Improvements in Ink-holders for Attachment to Pens.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Apr., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 28th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 12th Mar., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ink-holders for Attachment to Pens.
I, THOMAS QUINLAN, of No. 65, Cowbridge Road, Cardiff, in the County of
Glamorgan, Dentist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
This invention relates to improvements in ink-holders for attachment to pens,
specifically the type of ink-holder characterised by a tongue or flap suspended close
up under the hollow part of the pen, by means of a band or ring passed or clipped
over the pen itself.
Such ink-holders as now constructed consist of a flap or tongue made of some
soft, resilient material, generally india-rubber, and are secured to the pen by means
of an endless band or ring of either elastic or some suitable hard material, metal
for instance.
According to my present invention I construct such ink-holders, of a tongue of
metal or other suitable hard substance, such, for instance, as ivory, horn, vulcanite,
wood &c. and secure the said tongue to the pen by means of a band of some soft
resilient substance preferably india-rubber; so that, although I do not employ a
tongue of soft material, I, nevertheless, obtain the necessary flexibility of the same,
by means of the flexible or yielding fastening.
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PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Ink-holders for Attachment to Pens.
I, THOMAS QUINLAN, of No. 65, Cowbridge Road, Cardiff, in the County of
Glamorgan, Dentist, 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 relates to improvements in ink-holders for attachment to pens,
specifically, the type of ink-holder characterised by a tongue or flap suspended close
up under the hollow part and nibs of the pen by means of a band or ring passed
over or clipped around the pen itself.
The object of the invention is to enable an ordinary pen to which it is attached to
take up and retain a greater quantity of ink at each dip than such pen could
possibly do without such improved ink-holder attachment.
Such ink-holders as hitherto constructed consist of a flap or tongue made of some
soft, resilient material, generally india-rubber, and are secured to the pen by means
of an endless band or ring of either elastic or some suitable hard material, metal,
for instance.
The chief practical objections to the above arrangement is that the tongue being

page_text: of soft material, is easily corroded or perished and apt to adhere, by suction, too
tightly to the nibs.
According to my present invention I construct such ink-holders, of a tongue of
metal or other suitable hard substance, such, for instance, as ivory, horn, vulcanite,
wood, or the like, and secure the said tongue to the pen by means of a band of a
soft, resilient substance, preferably india-rubber; so that, although I do not employ
a tongue of soft material I, nevertheless, obtain the necessary amount of flexibility
of the same by the employment of a flexible or yielding band by which it is attached
to the penholder.
The tongue may be flat and provided with one or more vent holes if desired,
but I prefer to make it spoon-like and to attach it with the convex side outwards,
and the point resting close, up or nearly so, to the inner or concave side of the pen.
If desired the tongue could be made without holes therein and would still answer
its purpose completely, but in practice I have found that the presence of the holes
has an influence on the flow of ink, tending to draw the ink away from the nibs,
and this tendency is beneficial inasmuch as, by impeding the flow, possible blots
and blind strokes are avoided.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings illustrating the application of my said
invention:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ordinary pen holder in which an ordinary pen
is placed and upon the said pen, my improved ink holder or reservoir is applied.
A, is the penholder and B, the pen.
C, is a metal tongue attached at its rear end to an india-rubber flexible band D,
which is slipped over the pen in the position shewn.
The rear part F of the tongue is bent over so as to grasp the india-rubber ring
and is hogged outwards slightly at G so as to cause the rubber ring to press the
point of the tongue up against the inside of the pen as at E.
Figure 2 shows the back or under side of the pen with the tongue piece in
position.
Figure 3 is the tongue piece removed from the pen for the purpose of more clearly
showing the invention.
Figure 4 is a section through the tongue piece showing its attachment to the
rubber ring at G, and the manner in which it is bent so as to utilize the resilience
of the rubber in pressing the tongue against the pen a portion of the rubber ring
in the drawing being cut away for convenience of illustration.
Figure 5 shows a tongue piece made entirely of india-rubber or other similar
flexible material.
H, is a ring formed at the back which is slipped over the pen in the same way as
the ring D is shown in Figures 1 and 2.
I, is the tongue or ink reservoir and is for the same purpose as the metal
tongue C is described in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
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An ink-holder for attachment to an ordinary writing pen, consisting of a hollow
tongue of metal or other suitable hard substance, which may be either perforated
or plain, adapted to fit in the hollow of the pen under the nibs, and having at one
end thereof an endless resilient band adapted to pass over or around and grip the
pen, substantially as and for the purposes herein described and set forth.
Dated the 20th are of January 1900
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
No. 22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.