US439787A - Oscar mussinan - Google Patents

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l'0. MUSSINAN, Jr. LEAD 0B. GRAYON HOLDER.

No. 439,787. Patented Nov. 4, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

OSCAR MUSSINAN, JR., OF NEWTYORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO EBERHARD FABER, OF SAME PLACE. Y

LEAD OR CRAYON HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,787, dated November 4, 1890.

Application filed May 5, 1890. Serial No. 350,586. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR MUSSINAN, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Lead or Crayon Holders, of which the following is a specification.

Lead and crayon holders have heretofore been made in various ways, notably with a sheath or tubular handle having a contracted end and a lead-receiving tube having clamping-jaws at the respective ends, which tube was moved lengthwise in the handle by a sleeve or ring and connecting-pin to the leadreceiving tube; and the object of my present invention is to simplify the construction of the lead and crayon holder and reduce the expense of manufacture, so that asimple and efficient article can be sold at a nominal price.

My invention consists in the combination, with a sheath or tubular handle having a ta-V pering or contracted end that is slotted, and upon which is fitted a tubular end cap, of a lead-receiving tube that is slotted to form clamping-jaws having reverse inclines, and said lead-receiving tube is moved endwise to clamp or release the lead by pressure against a tongue which is a continuation of the leadreceiving tube or cut therefrom.

In the drawings, Figure lis a longitudinal section of the lead or crayon holder containing my improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section showing a slight modification in the lead-receiving tube, and Fig. 4 shows the lead-receiving tube detached.

a. represents the sheath or tubular handle, which is preferably made of wood, one end a of which is tapering or contracted, and is slotted at a2, and upon this end is secured a tapering tubular end cap h.

crepresentsthelead orcrayon,anddthelead receiving tube, which is slotted longitudinally to form the clamping-jaws e e', which jaws are made with external reverse inclines adapted to be acted upon by the open end of the tubular handle to press the same against the lead and clamp it in place.

I prefer (and have so shown in the drawings) to connect or 'form with the end cap a slotted tube, which is adapted to fit Within the tubular handle and serve as a guide for the lead-receiving tube, and to" assist in retaining the slotted end cap in place.

The lead-receiving tube d is movable longitudinally in the holder or handle a, and has connected to or formed with it a tongue d', the forward end of which is bent outwardly into a loop or finger-piece f within the slot 0,2, the end being slightly above the surface of the tubular handle, and this loop or fingerpiece f is to be pressed against by the finger to Inove the lead-receiving tube d forward toV release the lead c, or backward to clamp said lead by the compressing action of the reverse inclines of the` clampingjaws e e acting against the open end of the tubular handle.

The tongue d is shown in Fig. l as a continuation of the tube d, that is bent back upon said tube, and may lie closely thereon, or the tongue maybe a separate piece soldered to the tube; and in Fig. 3 said tongue is shown as formed with its projection or lingerpiece f as cut from the lead-receiving tube d and pressed up to shape; and I do not limit myself to the precise manner of forming this tongue d and the projecting loop or fingerpiece f.

My improvement is extremely simple in construction and inexpensive to make, and is not liable to get out of order.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination, with the slotted sheath or tubular handle having a tapering end and an end cap thereon, of the longitudinallymovable lead-receiving tube d, slotted and having clamping-jaws with reverse inclines, and a tongue formed with or connected to said tube, and having a nger-piece in the slot of the tubular handle to move the leadreceiving tube, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the slotted sheath or tubular handle, of the tapering end cap b and slotted tube b', formed or connected together and fitting the tubular handle, the slotted longitudinally-moving lead-receiving tube d, having clampingjaws e e with reverse inclines, the tongue CZ', integral with thetube d, and having a projecting or turnedup end or finger f within the slot 0,2, by which the lead-receiving tube may be moved to clamp or release the lead, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 29th day of April, 1890.

nO. MUSSINAN, JR.

Witnesses:

Guo. T. PINCKNEY, WILLIAM G. Morr.

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