US1945271A - Pen holder - Google Patents

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Jan. 30, 1934. B. w. HANLE 1,945,271

PEN HOLDER Filed May 28, 1931 Patented Jan. 30, 1934 'rAr UNETED PEN H'OLDER Benjamin W. Hanle, Elizabeth, N. J., assignor to Eagle Pencil Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application May 28, 1931. Serial No. 540,612

3 Claims.

This invention relates to pen holders for use with desk sets and which are adapted to support a pen in different angular positions. Among the objects of the invention is to produce a pen holder 5 of the kind to which reference has been made but which is characterized by simplicity in construction without sacrifice of the desirable qualities of dependability and good appearance.

Gther objects and advantages involved in the construction and combination of parts will appear in the specification and in the claims thereof, setting forth preferred embodiments of the invention which may be fully understood from the detailed description and drawing.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a perspective View of a device embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View of a device comprising a pen holder and its support.

Fig. 3 is a partial assembly View of the pen holder and support shown in Fig. 2.

Figs. 4, 5, 6 and I show the pen holder, the sleeve, the socket member and shank, and the ball support member, respectively, of the device shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 8 shows a second form of the device.

In Fig. 1 I have shown a base 10 which may be made of marble or of anyother material such as is customarily used to support the pen holding means of the kind that is generally used with desk sets. The pen-supporting device comprises a supporting member 11 having a bolt portion 11 and stem 12. The stem extends from the head of the bolt and carries at its end a ball 13. The ball 35 supports a socket member 14 which is in the form of a cup designed to fit over a portion of the outside surface of the ball. It is preferable that the cup portion be shaped. in such a manner that a large portion of its inner surface will contact with the surface of the ball. The lower edge of the socket member extends beyond the center of the ball, as shown in Fig. 2, and it is preferable that resilient material be used in the skirt portion so that its lower edge may slip over the diameter of the ball. In order o facilitate the expansion of the edge of the skirt of the socket member when the socket member and the ball are engaged or disengaged, it is desirable that the skirt be slotted as at 15. The slots divide the skirt into a plurality of extensions or fingers 16 which individually grasp the ball.

For increasing the friction between the inner surface of the socket member 14 and the surface of the ball 13, I provide a sleeve member 1'? which is adapted to snugly engage with the outside surfaces of the fingers 16 when the socket member is in position upon the ball, (Fig. 3). This sleeve member 17 affords a means for increasing the friction between the socket member and the ball and for locking the ball within the socket member As may be seen in Fig. 3, the lower edge of the sleeve member rests upon the shoulders of beads 18 which are at the edges of the extensions 16 of the socket member. By forcing the sleeve memher to a lower position the ends of the extensions below the center of the ball may be forced inwardly toward one another in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2. This may be brought about by turning down a nut on the shank 118 against the end of the sleeve member. 7Ov

As shown in Fig. 2 I have utilized the pen holder 19 as a nut. For this purpose the pen holder 19 been provided with a tapped hole 22 for engaging the threaded shank 188 which is carried by the socket member 14. The engaged relation of the threaded shank and the nut or pen holder determines the tightness of the engagement between the socket member and the ball.

In Fig. 8 I have illustrated a practical embodiment of my invention which does not include the use of means for positively locking the socket member and ball together. But in View of the flexible nature of the material of the socket member and its shape, a satisfactory gripping relation may be obtained between the socket memher and the ball. When the socket member and the ball are to be disengaged, the extensions 23 will flex as their extremities pass over the diameter of the ball. For imparting a desired amount of pressure a sleeve member 25 may be used. Because of the reducing shape of the sleeve member, the extensions 23 will be caused to more firmly engage the surface of the ball as the sleeve member is pressed into engagement with the socket member in a direction longitudinal of the shank 26.

The device illustrated in Fig. 8 is provided with a nut 27 to which is affixed the pen holder 28. This construction relieves the pen holder from wear incident to sliding contact with the sleeve 25 and obviates the necessity of tapping the .hole within the pen holder.

It is apparent that the friction contact between the socket member and the ball may be adjusted to any desired degree. For ordinary purposes it is only necessary that the relation be such as to support the pen and pen holder in any angular position it might be left by a user. While the devices herein shown and described are admirably adapted to fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that it is not intended to confine the invention to the forms of embodiment herein described, for it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

I claim:

1. A device adapted for supporting a pen comprising a ball, means supporting said ball, a socket member engaging said ball, said socket member having a plurality of extensions separated by slots and extending beyond the center of said ball, beads at the lower edges of said extensions, a shank extending from said socket member, a nut mounted upon said shank, and a member bearing upon said socket member and engaged at opposite ends by said bead and nut.

2. A device adapted for supporting a pen comprising a ball, means supporting said ball, a socket member engaging said ball, said socket member being shaped to engage the periphery of said ball and extending beyond the center of said ball, a bead along the edge of said socket member, a threaded shank extending from said socket member, a nut mounted upon said threaded shank, and means intermediate said nut and. socket member, said last named means being in engagement with the bead for flexing the lower portion 01 said socket member.

3. A device for frictionally supporting a pen in different. angular positions, comprising a base, a ball supported from said base, a socket member in the form of a spring metal cup fitting over a semi-spherical portion of said ball, said cup v BENJAMIN W. HANLE.

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