Improvements connected with Travelling Inkstands for Holding Pen Cleaners, and in Pen Cleaners to be Used therewith.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 13th June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 23rd June, 1890-Accepted, 26th July, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Travelling Inkstands for Holding
Pen Cleaners, and in Pen Cleaners to be Used therewith.
I, HENRY SYMES SHORLAND FOOKS of 16 and 17 East Street, Brighton, Sussex..
Stationer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
According to this invention the inkstand is made with a receptacle, preferably in
front, to hold a pen cleaner of any suitable kind. The pen-cleaner I prefer to usé in
the said receptacle is of novel construction, as follows:-One or two plates which may
be corrugated are arranged to be held in the receptacle in the inkstand, and pressed
apart by a spring. An outside button or stud is arranged to press one plate against
the other, or against the back of the receptacle, if one plate only be used, to pinch the
nib, which if drawn away from the plate while being held, is cleaned, or if held
sufficiently tight can be drawn out of the holder. The cleaning part is preferred to-
be lined with a suitable ink-absorbing material, such as chamois leather.
Dated this 13th day of June 1890
-FREDERIC PRINCE,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Travelling Inkstands for Holding
Pen Cleaners, and in Pen Cleaners to be Used therewith.
I, HENRY SYMES SHORLAND FOOкs of 16 and 17 East Street, Brighton, Sussex,.
Stationer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement
The invention relates to arranging travelling inkstands to enable them to hold a
pencleaner, and to a-simple, novel device for cleaning pens suitable to be used in such.
inkstands.
To enable my invention to be properly understood, I will proceed to fully describe
the same with aid of the accompanying drawings, which shew the invention as applied
to a travelling inkstand.
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Figure 4. detached perspective view of cleaner.
Figure 5. view showing application of pen to cleaner.
The case a which holds the inkbottle is made with a space in front of the bottle, by
the insertion of a plate b, suitably secured, within this space the pen cleaner is proposed
to be carried.
This cleaner consists of preferably two corrugated plates A, B, carried in the space-
in front of the ink bottle; these plates are preferred to be lined with an ink absorbing
material C, such as chamois leather. The plates are held apart by a bow spring D,
the plate A being fitted with an outside button E, to enable it to be pressed close
against B, when if a pen has been previously inserted, as at Figure 5, and the plate A
pressed against plate B, on withdrawing the pen, it will be cleaned. If the plate A is-
pressed hard enough the pen will be held sufficiently tight to enable it to be drawn,
from its holder. F is a pin secured to plate B or band to a to prevent the latter from.
being bent in by the pressing in of the usual button G to open the lid of the inkstand.
Instead of plates A and B being corrugated they may be flat plates with an extra.
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page_text: coating of soft material for the pen.nib to be pressed into by the plate A. Or the
latter may be used alone, the division b taking the place of plate B.
It will be readily understood that this cleaner can be fitted in a case and stand
entirely separate from the inkstand, but is preferred to be used with such; also that
any known kind of suitable pen cleaner could be put in the space described for the
cleaner according to this invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1-A pencleaner consisting of one or two plates, preferably corrugated, having a
soft material between to absorb the ink, a spring to hold the plates apart, and means
for pressing the plates together, substantially as described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
2-In travelling inkstands, forming a space in same, to hold a pencleaner, substan-
tially as described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of June 1890
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FREDERIC PRINCE,
1, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agent for Applicant.