US1285030A - Pencil and pen clip. - Google Patents

Description

S. CALLISON.

PENCIL AND PEN CLIP.

APPLICAHON FILED MAR. 29, I917.

Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

SPUBGEON GALLISON, 0F CRESCO, IOWA.

PENCIL AND PEN CLIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1918..

Application filed March 29, 1917. Serial No. 158,459.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SPUReEoN CALLISON, a citlzen of the United States, and resident of Cresco, in the county of Howard and Stateof Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Pencil and Pen Clip, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a pen and pencil clip equipped with means for fastening the clip to a pen, pencil or the like and to prevent rotation of the clip or movement longitudinally of the support on which the clip is mounted. A further object is to provide such a clip including a portion adapted to encircle and grip a pencil or the like and a portion secured thereto and extending upwardly and then downwardly to grip a pocket whereby said first portion may be within the pocket and below the upper level thereof.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a front elevation of a pen equipped with a clip embodying my invention. I

Fig. 2 shows a vertical, sectional view of the pen cap taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. i

Fig. 3 shows a vertical, sectional view of a portion of a pen cap equipped with a modified form of my clip.

Fig. 4 shows a front elevation of said modified form of clip.

Fig. 5 shows a detail, sectional view of the hinge of the modified form.

Fig. 6 shows a detail view of part of the modified form, and

Fig. 7 shows a vertical, sectional view of another modified form of my clip.

It is my object to provide a clip having a lug adapted to project into a pen cap or pencil or the like, so that the clip cannot be moved longitudinally on its support. The idea involved can be' embodied in a great variety of construction, and in the drawings I have shown two forms of the clips.

I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate a pen barrel on which is mounted the cap 11.

Mounted on the cap 11 is a pen clip comprising the broken ring or band 12 of resilient material, adapted to encircle and grip the cap and the resilient member 13 extending longitudinally along the ca and having at its end the knob or the li (e 14 adapted to stand adjacent to the cap, so-

that a portion of the part of the garment can be inserted between the ball 14 and the extended member 13 and the pen cap and be lgripped there for holding the pen against oss.

It is well known that sometimes clips of ordinary types slide off the pen and the pen becomes lost ormoved to position in the pocket for discharging ink.

For preventing the accidental removal of the clip from the cap and yet permitting the removal when desired, I have provided,

as shown in Fig. 2, a resilient wire member 15.

It will be noted that in clips of the general type herein, the portion 13, where it joins the resilient ring or band 12 is inclined outwardly from the band or ring 12 forming a shoulder at 16.

In the form of the device shown in Figs.

1 and 2, I have shown the resilient wire member 15 secured at one end to the under surface of the member 13 preferably to the ball 14:. The member 15 extends from the ball 14 parallel and close to the under surface of the member 13 to the shoulder 16 and through an opening 17 therein. The member 15 from thence extends along the outer surfaceof the resilient ring or band 12 to a point near the upper edge thereof.

The band or ring 12 is provided with an opening 18 to receive an inward extension or lug or point 19 at the upper end of the wire 15, as shown in Fig. 2.

The pen cap is provided with an opening 20 in its wall to receive the portion 19 of the wire 15. It will be seen that said portion 19 will be firmly held inthe opening 20 under ordinary circumstances, so that there will be no danger of losing the pen and pencil clip.

On the other hand on account of the fact that the wire 15 is'made of resilient material, and on account of the manner in which it is mounted on the clip, the upper end thereof may be sprung to the pos1t1on shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2 for removing the portion 19 from the opening 20 and thereby permitting the removal of the clip from the pen cap. It Wlll thus be seen ill ' has adjacent lnnd for pencils It is very desir- 4 l have shown a modified form of my clip comprising the broken ring or band 21 adapted to encircle the pen cap.

Extending away from the ring or hand 21 and adapted to extend along a pen cap or pencil or the like is the-arm "22 having at its end the bottom member 23. The arm 22 to the ring or bond 21 the outwardly inclined shoulder 24 similar to the shoulder 1h,

in the modified term of the device l have shown an arm 25 pivoted to the hall 23, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, by means of bifurcated arms 28, having at their ends opposite inwardly extending pins rotatably mounted in the well of said ball.

The arm 25 has the shoulder 28 adapted to fit over the shoulder 24 and a portion 29 beyond said shoulder fitting against the ring or bond 21. The rin or band 21 is provided with a pair or openings extending through it and adapted to register with openings 30 in the pen or pencil wall.

Extending inwardly from the portion 29 of the arm 25 are a pair of pins or lugs 31 adapted to extend through the openings in the ring or band and into the openings in the pen or pencil wall The pins 31 are inclined slightly away from each other, as shown in the enlarged view, in hi 6, and their ends are slightly rounded. aid pins are made of somewhat resilient material and are arranged so that the ends thereof engage the broken ring 2i at the edges of the openings 30, as shown in Fig. 6., and by pushing the portion 29 toward the pen cap, the pins Bl will be sprung into the openings 30 and will move into the openings in the pen cap and will he looked in such position by frictional engagement oi the ports,

the practical installs as it is my purpose readily sive the resilient'ring is slid on to the with the arm 25 in its open position. The arm 25 is then moved against the arm 22.

In Fig. 7, l have shown a form of my device having the broken band 40 mounted on the pen cap il. Extending upwardly from the band 40 is a clip arm 42-, having at its upper end the upward and clownwardly extending resilient members 43,

At the lower end of the member 44 is a curled or lrnobbed portion 45, adapted to engage the outside of the pocket, and it will be noticed that the members 43 and l are spaced from the cap. A pin 16 is extended through the upper ends or" the member 4A; and through the member 42 above the band 40., and extends into the cap 41, as shown.

"it will be noted that in the form of the device shown in Fig. 7, the member ll, which is designed to be on the outside of the pocket extends upwardly to such position that the split band will bereoeived in the pocket and concealed therein from sight.

It will be seen that the latter feature could be included in the other forms of the clip, ii desired.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts of my improved pen clip without departing from its essential features and purposes and it is my intention to cover by this application any such changes which may be included within the scope of my claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A. clip comprising a member adapted. to receive and engage a portion of the support on which the clip is mounted, an arm projecting away therefrom for gripping a pocket and a member capable of being moved to different positions with relation to the rest of the clip and having a part adapted in one position of said member to enter and rest in said support.

2. A clip comprising a broken ring adapted to slide on the support on which the clip is mounted, an arm on said ring designed to extend longitudinally along such support for gripping a portion of clothing and a member on one of said parts capable of movement to difi'erent positions having a portion adapted in one position thereof to enter and rest in the support.

Des l /loines, lowa, June 30, 1916.

GAMES-ON.

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