Improvements in Fountain Pen Holders.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 28th Mar., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fountain Pen Holders.
I, IWAN GOLWER of 56 Schützenstrasse, Berlin in the Empire of Germany,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is t
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
This invention has for its object to convey the ink, Indian ink, or the like
contained in the penholder drop by drop according to requirements to a writing
or drawing nib, by means of the pressure of a finger, and in such a way that the
liquid is discharged above the pen. A special advantage of this arrangement is,
that when the holder is arranged, for instance for writing, a suitable nib to which
the writer may have become accustomed may be inserted in the usual manner in
the holder, so that the handwriting remains unaltered and strokes and lines of any
desired fineness or thickness may be made with this fountain penholder.
The arrangement of the fountain pen holder herein before mentioned is shown
in the accompanying drawing in Figures 1-4^, whilst Figure 5 shows a special pen
nib which may be employed if desired, and in which the shank or inserting part
is bent in an opposite direction to the nib point.
The fountain pen holder ab c. Figure 1, the part a of which is arranged in the
ordinary manner for receiving the writing, or drawing fluid, and the filling orifice
at the end of which is closed with a suitable cap or the like, has a small tube y,
Figures 1, 2 and 3, so inserted in the part cb, that it communicates inside the
holder, with the liquid reservoir t, Figure 1, and at the front projects a little from
the part c.
The front end which is of a suitable form, is closed. Near the closed
end of the tube and above the same there is an opening 1, Figure 2, which is
kept closed by means of a pin i Figure 3. This pin i is mounted on a two-armed
lever d pivoting on the point e (Figures 1, 3 and 3B) which lever is guided in a
slot (Figure 1B) and the lever arm or shank which lies in the slot, is held up
by means of a spring arranged beneath it. A flexible tongue, made for instance
of gutta percha, may be arranged on the front end of the lever d, above the pin,
(Figures 3 and 3B) in such a way as to extend over the closed end of the tube
up to the pen nib inserted in the slit h (Figures 1, 1^, 3A, 3B) and to rest
thereon.
Before commencing to write with the pen, the cap closing the inlet for the liquid
at the end of the holder is somewhat loosened, and then the arm of the lever d,
which rests in the slots (Figure 1B) is pressed down, so that the other arm with
the pin i, Figure 3B is elevated, and a drop of the writing or drawing fluid passes
out of the opening 7 in the tube (Figure 2), and runs down the tube y on to the
pen nib situated below it. If a tongue, Figures 3 and 3B be arranged above
the pin on the lever d, the liquid runs along this tongue on to the nib and the
liquid discharged is prevented reaching the pen point so quickly.
A modification of this arrangement is shown in Figures 4 and 44. The tube g
has in this case the discharge opening in front of the end, and the pin consequently
is mounted on a rod k which moves in the longitudinal direction of the tube o.
A lever d is pivoted at e (Figure 4), and a spring n is arranged under this lever
and is attached at one end to the tube g or to the pen-holder itself and at the
other end to the rod k. If the lever d (Figure 4) be pressed down in the manner
indicated by the arrow, it stretches the spring n arranged beneath it, and thereby
pushes the rod forward, so that the pin i, Figure 44, is drawn out of the discharge

page_text: opening at the front end of the tube y, or is somewhat loosened therein. The
rod k together with its arm which rests on the nib f which lies below it, serves
for guiding the discharged drop of fluid. The tongue herein before described
and shown in Figures 3 and 38, may, however, he also employed in the same
manner.
The form of the nib which is preferably employed, is shown as an example in
Figure 5.
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 fountain pen-holder having a discharge opening situated above the writing
or drawing nib and characterized by the nib which is inserted in the above
mentioned holder, having a tube 1g) closed in front, and communicating at one end
with the liquid reservoir and projecting at the other end beyond the front of the
holder, said tube having on its upper surface a discharge opening (e), which may
be closed or opened by means of a pin (i) carried by a lever (d), so that a drop of
ink, or the like, flowing out of the opening (e) upwards must flow round this
tube (g) downwards on to the upper surface of the pen nib substantially as
described.
2. In a fountain pen-holder such as described, a flexible tongue (a) extending
down to the nib, and arranged on the front of the lever (d) which operates the
closing pin (i), and above said pin, in order to better guide and retain the downward
flowing drop of fluid, substantially as described.
3. In a fountain pen-holder such as described a tube (9) having a discharge
opening at its front end above the writing or drawing nib, and adapted to be
closed or opened by means of a pin (i) mounted on a rod (k) movable in the
longitudinal direction of the tube g, said rol (4) being drawn back by means of a
spring (n) and pushed forward by means of a lever (d) acting on said spring for
the purpose of guiding a discharged drop of fluid on to the nib, down the end of
the rod () which is directed downwards, and on to the upper surface of the nib (f)
either with or without a flexible tongue () substantially as hereinbefore
described.
Dated this 29th day of January 1896
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.