Improvements in Marking Ink Pencils.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 16th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 17th Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Marking Ink Pencils.
I, JAMES HICKISSON, trading as John Bond's Crystal Palace Marking. Ink,
of 75, Southgate Road, Hackney, in the County of Middlesex, Marking Ink Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in those marking ink pencils which have
their marking point at one end and their mordant or fixer at the other end, and is
designed to provide, in connection with such pencils, a reservoir of liquid, or semi-
liquid, mordant which shall always be ready for application to the linen or other
fabric to be marked. By means of this invention I am enabled to avoid the
necessity of previously damping the fabric before applying the mordant, and prior
to using the marking point, as is now necessary with those pencils having solid
mordants fitted thereto.
For this purpose I make the stem of the pencil, at the end on which the solid
mordant is usually carried, with a hollow or recess of such a size as to receive a small
reservoir, tube, or phial, for containing the liquid, or semi liquid, mordant, and I
provide the said reservoir, tube, or phial, with a plug or stopper, through which
passes, or in which is secured, a stem of wood, vulcanite, or other suitable material,
unattackable by the mordant and carrying a brush or sponge which dips into the
mordant, and which brush or sponge forms a convenient means for damping the
fabric with the mordant previous to marking it.
In some cases I may combine with the pencil a linen or fabric stretcher of
suitable construction.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Marking Ink Pencils.
I, JAMES HICKISSON, trading as John Bond's Crystal Palace Marking Ink,
of 75 Southgate Road, Hackney, in the County of Middlesex, Marking Ink Manu-
facturer, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and
to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :—
This invention relates to improvements in those marking ink pencils which have
their marking point at one end, and their mordant or fixer at the other end, and is
designed to provide in connection with such pencils a reservoir of liquid or semi-
liquid mordant, which shall always be ready for application to the linen, or other
fabric to be marked. By means of this invention I am enabled to avoid the
necessity of previously damping the fabric before applying the mordant, and prior
to using the marking point, as is now necessary with those pencils having solid
mordants fitted thereto.
For this purpose, I make the stem of the pencil, at the end on which the solid
mordant is usually carried, with a hollow or recess of such a size as to receive a

page_text: small reservoir, tube, or phial, for containing the liquid or semi-liquid mordant, and
I provide the said reservoir, tube, or phial with a plug or stopper through which
passes, or in which is secured, a stem of wood, vulcanite, or other suitable material
unattackable by the mordant, and carrying a brush or sponge which dips into the
mordant, and which brush or sponge forms a convenient means for damping the
fabric with the mordant previous to marking it.
And in order that my invention may be readily understood I will proceed to
describe the same by aid of the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Fig. 1 is an elevation partly in longitudinal section, and
Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line a, a, Fig. 1, showing an arrangement of
marking ink pencil according to my invention.
Fig. 3 is a corresponding view to Fig. 1 illustrating a modified arrangement.
a is the stem of the pencil having a hollow or recess formed therein, 6 is the small
reservoir, tube, or phial, located in such recess, c is the plug of the reservoir, d the
stem of suitable material passing through the plug e and carrying at its lower end
the brush or sponge e for damping the fabric.
In the modified arrangement, shown in Fig. 3, the stem d with the brush or
sponge is dispensed with, and a brush or sponge is secured directly in the mouth
of the reservoir or phial in such a manner that by inverting the pencil, the mordant
will ooze down through the fibres or pores of the brush or sponge, and will moisten
the same, and the said brush or sponge can then be applied to the material to be
mordanted. With this arrangement, the end of the pencil is provided with a cap
or cover g for protecting the brush or sponge.
In some cases, I may combine or associate with the pencil, a linen or fabric
stretcher of suitable construction.
The marking point may be composed of any suitable material, such for instance
as nitrate of silver, or of any of the aniline or aniline oil dyes combined with a
suitable base.
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 :-
1. A marking ink pencil provided at one end with a reservoir, tube, or phial for
containing liquid or semi liquid mordant, and with a brush, or its equivalent, for
applying such mordant to the fabric to be marked, substantially as described.
2. A marking ink pencil provided with a reservoir, tube, or phial, and with a
brush or sponge whose stem passes through the plug of such reservoir or phial, as
described and shown with reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings;
or having the brush secured directly in the mouth of the reservoir or phial, as
described and shown with reference to Fig. 3, for the purposes specified.
3. My improvements in marking ink pencils, substantially as hereinbefore
described and shown with reference to the accompanying drawings.
10th day of October 1901
WALCU
ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent,
78, Fleet Street, London, and 6, Victoria Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.