US1789737A - Pen or pencil attachment - Google Patents

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Jan. 20, 1931. J. FRIEDEL, JR 3 I PEN 0R PENCIL ATTACHMENT Filed Aug. 24, 1929 Jet-f *2 mvzu'ron 23 BY 56a WITNESS- ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 20, 1931 UN rEn "STATES FP AF NTOFFIC I JOHN rnIEnnL, .13., on Yonx n y PEN OR PENCIL ATTACHMENT.

Application filed August 24, 1929.,;s'er1a 1 .No. 388,238,.

support the implement in a vertical position over the neck of an ink bottle; and which may also be used as a dipping guide for the Writing implement.

A further objectiis to enable the anti-rolling attachment to be made of metal, such as a strip of wire or the like, so that it will include advantages of durability as well as flexibility.

A still further object is to construct the anti-rolling attachment of a continuous strip of wire formed with spring tensioned loops to provide a combined rest and support for the writing implement.

Other objects are to simplify and improve the construction of devices of this general character and to reduce the cost of manufacture. Still other objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter specifically pointed out, or will become apparent, as the specification proceeds.

With the above indicated objects in View, the invention resides in certain novel constructions and combinations and arrangements of parts, clearly described in the following specification and fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which latter show an embodiment of the invention as at present preferred.

In the drawings g Fig. 1 is a side elevation partly in section showing a penholder equipped with said embodiment, the latter being used in this instance as a vertical support and dipping guide or rest.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on the 5 line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

ate arcuate portions '16, 17I and 18, and

indicated at 22.

[S e red c nin Size? Instead of terminating atthe'point 22the writing implement body, thereby preventing Fig. 3 is a perspective viewofa penholder equipped with the device of Fig.2.

,;. Referring to the drawings, the anti-rolling attachment 11in thisiinstance is formed of a single strip of wire, which may be offa'ny material such as gold, silver,steel or the like.

This strip of wire is ,preferably'tensioned and 'bent outward ,commenclng at the point 1nd1- cated; at 12 tofo'rm an arcuate portiozilB to engag'e'the body 14: of thewriting implement and then inward to form a substantially circular loop or coil l5jthe lower portion of which also engages thewriting implement body.- The strip lpreferablyincludes a1'ter-..

looped portions,l9,20 a'nd '21; and the ends of the wire strip are, in this instance,secure :l together by'being coiled about each other as The arcuateporti'ons 13,16,17 and 181are adapted to surround the body of the writing "implement while looped portions 1 5, 19., 20 and 21 extend outward from the body 14, in a fdirectionpreferably at right angles to" the longitudinal axis of the body 14. j The'looped portions are preferably arranged so that their :outer' peripheries lie in parallelplanes, v By this means, any two adj acent' looped portions may rest on a flat, horizontal or inclined surface to support the writing implement:

jagainst rolling, as indicated at 23 infFig. 3. j 1 :Toffen'a'ble the antikrolling'attachment to 'beadjustable in i ts application towriting implement bodies of different diameter,or dif- "fe'rent diameter portions on the same-body, the presentt'ensioned construction e'rmits the body encircling parts toexpand internally,enlarg1ngthe compass ofthe' arcuate portions 13,16, 17 and 18 toaccommodate the a. body, the looped portions 15,19,20 and 21 under this condition undergoing a correends of 'the wire maybe continued to form an eXten'sion2 i includingan elongated loop 25 and an eye 26, as seenin Fig. 3; This e2? tension 24 is preferably used as a finger piece or handle with which to slidethe' attachment on or off, or .to different positions along, the

soiling of the fingers with ink; or the finger piece may be used as a hanger upon which to suspend the writing implement to the users clothing.

As seen in Fig. 1, the anti-rolling attachment is also useful as a dipping guide to pre- Vent overflowing the pen point. The position of the attachment 11 on the writing implement body 14 determines the depth to which the pen 27 is to be immersed in the writing fluid 28, the pens entrance into the bottle neck 29 beyond the desired point being restrained by the looped portions or rests.

15,19,20 and 21.

may also be supported in an uprig tion on the bottle neck 29.

body of an instrument at one end of the latter ad acent the writing point of the instrument, interposed loops disposed on the plane of said unit for spacing said end from an adjacent surface, and an elongated loop disposed at right angles to the aforesaid plane and providing a suspension clip.

In testimonywhereof I have affixed my signature. I

JOHN FRIEDEL, JR.

When not in use, the writing'implement t posir The hereinbefore described construction V pended claims, interpreted as broadly as is consistent with theprior art.

What I claim as new is V I 1. An attachment for penholderscomprising a plurality ofloops of resilient wire and intervening arcuate resilient portions integral with the loops to constitute an annular pen'holder gripping member, the said. loops being freely contraotible whereby to adapt the. annular gripping portion to be fitted to penholders of different. diameters.

, 2. An attachment for penholders ,comprising a plurality of-loops of resilient wireand intervening arcuate resilient portions inte} gral with the loopsto'constitute an annular penholder gripping member, the said loops being contractible whereby to adapt the annular gripping portion to be fitted to penholders of different diameters, the said loops 7 being equi-distantlyspaced about the said annular gripping-portions whereby a. pen tip supported on a penholder will bemaintained inelevated position with respect to} a desk upon which the holder is disposed. I

An attachment for penholders comprising a strand of wire formed into plurality of loo ps, an di intervening arcuate resilient portions integral with the loops to constitute an annular member, the said loops-being contractible whereby to adapt the. annular member for resilient gripping engagement with a penholder, said strand being twisted to provide a, finger piecetoex-tendalong-the side of. the penholder and constitutev means whereby the attachmentmay be; slidably adjusted upon theholder.

' a. An attachment. for a. writing instrument comprising a piece/of resilient; wire havingarcuate portions; thereon, which. latter, provide anannular unit. foi"v gripping the

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