US901239A - Penholder. - Google Patents

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J. H. HAGAN.

'PENHOLDER.

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JOHN H. HAGAN, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

PENHOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1908.

Application filed October 1, 1907. Serial No. 395,326.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. HAGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Penholders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved pen holder or device for securing a fountain pen in position in the pocket and to prevent the pen from accidentally or otherwise falling out of the same.

In carrying out my invention, I preferably employ a socket member secured in a suitable opening provided in the cap or removable end of a fountain pen, and a stud member,preferably a sprin snap stud member,adapted to engage with the aforesaid socket member and to be secured in a suitable position to the cloth forming the garment, so that when the pen is placed in the pocket, the stud member may be readily caused to enter the socket member to retain the pen in position in the pocket, all of which is hereinafter more particularly set forth.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation and partial section of the removable cap of a fountain pen fitted with the socket member comprising a part of my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same part shown at right angles to that in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the stud member forming part of my invention. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation showing a fountain pen fitted with my improvement and secured within the pocket, and Fig. 5 is a section on the dotted line w, 00, Fig. 4:; Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive being on an exaggerated scale and Fig. 5 being on a still larger scale.

Referring to the drawing, 10 indicates the removable cap or cover of the fountain pen. This cap 10 at a suitable place and preferably near the closed end, is provided with an aperture 11 around the edge of which the socket member 12 or annuli preferably made of metal or any other suitable material is-turned down; the exterior portion of the said socket 12 being made to conform with the outer surface of the cap 10 and preferably to bear against the same. I also employ a stud member comprising an interiorly threaded sleeve 13, to which is connected a flange 14 and head 15 of resilient arms suitably shaped and over the free ends of which arms the edge of the flange 14 is turned; the sleeve 13 extending at an appreciable distance into the spring head 15. Together with this stud member I employ a thumb screw comprising a head 16 and a screw threaded shank 17 adapted to enter the screw threaded sleeve 13 of the stud member.

Referring to Fig. 4, 18 indicates the fountain pen, 19 the cloth surface of the garment over the pocket, 20 the lining of the garment, 21 the. pocket lining and 22 the cloth forming the garment beyond the pocket, as will be apparent. In the use of the hereinbefore described device, the screw threaded shank of the thumb screw is passed through the lining 20 and cloth 22 in a suitable position and turned down in the sleeve 13 to secure the stud member in the required position to the garment, and upon inserting the pen in the pocket, this stud member may then be readily caused to enter the socket provided in the cap of the pen and so maintain the pen in position in the pocket against being accidentally displaced or removed therefrom.

It will also be apparent, that in the use of my improved pen holder, the ordinary air holes commonly provided in the cap for fountain pens may be dispensed with inasmuch as sufficient air may be admitted through the socket member in securing the pen cap on either end of the pen barrel to equalize the pressure within the pen cap and at the same time the circulation of the air is not so great as when the ordinary apertures.

provided for this purpose are employed, and hence in the use of my improvement there will not be the accumulation of moisture within the cap that is bound to be present in the cap provided with the ordinary apertures.

It will be noticed further that in the use of my improvement the stud member when inserted in the socket member will prevent the entrance of dust and dirt into the cap member and so reach the pen and there can be no tendencyof the aperture to become clogged up as is the case with the usual apertures provided in fountain pen caps, and while the stud member prevents the accumulation of dust within the cap there is still sufficient circulation to provide for the equalization of pressures within and without the cap as aforesaid.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with the ink tube and cap of a fountain pen and the latter having an aperture therein nearest the closed end,

over the edge thereof, "and "a stud member having means adapting the same to be secured in the cloth of a garment adjacent to a pocket therein so that When the pen is placed in the pocket the said members may be brought into engagementto maintain the pen in position.

2. The combination With the ink tube and cap of a fountain pen and the latter havin an aperture therein nearest the closed end of a socket member of a snap fastener received in said aperture and turned down over i the edge thereof, and a stud member comprising a sleeve, a flange, a head of resilient arms, a screw stern and head secured to the cloth of a garment adjacent to a pocket therein so that when the pen is placed in the pocket the said members may be brought into engagement to maintain the pen in position.

Signed by 'me this 25th day of September 1907.

JOHN HAG-AN.

WVit'nesses:

GEO. T. P'INCKNEY, E. 'ZAOI-IARIASEN.

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