US1428188A - Holder for pencils and erasers - Google Patents

Description

J. E. SMOOT.

HOLDER FOR PENCILS AND ERASERS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-16.1920.

Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

HOLDER FOR PENCILS AND EBASERS.

Application filed January 16, 1920. Serial No. 351,968.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES-EDWARD SMoo'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Concord, in the county of Cabarrus and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Holder for Pencils and Erasers, of which the following is a speclfica-tion.

It is the object of this invention to provide a simple device adapted to hold an eraser and a crayon or pencil, the construction being such that short pieces, otherwise wasted, may be rendered useful.

The invention aims to provide, in a device of the class described, an ejector of novel construction, cooperating in a novel way with the sleeve which holds the eraser and the pencil.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

vVith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description pro-.

ceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodimen of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawingsr- Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a cross section taken approximately on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 Figure 3 is a cross section taken approximately on the line 3-3 of Figure 1; and Figure 1 is an elevation disclosing the opposite side of the device from that depicted in Figure 1, the pencil and the eraser having been omitted.

In carrying out the present invention, there is provided a sleeve 1, preferably made of resilient metal, the sleeve being provided with a slot 2, extended from one end of the sleeve to the other. The sleeve 1 is supplied at its ends with beads 3. An ejector is mounted for reciprocation on the sleeve 1, longitudinally thereof, the ejector being fashioned from a single strip of resilient metal disposed in annular form, the strip being bent intermediate its ends to form an inwardly projecting double walled finger 5 movable in the slot 2 of the sleeve toward either end of the sleeve 1,

be used or omitted as occasion may demand 1 and 4,. The ejector includes free terminals 6, which bear upon the sleeve 1 at a point diametrically oppo-site to the slot 2.

A pencil or crayon 8 is inserted in one end of the sleeve 1' and an eraser 7 is inserted in the other end of the sleeve. The

tion with the eraser 7 or into cooperating relation with the pencil 8, to advance or eject either the eraser or the pencil, the ejector exercising its function when the finger portion 5 thereof comes into contact with the inner end of the eraser or with the inner end of the pencil.

ejector 4: may be slid into cooperating rela-.

There is an advantage in providing the ejector 4 with the finger 5, located midway between the ends 6 of the ejector. Owing to this construction, the free ends 6 of theejector engage with the sleeve 1 at a point diametrically opposite to the slot 2. The sleeve, therefore, is not likely to open, and loosen its hold on the eraser or the pencil. The ejector 4i grips the sleeve 1 with 'a close projecting within the sleeve, the ejector being denoted generally by thenumeral sliding fit, but the ejector may be advanced sure is applied to the ejector. The beads 3 serve to prevent the ejector 4 from being slid completely off the sleeve 1.

if pres- Since the sleeve 1 is resilient, it may be spread sufliciently to accommodate pencils and erasers of different diameters, the ejector 4 expanding as the sleeve expands and con tracting as the sleeve contracts. The construction is such that a sure grip upon the pencil and the eraser may be had, and short pieces which otherwise would be cast away, may be rendered useful. The ejector {1 may 7 but when it forms a part of the device, the structure will include a simple but efficient means whereby the pencil. or the eraser may be advanced or be removed from the sleeve. Especial attention is directedo the fact that the finger 5 of the ejector a is of doublewalled construction. Owing to this feature, the finger of the ejector will be unusually stiff and will be strong enough to advance either the eraser or the pencil, should either invention,

ing a tubular sleeve having a single longitudinal slot extended the full length of the sleeve through both ends of the sleeve, the provision of a single slot serving to increase the strength of the sleeve and reducing the number of edges which might fray a garment pocket; and an ejector slidable on the sleeve, the ejector being fashioned from a single strip of material disposed in annular form the strip being Provided with an inwardly projecting finger movable in the slot and extending into the sleeve, the strip having free terminals which extend transversely of the sleeve into end contact at a point diametrically opposite to the slot, thereby to restrain the sleeve from spread ing at the slot and to redncethe number of edges which might fray a garment pocket. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signaure in the presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES EDWARD SMOOT.

Witnesses N, S; YOUNG,

W. H, MUsE, Jr.

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