A NEW OR IMPROVED COM- BINED PORTABLE INKSTAND, PEN, AND PENCIL HOLDER
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Francis Wheeler, of Ryde, Isle of Wight, in
the County of Hants, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED COM-
BINED PORTABLE INKSTAND, PEN, AND PENCIL HOLDER."
Sealed the 19th June 1865, and dated the 23rd December 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Francis Wheeler at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
23rd December 1864.
I, JOHN FRANCIS WHEELER, of Ryde, Isle of Wight, in the County of
Hants, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW OR
IMPROVED COMBINED PORTABLE INKSTAND, PEN, AND PENCIL HOLDER," to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to a combined inkstand, pen, and pencil holder
constructed in such manner as to be contained in a very small compass, and
to be suspended as an ornament from the watch chain if desired.
I I propose to form a metallic box or case in the shape of an oblong square;
the top and one side of which are hinged to form two lids; the upper lid
serves to close and open an inkstand or bottle by means of a cork or stopper
fixed in the lid; the side flap, when opened, exposes the receptacle for the

page_text: pen or pencil holder. The pen holder is formed by preference in three sec-
tions, somewhat in a telescopic or conical form, each portion fitting into the
larger section; when put together they form a pen or pencil holder. On the
side flap, or on a separate or intermediate flap, I propose to form a pocket for
receipt or postage stamps, or a tablet for memoranda. The ink bottle and
pencil or pen holder are contained in the body of the metallic case. When the
under flap is opened the case will stand on a table ready for use, and when
the case is shut up it may be suspended as an ornament from the watch chain
or be carried in the pocket.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Francis Wheeler in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 23rd June 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
FRANCIS WHEELER, of Ryde, Isle of Wight, in the County of Hants, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said John Francis Wheeler, Her special licence that I, the said John Francis
Wheeler, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said John Francis Wheeler, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A NEW
OR IMPROVED COMBINED PORTABLE INKSTAND, PEN, AND PENCIL HOLDER," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Francis Wheeler, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing.under my, or their,
or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal. Patent Offico
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Fraucis Wheeler, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the fol-
lowing statement :-
This Invention relates to a combined inkstand and pencil holder constructed
in such manner as to be contained in a very small compass, and to be
suspended as an ornament from the watch chain if desired.
I I propose to form a metallic box or case in the shape of an oblong square,
the top and one side of which are hinged to form two lids; the upper lid-serves
to close and open an inkstand or bottle by means of a cork or stopper fixed in
the lid; the side flap, when opened, exposes the receptacle for the pen or
pencil holder. The pen holder is formed by preference in three sections,
somewhat in a telescopic or conical form, each portion fitting into the larger
section; when put together they form a pen or pencil holder. On the side
flap, or on a separate or intermediate flap, I propose to form a pocket for
receipt or postage stamps, or a tablet for memoranda. The ink bottle and
pencil or pen holder are contained in the body of the metallic case. When
the under flap is opened the case will stand on a table ready for use, and
when the case is shut up it may be suspended as an ornament from the watch
chain or be carried in the pocket.
In order that my. said Invention may be completely understood I annex a
Drawing of the same, which represents a plan view of the open case, shewing
the lids thrown back from their hinges. In this example I make the case
and inkstand in such manner as to lie lengthwise on a table, the opening of
the inkstand or bottle being as it were on the side, instead of the top. a, a,
is the body of the metallic case, and b, the ink holder; c is the mouth of the
bottle, which is securely closed by the plug or diaphragm d on the flap or
lid e, which when shut on the case brings the leather or india-rubber stopper
over the mouth. The flap or lid f is hinged to the flap e, and completes the
closing of the side of the case, shewn in the Drawing. The flap f may be
furnished with a slip, guide, or pocket to hold stamps, as shewn. The
lid g, containing a monthly indicator of dates, serves to close the end of the
case and to secure by a catch and spring, fastening the lids e and f, and thus
completely close the case. The pen or pencil holder h is shewn drawn out
like a telescope and removed from its receptacle i, into which, when com-
pressed into the largest division k of the tubes, it will fit with ease.
In order to enable the case to be suspended from a watch chain, and worn
as an ornament, a small ring should be affixed to the exterior of the case,
when by means of a split ring it may be attached to the chain as required.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I would remark that I do not limit myself

page_text: to the precise configuration of parts I have described and shewn,, as the same
may be varied or modified slightly without departing from the main object of
my Invention; but what I claim and desire to be secured to me by the herein
in part recited Letters Patent are the general combination and arrangement
of parts, constituting a combined portable inkstand, pen, and pencil holder,
substantially as herein specified and shewn.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Francis Wheeler, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
Witness,
JOHN BEVENS,
Conway House,
Ryde,
I. o. Wight.
JOHN FRANCIS WHEELER. (L.S.)
24, High St.,
Ryde, I. of Wt.