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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
WILLIAM BENJAMIN BLALOCK AND JAMES ALFRED MUIR, OF HUNTSVILLE,
TEXAS.
PENHOLDER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,158, dated August 23, 1892.
Application filed January 26, 1892, Serial No. 419,367. (No model,)To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that we, WILLIAM BENJAMIN
BLALOCK and JAMES ALFRED MUIR, citizens
of the United States, residing at Huntsville,
5 in the county of Walker and State of Texas,
have invented a new and useful Penholder,
of which the following is a specification.
Our invention relates to improvements in
penholders whereby the pen may be auto-
io matically discharged or ejected from the
holder. We attain this object by the mech-
anism illustrated in the accompanying draw-
ings, in which-
Figure 1 represents the device complete;
15 Fig. 2, the staff with tenoned and beveled
end; Fig. 3, a beveled slide; Fig. 4, a slotted
tube; Fig. 5, a tube with hole in side.
It is designed that the beveled slide b, Fig.
3, with aslight shoulder on its upper side and
20 a hole at c, Fig. 3, be adapted to fit and oper-
ate upon the beveled end of the staff a, Fig.
2, and the slotted tube d, Fig. 4, to inclose
both the staff and slide, and the tube e, Fig.
5, is designed to inclose the tube d, Fig. 4. A
25 pin or screw is designed to hold the parts in
position by being passed through the hole in
tube e, Fig. 5, through the slot in tube d, Fig.
4, and into the hole c of the slide b, Fig. 3.
The pen is inserted between theinner tube
3o d, Fig. 4, and the slide b, Fig. 3, until the endof the pen rests against the shoulder of the
slide b, Fig. 3. The pen is discharged or
ejected by sliding the outer tube e, Fig. 5,
outwardly until the pin orscrew comes to the
outer end of the slot in tube d, Fig. 4. 35
What we claim as our invention, and desire
to secure by Letters Patent, is-
The combination, in a penholder, of a staff
with tenoned end, a portion of which is cut
out of its upper surface with a downward 40
bevel to its lower end, a beveled slide adapted
to fit and slide upon the beveled cut in the
staff, said slide being provided with a slight
shoulder upon its upper side and a hole
through the same for a screw or pin, a tube 45
longitudinally slotted inclosingsaid staff and
slide, a tube of such inner circumference as
to inclose the slotted tube end of staff and
slide, said outer tube provided with a hole
adapted to receive a screw or pin, said screw 50o
or pin passing through the hole in the outer
tube, through the slot in the inner tube, and
into the hole in the slide, all substantially as
set forth.
WILLIAM BENJAIIIN BLALOCK.
JAMES ALFRED MUIR.
Witnesses:
JOEL PARISH,
C. B. DIxoN.
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Blalock, William Benjamin & Muir, James Alfred. Penholder., patent, August 23, 1892; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth173147/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.