Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Apr., 1887.
Complete Left, 15th July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 16th Aug., 1887.
I, GEORGE WILLIAM NORTON of 13 The Terrace, Park Town, Oxford in the County
of Oxford, Solicitor's Clerk do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows --
This invention consists of an ordinary penholder attached to the upper part
of which or to a loop or staple of wire projecting therefrom, is a small roller of cork
or hollow cardboard, or some other light material. Around this roller sheets
of blotting paper are placed, or a cylindrical pad of blotting paper may be placed
thereon so that a writer, using the pen, if he be posting figures into a ledger or doing
similar work, can remove the superfluous ink by a simple reversal motion of his
penholder without calling his left hand into use for the purpose.
The convenience of this arrangement in many kinds of writing work will be obvious,
and needs no explanation. Certain descriptions of clerical work, such as paging
or posting can be performed in half the time usually required to effect them.
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S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, E.C.,
Patent Agent.

page_text: I, GEORGE WILLIAM NORTON of 13 The Terrace, Park Town, Oxford in the County
of Oxford Solicitors clerk 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 is designed to ensure the constant presence of blotting material
to the writer. It is one of extreme utility to ledger-clerks and others who in posting
entries and similar work, are enabled by it to write and also remove the superfluous
ink with one hand thus leaving the other hand free to turn over the pages. In this
manner a great saving of time is effected.
This invention is also of great value in point of convenience to the ordinary letter
writer for the reason that the blotting paper which is so often not to be found when
wanted cannot on this system becomo separated from the pen. There is moreover
a great saving of material as much blotting paper is torn, or wasted, under the present
system.
The advantages of this arrangement are so obvious, as to require no further
elucidation.
The combined penholder and blotter is formed by attaching to the ordinary
penholder, a small case, or cylinder, formed of blotting paper. This cylinder may
be entirely composed of the blotting paper, or the said paper may be wrapped
or folded, round a small roller of cork, or cylinder of hollow cardboard, or other
light material.
This cylinder is more convenient for use when not quite parallel to the penholder,
but at an acute angle thereto, being set nearest, at the end farthest from the pen.
The cylindrical blotter may be attached to the penholder in several ways. The
holder may
be cranked, and the roller placed on the cranked portion of the holder, or
small projecting wires with holes, or eyes, may be fixed on the holder, and a wire
be placed through the roller and the eyes, to form an axis on which the roller rotates.
Again these eyes may form part of a small bent plate, or of a tube fitted to the
penholder, or a couple of rings, or spring clip eyes, or coiled ends, may be provided
to slip over the holder, and clip any holder of ordinary size. Or if preferred the
cylinder may be placed on a loop, or staple of wire, fixed on the holder, or attached
thereto by rings or otherwise.
The blotting paper can be attached to the cylinder, by means of gum, cement,
or other adhesive material, or preferably by small pins, or wire staples, or by means
of India-rubber rings, placed over the ends of the roller, a recess being formed
on the end of the roller to receive the rings. The worn blotting paper can be quickly,
and easily removed and new paper substituted from time to time as required.
In the accompanying Drawings ;
Fig. 1. shows a blotter mounted at a slight angle on a fixed wire spindle, turning
in two eyes, screwed to the penholder.

page_text: Fig. 2. shows a blotter mounted to run loosely on a wire staple, with spring clip
eyes, or coiled ends, to clip the penholder.
Fig. 3. shows a blotter mounted parallel to the penholder.
Fig. 4. shows a blotter mounted on a cranked penholder.
Fig. 5. shows a blotter with india-rubber rings for holding the paper.
A. is the blotting cylinder.
B. B are the projecting wire eyes.
C is the wire staple.
D is the coiled ends or spring clip.
E is the cranked penholder.
F is the blotting cylinder with reduced ends, to receive india-rubber rings, one end
being bare, the other having the ring in place.
G the india-rubber ring.
Having now particularly described, and ascertained, thejnature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A combined penholder and blotter, consisting of an ordinary penholder, and a
small roller, covered with blotting paper, set either parallel to, or at a slight angle
from, the said holder, as herein described and set forth.
2. A cylindrical blotter, for attaching by spring clip, or otherwise, to a penholder,
the centre of the said blotter consisting of cork, or hollow cardboard, or other light
material, or of layers of blotting paper, as herein described and set forth.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, E.C.,
Patent Agent.