US960595A - Penholder. - Google Patents

Description

A. O. SPERRY.

PENHOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 110v. 6, 1909.

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' ALBERT o. SPERRY', or THAYER, Kansas.

PENHOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June '1, 1910.

Application filed November 6, 1909. Serial No. 526,580.

To all whom it mag/concern: 7

Be it known that I, ALBERT O. SPERRY, a citizen'of the United States, residing at Thayer, in the county of Neosho and .State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders, of. which the following is a specification, refrence being had therein to the accompanying.

drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in penholders, and has for its object to provide a penholder from which a pen can be easily and quickly ejectedwithout soiling the fingers.

My penholder is exceedingly simple in construction, cheap to manufacture and durable in use, and is without any extensions, etc, to be in the way, or mechanism to get. out of order or become deranged or clo ged.

( ather objects and advantages of myinvention will appear in the course of the;

following specification.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 1s a perspective yiew of my'lmproved penholder with a pen positioned therein, the end of the penholder being broken off. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the pen-supporting portion-of the penholder. Fig. 3 is a front end elevation of the pen-supporting portion of the penholdcr. Fig. 4.- is a plan view of the blank from which the pen supporting portion of the penholder is shaped.

Referring to the drawings, which illustrate the preferred embodiment of my invention, 1 designates the handle or stock of the pcnholdcr, the end of which is broken off. A pen support 2 is formed from anintegral blank 3 of, preferably, resilient metal. The blank 3 comprises a substantially oblong body portion 4, and an intermediate oblong extension 5 provided with a depending portion 0, which extends below the lower edge or bottom of the body portion 4. As illustrated, the depending portion 6 is bounded at its upper side by a longitudinally-exteiuling dotted line 7 and at its inner end by a narrow slot 0, which extends longitudinally of the side of the body portion 4. The outer ends of the intermediate extension 5 and the depending portion (3 are rounded, as shown. lcntrally between the longitudinal. boundary lines of the intermediate oblong extension 5 and near its juncture with the body portion 4 is located a short transverse out 10 from van-h end of a which extends a short perpendicular out 1-1. The piece of metal between the cuts 10 and 11, 11, is bent down and forms a depending stop'or abutment 12 for a purpose to be hereinafter explained.

The body portion 4 is bent around to form a cylindrical socket of sleeve. 13 into which'is secured the lower end ofthe' handle or stock 1. The intermediate oblong extension 5 is curved substantially the same degree as the sleeve 13 and the dependin ortion 6 is folded back along the dotted ine 7 over the extension 5 to form a resilient, releasable pen grip 14 having a closed longitudinal side 15. The pen gri is curved as shown 'in the drawings, an comprises opposite faces or jaws 16 and 17 between which a pen, as 18, is inserted and held in position. The outer face 16 slightly overlaps the under' face 17 and this increased width of the outer face insures that the back of the pen will be firmly supported and also that the pen will be more easily ejected as hereinafter explained. As shown. the under face 17 is bent up, as at 19, closer to the outer face 16, near its center, to further insure that the pen will be firmly held in position. Back-of the point 19 to its end the under face 17 is inclined slightly downward with respect to the outer face 16, as shown in Fig. 3, which facilitates the removal of the pen.

The method of using my penholder is as follows: A pen 18 is inserted in the engrip 14 where, owing to the contour or the grip and its resiliency, the pen is securely held in position. The stop or abutment 12 prevents the pen from being pushed too far into the pen grip and also steadies the pen when it is being ejected. When the, pen is worn out, or it is wished to remove the same for any reason, the handle 1 of the 'penholder is grasped in the hand and with the open side of the pen grip uppermost the side of the pen 18 is pressed against the edge of a desk. etc, with the result that the pen will be forced out of the pen grip sidewise. The resiliency and shape of the pen grip will facilitate the ejection of the pen and will also instantly return the pen grip to its original form or position.

What I ('laiin is: r

1. In a penholder, a pen grip comprising an outer and an under face oppositely disposed with relation to each other'and curred in cross section, said under face being positioned closest to the outer face contiguous the center of the arch of said outer face at the lower ,or open end of said pen grip, said under face in a longitudinal direction bein inclined away from the outer face from t e lower or 0 en end of said pen rip toward the rear t ereof.

.2. a penholder, a pen grip com rising an outer and an under face opposite y disposed with relation to each other and curved in cross section, said under face being positioned closest-the outer face contiguous the center of the arch of said outer

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