Improvements in Inkstands.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1897-Accepted, 1st Jan., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Inkstands.
I, WALTER JAMES GRAHAME, residing at White Mills, in the County of Wayne,
and State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, Glass Decorator, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
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This invention relates to inkstands, and the object thereof is to provide an
improved combination inkstand for holding ordinary writing ink, and which is
provided with a supplemental inkstand or receiver or red or colored ink;
further object being to provide an inkstand which is provided with one or more
side openings through which a pen may be inserted, said openings being formed in
nozzles or tubular projections formed on the side of the inkstand which are also
adapted to serve as a rack or pen holder.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which:-
Fig. 1, is a plan view of my improved inkstand; and,
Fig. 2, a central vertical section thereof.
In the drawing forming part of this specification, the separate parts of my
improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the
views, and in the practice of my invention, I provide an inkstand 5 which is
preferably circular in form in cross section, and which is provided with a neck 6,
the upper end of which is bell-shaped or conical in form, said neck being con-
tracted centrally as clearly shown in the drawing.
The inkstand 5 is provided at one side thereof with two tubular projections or
nozzles 7 which are formed in the same transverse line, and which project out-
wardly and upwardly as clearly shown in the drawing, and these nozzles or tubular
projections are adapted to serve as a pen rack or holder and also as means whereby
the pen may be inserted into the ink, it being understood that the inkstand 5 is
never more than partially filled with ink, the height thereof being always below
the lowest portion of the openings through said nozzles or tubular extensions.
I also provide a supplemental inkstand or receiver 8 which is conical in form,
the larger portion thereof being directed upwardly, and said larger portion of said
supplemental inkstand or receiver is provided with an annular flange or rim 9
which is adapted to rest upon the neck 6 of the inkstand 5, and the upper portion
of the supplemental inkstand or receiver is also provided with an inwardly and
downwardly curved flange or rim centrally of which is formed an opening 11 into
which a pen may be inserted, and the said supplemental inkstand or receiver is
designed to receive red or colored ink, while the main inkstand is intended to
receive ordinary writing fluid.
It will be apparent that stoppers may be provided for the nozzles or tubular
projections 7 and the supplemental inkstand or receiver 8 may be removed from
the neck 6 of the main inkstand whenever desired, and it will thus be seen that I
accomplish the object of my invention by means of a device which is simple in

page_text: construction and operation, and perfectly adapted to produce the result for which
it is intended.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. A combination inkstand consisting of a main inkstand provided with a neck,
and a supplemental inkstand or receiver which is adapted to be inserted into the
neck of the main inkstand, and to be supported thereby, substantially as shown
and described.
2. A combination inkstand, consisting of a main inkstand, provided with a neck,
and a supplemental inkstand which is adapted to be in inserted into the neck
thereof, and to be supported thereby, said main inkstand being provided at one
side with outwardly and upwardly directed nozzles or tubular projections which
communicate with the interior thereof, substantially as shown and described.
3. An inkstand, provided at one side with outwardly and upwardly directed
nozzles or tubular projections, which are adapted to serve as a pen rack or holder,
and through which a pen may be inserted into the inkstand, substantially as shown
and described.
4. A combination inkstand, consisting of a main inkstand comprising a neck,
the top of which is bevelled outwardly or conical in form, and a supplemental ink-
stand which is adapted to be inserted into the neck and provided with an annular
flange or rim which rests thereon, said supplemental inkstand being also provided
in the top thereof with an inwardly directed annular flange or rim, šubstantially
as shown and described.
5. A combination inkstand consisting of a main inkstand comprising a neck,
the top of which is bevelled outwardly or conical in form, and a supplemental ink-
stand which is adapted to be inserted into the neck and which is provided with an
annular flange or rim which rests thereon, said supplemental inkstand being also
provided in the top thereof with an inwardly directed annular flange or rim, and
the main inkstand being also provided at one side with two outwardly and
upwardly directed nozzles or tubular projections into which a pen may be inserted,
substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 1st day of December 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.