IMPROVEMENTS IN INK BOXES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, ALBERT ELTZBACHER, manager to Frederick Soennecken, of Bonn, Germany,
do hereby declare the nature of said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN INK BOXES,
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to inkstands with adjustable cups or dips and has for its
object to prevent the immersion of the pen beyond a certain depth.
In describing the invention reference will be made to the annexed drawings of
which Figs A, B, C and D represent an inkstand a with oblique opening band
eccentric cup or dip c, that is to say a cup, the lower opening d of which is situated
outside of its axis of rotation e, whereby the point of immersion of the pen may be
shifted. Fig D shows in dotted lines the highest position of the opening of the
cup, when the ink is at the high level f, and the lowest position of the opening when
the ink is at the low level g.
The lower part of the cup c is provided with a bottom h serving to limit the
depth to which the pen may be immersed. The ink passes into the cup through
the lateral holes i.
k
Figs E, F and G show an eccentric cup % without bottom, as applied to an ink-
stand having an inclined bottom m. Fig G'shows in dotted lines the positions of
the cup when the ink is at the high level n and when it is at a low level o.
Figs H, I and K represent an ordinary inkstand p with an eccentric cup g,
having an opening in the side.
Fig K shows in dotted lines the positions of the cup when the ink is at the high
level 8 and when it is at the low level t.
Figs L, M and N represent an inkstand with a neck v cut off obliquely and
holding a vertical or concentric cup w provided with an oblique flange .
The cup
is provided with a bottom y, and with lateral holes z serving to admit the ink.
When the cup is at a low position, corresponding to the low level 1 of the ink,
the edge of the neck and the flange of the cup are parallel as shown in Fig M. If
the lowest point 1° of the flange of the cup is put in contact with the highest
point 1e of the edge of the neck, the base y of the cup will be raised for a distance
equal to the difference between the lowest and highest point of the flange of the
cup, and will consequently be in proper position for the highest level 1* of the ink.
In order to maintain the neck and the cup in the required positions, those
portions of the neck and flange which come in contact with each other are provided
with indentations.
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page_text: I, ALBERT ELTZBACHER, Manager in the firm of Frederick Soennecken, of Bónn,
Germany, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN INK
BOXES, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to inkstands with adjustable cups or dips and has for its
object to prevent the immersion of the pen beyond a certain depth.
In describing the invention reference will be made to the drawings filed with the
provisional specification of which Figs A, B, C and D represent an inkstand a with
oblique opening b and eccentric cup or dip c, that is to say a cup, the lower opening d
of which is situated outside of its axis of rotation e, whereby the point of immersion
of the pen may be shifted. Fig D shows in dotted lines the highest position of the
opening of the cup, when the ink is at the high level f, and the lowest position of
the opening when the ink is at the low level g.
The lower part of the cup c is provided with a button / serving to limit the
depth to which the pen may be immersed. The ink passes into the cup through
the lateral holes i.
L
Fig E, F and G show an eccentric cup without bottom, as applied to an ink-
stand having an inclined bottom m. Fig G shows in dotted lines the positions of
the cup when the ink is at the high level n and when it is at a low level o.
Fig H, I and K represent an ordinary inkstand p with an eccentric cup q, having
an opening in the side. Fig K shows in dotted lines the positions of the cup when
the ink is at the high levels and when it is at the low level t.
Fig L, M and N represent an inkstand with a neck cut off obliquely and
holding a vertical or concentric cup w provided with an oblique flange x. The cup
is provided with a bottom y, and with lateral holes serving to admit the ink.
When the cup is at a low position, corresponding to the low level 1 of the ink,
the edge of the neck and the flange of the cup are parallel, as shown in Fig M. If
the lowest point 1 of the flange of the cup is put in contact with the highest
point 1 of the edge of the neck, the base y of the cup will be raised for a distance
equal to the difference between the lowest and highest point of the flange of the
cup, and will consequently be in proper position for the highest level 1ª of the ink.
In order to maintain the neck and the cup in the required positions, those
portions of the neck and flange which come in contact with each other are provided
with indentations.
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
a) In inkstands: the funnels d shown in Sheets I and II, k in Sheet II and q in
Sheet III, whose mouths lie outside their axis of rotation, thus rendering it possible

page_text: to change the spot where the pen is dipped in and so to prevent the latter from
dipping too far.
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b) In inkstands the combination of a sloping neck v, with a sloping funnel w
which allows the funnel to be raised in order to prevent the pen from dipping
too far.