IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLDERS OR RECEPTACLES FOR INK AND OTHER LIQUIDS
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki, of the Firm of
J. Brandt and G. W. v. Nawrocki, of 124, Leipzigerstrasse, Berlin; in the
Empire of Germany, Patent Agent, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN HOLDERS OR RECEPTACLES FOR INK AND OTHER LIQUIDS." A com-
munication from Heinrich Hofmann of Gothe in the Empire of Germany.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Gerard Wenzeslaus von
Nawrocki at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th July
1880.
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI, of the Firm of J. Brandt and G. W. v.
Nawrocki, of 124, Leipzigerstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, Patent
Agent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLDERS OR RECEPTACLES FOR INK AND OTHER
LIQUIDS." (A communication from Heinrich Hofmann, of Gotha, in the Empire of
Germany.)
The holder or receptacle constructed according to this Invention ensures almost
perfect security against the spilling or escape of the liquid, even if violently shaken,
and is therefore suitable as an ink bottle or receptacle for writing ink or Indian
ink for the pocket or otherwise, and for holding caustic and other liquids. The
bottle may conveniently be made of glass, but it may also be made of other suitable
materials. It consists essentially of two compartments, the lower one of which
receives the liquid; the bottom of the upper compartment forms a funnel,
descending into the lower compartment; the lid of the upper compartment is
formed somewhat concave or inverted, and has a tubular dipping and filling neck.
The length of the funnel is so proportioned relatively to the size and form of the
lower compartment that the liquid cannot run out at the funnel when the receptacle
is laid on its side; should this, nevertheless, take place by violent shaking, the
escaping liquid will collect in the upper compartiment, where the further escape
will be prevented by the form of its cover. The superfluous ink which comes off
the pen when dipping it into the bottle runs down the sides of the neck and of
the upper compartment, whence it runs back into the lower compartment.
The bottle may be enclosed in a metal or other box, the whole forming thus a
pocket or travelling inkstand, This box, which protects the glass bottle, may be
of any desired form. The size of the lower compartment depends upon the
quantity of liquid which it is intended to contain. The filling neck may be closed
by a stopper or otherwise.
Caustic fluid contained in the receptacle may be supplied therefrom by dipping
a glass rod into it, or by a syphon.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 24th January 1881.
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI, of the Firm of J. Brandt and G. W. v.
Nawrocki, of 124, Leipzigerstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, Patent
Agent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLDERS OR RECEPTACLES FOR INK AND OTHER
LIQUIDS." (A communication from Heinrich Hofmann, of Gotha, in the Empire
of Germany.)
The holder or receptacle constructed according to this Invention ensures almost
perfect security against the spilling or escape of the liquid, even if violently shaken,
and is therefore suitable as an ink "bottle" or receptacle for writing ink or Indian
ink for the pocket or otherwise, and for holding caustic and other liquids. The
bottle may conveniently be made of glass, but it inay also be made of other suitable
materials.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a vertical section, and Figure 2 a
horizontal section through a bottle constructed according to this Invention, and
adapted specially for being carried in the pocket.
It consists essentially of two compartments, a and b, the lower one a of which
receives the liquid; the bottom of the upper compartment b forms a funnel c
descending into the lower compartment; the lid of the upper compartment b is
formed somewhat concave or inverted, and has a tubular dipping and filling neck d.
The length of the funnel c is so proportioned relatively to the size and form of the
lower compartment a that the liquid cannot run out at the funnel c when the
receptacle is laid on its side; should this nevertheless take place by violent shaking,
the escaping liquid will collect in the upper compartment b, where the further
escape will be prevented by the form of its cover b', d, and from this compartment b
the ink will run down into the compartment a when the bottle is placed in its
normal position. The superfluous ink which comes off the pen when dipping it
into the bottle runs down the sides of the neck d and of the upper compartment b
whence it runs back into the lower compartment a.
The bottle may, as here shown, be enclosed in a metal or other box f, the whole
forming thus a pocket or travelling inkstand; this box f, which protects the glass
bottle, may be of any desired form, and the one shown here is only shown as an
example. The size of the lower compartment a depends upon the quantity of
liquid which it is intended to contain. Its form may also be varied, that is, the
lower part, so long as it has the turned down funnel c. I am well aware that ink
bottles are now frequently made in the form of the lower compartment a, that is,
having a turned in inlet or funnel c, but this present Invention may be said to
consist in the addition of the upper compartment b, d, to the said ordinary ink
bottle, whereby the spilling of the liquid is almost or entirely prevented. The
filling neck & may be closed by a stopper or otherwise.
Caustic fluid contained in the receptacle may be supplied therefrom by dipping a
glass rod into it or by a syphon.
And having thus described and ascertained the nature of this Invention, and the
mode of carrying the same into effect, as communicated to me, I declare that I
claim,―
First. A safety receptacle for liquids consisting essentially of two superposed
compartments, of which the lower one takes the liquid, and the funnel shaped
bottom of the upper compartment extends into the lower compartment, and the
cover of the upper compartment is provided with a neck and bulged down in the
middle, as described and shown.

page_text: Second. As an addition to an ordinary ink bottle a having a turned down neck
or funnel, such as c, the upper compartment b, the cover of which is formed with a
neck d and bulged down in the middle for the purpose of more effectually
preventing the spilling of the liquid.
In witness whereof, I, the said Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of January, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
TATTA
UPRAND WYSLAUD
MEAT NOA
YAYA12
(L.S.)