Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Jan., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 27th Sept., 1897- Accepted, 18th Dec., 1897
I, GEORGE WATKINS JELFS of 5 Triangle Chambers, Martineau Street; in the
City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention has relation to ink-wells or ink-pots; principally for use in schools
and consists in means for securing the said ink-wells within desk-tops, trays; stands
or the like:
Heretofore such wells have been simply dropped into holes in the tops of desks or
the like and have been unprovided with any means whatsoever for attachedly
connecting the same, but by my improvements the said ink-wells, after being
dropped or passed into position, are then secured by a lock, fastener; catch or
equivalent.
In carrying out one form of my improvements, I provide the foot or bottom of the
well with a collar, flange or annular groove; which runs circumferentially around
the outer part of the said bottom and which, when the well is dropped into a hole in
the desk top or the like, extends beyond the underside of the said top and on an
elastic or thick india-rubber band or ring or other collar being applied or sprung over
the flange or within the groove; the same constitutes an outstanding annular
shoulder and prevents the removal of the well or pot from its hold.
To remove the well or pot (which may have an excentrically disposed dip-hole with
a sloping lead crossing the top) simply remove the band or fastening collar when the
said well can be readily withdrawn. The body of the pot is made preferably.>
conical.
As a modification of my invention, the pot side may have a lug upon it and the
hole in the desk top may be wormed so that by rotating the pot, it is made to screw
itself into the desk up to a shoulder near the mouth.
As another form the hole in the desk or the like may have a rubber band let within
it, so that by forcing a flange on the pot past the said band or collar it becomes
automatically locked or secured: Or the said collar may be arranged to spring into
an annular groove or channel in a suitable part of the pot:
Or the hole in the desk may have an annular groove in it within which a rubber.
or other spring collar springs when the well is forced home: .
Instead of employing a rubber collar; I may employ a spring metal band, one end
of which is made fast to the desk or pot and the other left free; thus forming a
catch:
The auxiliary fastenér may also be in the form of à legged spring; with the, srug,
part engaging by a spring action at the back of a collar or within a groove in the..
hole or on the well, and being taken out of engagement by a thumb lever or pressure
extension, which is adapted to draw the smug clear of the collar or groove.
Dated this 4th day of January 1897.

page_text: Improvements in, or relating to, Ink-wells or Ink-pots."
I, GEORGE WATKINS JELFS of 5 Triangle Chambers, Martineau Street, in the City
of Birmingham, Manufacturer, 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 :-
This invention has relation to ink-wells or ink-pots, principally for use in schools,
and consists in means for securing the said ink-wells within desk-tops, trays, stands
or the like.
Heretofore such wells have been simply dropped into holes in the tops of desks or
the like and have been unprovided with any means whatsoever for attachedly connect-
ing the same, but by my improvements the said ink-wells, after being dropped or passed
into position, are then secured by a lock, fastener, catch or equivalent.
According to one form of my invention, I provide the foot or bottom of the ink
well with a collar, flange or annular groove, which runs circumferentially around the
outer part of the said bottom and which, when the well is dropped into a hole in the
desk top or the like, extends beyond the underside of the said top and on an elastic
or thick india-rubber band or ring or other collar being applied or sprung over the
flange or within the groove, the same constitutes an outstanding annular shoulder or
stop and prevents the removal of the well or pot from its hole.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents an ink well secured within the
hole in a desk top by a sprung on elastic ring according to this form of my
invention.
Figure 2 represents the said ink well in position within the desk hole, before the
'securing ring is sprung into the annular groove.
Figure 3 represents the said ring in position and in section.
Figure 4 is an underside plan of the said well or pot, with its securing ring.
Figure 5 is a plan of the said ring separately.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the said figures 1 to 5
of the drawings.
a is the ink well, and a¹, is the annular groove, coming inwards or above the flanged
bottom end of the said well, which is secured in position within the hole 6¹, of the desk
top b, by the sprung-on elastic ring c, which lies in the said groove a¹, and forms a
stop against the withdrawal of the pot or well. The bottom end of the hole b¹, may
be enlarged at 62, to facilitate the passing of the ring into the groove, or the grooved
part of the well may extent below the underside of the desk top.
The well or pot a, which is represented separately and in plan in figure 6, in vertical
section upon the dotted line x in figure 7 and in vertical section upon the dotted
linex in figure 8, may have an excentrically disposed dip hole a², with a sloping
lead a³, crossing the top at, and in order to remove the same from the hole 6¹, simply
remove the band or fastening collar when the said well can be readily withdrawn.
The body of the pot is made preferably conical, as shown.
As another form, the hole in the desk or the like may have a rubber band let
within it, so that by forcing a flange on the pot past the said band or collar becomes
automatically locked or secured.
Figure 9 represents this form of my invention and
Figure 10 represents the ink hole with the well removed.
a is the well or pot, and 61 is the hole in the desk top b, having an annular
groove b², wherein the locking band c, is located and a¹ is a groove in the pot end, in
which the inner periphery of the said band lies after the flanged end a², of the said
pot has been forced past it.

