IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE POINTS OF STEEL PENS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD WILEY of 36 Lancaster Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Managing Director do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE POINTS OF STEEL PENS to be as follows:-
My improvement consists in making the under part of the nibs of steel pens of
a semicircular or V shape for about one eighth or one sixteenth of an inch in
length from the points thus leaving a shoulder that prevents, by capillary attraction,
the ink flowing except between the nibs, this improvement gives the pen a smoother
point and causes it to make a finer upstroke.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I WILLIAM EDWARD WILEY, 36 Lancaster Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwickshire, Managing Director, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE POINTS OF STEEL PENS, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
My improvement consists in making the under part of the nibs of steel pens of a
semi circular or V shape for about an eighth of an inch in length from the points
thus leaving a slight shoulder that prevents by capillary attraction, the ink flowing
except between the nibs, this improvement gives the pen a smoother point and
causes it to make a finer upstroke.
I will describe the method of carrying out my invention and for that purpose
I will refer to the several Figures on the annexed sheet of drawings.
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Figure 1. represents a blank which may be of any suitable shape or thickness
preferably a blank having a slight shoulder about one eighth of an inch from the
point; the blank being in a soft state after the process of annealing I place it
between suitably formed dies in a small press or stamp and by a slight blow I give
an impression of the die to the pen blank making it of a semi-circular or V shape
on the inside from the point to the shoulder as shewn at a figure 1.
Figure 2. shews a greatly enlarged section of the finished pen the form of the
semi-circular part of the points being seen at a this figure represents a pen of the
ordinary straight shape the blank for which is shewn at Figure 4.
Figure 3. is a section of pen as shewn at figure 7 the section being drawn at a―x
the rounded part of the points being seen at a Figure 3.
Figure 5. is an inside view of the finished pen the rounded part of the points
being shewn at a.
Figure 6. shews the position of the rounded part of the point when in contact
with the paper.
Figure 7. is a top view of the finished pen shewing the shoulders b.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare what I claim is
1. Shaping or forming the points of steel pens when in the blank and soft state
in suitably shaped dies giving them a semi-circular or V shape on the underside for
the distance of about one eighth of an inch from the points.
2. Shaping or forming the points of steel pens when in the blank and soft state
in suitably shaped dies, giving them a semi-circular or V shape on the underside
in combination with a slight shoulder about one eighth of an inch from the points.
noted thin 10th dow of Tans 100R

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD WILEY of 36 Lancaster Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Managing Director do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE POINTS OF STEEL PENS to be as follows:-
My improvement consists in making the under part of the nibs of steel pens of
a semicircular or V shape for about one eighth or one sixteenth of an inch in
length from the points thus leaving a shoulder that prevents, by capillary attraction,
the ink flowing except between the nibs, this improvement gives the pen a smoother
point and causes it to make a finer upstroke.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I WILLIAM EDWARD WILEY, 36 Lancaster Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwickshire, Managing Director, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE POINTS OF STEEL PENS, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:—
."
My improvement consists in making the under part of the nibs of steel pens of a
semi circular or V shape for about an eighth of an inch in length from the points
thus leaving a slight shoulder that prevents by capillary attraction, the ink flowing
except between the nibs, this improvement gives the pen a smoother point and
causes it to make a finer upstroke.
I will describe the method of carrying out my invention and for that purpose
I will refer to the several Figures on the annexed sheet of drawings.
Figure 1. represents a blank which may be of any suitable shape or thickness
preferably a blank having a slight shoulder about one eighth of an inch from the
point; the blank being in a soft state after the process of annealing I place it
between suitably formed dies in a small press or stamp and by a slight blow I give
an impression of the die to the pen blank making it of a semi-circular or V shape
on the inside from the point to the shoulder as shewn at a figure 1.
Figure 2. shews a greatly enlarged section of the finished pen the form of the
semi-circular part of the points being seen at a this figure represents a pen of the
ordinary straight shape the blank for which is shown at Figure 4.
Figure 3. is a section of pen as shewn at figure 7 the section being drawn at x-x
the rounded part of the points being seen at a Figure 3.
Figure 5. is an inside view of the finished pen the rounded part of the points
being shewn at a.
Figure 6. shews the position of the rounded part of the point when in contact
with the paper.
Figure 7. is a top view of the finished pen shewing the shoulders b.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare what I claim is
1. Shaping or forming the points of steel pens when in the blank and soft state
in suitably shaped dies giving them a semi-circular or V shape on the underside for
the distance of about one eighth of an inch from the points.
2. Shaping or forming the points of steel pens when in the blank and soft state
in suitably shaped dies, giving them a semi-circular or V shape on the underside
in combination with a slight shoulder about one eighth of an inch from the points.
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J. W. MILLIGAN,
Agent.