US1339359A - Penholder-clip - Google Patents

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J. KRITIKSON. PENHOLDER CLIP. ucmon FILED MAY 27, 1918 Patented May 4,1920.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN KRITIZKSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ILLINOIS PEN COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

PENHOLDER-OLIP.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J QIIN Knrrr rson, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented ,a certain new and useful Improvement in Penholder-Glips, of

able therewith, and which will permit of its ready attachment and removal from the garment of the userf V The structure of the invention herein shown contemplates ,an arrangement whereby the garment may be interposed between the clip itself and the penholder as by being passed over an edge of .a pocket or other portion of a garment to hold the pen in position. It is a further object of the invention to design a device .of this character which is extremely simple in construction, thereby reducing its cost of manufacture without resulting ina corresponding reduction in efficiency.

The invention will be described in connection with thedrawings, in which- Figure 1 is .a front elevation of a fountain pen cap having a clip embodying the invention applied thereto;

movement between Fig. 2 is a side elevatlon partially in section of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the clip in another position and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modified form of the device. j

In the embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings the clip generally designated 10 is designed to be secured to the cap of a fountain pen or other similar article. The clip 10 is composed of a suitably shaped strip 12 of relatively stiif material of any suitable gage and width and is secured intermediate its ends to the cap 11 by the pin or rivet 13, which is passed through an aperture 1 in the strip 12. 'This arrangement produces a pivotal connection between the cap and clip, and permits of a relative the ends of the clip and Specification of Letters Patent.

the cap. The upper end of the clip 10 is provided with a laterally extending projec- {tion 15 which extends through the aperture 16 into the cap 11. The projection 1.5 has a reduced portion17, this reduction forming a shoulder 18. A coiled spring 19 is arranged upon the "reduced end of the projection and reacts between the shoulder 18 and the inner face of the cap 11 and tends to cause the end of the clip opposite to that having the projection to engage the cap, but permits said end to be moved from contact therewith, so that the penholder maybe readily secured or removed from the garment of the wearer. The projection 15, aperture 16 and the. rivet 13 cooperate to hold the clip in its proper vertical position.

It will be noted that the upper portion of the clip 10 normally extends at an angle to the side wall of the cap and produces a lever of that portion thereof which extends from the rivet 13. It will further be noted that the rivet whereby the clip 10 is secured to the cap forms the pivot of the clip. The lower portion of the strip also projects outwardly from the cap and thence inwardly towardthe same where it engages the outer readily be seen that when pressure is ap-' plied to the'upperinost end of the strip the coiled spring 18'will be compressed and the strip rocked uponthe pivot formed by the rivet 13. Thiscauses the lowermost end thereof to be moved away from the cap, causing a space for the reception of the garment. \Vhen the pressure is released the lowermost end of the clip will clamp the garment between it and the cap and securely hold the pen holder in position.

In the modified form of structure shown in Fig. 41, the clip 19 corresponds in general to the contour of the clip shown in Figs. 1 and 2, only differing in that the uppermost end thereof is bent back upon itself to produce the spring end 20. The action of this structure is practically the same as that Patented May 4, 1920.

Application f led May 27, 1918. Serial No. 236,728.

.Having thus described various embodiments of the invention, it is obvious that various other constructions of the invention may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

WVhat I claim and desire to cover by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a strip of suitably formed material secured to a fountain pen cap, said strip being pivotally secured between its ends to the cap, means tending to move one end of the strip toward the cap, said means permitting said end to be moved away from the cap and being arranged at the opposite end of the strip, said means including a projection which extends into the cap and having a reduced portion, a spring arranged upon the reduced portion and reacting between the cap and the projection which extends into the cap.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a member secured to a fountain pen cap one end of which is arranged at an angle to the opposite end and being nor- I mally spaced apart from the cap, said memher being movable'upon a member which 1s arranged in the plane of movement thereof i and arranged at the vertex of the angle of said member, one portion of the first mentioned member having a projection which enters the cap and assists to hold said first mentioned member in vertical alinement with the cap and resilient means tending to hold one end of said first mentioned member:

away from the cap.

In a device of the class described, the combination of a strip of suitably formed material secured to a fountain pen cap, said strip being pivotally secured between its ends to the cap, means tending to move one end of the strip toward the cap, said means permitting said end to be moved away from the cap and being arranged at the opposite end of the strip, said means including a projection which extends into the cap and a spring reacting between the cap and the strip, said spring being arranged in the cap andmounted upon the projection. V

4. In a fountain pen clip, the combination of a member pivotally secured to a fountain pen cap one end of which is arranged at an angle to the opposite end, said end forming a lever for moving the opposite end, the pivoted member being pivoted at the vertex of the angle upon a member which passes through the pivoted member at the vertex of the angle and means for holding the pivoted member in alinement with the cap.

5. In a fountain pen clip the combination of a cap, a member pivoted to the cap one end of which is arranged to form a lever whereby the opposite end may be moved, a pivot for said member, said pivot being arranged in the plane of movement of said member, and securing said member with relation to the cap and yieldable means oper- I able upon the pivoted member, whereby said member is held in operable position with relation to the cap. 1

6. In a fountain pen clip the combination of a pivoted member one end of which is arranged at an angle to the opposite end,

said member being secured to a fountain pen cap, one end of the pivoted member providing a lever whereby the opposite end may be moved, a pivot for said member, said pivot being arranged in the plane of movement and at the vertex of the angle of said member, and means arranged at one side of the pivot for holding said member in alinement with the cap.

7 In a fountain pen clip the combination of a member one end of which is arranged at an angle to the opposite end and normally spaced apart from the portion to which it is attached, said member being pivoted to move upon the vertex of the angle as a pivot and being mounted upon a member which is arranged in the plane of movement of and at the vertex of the angle of said member.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe JOHN vKRITIKSON.

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