page_text: Or the said ring may be arranged to only spring over a collar or flarged end of the
pot instead of into an annular groove or channel as in the preceding arrangement.
Or the hole in the desk may have an annular groove in it within which a rubber or
other spring collar carried upon or secured to the pot or well springs, when the said
well is forced home.
Instead of employing a rubber collar, I may employ a spring metal band.
Figure 11 represents one form of this part of iny invention, made from spring wire
and adapted to be applied to the ink well in the same manner as the rubber locking
ring shown in figures 1 to 5.
Figure 12 represents the form of ink well which I prefer to employ in connection
with the wire ring, figure 11. The said pot a, has a groove a¹, and the lower end a²,
is tapered or has a conical lead a³, to facilitate the introduction of the metal locking
ring c, into said groove a³, whilst to effect the removal of the said ring prior to with-
drawing the well, the free ends have ears c¹, which may be opened away from one
another by the fingers to increase the normal diameter of said ring.
Figure 13 represents another modification of spring metal lock-ring, in which the
ring lies partly in a groove in the walls of the well-hole of a desk top.
Figure 14 is a horizontal section of figure 13 upon the dotted line x¹.
b is the desk top and b¹ the ink-well hole, which has an annular groove 62, within
which a metallic spring ring c, of rather greater diameter than the bore of the ink-
well and less diameter than the groove 62, so that on the introduction of an ink well
(which is preferably of the form shown in figure 12) into the hole, the conical flanged
end first increases the normal diameter of the ring by separating its free ends c², and
after snapping past the flange, the ring resumes its normal size and lies partly in the
groove 62, and partly in the corresponding angular channel of the well, thus ferming
a catch for retaining the well.
Figure 15 represents a modification of this last arrangement.
In this form the spring locking ring c, has one end c², let into or otherwise secured
to the sides of the well hole b, or within a groove formed therein, whilst the other
end c¹, is free to admit of the diameter of the ring being increased on the well being
forced into position.
Figure 16 represents another form of well lock, catch or auxiliary fastener made
according to my invention.
In this arrangement, the fastener may be in the form of a legged spring c,
with the snug part c¹, engaging by a spring action at the back of a collar or within a
groove a², in the well a, and may be taken out of engagement by a thumb lever or
presser extension c², which is adapted to draw the snug clear of the collar or
grooves.
As a still further modification of my invention, the pot side may have a lug or
stud upon it and the hole in the desk top may be wormed or have a helical or part
helical interior formation so that by rotating the pot, it is made to screw itself into
the desk up to a shoulder near the mouth, or the lower end of the pot a, may be
screwed at a', to take into a correspondingly wormed bottom end of the well hole b¹,
as represented in figure 17.
In this case, the top edge of the well may be gapped at a³, see figure 18, to facilitate
the rotation of the said well into or out of position.
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 :-
:-
First Securing ink-pots or inkwells in the holes or sockets of desk-tops, ink-
stands and the like, by forming annular groove, collar or equivalent around the foot of
the well, and a springing upon or over the said foot, from the underside of the desk,
an elastic rubber ring or expanding and contracting metal attachment, substantially
as described and set forth.
Secondly-Securing ink-pots or ink-wells in the holes or sockets of desk-tops
inkstands and the like, by inserting within the inside walls of the said holes or sockets,

page_text: an elastic rubber or metallic ring engaging with à collar or groove upon the pot or
well, substantially as described and set forth:
Thirdly Securing ink-pots or ink-wells in the holes or sockets of desk-tops; ibk-
stands and the like by a tongue, spring or câtch, secured within the said socket or
hole and with the catch part engaging in a groove, or over a collar or shoulder; of the
pot or well, substantially as described and set forth;
Fourthly Securing ink-pots or ink-wells in the holes or sockets of desk-tops,
inkstands and the like by screwing the one into the other; or by a snug of projection
on the one engaging with a helical or part helical formation or depression on the other,
substantially as described and set forth.
Fifthly An ink-well or pot, having an excentrically-disposed dip hole, with a
sloping lead crossing the top of the said pot, substantially as described and set
forth.