US1527851A - Pencil holder - Google Patents

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Feb. 24, 1925. 1,527,851

PENCIL HOLDER Filed Aug. 9, 1922 WITNESSES I i f jig Egon '5 .5

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ROBERT JAMES ESTES, OF COALGATE, OKLAHOMA.

PENCIL HOLDER.

Application filed August 9, 1922. Serial No. 580,740.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT J. Es'rns, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Coalgate, in the county of Coal and State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and Improved Pencil Holder, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to means for holding short lengths of lead pencil and the general object of the invention is to provide a holder that will clasp the pencil firmly and prevent vibration or looseness while writing.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, it being understood that the draw-- ings are merely illustrative of practical examples of the invention.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a pencil holder embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a similar view of the pencil holder modified;

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the socket shown in Figure 2.

In carrying out my invention in the form shown in Figures 1 and 2 an elongated tubular holder 10 is provided and split at one or both ends as at 11 to lend the desired resiliency to the holder. The ordinary tubular holder for pencils permits looseness of the pencil and the vibrating of the same in writing and to overcome the looseness and provide for firmly holding the pencil I form in the tube 10 at the inner end of the cylindrical pencil receiving portion 12, a tapered socket 13 adapted to snugly receive the tapered end a of the pencil A, said socket being in practice split as indicated at 14.

By the described arrangement the tapered end a of the pencil wedges itself tightly in the socket 13 and all vibration is elfectively prevented.

In the form shown in Figure 2 I provide a sleeve 112 adapted to be slipped onto the pencil or to be slipped into the holder which has slits 111 as in the first described construction. The sleeve 112 has an end bead 15 to limit the inward movement of the sleeve and to give finish to the holder.

In the arrangement of Figure 2 the tapered socket 113 for the tapered end of the pencil a is formed integrally with the sleeve 112 which sleeve and tapered socket are split as at 114:. The sleeve 112 reinforces the tube 110 and gives its own resiliency in addition to that of the tube, which, with the tapered socket, holds the pencil very firmly.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated examples constitute practical embodiments of the invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since, manifestly, the same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A pencil holder including a split tube in which a pencil may be inserted, and a tapered split socket in said tube to receive the tapered end of the pencil when the latter is in writing position said socket at the split thereof presenting blunt abutting edges.

ROBERT JAMES ESTES.

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