A Folding Portable Inkstand.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug., 1.89-Accepted. 21st Sept., 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Folding Portable Inkstand.
I, ERNST EHNLICH of 27 Burg-Strasse, Berlin in the Empire of Germany, Engineer,
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
e performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
atement:-
The object of this invention is to forin an improved portable inkstand, the greater
art of which is made from sheet metal, and which by special arrangement can be
onveniently folded together.
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in varioue conecta
Fig. 1 is a side-view.
Fig. 2 is a plan view.
Fig. 4 is a front view when open.
Figs. 3, 6, 7, 8 and 9 shew front, back and end views in closed positions.
Fig. 5 shews a section.
Fig. 10 shews a pin of the hinge.
The same parts are represented by the same letters throughout.
The cups or reservoirs a and a¹ which receive the ink-bottles have their upper edges
turned over as shown at figures 3 and 5. Both reservoirs are joined together by
the hinge joint b. Figs. 2 and 4. The pin z figure 10 of the hinge joint b, Figures 2
and 4, is equally the turnpin of both hinge parts of the cups a, a¹, and terminates in
an oblong eye c (Fig. 10). While the part z works the reservoirs, the part f serves
as the turnpin of a second hinge-joint 9 Fig. 1 and 2, at right angles to the knuckle
of the hinge-joint b.
The fastening clip h which is the essential part of the closing action, is joined to
the apparatus by the hinge 9, Figs. 9 and 6. The clip his curved so as to fit
closely on the two reservoirs a and a' when they are closed, and hold them tightly
together as shewn in Figs. 6 and 9. When the inkstand is open the clip / forms
a rest for the penholder as in Figs. 1, 2 and 4. When closed the two lugs o on
the sides of the clip h, grip the edges of the reservoirs a, a¹ and fasten them together
as aforesaid.
The clip his constructed of an elegant shape, and is so fitted that when the
writing case is opened it corresponds with the hinge parts of the reservoirs on both
sides, and takes the position shewn in Figs. 1, and 2, and is supported at i, on
the sides of the reservoirs. By the opening and closing of the inkstand the clip h
is automatically thrown up or down through the pressure caused by the movement of
the reservoirs a and a¹.
As Figs. 1, 2 and 4 shew, the clip terminates in a small tube which is
attached to it at k Fig. 1. When the inkstand is closed the tube lies between
the two tubes m, m', which are of the same diameter, see Figs. 3, 7, 9, and over
against the hinge g, and upon the reservoirs a, a', in such a way that all three tubes
form one hollow cylinder.
To secure the inkstand a telescopic metal penholder n is inserted in this hollow
cylinder. This penholder n has at one end an ornamental head and has an external
screw-thread at the other end, which engages with a corresponding thread in the
end of the cylinder and thus fastens the inkstand securely against accidental
opening.
An inkbottle t and another bottle s, for ink or sand, Figs. 2-5, are placed in the
reservoirs a, a¹, and are pressed gently upwards by the coiled springs u so that
when the inkstand is open they project slightly over the edges of the reservoirs..
When the inkstand is closed the knobs of their covers meet, & the bottles are thus
held fast between the two springs.

page_text: 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;
A secure, folding, portable inkstand containing the moveable support h, the two
cups a, a, connected by the double hinge b, the screwed penholder n with the secure
fastening m the turnover edge of the cups, a, a', the lugs o and the springs u
substantially as herein described & set forth.
Dated this 20th day of Ancount 1000
S. S. BROMHEAD,
Agent for Applicant.