A New or Improved Writing Pen.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 9th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 31st Jan., 1893-Accepted, 4th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Writing Pen.
I, JOHN STEPHENS of 27 Vale Road Tunbridge Wells, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a new writing pen which is designed to enable any writer
to handle the same with as much facility as a pencil although making use of ink,
while this pen will neither scratch nor splutter and is particularly suitable for rapid
writing.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a short tube capable of being
readily placed over the reduced lower end of a penholder and the free end of which
when in position ready for writing, is cut out in such a manner as to form two
triangular strips the apices of which are in close proximity and form the point of
the pen which is central; two similar triangular parts having been cut away so as
to leave openings of similar shape between the triangular strips aforesaid which
form the nib of the writing pen. These two strips are curved towards one another
so as to nearly meet at the point.
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F. G. CASSELL,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Writing Pen.
I JOHN STEPHENS, of 27 Vale Road, Tunbridge Wells, Gentleman do hereby
declare the nature of my invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
My invention relates to a new writing pen which is designed to enable any writer
to handle the same with as much facility as a pencil although making use of ink,
while this pen will neither scratch nor splutter and is particularly suitable for rapid
writing.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a short tube capable of being
readily placed over the reduced lower end of a pen holder and the free end of
which when in position ready for writing, is cut out in such a manner as to form
two triangular strips the apices of which are in close proximity and form the point
of the pen which is central; two similar triangular parts having been cut away so
as to leave openings of similar shape between the triangular strips aforesaid which
form the nibs of the writing pen. These two strips are curved towards one another
so as to nearly meet at the point.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents in side elevation and plan and
Figure 2 in vertical section drawn to a large scale a writing pen constructed
according to my invention; Figure 3 represents a cross section of the pen taken
through the nibs and Figure 4 represents a side elevation of the pen applied to a
stick or holder, the elevation Figure 4 being taken in a plane at right angles to
that in which the elevation of Figure 1 is taken; Figure 5 represents the blank
from which the pen is made.
The blank Figure 5 consists of two nearly triangular pieces a, a situated side by
side on the part b, the said blank somewhat resembling a double blank of an
ordinary pen. From the nearly triangular pieces a, a of the blank the nibs or
blades a, a of the finished pen are made, and from the part 6 of the blank the
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page_text: barrel or tubular part of the pen is made for fitting upon the wooden stick or
holder c the blank being bent into the pen Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 by the ordinary
processes. Side piercings d, d are made in the blank at the widest parts of the nib
pieces a, a where they join the barrel to facilitate the bending of the said pieces
into the required shape to form the nibs and the points or apices of the
nibs are flat internally and rounded externally. The nibs or blades a², a² are
rigidly connected together by the cross pin e rivetted to them, but the said pin may
be dispensed with.
It will be seen by an examination of Figures 1 and 3 that the nibs a³, a consist
of two curved blades the inner or concave sides of which are presented to each
other, openings f, f of the shape shown in Figure 1 extending from the base nearly
to the points, being made between them. The blades or nibs have thus the general
figure of a cone as seen in the plan Figure 1. The space between the opposed nibs
or blades constitutes the ink reservoir which becomes charged with ink on dipping
the pen into the ink pot. The extreme ends or points a³, as of the nibs or
blades a, a of the pen are flattened on their inner sides and are brought nearly
into contact as seen in the drawing and are situated, centrally in the pen or in line
with the axis of the barrel (see the plan of Figure 1). Through the narrow space
between the points a, a³ of the nibs of the pen the ink is delivered from the
reservoir in writing. The external rounding of the points a, a prevents the pen
when in contact with the paper from scratching or spluttering.
A writing pen constructed in the manner described may be taken up and used at
the ordinary angle in writing, and like a blacklead pencil, does not require that
any particular side of the point of the pen should be presented to the paper.
Figure 6 represents in elevation and plan and Figure 7 in section a pen
constructed according to my invention in which three nearly triangular shaped
blades or nibs are employed instead of two nibs, and Figure 8 represents the blank
from which the modified pen Figures 6 and 7 is made. The pen Figures 6 and 7
resembles in all essential respects the pen already described but it will be seen that
the blades or nibs g, h, i.are without the side slits or piercings d, d and connecting
rivet e. Piercings however similar to those represented in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4
may be used in the pen having three blades. Instead of making the inner sides of
the points of the three bladed pen flat as represented in Figure 6, the said inner
sides may be slightly curved as represented in the plan Figure 6ª. The way in
which the three blades or nibs g, h, i are equidistantly arranged around the barrel b³
and their points brought nearly into contact, will be understood by an examination
of the plans Figures 6 and 6 where it will be seen that the flattened or nearly
flattened inner sides of the externally rounded points form between them a
triangular or nearly triangular space through which the ink from the reservoir is
delivered.
The base of the blades or nibs where they join the barrel part may be bent
inwards so as to contract the reservoir at its base and bring the several blades
nearly parallel. This modification is represented in elevation and plan in Figure 9
and the blank from which it is made is represented in plan and side elevation or
edge view in Figure 10. By the contraction of the base of the reservoir of this
pen it is made to take up more ink when dipped into the ink pot than the pens
herein before described. The action of this pen is the same as those already
described.
Although I have represented pens made of two and three blades or nibs, more
than three blades or nibs may be employed, but I believe that no advantage is
obtained by the employment of more than three blades or nibs.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that I claim as
my invention:—
A new or improved writing pen consisting essentially of two, three or more
curved and tapering blades or nibs in one piece with the barrel or tubular part of

page_text: the pen, the concave sides of the said blades or nibs being presented to each other
so as to give the body of the pen the general figure of a hollow cone, either with or
without a contraction at its base, the extreme ends or points of the blades or nibs
being more or less flat internally and rounded externally and in contact or nearly
in contact with each other substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawing.
ST1902
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.