Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 30th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 4th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 5th Sept., 1896
I, STANLEY SAUVAGE of 107 Lake Street, Chicago, County of Cook and State
of Illinois, U.St.A., Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The ink well of this invention comprises an elastic ink container of a rounded
shape and having a funnel dipping into it from the top to near the bottom. At
the upper part, the container is provided with an orifice for cleaning purposes and
the outlet of air when the container is being filled. This orifice is closeable by. a
plug. The elastic container is enclosed in a casing made in two parts fitting or
screwing on to one another and is approximately egg shaped. The top of the
casing is formed with an aperture for the passage of the pen to the funnel under-
neath and to the ink therein. The casing is weighted at the bottom so that when
upset it will return to its upright position.
Dated this 30th day of May 1896.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: tube B having a funnel shaped top b, a neck 6¹ an enlarged tubular portion b³ and
a contracted tubular portion 68. C is an outer shell formed of two parts C1, C2,
the former having a shoulder c upon which the upper part fits. c is a circular
aperture at the top of the shell. The base of the shell is flattened and weighted,
say with lead, at C³.
In using, the cap C² of the shell and the plug a² are removed and the receptacle A
filled with ink through the tube B. The plug a3 and the cap C are then replaced.
The pen is dipped through the aperture c¹ and into the tube B at and against the
funnel b. This, owing to the elasticity of the receptacle A depresses the funnel
and the ink rises therein so as to wet the pen point.
If the ink well be upset, or even inverted, the ink will not flow out through the
tube B owing to its capillary attraction, and further when upset, the ink well by
the action of the weight C will return to the normal upright position. The
shell C serves as a protecting covering and should be made of a material not easily
fractured. The upper part of the shell remains firmly attached to the lower
portion owing to the method of fitting them together as shewn and described.
I am aware that ink stands have been constructed which are adapted to return
to a normal position when upset and to prevent the ink from spilling when upset
and I do not claim such a construction broadly as my invention."
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. In an ink well an elastic receptacle A provided with the aperture a, the
tube B adapted to fit in said aperture, in combination with an outer shell C com-
prising two portions C1, C2, adapted to fit together, the former provided with a
weighted and flattened base, the latter provided with an aperture at top, and the
whole so constructed that the ink well will return to its normal upright position
when upset, substantially as described and shewn.
2. The general construction, arrangement, and combination of parts forming the
ink well substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 4th day of August 1896.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.