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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
GEORGE HOGG, SR., OF MIDLAND, TEXAS.
PENCIL-HOLDER.
SPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 685,206, dated October 22, 1901.
Application filed Jue 21, 1900. Serial No. 21,079. (No model)To all whom it Qmay coi',cernm,
Be it known that I, GEORGE HOGG, Sri, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Mid-
land, in the county of Midland and State of
5 Texas, have invented certain new and useful
Improvements in Pencil-Holders; and I do
hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,
and exact description of the invention, such
as will enable others skilled in the art to which
xo it appertains to make and use the same.
My invention relates to a securing device
for holding a pencil safely within the pocket,
though permitting the pencil to be very read-
ily removed when desired for use.
15 My invention, as will be hereinafter fully
described and claimed, relates to certain new
and useful improvements in the construction
described in Letters Patent No. 649,128,grant-
ed to me on the 8th day of May, 1900, my said
20 improvements rendering my original inven-
tion more reliably efficient in the performance
of its office.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is
a perspective view showing my invention as
25 applied to use within a pocket. Fig. 2 is a
side view of my invention complete as at-
tached to use upon a pencil. Fig. 3 is a per-
spective showing the several parts of my in-
vention separated from each other ready to
30 be assembled in their respective operative po-
sitions.
To conveniently designate the several fea-
tures of my invention and their cooperating
accessories, 1 indicates a pencil, which may
35 be of any variety desired, and designed to re-
ceive the pencil is the expansible collar 2,
having a pair of ears 3 upon each side. The
collar is rendered expansible by having a ver-
tical slot 4 extending from end to end, pref-
4o erably between one pair of ears. The collar
is made heavy or thicker at its lower end in
order to impart strength to the collar, the
thickness, however, not being sufficient to
interfere with the requisite degree of expan-
45 sibility to enable the collar to cling to the
pencil. To each pair of ears I pivotally se-
cure a gripping-jaw 5, each of which is pref-
erably formed of a suitable piece of sheet
metal properly curved transversely, it being
so understood that the concave side of each jaw
is presented toward the pencil, each jaw be-
ing provided with the inwardly-directed ears6, designed to cooperate with the ears 3, said
parts being held in pivotal union with each
other by passing a rod 7 through suitable aper- 55
tures provided in the ears, as will be readily
understood.
I desire to call special attention to the im-
provement shown in constructing the grip-
ping edges or lower end of the jaws, such in- ro
provement consisting in providing the in-
wardly-directed points 8, which are designed
to more reliably engage the fabric forming
the pocket and insure that the device will be
more reliably anchored in an adjusted posi- 65
tion.
If deemed desirable, the edge of the grip-
ping-jaws below the points 8 may be corru-
gated or provided with a series of retaining-
points, as indicated by the numeral 9 in Fig. 70
3. The jaws are held normally closed or in
such position that the lower ends thereof
will tightly engage the pencil or a portion of
the pocket as they are interposed between
them by means of the spring members 10 and 75
11. Said members are preferably formed of
a single piece of spring-wire bent together, as
shown in Fig. 3,said members being connected
together by the link-section 12, while the free
ends of the wire forming said members are 8o
directed inward toward each other, thereby
providing the branches 13 and 14. Each jaw
is provided at its upper end with the inwardly-
curled lip 15, one of which affords a seat for
the reception of the link-section 12, while the 85
other lip is designed to receive the inwardly-
directed branches 13 and 14, and to insure
that the free ends of the wire thus disposed
may not casually slip out of place I provide
the opening 17 in the central part of the lip 9g
receiving the branches 13 and 14, said open-
ing being designed to permit the terminals 18
to extend through the same, and thus hold
the branches 13 in place.
The terminals 18 are easily formed upon 95
the ends of the wire, as by bending the same
inward at right angles to the branches 13 and
14 or by upsetting said ends, so that the same
cannot be casually withdrawn. By thus dis-
posing the branches 13 and insuring that they ioo
will be reliably held in place by means of the
terminals 18, extending through the opening
17, the several parts of my securing device
when assembled will be found reliable in the
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