US940822A - Pencil-holder. - Google Patents

Description

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PENCIL HOLDER.

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940,822. Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

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WILLIAM E. PHILO, OF STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA.

PENCIL-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

Application filed April 18, 1906. Serial No. 312,343.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. PI-IILO, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Stockton, in the county of San Joaquin and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pencil-Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the ch aracters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to pocket pencil holders and my object is to produce such a holder as will retain a pencil or pen in a persons pocket without danger of the same falling therefrom no matter in what position the person may be. This object 1 accomplish by providing a spiral spring holder arranged as hereinafter shown.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device. Fig. 2 is the same with a pencil inserted therein. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same with the pin and catch dissociated.

l is a spiral spring provided at one end with a pin 2 extending longitudinally thereof and at the other end with a hook or catch 3 the upper part of which is provided with a small teat t extending downwardly about the center thereof. In using the invention the pin 2 is inserted in the cloth on the inside of a persons pocket and then engaged with the catch 3, the teat at preventing the said pin from springing past the said hook and thus hindering the insertion of the same in the said hook.

The appearance of the holder will be readily apparent from an inspection of the several figures of the drawings, and the manner in which a pencil is held therein will be readily seen by reference to Fig. 2 thereof. Attention is, however, called to the specific construction of the coil which receives the pencil and constitutes the holder per 86 therefor. It will be noted that the convolutions of the coil are widely separated from one another and that the space between said convolutions increases toward the end of the coil which carries the catch 3. Thus the two end convolutions of the coil at that end of the device which is the insertion end for the pencil, lie at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the coils which more nearly approaches a right angle than is the case inthe remaining convolutions of said coil, the second convolution from the catch carrying end of the device being separated a greater distance from the third convolution than the two end convolutions above referred to are separated from each other, while the convolution at the catch end of the coil is still more widely separated, and the end 6 of the wire extends outwardly and lies in a plane parallel to the said axis of the coil, in order that said catch 3 may be readily secured thereon. It is further noted that the catch 3 is secured on the end 6 in such a manner that the shorter side 7 thereof will contact the pencil when the device is in use, as plainly shown in Fig. 2, while the longer side 8 will lie in a parallel plane and slightly spaced therefrom. Such contacting is rendered possible by normally positioning said end 6 within a plane of the radius of the coils as best shown in Fig. 8, the insertion of the pencil slightly deflecting such end portion which then acts to grip the pencil. Owing to this relative arrangement of the convolutions of the coil there is normally afforded a greater resilient range of movement during the expansion and contraction of the outermost convolution thereof than there is for the remainder of said convolutions, the object of this provision being to give such range of movement for the said outer convolution as to permit it to engage and firmly grip the pencil so as to hold the latter securely. That is, the coil constructed as shown and described when compressed or contracted longitudinally, permits the ready insertion of a pencil therein, which may be of materially smaller diameter than the bore of said coil when the latter is so compressed or contracted, yet when said coil is permitted to expand, the convolutions moving to their normal positions reduce the size of said bore through the coil and result in a firm gripping of the pencil.

The inner faces of the coils are flattened as shown in Fig. 1, so that when the pencil or like article indicated as 5 is inserted, the material of the pencil comes in contact with the flattened surfaces, thereby increasing the grip upon the same, and correspondingly increasing the efiiciency of the device. When it is desired to insert a pencil 5, the spring coil 1 is longitudinally contracted with the ice I fingers and the said pencil inserted therein. Then the spring is allowed to expand again which causes it to grip the pencil firmly thus holding it so that it cannot fall from the pocket.

My device is adaptable to pens, pencils ,or anything of a likenature.

I have now entered into a full and detailed description of my invention.

Many small changes may be made in the exact detail of construction within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and useful the following claim and desire to secure the same by Letters Patent:

A device of the class described comprising a single piece of .wire pointed at one end, and having a straightened portion at its opposite end, acatch for the pointed end secured to said straightened portion, the remainder of the wire between the pointed end and the straightened portion formed into a.

plurality of pencil receiving coils with the lnner faces of the COllS flattened whereby the flattened port-ion bears against the pen- .cil, said straightened end normally positioned parallel to the axis of and within the plane of the radius of the coils, the end convolution of the coils adjacent the catch sep arated from the adjacent coil a greater distance than the remaining coils are separated from each other, the convolution adjacent such end convolution separated from the WILLIAM E. PHILO.

Vitnesses PERCY S. W'EBsrER, JOSHUA B. \Vnesrnn.

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