IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO PENS OR PENHOLDERS
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOSEPH KAYE of 93 High Holborn in the county of Middlesex and Bank
House, Kirkstall, Leeds in the county of York, Lock manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO
PENS OR PENHOLDERS" to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to construct a small apparatus to be applied to
pens and penholders, by means of which I am able to store sufficient ink to prevent
the constant necessity of dipping the pen into the ink as bitherto necessary, and
thus I accelerate and facilitate writing. In carrying my invention into practice
I clamp onto the usual pen holder of the pen or quill a spring clasp having a piece
of metal or other material projecting downwards on the under or concave side of
an ordinary pen to the nib and closely impinging thereto so that the ink is held
between the two by capillary attraction and the action of writing draws the ink
down from the store to the point of the pen. The metal or other material may be
attached to the penholder or to a quill pen or it may be a part of the penholder, or
a part of the pen.
WAUGH & CHAPMAN,
Agents for Applicant,
70, Chancery Lane.

page_text: I, JOSEPH KAYE of 93 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex and Bank
Works Kirkstall Leeds in the county of York, Lock Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of my Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO
PENS OR PENHOLDERS, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object certain improvements in or applicable to Pens
or Penholders and consists in the construction and arrangement of a small apparatus
on pens or penholders by means of which I am able to store sufficient ink to prevent
the necessity of constantly dipping the pen into the ink while writing as hitherto
necessary, and thus I accelerate and facilitate writing: In carrying my invention
into practise I attach to the quill, or other pen or penholder, as the case may be, a
piece of metal, or other material, projecting downwards on the under or concave
side of the pen to the nib, and closely impinging thereto, so that the ink is drawn
up and held between the nib and the tongue of metal by capillary attraction, and
the action of writing draws down the ink as required from the reservoir or store
to the point of the nib.
The piece or tongue of metal is constructed of a concave shape in section, and is
hinged at its upper end, so as to be capable of being opened when required for the
purposes of cleaning it; or the nib, or for replacing the nib; it is also acted upon by
a spring so as to be held open or shut as required: This spring can be conveniently
formed by simply lengthening one of the lugs of metal turned up in the usual
manner to receive the nib: The drawings accompanying this specification illustrate
my invention and the different modes, by which it may be attached to pens of
various kinds. Figs 1 and 2 are an elevation and plan of the tongue of metal
Figs 3 and 4 show how my invention may be applied to quill pens, or to pens in
which the penholder and nib are formed of one and the same piece of metal,
Figure 5 is a longitudinal section of the penholder with metal tongue attached,
showing spring A formed as above described acting upon it; Figs 6 and 7 show
respectively a plan and a general elevation of an ordinary penholder, with my
invention applied thereto: It will thus be seen that my improved apparatus can
be applied to any penholder or nib.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
The means for storing ink for writing purposes applicable to any pen holder or
nib, of the form and arrangement herein before described and capable of being
opened, or closed, substantially as and for the purposes set forth and illustrated by
the accompanying drawings.
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