles for pen-points, vertically disposed tubes disposed at the rear of the said bars for the reception and support of pencils and pen stocks, and supports for inkstands connected With the sides of the frame and extending forward from the same.

the rear of said bars for the reception of pen- I oils and pen-stocks;

In testimony whereof, I afiiX my s1gnature, in presence of tWo Witnesses.

I JANIE S. TWADDELL. Witnesses:

G. O. HARRINGTON,

M. N. TUCKER.

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