An Improved Portable Apparatus for Use in Writing.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 26th May, 1896-Accepted, 11th July, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Portable Apparatus for Use in Writing.
I, JOHN POOL, of Milparinka in the Colony of New South Wales, Surveyor,
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 object of this invention is to provide in a convenient and small compass
and in a
manner easily accessible for use a pocket combination of pigment or
powdered ink, a bottle for mixing and holding the same when mixed, pen and
pencil for writing, extra leads and nibs, and pouch to contain postage or other
stamps so that a traveller will have these requisites available wherever he travels.
The advantage of this arrangement is that a supply of ink in the shape of
powder or pigment can be carried in the small space described sufficient for a
large amount of writing, requiring simply the addition of water or liquid from
time to time.
Any powder or pigment may be employed which when mixed with water or
other liquid will form a writing fluid, as, for instance, Indian ink, permanganate
of potash or aniline dyes, or the ink powders usually sold may be used or when
they are unobtainable common fluid ink may be evaporated to dryness to afford
a convenient portable supply. Any pen and pencil suited to the requirements of
the writer may be employed, but I prefer those hereinafter described as lending
themselves conveniently to the combination.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood, I will describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawings which are about natural
size and in which,-
Figure 1 is a view of the article complete.
Figure 2 shows the same with the leather cover and pouch unrolled.
Figure 3 is a perspective view partly in section of the case with its several
compartments.
Figure 4 is a vertical section of the chamber containing the ink bottle and
powder.
Figure 5 is a vertical section of the compartment with
pen and pencil.
Figure 6 is a view of the detachable sheath containing the ink bottle showing
the extensible feet drawn out.
A glass bottle A is provided which may be either of round, square or oval
shape, but preferably of the shape shown in the drawings, more particularly in
Figures 4 and 6. The bottle is to hold the ink when mixed or diluted, and
otherwise water or other fluid can be carried in it and replenished when necessary.
This bottle fits neatly into a detachable metal sheath B which has a weighted
bottom B¹ to increase its stability and may have extensible feet, such as B2, B3, B4, B5.
These feet consist of strips of material which are carried in slots or apertures
provided in the sides of the weighted bottom B¹ and are drawn out when required
to be used, as shown in Figure 6 but when not wanted are pushed in, as shown in
Figure 3. The extensible feet in place of sliding in slots or apertures may be
attached by spring hinges. These feet still further increase the stability of
sheath and ink bottle when it is desired to stand it on a table.
Attached to the upper end of the sheath B is a wire B hinged by a loop B' to
the inner edge of the sheath and terminating in hooks B B by which the sheath
and bottle containing the ink is suspended when it is desired to hang it as upon
a coat or other convenient object. The cork or stopper of the bottle is secured
by a cord or fine wire A' through a hole in an inwardly projecting lip of the

page_text: sheath, such inwardly projecting lip preventing the bottle from leaving the
sheath.
This metal sheath B containing the ink bottle is made to fit and slide neatly
into another and longer metal case C (see Figures 3 and 4) the upper part of
which is partitioned into a compartment C for the purpose of containing the ink
powder or pigment that will form a writing fluid. The cover C is hinged to the
back of the case C and the front is caught by a suitable spring.
In the case C are also provided suitable spaces C for pen and pencil, and C
for extra leads and nibs. The inner side of 3 is cut out for enabling a grip to
be obtained of the pen and pencil, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 4.
The ink compartment
for greater security may be covered with a separate
lid sliding or fitting within the case.
The lead pencil D (shown at Figure 5) fits into a suitable socket D¹ in the
holder D and is held in position by a sliding ferrule D³ similar to the well known
holders used by artists for holding crayons. The pen D is attached at the other.
end of the holder with any suitable sliding action.
The case containing the foregoing is partially enveloped by a cover or wrapper H
of leather, with which is combined a pouch H for the purpose of holding stamps.
This cover and pouch is formed and secured by passing a sufficient length of the
strip of leather or other material around a wire soldered to the case C and then
sewing the two parts together as indicated in Figure 2. In the end of the
wrapper is an eye H2 which when the wrapper is folded up fits over a button H
as shown in Figure 1, thus forming a compact and convenient pocket combination.
When the traveller requires to use writing materiais he withdraws the sheath B
with its bottle A and mixes a sufficient quantity of the ink powder with liquid in
the bottle. If this is to stand on a table, the extensible feet are drawn out, but
if no table is handy the sheath and bottle are suspended by means of the hooks
from some convenient object, such as a coat.
I do not make any claim to the exclusive right of using and carrying -
solid or powdered ink or the pen and pencil holder described, and the form and
shape of compartments may be varied without departure from the principle of
my invention, 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 metal sheath containing an ink bottle and having a weighted bottom and
preferably extensible feet which slide into and out of apertures provided in the
weighted bottom, such metal sheath and bottle being adapted to slide into and out of
an outer portable case, substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.
2. A case containing a compartment for dry powdered ink or pigment and a
compartment for a sheath containing an ink bottle, substantially as described.
3. A cover or wrapper containing a pouch for holding stamps and enwrapping
an ink-containing case and secured to such case by a wire hinge, substantially as
described.
4. A portable combination comprising (1) a wrapper of leather or other material
containing a pouch for stamps (2) a compartment for dry ink (5) a compartment
for a bottle and sheath (4) a metal sheath containing an ink bottle and having a
weighted bottom and preferably extensible feet (5) a compartment for pen and
pencil and (6) a compartment for extra leads and nibs arranged and secured
substantially as described.
Dated this Twentieth dux of Aumil 1806
By Herbert Haddan & Co.,
JOHN POOL,
18 Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W., Agents to Applicant.