Improvements in or relating to Pens for Writing.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 24th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 30th May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Pens for Writing.
DAVID WALTON VAUGHAN 21 Bartholomew Road Kentish Town, London,
Minister (of Congregational Church) do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows
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The pen consists of a ball inserted in a cup of corresponding size in such a
manner as to roll smoothly in the cup and at the same time expose to view outside
the rim of the cup as large a surface of the ball as is compatible with the
maintenance of the ball in the cup when the cup is suspended with its rim downwards
freely.
The cup is perforated at its apex or at some other convenient point between the
apex and the rim, the perforation being along an imaginary line from the centre of
the ball to such point on the surface of the cup.. The cup may however be reduced
in superficies by other perforations or slits, making it a claw if necessary rather
than a cup. The above cup or claw is joined to a tapering funnel which screws on
to the body of the holder of a fountain pen or to the tip of ordinary pens with
inverted surface.
Dated this 24th day of July 1895.
Improvements in or relating to Pens for Writing.
I, DAVID WALTON VAUGHAN, of 21 Bartholomew Road, Kentish Town, in the
County of London, Minister (of Congregational Church), do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The improvements forming the subject of this invention consist essentially of the
provision at the point of a fountain, or ordinary writing pen, of a small ball, so
mounted that it may freely revolve in any direction, and when the pen is in use,
will rest in contact with, and roll over the surface of the article being written upon,
and so facilitate the movement of the pen.
The ball may be mounted in a suitably shaped portion of the pen itself, or may
be mounted in a cup, claw, or other conveniently shaped socket, screwed to or
otherwise attached to the pen as found most convenient.
The accompanying drawings Figs. 1 and 2, Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 illustrate on an
enlarged scale three slightly different methods of carrying my invention into
effect, and these I will describe in order that my invention may be better
understood.
In Figs. 1 and 2 the ball a is mounted in a cup socket 6 and projects therefrom
at two points to a sufficient extent to allow the ink from the pen proper to flow to
it and from it to the paper or other article over the surface of which it may be
caused to roll.
From the socket a lug c projects whereby the whole may be secured to the pen
proper, as shown more clearly in Fig. 1.

page_text: In Fig. 3 the above arrangement is modified in so far that instead of a single
cup, two shallower cups d, d are employed, between which the ball is held, whilst
in Fig. 4 instead of a cup or cups, a claw socket e is employed for holding
the ball.
If found desirable I may form the socket in the point of the pen itself, in which
case no lng or other attachment will be required.
From the above it will be perfectly understood that the particular method of
mounting the ball is capable of considerable modification, for instance, in cases
where cup sockets are employed, projecting ridges or points may be provided on
the interior of these, which will form the hearing surfaces for the ball and so
lessen friction. I do not therefore limit myself to those particular arrangements
shown, but
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1.) A pen provided at its point with a ball a which, when the pen is in use, will
rest on and freely roll over the surface of the paper or other article being written
upon and deposit thereon ink or other fluid supplied from the pen to the surface of
said pen.
(2.) A pen provided at its point with a ball a mounted to freely revolve in a cup
socket substantially as described and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the
accompanying drawings.
(3.) A pen provided at its point with a ball a mounted to freely revolve in two
cup sockets d, d', substantially as described and illustrated in Fig. 3 of the
accompanying drawings.
(4.) A pen provided at its point with a ball a mounted to freely revolve in a
claw socket e substantially as described in Fig. 4 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 24th day of April 1896.
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CASTLE SMITH,
Invention" Office, Mitre Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.